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Mike Wardian is a legendary marathoner and ultra-marathoner. In addition to a lengthy list of podium finishes at marathons, half-marathons, 50k /100k and 100 Mile races, Michael has set numerous world records including the World Marathon Majors (7 Marathons in 7 Days) and Israel National Trail Crossing.  He was a featured competitor on the Spartan Games, In 2020, Wardian won the Quarantine Backyar...

Alysia Rissling is an internationally top-ranked bobsleigh pilot with Team Canada.  She has been a multi-sport athlete having played basketball and track in university before pursuing a career in bobsledding. She made history as the first women to pilot a 4-man sled in an official race that had an all-women crew. She competed for Canada in the the 2-woman bobsleigh event at the 2018 Winter Ol...

Shannon Ferguson is the CEO and Co-Founder at FanSaves, a sports sponsorship technology company.  She is a fellow in the Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative and her company has won or been featured in numerous start-up list and pitch competitions. She is the host of the Living the Start-up Life podcast and, before FanSaves, Shannon spent time as a talk show host and journalist.  After creatin...

Jenn Lofgren is the Founder of Incito Executive and Leadership Development. She is one of only 60 recipients of the esteemed Master Certified Coach (MCC) designation in Canada and 5% of coaches worldwide. Jenn is a partner with the Women’s Executive Network, contributor to the Forbes Coaches Council, MBA mentor through the Haskayne School of Business, and member of numerous boards, councils and co...

Jennifer Berson is the President and Founder of Jeneration PR, a public relations and social media marketing firm specializing in promoting lifestyle brands.  Her clients range from multi-billion dollar brands to small and medium-sized growth organizations.  She is also the creator of the Agency Accelerator where she helps teach other entrepreneurs how to grow and scale a profitable mark...

Christmas Abbott went from reckless teenager to top fitness and nutrition influencer.  She first discovered her self-worth and passion for life in her contracting years in Baghdad during Operation Iraqi Freedom. She went on to compete in the CrossFit Games, USA Weightlifting Nationals and made history as the first female pit crew in NASCAR. She is a national best-selling author, seminar and lifest...

Alicia Bell is the Founder and CEO of Train It Right personal training and competition coaching, is an IFBB Figure Pro, a Kinesiologist, has been a national level track athlete herself as well as a university track and field sprint coach and sports nutrition expert.  Alicia has appeared on numerous magazine covers and has been featured in countless publications. She has trained and coached ma...

Kari Pearce is America's Fittest Women and has held that title in 2016, 2018, 2019 and most recently 2020 where she reached the CrossFit Games podium as the 3rd Fittest Woman on Earth. Kari spent 18 years as a competitive gymnast and was on the varsity gymnastics team at the University of Michigan where her team won 4 Big 10 Championships and she was a 3-time Academic All Big 10. In addition to be...

Kels Kiel is multi-sport athlete.  She is a 3X CrossFit Games Team athlete and top individual competitor.  She was a two-time all conference soccer athletes and is now in the USA Development Group for Bobsled.  She is a performance nutrition expert, fitness influencer with a large Instagram following, entrepreneur and personal trainer. Her ability to transfer from one focus area to another and to...

Hunter McIntyre is one of the most decorated (and polarizing) multi-sport athletes in history. On top of being a mainstay in the sport of Obstacle Racing with 6 World titles to his name, he is a CrossFit Games competitor, holds the "Murph" World Record, the Hyrox World Record, was featured on the 2020 Spartan Games and is undefeated on CMT's popular TV Show Steve Austin's Broken Skull Challenge. H...

Patrick Sweeney is a millionaire entrepreneur and the best-selling author of Fear is Fuel. He has worked with over 500 global CEOs, actors, pro athletes, Navy SEALs and corporations.  He has spoken at large conferences and has keynoted both in-person and virtually for some of the most influential events on personal development. He was the Founder and CEO of four technology companies and is an ange...

Maggie Szczepanczyk is a Crossfit athlete, online coach, personal trainer and journalism student. As the daughter of a national Karate champion, athletics and fitness are second nature to Maggie.  She has herself been involved in national and international competitions and has reported on large events like the CrossFit Regionals. Notably, she has built a significant online following and is now con...

Michael Zipursky is the CEO of Consulting Success.  He has advised organizations like the Financial Times, Dow Jones, RBC and Panasonic.  His main focus now is helping consultants and owners from around the world (from over 50 countries) add 6 to 7 figures to their annual revenues.  He is considered one of the world's top authorities on growing a successful consulting business. He has started 6 co...

