Neighbourly

Partner with work of CareImpact and Neighbourly! https://careimpact.ca/donate Description Summer Speedos is Neighbourly’s short in-between-season series while Shannon takes a break from regular interviews. Hosted by producer Johan Heinrichs, these episodes mix outdoor field notes and story-driven reflections that help us notice the ordinary ways care, faith, courage, and community show up around u...

Partner with work of CareImpact and Neighbourly! https://careimpact.ca/donate Description Summer Speedos is Neighbourly’s short in-between-season series while Shannon takes a break from regular interviews. Hosted by producer Johan Heinrichs, these episodes mix outdoor field notes and story-driven reflections that help us notice the ordinary ways care, faith, courage, and community show up around u...

Partner with work of CareImpact and Neighbourly! https://careimpact.ca/donate Description Summer Speedos is Neighbourly’s short in-between-season series while Shannon takes a break from regular interviews. Hosted by producer Johan Heinrichs, these episodes mix outdoor field notes and story-driven reflections that help us notice the ordinary ways care, faith, courage, and community show up around u...

Partner with work of CareImpact and Neighbourly! https://careimpact.ca/donate Curious Instead of Furious: Creating Safety in Overwhelming Moments What does it look like to care for someone well when their emotions feel bigger than the moment? In this episode of Neighbourly , Shannon sits down with Alicia Freeman , a CareImpact trainer whose journey through foster care, adoption, and trauma-informe...

Partner with work of CareImpact and Neighbourly! https://careimpact.ca/donate Description What happens when the story we tell ourselves about someone keeps us from seeing the person in front of us? In this reflective episode of Neighbourly , Johan and Shannon step back from the regular guest interviews to talk about assumptions, the quick judgments we make, and the stories we build about people be...

Partner with work of CareImpact and Neighbourly! https://careimpact.ca/donate Description What if generosity wasn’t something you reacted to… but something you actually built into your life? In this episode, Shannon sits down with Tammy Kyte, one of the people behind GiveWise, a platform designed to make giving simpler and more consistent. But this conversation goes beyond tools and systems. Tammy...

Partner with work of CareImpact and Neighbourly! https://careimpact.ca/donate Description What happens when dreaming feels out of reach because daily life is so heavy? This conversation sits with the steady, sometimes invisible work of walking alongside young parents who carry more than meets the eye. Their stories invite us to pay attention to the small gestures that build real community—the quie...

Partner with work of CareImpact and Neighbourly! https://careimpact.ca/donate Description How do you respond when your offer of care goes unreturned, and you’re left waiting with more questions than answers? This story invites us to consider what’s happening beneath the surface—both in ourselves and in those we hope to help. Through honest moments and unexpected pauses, a simple act of care reveal...

Partner with work of CareImpact and Neighbourly! https://careimpact.ca/donate Description How do stories change the way we see our neighbours, and how does sharing them connect us across differences? This conversation gathers around ordinary memories and messy moments, reflecting on why the stories we tell—and how we tell them—matter for deeper community. From childhood neighbours and community se...

Partner with work of CareImpact and Neighbourly! https://careimpact.ca/donate Description What if the drive to be resilient is really a lifelong survival mode, and rest feels more like betrayal than healing? This story follows Vanessa, a Latina migrant and writer, as she navigates migration from Colombia to Montreal, wrestling with safety, guilt, and the unseen weight of beginning again. Around Sh...

Partner with work of CareImpact and Neighbourly! https://careimpact.ca/donate Description What happens when someone actually follows through? In this episode of Neighbourly , Shannon sits down with Ashley and Chantel to share a story that began with a simple CarePortal request for a wagon and children’s clothes. Chantel was navigating grief, recovery, and isolation. Ashley and her small group simp...

Partner with work of CareImpact and Neighbourly! https://careimpact.ca/donate Description What happens when ordinary moments push us to care for each other in unexpected ways? This story weaves through small-town gatherings and urgent rescues, quiet lawn disputes and spontaneous hospitality. As neighbours choose presence over comfort and conversation over complaint, we’re invited to wonder what it...

Partner with work of CareImpact and Neighbourly! https://careimpact.ca/donate Description How do you reach someone who’s been let down so many times that hope feels far away? This conversation turns toward the heart of presence, listening as Rosemary Ellis shares her journey through childhood trauma, addiction, and the long road to healing. Around shared stories and gentle questions, we hear how c...

