Made it Happen

This week's episode is featuring Clare Cui, an international sales expert, trainer, and speaker who has led multi-seven-figure sales teams to close over $9 million in high ticket sales ($4 million during 2020 alone!) Previously an avid yogi who went from financial struggling as a yoga instructor to making 15K a month from a change in mindset. Clare discovered the importance of self-worth by master...

This week's episode is featuring Gigi Robinson, a digital artist, health & wellness advocate, current M.S. Candidate, and graduate of the University of Southern California with a Bachelors in Fine Arts, Design, and Photography. Gigi creates, educates, and speaks about what’s important to her— lifestyle, mental health, body image, and chronic illness. She is a seasoned photographer with 10+ yea...

This week's episode is featuring Heather Monahan, a best-selling author X2, Top 50 Keynote Speaker in the World 2022, Podcast Host of Creating Confidence, TedX speaker, and most recently appointed to the Board of Directors of Healthlynked Corp. Having successfully climbed the corporate ladder for nearly 20 years, Heather Monahan is one of the few women to break the glass ceiling and claim her spot...

Today's episode is featuring Jennifer Kem, the successful owner of three million-dollar brand-building businesses! This special edition episode is also guest hosted by Melissa Hopper, of Southpoint Publishing and Freelance Business Consultant for entrepreneurs.   Jennifer left her former job as an executive at a Fortune 500 company to start her own business in retail. By the age of 32, she be...

Ilana Dunn is a Millennial and Gen Z Dating Expert, Content Creator and the host of the podcast Seeing Other People. With over eight years of content creation experience, four years of dating expertise, and two years of podcast hosting, Ilana’s mission is to create content that helps daters feel more empowered and less alone in their dating lives. Ilana is widely known as the face of modern dating...

Natalie Barbu is an influencer turned entrepreneur. She began her social media career in 2011 on YouTube in the beauty guru phase. She has grown her following to over 360,000 followers throughout her platforms, made it her full-time job, and pivoted multiple times in her journey. She is the host of The Real Reel Podcast, a show where she speaks to entrepreneurs, business leaders, creators, and eve...

An award-winning social entrepreneur, Jenn Harper is the founder and CEO of Cheekbone Beauty Cosmetics INC.  Cheekbone Beauty is a digitally native direct to consumer brand that is helping Indigenous youth see themselves in a beauty brand while using the concept of Life Cycle Thinking (LCT) in the brands ethos and in developing products.  Creating a new segment in the beauty industry - S...

This week's episode is featuring Katie Zeppieri, founder of The MicDrop Agency and one of today’s leading voices & thought leaders on empowerment. Through her work as a social entrepreneur, author, TEDx speaker, podcast host and social influencer, Katie is at the forefront of conversations surrounding leadership, self-development, women, youth, mental health, and business for social good. Kati...

This special edition episode of Made it Happen is in partnership with Timber + Plumb to announce the official winners of the Stay Golden Grant! The Stay Golden Grant is an initiative created by the Timber + Plumb team, to give back to local businesses. Last year Timber + Plumb gave $1,000 to one amazing local business but this year they are giving $1,000 to one business AND $50...

This week's WE RISE episode is featuring Andrea Descargar, CEO and founder of ECOVANA, a Canadian based environmentally conscious company, committed to quality, ethical practices, animal cruelty-free, and eco-friendly products to eliminate single-use plastic. Andrea Descargar, has over 6 years of plastics recycling and waste management experience. She has successfully developed and executed s...

This week's episode is featuring Linsay Moran, the co-founder of Unwrapit! Linsay Moran is the co-founder of Unwrapit , a tech startup that wants to decarbonize corporate gifting and make it more green -- this is especially relevant with climate change and the severe impact that supply chain issues are having on businesses. Unwrapit is a solution to that. Corporate gifting is a $242B industry...

This week's WE RISE episode is featuring Colleen Stark, founder of Canoe Point Design Co.! Collen is a brand and web designer, brand strategist, and serial entrepreneur.  Her goal in life is to create the business of her dreams to support the lifestyle she wants and to help others do the same by creating strategic, beautiful visuals that support and encourage business success. She's work...

