Dare To Share Your Untold Story

After over 20 years of building a successful business, Marcia's life changed dramatically on March 30, 2014, when she suffered a stroke that turned her world upside down. In an instant, she lost her ability to speak, experienced paralysis, and had to confront the reality of rebuilding her life from the ground up. The road to recovery was anything but easy. Marcia faced aphasia, which meant relearn...

Listen to Episode 25: APPLE SPOTIFY YOUTUBE SITE As we extend to prioritize the unique concept of mental beauty, episode 107 of the Dare To Share Your Untold Story Podcast, Mental Beauty Segments, focuses on re-gaining control even when you feel stripped of having control. In relation to this episode topic the prior episode 25 has been selected for further exploration and deeper dive. In episode 2...

Listen to Episode 19: APPLE SPOTIFY YOUTUBE SITE As we proceed to prioritize the unique concept of mental beauty, episode 106 of the Dare To Share Your Untold Story Podcast, Mental Beauty Segments, focuses on mindfulness in daily life, despite your untold story. In relation to this episode topic the prior episode 19 has been selected for further exploration and deeper dive. In episode 19, titled:...

Listen to Episode 82: APPLE SPOTIFY YOUTUBE SITE As we go forward to equalize the unique concept of mental beauty, episode 105 of the Dare To Share Your Untold Story Podcast, Mental Beauty Segments, focuses on navigating family dynamics. In relation to the episode topic, the prior episode 82 has been selected for further exploration and deeper dive. In episode 82, titled: "A Mother Learning to Eff...

From leading a busy and fulfilling life to battling one cancer after another, Trent faced an unexpected and devastating prognosis: less than a five percent chance of survival and potentially only a year to live. Compounding this grim news were discussions about amputating his leg. However, thanks to his father's advocacy, alternative options became available. Throughout his health journey, Trent e...

Listen to Episode 77: APPLE SPOTIFY YOUTUBE SITE As we proceed to normalize the unique concept of mental beauty, episode 103 of the Dare To Share Your Untold Story Podcast, Mental Beauty Segments, focuses on taking charge of your mental health and owning your parts. In relation to the episode topic, the prior episode 77 has been selected for further exploration and deeper dive. In episode 77, titl...

Listen to Episode 46:  APPLE SPOTIFY YOUTUBE SITE As we continue to embrace the unique concept of mental beauty, episode 102 of the Dare To Share Your Untold Story Podcast, Mental Beauty Segments, focuses on navigating seasonal mental health challenges and changes. In relation to the episode topic, the prior episode 46 has been selected for further exploration and deeper dive. In episode 46, title...

Listen to Episode 16: APPLE SPOTIFY YOUTUBE SITE Listen to Episode 17: APPLE SPOTIFY YOUTUBE SITE The first of its kind, introducing the Dare To Share Your Untold Story Podcast, Mental Beauty Segments, as we have surpassed the 100th episode, it's time to forward into a direction that allows us to continue to extrapolate learnings and shed light onto mental beauty. Up until now, we have had guests...

Can you believe it? We have reached the 100th episode milestone, with the opportunity to celebrate and honour brave guests who have come forward, take stock of how it all began and where we are headed. Salima takes the daring seat to share the journey to the 100th episode. She openly shares thoughts she entertained as well as what she didn't even think about as she kept her focus on spreading the...

Deriving from her personal perspective of colourism and how she has been impacted by it in the form of oppression, Francoise shares her own personal experience and witnessing in her own family and with various skin shades based on the eyes of society. She delves into how emotional well-being is intertwined into colourism, and the focus and interpretation of beauty and how its perception can tie in...

Living in Toronto, Ontario, Gladys spoke about a particular time in her life during 2020/2021 where she faced extra demands in her work role, as well as marital discord as the relationship with her now ex-husband had taken a toll on her. Flooded with demands at work and on the go in her multifaceted work role and then only to return home to a negative and intense environment dealing with some toug...