Partner with work of CareImpact and Neighbourly! https://careimpact.ca/donate Description What happens when everyday kindness breaks through the rush of headlines? This story traces moments of quiet care across Canadian communities, from students offering gifts to neighbours making amends over early morning noise. Through simple acts—shared food, heartfelt apology, and gathering in tough times—we’...

Partner with work of CareImpact and Neighbourly! https://careimpact.ca/donate Description How do you show up for someone you care about, knowing you can’t fix what hurts? This kitchen table conversation wrestles with the urge to jump in and make things better—a reflex that can sometimes get in the way of real connection. Through honest stories and gentle reflection, Johan Heinrichs and Shannon Ste...

Partner with work of CareImpact and Neighbourly! https://careimpact.ca/donate Description What does neighbourly care look like when it shows up in everyday life—free from noise, but rooted in presence? This story turns our attention to ordinary moments: a shared meal in a Manitoba winter, ribbons tied on a neighbour’s door, volunteers sweeping a curling rink, and even the debates sparked by a roos...

Partner with work of CareImpact and Neighbourly! https://careimpact.ca/donate Description In this conversation, Shannon and Steve Griffin discuss the intersection of community development and church outreach, emphasizing the importance of building relationships with vulnerable populations. Steve shares his journey from traditional pastoral roles to working directly with those in poverty, highlight...

Partner with work of CareImpact and Neighbourly! https://careimpact.ca/donate Description What if the best gifts this Christmas aren’t wrapped in paper, but in kindness? Johan Heinrichs shares uplifting stories of care in communities across Canada—from the dignity restored by a pop-up toy store in Weyburn, Saskatchewan, to a teen-led Giving Tree Project spreading generosity in Riverview. With a da...

Partner with work of CareImpact and Neighbourly! https://careimpact.ca/donate Description What happens when poverty stops being an abstract issue and starts to feel like your own life? In this episode, Shannon sits down with Danika Peters, CareImpact’s Community Development Facilitator, to talk about the Cost of Poverty Experience (COPE), an immersive simulation that walks participants through a m...

Partner with work of CareImpact and Neighbourly! https://careimpact.ca/donate Description Episode Summary Most days, the news scrolls by faster than a Tim Hortons drive-thru—but every so often, a few stories remind us that goodness is still trending quietly, faithfully, one act at a time. This week, Johan shares stories of neighbours whose small acts made a big impact: 00:55 The Interest Rate on K...

Partner with work of CareImpact and Neighbourly! https://careimpact.ca/donate Description Shannon sits down with Laurie, a friend who embodies quiet, wholehearted care in the most everyday places. Laurie shares stories of loving neighbours who didn’t know how to receive help, praying with customers over the phone even when calls were being recorded, listening without rushing to respond, and learni...

Partner with work of CareImpact and Neighbourly! https://careimpact.ca/donate Description What if the real headlines are happening right on your street? Host Johan Heinrichs gathers small but powerful stories of neighbours across Canada showing up for one another—sometimes in surprising ways. From gratitude-fuelled cleanups to unexpected porch deliveries, discover how ordinary people quietly shape...

Partner with work of CareImpact and Neighbourly! https://careimpact.ca/donate Description What if caring for others was not one more thing on the calendar, but the way we live? Pastor Rob Borgerson joins Shannon to share how a handful of small, faithful yeses grew into a culture of service at the Winnipeg Church of Christ. From being welcomed as a skeptical 17-year-old, to saying yes to preteens h...

Partner with work of CareImpact and Neighbourly! https://careimpact.ca/donate Description What holds Canadian communities together when the world feels frayed at the edges? Johan digs into stories of ordinary neighbours going the extra mile—from Collingwood curlers who trade brooms for bikes to raise money for hospice care, to volunteers in Cambridge answering the call to be a friend to those feel...

Partner with work of CareImpact and Neighbourly! https://careimpact.ca/donate Description How does a single, ordinary moment of kindness ripple through a whole neighbourhood? While Shannon attends to a family matter, Johan steps in to revisit Audra's beautiful story—one that encapsulates what Neighbourly is all about. We hear how Audra’s family legacy of generosity shaped her heart for others, and...