Shakti Waves Radio

“The rose will work with you, very gently, and over time it will bring down the walls you’ve put around your heart.” - Kirsty Targrass Stop and smell the roses, it may just change your heart. Roses, ancient goddess teachings, our personal experiences with religion and spirituality, modern mystery schools and collectives, and branding and conscious business - we covered it all in this interview wit...

Let’s heal your heart. In this impactful solo episode, I share all of my best tools and resources for healing a broken heart. Whether you just lost a romantic partner, a job, a friend, or experienced any number of heartbreaking situations, I have wisdom and love to share! I discuss the three different types of processing, how you can cope with heartbreak, how to identify and break relationship pat...

In this extraORDINARY interview, Lynn and I discuss how we learned about Goddesses, feminine energy, masculine energy, and who some of our favourite goddesses are. We dive into what it means to EMBODY Goddess energy and the work we have individually done to live like Goddesses. I get really personal and talk about my deep dive into too much masculine energy while in university and in my last caree...

“You always have free will. You always have choice. Nobody determines your future, other than you.” - Sanja Avramovic I LOVEEE Oracle cards. Have you ever used them?  Oracle cards are amazing self-empowerment tools. It’s not all magic balls, whoops, CRYSTAL BALLS, and mystery. #MagicBalls There is real personal development available in oracle cards. I think they’re one of the best ways to increase...

“How often do you kiss? I believe that everyone needs to kiss for 10 seconds every day. That’s like a decent make-out session.” - Alex Troniak Alex Troniak is one of my dearest and bestest friends. Alex is such an amazing mama, story-teller, designer, fitness instructor, and joy creator. Her company Joy Cultivate is a culmination of all the magic she brings into the world and gives back out to oth...

“We spend so much time chasing happiness that we never actually realize it.” - Eric Termuende Eric Termuende is a recognized speaker, author, entrepreneur, and expert on millennials in the workforce and the overall status of ‘work’ as we know it. He is the author of Rethink Work: Finding and Keeping the Right Talent and is the owner of NoW Innovations, workplace culture and consulting company.

“When I am grateful then, I win.” - Jeremy Goldberg Jeremy Goldberg is making kindness cool. He’s also making getting shit done fun AF! He’s the creator, coach, writer, and human behind Long Distance Love Bombs. Jeremy is trying to make the world better than yesterday. His newly released poetry book: It’ll Be Okay, And You Will Be Too is full of tear-away pages of mantra’s to keep you going and ge...

“For us, quality is so important. When we first launched we wanted to make one thing and make it really really well and go from there. I think it worked for us.” - Hannah Todd Hannah Todd is a badass who likes to keep it simple: “Life doesn’t have to be so fucking hard.” Hannah is the co-founder of Londre Bodywear, a sustainable swimwear company that makes gorgeous #GoodAss swimsuits from recycled...

#20 - Andrew Obrecht is the leader of the #BIKERGANG - sound intimidating? Not at all. ‘Leader’ is the operative word to describe Andrew. He’s a legend in Alberta’s fitness, empowerment, and entrepreneurship communities; but don’t tell him that, he’s an admirably humble human. Andrew is the co-owner and co-founder of YYC Cycle and YEG Cycle, epic spin studios in Calgary and Edmonton with a reputat...

#19 - Kaitlin is the owner and designer behind (Ag)+(Au) Clothing, a clothing brand that is human and planet friendly and built for the radiant ones. Get ready to go back to fashion school. In this extraORDINARY interview, Kaitlin shares how she became a sustainability-focused fashion designer and gives us all a big lesson in the fashion industry’s global impact on the environment and society and...

#18 - “My pride has hurt me and it has pushed me to next levels. My pride has pushed me to accomplish my dreams and it has also pushed me to the limit of almost taking my life. It is something you need to learn to respect.” - Steve Arneson I have one word to describe this man: invincible. In this extraORDINARY interview, Steve Arneson shares his real and raw story of attempted suicide and what he...

#17 - I share 6 of my favourite ways to write poetry and share some of my poems with you.  In this special birthday solo episode, I open my heart with you and talk about poetry! I share my top 6 tried-and-true methods for letting poetry pour out and onto an iPhone screen near you. In this episode, I also READ YOU MY POETRY (ahhh, totally calm and cool over here) and shared my favourite poets and p...