As a child Farhan was always told that he would be a failure and that he didn't have potential. He faced resistance from family; however, he forged a pathway forward to becoming the helping professional he is today. His story includes himself, his family and society at large. Being a first- generation South Asian queer male, growing up in Canada, he realizes that his family was doing the best that...

Olga dives in to share that even when she was on the brink of burnout, initially she could only see it as a stress leave from work. Her story unravels her experience of her lost sense of self while battling through burnout as she worked with students and clients in the international students and immigration sector. It was September 2022 when she identified there was a shift in her energy, feeling...

Funmi shares the impact of an unfortunate teenage sexual assault, immigrating to Canada, marital challenges, the loss of both her parents within the span of 18 months, shame, and regrets along the way and how it all has forged her character and identity of who she has become today. She details that it took her a decade to work through the trauma of sexual assault and violent rape endured at age 17...

Phoenix grew up in East Germany, still communist in 1972 with an enabling father, growing up being parented with a narcissistic mother she explains. Phoenix shares that she grew up in darkness, and her mother was lost within herself, not knowing her own identity, Phoenix slowly started to get to know herself, and as she did this, she felt she was shedding light on herself. Phoenix expressed that s...

In his early 20's, Sergio was living his best life, while performing well in secure employment that was inclusive of salary, pension, benefits, vacation time and all the bells and whistles. Sergio was excelling in his career, landing achievements and promotions, and studying part time. His life took a sharp turn after he sustained severe injuries following a car accident as a passenger coming home...

Sarah delves into a moment when she was 10 years old experiencing her very first panic attack, not knowing what it was at the time. Growing up in a Christian faith, Sarah believed that she would get the support she needed given her belief that God helps to overcome the sensations of panic – the promise of faith. She later experienced depression in her first year of university when she experienced...

Sonia's untold story revolves around her breast cancer diagnosis starting in 2017. She experienced physical and emotional trauma combined with heightened feelings. She had to work hard to overcome overwhelming thoughts and emotional pain when dealing with relationships during her cancer journey. This experience has been eye-opening, particularly in learning who she can rely on as her backbone and...

Her untold story reveals the levels of toxicity and bullying Stephanie experienced as she entered the workforce in a professional capacity, the way in which she tolerated workplace harassment, and how she eventually learned to handle the distress she endured. Stephanie shared that while her work role was at an established organization and she was not doing any physical labour, she found that the e...

Anthony dives right in to share how what he experienced from childhood to adulthood greatly influenced his present-day life. It began at the tender young age of six and carried forward until adulthood with multiple and continuous experiences of how he was impacted and influenced in his achievements and failures. When he arrived in Canada, he provided details of how he felt he had to start from the...

Fatima's untold story is about being raised by her grandmother from 18 months, in Barbados after being born in Canada, and then returning to Canada at the age of 8, not knowing that her scheduled visit after so many years was going to become a permanent life change for her. She speaks about themes like navigating relationships, abandonment, grief, and loss, being stripped of everything that was fa...

Inga's story begins at a time when she immigrated to Canada at the age 16 on her own, with minimal knowledge of English, and this didn't stop her to pursue her education, which is when she decided to commit to the idea, the need to prove herself. She operated under the narrative that of things she must overcome, the harder life shows up for her, even though she unlearned this narrative later in he...

Karima dares herself for a second round on the podcast, to share further developments on her mental well-being journey. She speaks about how she currently manages and copes with her diagnoses of borderline personality disorder and bipolar 1 and her process of daily coping. Karima takes time to share what it's like identifying as a neurodivergent woman of colour, what tasks, or actions she finds di...

Leon immigrated to Canada when he was 10 years old unexposed to the world of financial challenges and this continued to follow him when he reached post-secondary education. During his time enrolled in university, he met credit card representatives where he was encouraged to sign up for high value credit cards, not knowing that he could go into credit card debt or understanding the implications of...

Born in Korea, Jackie shared that culturally, emotions are not discussed with the family, it's still taboo to address mental health related issues. The way issues were dealt with in the home were not dealt with in a healthy way, she was exposed to explosive reactions or not speaking about it at all. At the age of 12, she travelled to Canada alone to study internationally and resided with a homesta...