Joan Kelley Walker has been a reality television personality, entertainment show host, model, voice-over actor, fashion designer and is very active in humanitarian work.  She has worked with BTV, CTV Sportsnet, The Shopping Network and Homesense.  Joan has also served as the host of Red Carpet Diaries for many years. Joan has been awarded the the Women of Inspiration Global Impact Award, the Mothe...

Kristen Bujnowski was recruited to the Canadian Bobsleigh team in 2017 after successful stints in Track and Field and Rowing.  Kristen had been building on her power through a regular CrossFit program when she went to testing camp in 2017. Just two weeks later she was in Calgary training at the Ice House.  She has already been to the Olympics as an alternate and is now one the of the top...

Jenny Fisher, or @fitfishmom to her thousands of followers across social media is a working mom of two who has now built up her own fitness brand and company.  Her fitness program and app, Get Salty with Jenny Fisher, focuses on helping to make healthy living tools accessible broadly.  Her personal training background helps with her live and recorded workouts while her engaging and down-to-earth s...

Phil Buckley is a change management expert.  He has over 25 years experience enabling leaders and their teams through transformations across global businesses in Canada, the U.S and the U.K.  Phil co-lead the global change management for the $19.6B Kraft Foods acquisition of Cadbury which involved a team of 40 change leaders across 60 countries.  He is the author of Change with Confidence and his...

Alyssa Gialamas is a Paralympic swimmer and has competed primarily in backstroke and freestyle. She has taken part in two Paralympic Games in London in 2012 and 2016 in Rio de Janeiro. She is a 21X American record holder and is now building her own fitness program, AMG Fitness, that is focused on helping people adapt to workouts that will fit any ability. In this episode Alyssa talks with hos...

Ashley Docking is an award-winning, all-Canadian, mulit-sport athlete-turned broadcaster.  She has been a fixture on television, radio and digital sports content for years now.  Ashley has worked with the NHL's Edmonton Oilers, NBA TV Canada, CHCH Television and with the National Lacrosse League.  She recently co-hosted the morning drive show on Sportsnet's Fan 590 in Toronto and is now focused on...

Saman Munir is a fitness and style influencer and certified personal trainer.  She has amassed such a large following that she is an affiliated Under Armour athlete and has multiple fashion and beauty brand partnerships. She has been featured in numerous fashion and fitness media from Running Magazine, Sportsnet and the CBC to Fashion Magazine,  Brown Girl Magazine and Toronto Life. She has recent...

Lindsay Webster is one of the most recognizable and highly decorated OCR athletes in the world.  She is a 2X Spartan Race World Champion and has never missed a podium in 22 USNS races with 13 career wins.  In the 2019 Lake Tahoe World Championships she actually "willed" her way into second place while racing on a fractured foot. She is arguably the world's greatest obstacle race athlete....

Caleigh Rykiss is the Founder and CEO of BOLO, a gym/cafe/salon combo that has been forced to re-group in a COVID-ravaged industry and focus on transforming their one-stop shop for wellness in an online format. Like most entrepreneurs Caleigh has had to change how she ran her business, tackle heart-wrenching decisions with courage and move forward with a learning mindset.   In this episode host Ja...

Tish Duffy is a personal trainer and lifestyle expert.  Her brand Train With Tish has propelled her to national recognition.  She has been a Featured Instructor in Impact Magazine's Canada's Top Fitness Instructor list multiple times and was Muscle Insider's Trainer of the Year in 2019. Tish helps her clients through both strong body fitness and nutrition and lifestyle programs. She draws upon her...

Caroline Tutakiewicz is the Director, Product Strategy and Innovation with RBC Ventures where she helps early stage ventures build and scale.  Before that, she worked in the bank's Terrorist Financing and Organized Crime departments. Caroline has been named one of Canada's Top 100 Most Powerful Women by the Women's Executive Network and was recognized as a LGBT+ Furure Leader Role Model by Involve...

Crystal McFerran is the Chief Marketing Officer for The 20, a business development group for managed service providers.  She has been a marketing leader in various industries with over 18 years experience in agency development,  brand marketing, digital content and public relations.  Crystal is the Associate Producer of, and a participant on, the Social Movement: Season 2 and is a member and contr...