From The Depths of Darkness to The Light of Success

"I always say that, alcohol and drugs and all that stuff, why put that shit in my body? It's like assault, cause shit starts disappearing fast, family homes, cars, jobs, everything disappears when I put that shit in my body. So I'm just going to not put it in my body anymore!" On this weeks episode I have former NHL'er, Stanley Cup Champ, and Olympic Gold Medalist Theo Fleury on the show to share...

Thanks for having me on your show, babe. I know we talked about it for some time about me being a guest, pretty much from the moment you started this podcast journey. You wanted to have me on as a guest. And I kept finding excuses why not to do it? But finally I said, screw it just make me the hundredth guest and let's do this. So here we are. And I'm excited to be a part of it! You can follow Meg...

Mainly Nico wasn't too much of a big drinker until his twenties. But when he was in his early teens, any type of drug he could get his hands on, he was about it because in his head, the way that I have processed it, he doesn't feel like everybody else. He does not think that he can relate to anybody else because of what he has been through. And this is a common ground. So using drugs, smoking weed...

He is the founder of the Jeffery Deskovic foundation for justice, which frees wrongfully convicted people and pursues policy changes aimed at preventing that. And they were able to get 11 people home and able to pass three laws in the preventative offer. He is also an advisory board member of the coalition group. He says, it could happen to you. The foundation also helped to pass an additional fiv...

So basically he's struggled with social anxiety and general anxiety for over a decade. And has found ways to be able to not really overcome, but he likes to phrase it as take back control from his social anxiety. It's where like Kyle, the conscious Kyle is in control of his life. So he figured out ways to do that and now he helps other people go from socially anxious to socially confident. You can...

So we have Juliana Campbell on the show today! Her Instagram is @daily.juliana and originally she had started her page back in April. She was going through an eating disorder and thought it would just hold her accountable. She didn't think it was going to get attraction at all. It was mostly for her and her close friends. But then eventually she was like, you know what? She's not scared to talk ab...

Mike still had that need for that acceptance because he'd never even met his real father. So he brought in that old wound from a young age that I wasn't loved, I wasn't good enough. So he always fuelled that with trying to use drugs and stuff to feel better. With him selling drugs, he always had people coming to him trying to be popular and stuff that he thought was important to hang out with them...

This is Tre's very first time being on a podcast. He currently resides in Halifax, Nova Scotia, born and raised there. He's 26 years young and just starting this whole new life within the last six years, he started working on mental health within the last year and a half, he's been a life coach using his past experiences and spreading the positive messages to help anyone he can far and wide with a...

In 2012 her best friend ended her life.  Before her death, her family and friends were at a loss of what to do.  There was and still is such a stigma about mental illness.  She did the best they could at trying to protect her but their hands were really tied.  Fast forward to fall of 2015, Michelle was sitting in the Walmart parking lot thinking about her best friend and her lo...

"My mental health was already suffering so much. Like I mentioned before, I was just in this space of like I had put such limits limitations on my happiness and I didn't know that."  After many, many years of doing things the “right” way, she came to realize how programmed and conditioned she was to seek external validation, status and physical things in life. But who was she without all of t...

"And all the things that I had to overcome. I think it more or less started as a youth being bullied in school a lot. And I just, I decided to, I dunno, I had this stupid mentality of if I can't beat them, join them. And I started joining the wrong crowd and and just. I guess becoming one of them instead of, and feeling safe, right." You can follow Jimmy over on Instagram @reformeddelinquent or hi...

"Oh, it's something that like, honestly throughout different experiences in my life, my entire life. I just knew something was going on with my brain and my body. And I just didn't know what, so when I was, 31 or 32, when I got my diagnosis, it was a relief as it was just like, I know what to call this thing. Now. I have the tools to deal with. There's a lot less scary, whereas opposed to, oh my G...

"It's really interwoven with my bipolar disorder. In, I believe it was 2016, I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder shortly after having my second son. And I always. Thought I might have something like that going on. And I always, since I was a teenager, had an issue with alcohol, so they go hand in hand for me." In this episode I sit down with writer and fellow podcaster Steph Kewin! She is the ho...