This special edition episode is brought to you by EPICentre's Venture Women Program, featuring Penny Cardelli founder of Snow Peak Cold Brew and Lauren McReynolds & Tanis Jaques founders of Charming Sally! Lauren and Tanis, two social golfers and fashion enthusiasts, met in the summer of 2019 at a Ladies’ s golf event.  Since then, they’ve golfed together every week and continuously discu...

This special edition episode is brought to you by EPICentre's Venture Women Program, featuring Alex Wilder, founder of Future of Science Network  & Jacqui Verellen, founder of Verellen Music Academy! The FoS Shoppe is a STEM themed apparel shop with the purpose of funding an up and coming nonprofit, the Future of Science (FoS) Network. FoS strives to bring diverse industry professionals i...

This week's episode is featuring Jess Hunichen and Emily Ward, co-founders of the multi-faceted influencer and PR agency, Shine & founders of The BodCon.  Jess Hunichen and Emily Ward are the co-founders of the multi-faceted influencer and PR agency, Shine. After launching Shine PR January 2015, the team quickly saw the opportunity to fill a void in the influencer landscape. In November 2...

This week's episode is featuring Jaime Bell, founder of Contracts Market! Jaime Bell is a business lawyer and founder of Contracts Market, which provides legal contract templates for Canadian entrepreneurs. After working in corporate law for almost a decade, Jaime wanted to create and easier and more affordable way for freelancers to get instant access to lawyer-drafted and industry specific...

This week's episode is featuring Betty Gulko, Confidence + Mindset Consultant/Coach, Inspiring Speaker, Podcast Founder Host Chat w Betty and Positivity Infused Content Creator! After receiving a double masters degree and working in the field of therapy with children on the Autistic Spectrum, Betty Gulko began to pursue her passion for creativity. She started her business and blog SuchaBetty,...

This week's episode is featuring Sophie Gray, founder of DiveThru! Sophie Gray is the founder of DiveThru, a mental wellness company that helps you DiveThru what you go thru. They work with mental health professionals to create resources that help you to take charge of your mental wellbeing. Sophie shares her work with an audience of over 400,000 through her personal social channels. Her work...

This week's juicy episode is featuring Monique Bryan ; an international speaker, workshop host and executive producer of personal brands. Following her battle with breast cancer, Monique built her multi-faceted branding platform on the principles of presence, audience, and sound marketing strategy to leverage her expertise and thirst for self-motivated results.  Monique has a BA in fashion de...

This episode is featuring Jass Stupak, Holistic Nutritionist & Founder of Nourish with Jass! As a new holistic nutritionist, Jass was working 3 different jobs in order to “make it” as a self-employed, private practice practitioner. Through trial and error, she pushed herself until she was the best nutritionist she could be for her clients. Just one year later, Jass took her nutrition business...

This week's episode is featuring Katy Williams, founder of Miller Box Co.! "Currently a full-time Events Manager, I assist in the planning and execution of weddings, corporate retreats, & hotel events. Growing up, I always had a passion for giving in every sense of the word. I often used my creativity to connect my family and friends through family outings & events. My love for g...

This week's episode is featuring Katie and Jenni, founders of The Girl Gang Canada ! The Girl Gang Canada is an online collective of small, female-forward, Canadian businesses. Their mission is to encourage each other to reach goals above and beyond through collaborations, events, promotions and wholesale opportunities. They are all about community, integrity, honesty, inclusivity, empowermen...

This week's guest is featuring Courtney St. Croix, the founder of LeadHer Publishing & The LeadHer Collective. She is a 10x Bestselling Author, Publishing Coach, Podcast Producer, and Business Mentor. If you are looking to write your own book or want to be a published author, this episode is for you! Courtney is here to be your partner in taking your concept from IDEA to BESTSELLER. The L...

This week's episode is featuring Elise Gasbarrino, Editor-in-Chief at Style Canada, and founder of Pink Pearl Canada. Elise has spent over a decade establishing herself in the world of fashion and lifestyle. Living in New York City for the majority of that time and working for iconic brands such as Oscar de la Renta and British luxury brand Burberry. Elise is passionate about her involvement...

This week's episode is featuring Sonya Denton, founder of weDstll! weDstll was founded by Sonya Denton, a former CBC and CTV reporter and news anchor who developed vitiligo early in her career.  Since then, she prioritized health and wellness and eventually, her skin cleared up. During her journey, she discovered her passion: sharing the right information to help people focus on becoming the...