#16 - “The perfect time is not coming. You can make your own life and you don’t have to wait. Risk is a subjective measure, to define yourself by that is limiting.” - Maddie Quinlan In this incredibly real and diverse interview with my friend Maddie Quinlan, we talk about EVERYTHING from careers, research validity, to her vulnerable and public eating disorder recovery.

#15 - “It’s ok to have days when you’re lazy. If I could have a nap every day, I would.” - Sam Benesh On this episode of Shakti Waves Radio, I interview Lazy Daze co-founder and designer, Sam Benesh. Sam created a cozy apparel brand, Lazy Daze, that supports and gives back to mental health research by hyping having lazy days and ALL THE NAPS. Now that’s a sweater I can get behind.

#14 - “Your Karma can lead you to your Dharma.” - Krista Reierson On this awesome episode of Shakti Waves Radio, I had an extraORDINARY interview with Chalice Grove creator and owner, entrepreneur, healer, jewelry designer, Kundalini Yoga teacher, writer, and poet Krista Reierson AKA Tara Shanti Kaur. Krista is one of the wisest and most knowledgeable goddesses I know.

#13 - In this fascinating interview, my friend and first coach ever, Marin McCue, shares really vulnerably, like she always has. She talks about her growth and struggles from being an elite basketball player to becoming a personal development author, life coach, entrepreneur, and creator behind Dopeame. Marin is raw and honest. In this episode, she talks about the mental illness, existential crise...

#12 - “Creativity is anything that is an expression of self.” - Neil Smyth On this awesome episode of Shakti Waves Radio, I share an extraORDINARY interview with YYC dweller, designer, creator, and YYC Cycle spin motivator Neil Smyth. Neil is one of my favourite humans and shares his experience going to art school and teaching spin classes over the past four years.

#11 - In this episode, I share how I created an awesome break-up and you can too! Does the concept of having a positive and empowering break-up sound completely out-of-this-world to you? Same here!! I had no idea that breaking-up could be anything but heartbreak and sadness. Yet, I just had a separation that I can honestly describe as the most loving and courageous experience of my life. #Miracles...

#10 - Hear the personal and stormy story of a growing Canadian digital startup, MowSnowPros, from Founder and CEO, Aidan Klingbeil. In this extraORDINARY interview, Aidan, one of my old friends from business school, shares his epic story of persistence and positivity in the face of a challenging digital marketplace launch.

# 9 - Dive into the magic that is the epic and profound Caryn Kilback. In this extraORDINARY interview with Caryn, one of my favourite yoga teachers and modern-day priestesses, you learn all about the art and science of Vedic living, a way of life that is in alignment with ancient yogic philosophy. During this really rich and densely packed episode, Caryn goes into all aspects of Vedic living - fr...

#8 - Are you curious about Shamans? My dear friend, Garrett McCoy, AKA The Millennial Medicine Man, and I sat down for an epic interview. He shares his 12-year journey as a Shamanic practitioner and what it means to be a Shaman, healer, and LGBTQ leader in the modern age.

#7 - I share my top self-care habits with you and encourage you to uncover your own. In this short and caring episode, Sanja reveals her six favourite ways to get back and stay in her highest self. She shares the current books she is reading, how she LOVES her face, and the meditations she does to connect to her intuition and stay passionate and determined in the face of fear and disappointment.

#4 - “I rewrote the fairytale of my life, my myth, and it actually cured me of a physical illness at the time.” - Hannah Ready to watch the myth of your life? In this episode, we have an ExtraORDINARY interview with applied theatre artist Hannah Hidson, creator of Myth as Medicine - her deeply healing storytelling and puppetry workshops. Wait, puppetry? For healing? Absolutely. The work Hannah doe...

I share the top 8 lessons I learned from being a full-time entrepreneur for the past 8 months. I give you the background of how I quit my job to become an entrepreneur and full-time life coach, consultant, writer, and brand creator. I get honest about my greatest and hardest lessons on the journey since my last day of work on November 1, 2017. I share what surprised me most about entrepreneurial l...

Sanja and Lynn go deep into what it takes to write your own book. The cover the unique mix of mind, body, and soul that personal writing demands and how female writers getting in sync with their moon cycles can also work wonders for their creative process! In this episode, we have an ExtraORDINARY interview with writing coach and consultant Lynn Denise, Creator of Raeda, a breeding ground for writ...