Episode 88 is with Calgary, Alberta based model Deseray Skretting! We dive deep into talking about your values, and core beliefs in this episode. Taking care of your mental health is very important to Des as well! Make you're always checking in on your friends as well!  If you would like to follow Des and her journey over on Instagram you can do so @desskret Time Stamps: 3:56- What was the po...

In this episode we have a chat with former Guelph Storm captain and current Acadia Axeman ice hockey player Garret McFadden, he is also the founder of McFadden Movement, which is an organization that raises awareness for mental health in the community!  Here are some of the topics we touch upon in this episode: His hockey career Life after hockey McFadden Movement Mental health Helping out in...

In episode 85 we have Dr. Natalie Feinblatt coming on the show to talk about trauma, and addictions!  When you work with her, you are accepted and listened too carefully and perceptively. Her therapeutic approach helps you feel centered and much more grounded. Initially, she works hard on getting to know you and the issues that have brought you to see her. Then she will adapt her style to mee...

Carm Viola is registered ECE teacher, and child psychotherapist from the Toronto area of Canada. She works with a children's mental health centre in Toronto.  She knew she wanted to work with kids from a very young age, and runs a private practice. She also wrote a manual for teachers titled "feeling explorers".  If you would like to follow Carm and her journey head over to Instagram and follow he...

Her name is Seija, and she is a grateful recovering alcoholic. Her sobriety date is April 10, 2015. She isn't anonymous. She chooses to recover out loud so that no one else has to suffer in silence. We DO recover. We are in this together. One day at a time. She gets to show up for families that need her, including her three sweet kids. These are just a few of the many gifts of sobriety. I hope you...

Hanley was born in Keswick, Ontario . As a youth, he played in the 2004 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with the York-Simcoe Express minor ice hockey team. Hanley played Junior A with the Newmarket Hurricanes before spending four seasons with the UMass Minutemen ice hockey of the NCAA .Following his college career, he signed his first professional contract with the American Hockey L...

***TRIGGER WARNINGS*** Welcome back to part two of episode 81, with Hilary Schroeder. I just want to let you guys know that there are some trigger warnings for this episode. We are going to be speaking about traumas, past experiences with her parents, near death experiences, and overdoses you name it, but we cover it all on the show today!  Here are some of the topics we cover in todays episo...

TRIGGER WARNINGS FOR THIS EPISODE  Hillary is in school right now for mental health and addictions pursuing a career in that field, as that is what is closest to her heart! She is a survivor in so many ways. She is over 18months clean and sober now from her addiction to heroin and fentanyl!  In this episode here are some of the topics we cover: School for mental health and addictions Dev...

Over a decade ago he gave up alcohol due to a medical condition. But he missed the beer. He missed the taste of beer and discovering new beers, especially new craft beers. But more than that, he found that he missed the social connection that comes from sharing a drink with a colleague after a hard days work, cracking a beer with the guys after hockey, and joining in to celebrate special occa...

No matter how many times he tried to "overcome" fear, it would always find its way back to him. No matter how many books or courses. He took courses and read books to motivate himself, none of them worked. So he took matters into his own hands! He has decided to start conquering his fears! With all of his experience, he was able to create the fearless mindset exercise. This daily exercis...

She comes from a long line of high-achievers — a family that values training, education, achievement, and top performance. As a competitive swimmer for 17 years, she internalized a strong work ethic and the value of focused discipline. Working as a professional model, she was challenged to develop new tools for strengthening her self-confidence and sense of self-worth. And as a broadcast jour...

Jen Gardiner is a Canadian Actress who is best known for her roles in Martyrs – The Chronicles of Blood, The Taste of Blood, I, Terrorist and The Cry of Silence. She is also has been an Entrepreneur and Cake Artist for over 17 years and is known for her ‘Cake Boss’ style cakes in her local community. You can check out a more in depth Bio on her webpage at www.jengardiner.com or you...