She Has The Audacity

What would you change about your industry if you could? When setting out to build her dream business today's guest, Amy Laski, found her way by reimagining entrepreneurship and pushing beyond the industry status quo. In order to offer clients an even better PR experience and her team optimal work-life balance Amy blazed her own trail and created Felicity PR. Felicity's virtual business model enabl...

How do you come back to your WHY? This week we welcome Aliya Dhalla, the founder of Box Wellness Co. and a veteran pelvic health physiotherapist, to the podcast! Aliya created Box Wellness Co. as a safe online space where women, or those with female anatomy, would be able to learn about their body, regardless of where they are in the world or their financial circumstances. In this episode, Aliya s...

When life has us asking, "What's next for me?" this week's guest, Monica Gold, encourages us to dive inward, to try new things, and most importantly – to fully trust yourself. Monica is the woman behind the empowering dance and fitness company Find Your Fierce, an incredible dancer with over 80k followers on social media, a new mom, and the owner of a unique laser hair removal business called Go L...

Do you feel stuck in a pattern? Are you struggling to be true to yourself? This week I am beyond excited to welcome Dr. Stacy Thomas, an award-winning clinical psychologist, acclaimed speaker, and the CEO founder, and clinical director at the Design Your Life Center, a psychotherapy practice based in Toronto with more than 20 years of experience, helping people navigate some of the difficult journ...

How much do you love your sister? Would you ever consider opening a practice with her? This week, I am very excited to be chatting with Dr. Aliya Visram, a chiropractor, acupuncturist, co-founder of Wellbe - a family wellness clinic in Toronto, and co-founder of bloom balance - a collection of wellness products rooted in traditional eastern medicine. Dr. Aliya teamed up with her sister to build a...

Do you feel stuck in your relationship? Do you feel like you want and deserve more out of your relationship? This week I am super excited to be chatting with Martine Kotze, a relationship and mindset coach that has been there and worked hard to calibrate and rebuild her 20-year-old marriage. Martine decided to choose herself when she hit a crossroad in her relationship, with lots of open and hones...

Is empathy infectious? My guest this week is the first to say yes, without a doubt. Kim Smiley's Empathy Empire is an endeavor to create a new world order one built on the dream to illuminate the world. Kim is an artist, fashion designer, and social entrepreneur. She believes in beauty for the public good and has created a line of jewelry that incorporates elements of empathy and social good into...

In this week's episode, I am joined by my lifelong friend, Rahel Bayar. After spending many years as sex crimes and child abuse prosecutor, and a managing director of the sexual misconduct division of a global investigative company, Rahel made the realization that creating safe spaces is crucial and very rarely a "one size fits all" approach. She created The Bayar Group, servicing large corporatio...

In today's episode, I connect with friend and fellow PT - Maggie Bergeron. Maggie is a physiotherapist that loves adventure, learning, and helping others. She is the co-founder of health tech startup Embodia, which allowed her to combine all of these passions. Emobdia is an all-in-one platform that includes online continuing education for clinicians, telerehab for patients, and so much more. Maggi...

In this week's episode, I have the pleasure of chatting with Dr. Julie Durnan. Dr. Julie is a naturopathic doctor and clinic founder - she is also the founder of The Ginger Agency. After seeing a gap in the market for health and wellness practitioners, Dr. Julie created North America's most trusted Virtual Assistant service for Health Practitioners. The last two to three years have created a lot o...

In this week's episode, I chat with my friend Emily Getz about her journey through fertility. Emily is a fertility and life mindset coach, the founder of Day 1 - a first-of-its-kind fertility support network, and the host of The Day 1 Podcast. Emily has experienced late-stage pregnancy loss, cycle monitoring, multiple rounds of IVF, surgeries, and a miscarriage. While the road certainly has not be...

In this week's very special episode, I chat with my dear friend Melanie Rousseau. Melanie is a mortgage agent and the founder and CEO of Money Mama, a program designed to help women build community, share resources, and build techniques so that we can all rise together. She believes that mastering your money is the key to success, allowing you to live the life you want. After hitting what felt lik...

In this week's episode, I am joined by my dear friend and fellow physiotherapist, Emma Jack. Emma is a sport and orthopedic physiotherapist, clinic owner, and clinical pilates instructor. On top of all of that (yes - there's more!), Emma is a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Manipulative Physiotherapy, has a diploma in Sports Physical Therapy, and is a therapist for Hockey Canada's National Women...

Whether you are a mom, a caregiver, or a friend who is always thinking of others and often feels alone - my guest on this week's episode is here to let you know: you are seen. Samantha Monpetit-Huynh is an online Body Inclusive Health Coach, author, speaker, course creator, and serial entrepreneur. She helps women 40+ navigate the physical, physiological, and emotional changes that come with the "...

Adele Tevlin is the creator and founder of The C.E.O Blueprint, a Transformational Development Company. She is a behavioral expert and pattern interrupter that uses a masterful combination of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), neuroscience, spirituality, energetics, and psychology to ensure clients achieve the transformation and breakthroughs they are committed to making in their lives. Over the...

In this week's episode, I chat with my friend Dr. Aumatma - best selling author and double board certified naturopathic doctor and endocrinologist. Dr. Aumatma works with high-achieving, badass couples to get pregnant and stay pregnant so they can have the family of their dreams. She is on a mission to bring healthy babies into the world by creating healthier parents; including helping parents let...

Does what you buy really make a difference? How often do you consider the impact one product might have on you, your family, or your community? Today's guest challenges us to ask ourselves these questions and consider the importance of Empathy Economics. Lisa Borden is a business development consultant and wellness intelligence therapist. She is the founder of Borden Communications, as well as The...

Whether we can admit it or not, shame is part of the human experience. No matter how confident we may be, each one of us has experienced some form of shame throughout our lifetime. My guest today, Dr. Jodi Larry, talks with me about the importance of understanding our big feelings in order to work with them. Dr. Jodi Larry is a Toronto-based Naturopathic doctor, the CEO of Rituwell, AND a certifie...

How much thought do you put into your sleep? Allowing ourselves to rest is often something we consider to be a luxury we can't afford - and our sleep ends up being bumped to the bottom of our list of priorities. The reality is, that sleep underlies every aspect of our health and is the key to unlocking our best selves. In this week's episode, I chat with Dr. Leigha Saunders - a naturopathic doctor...

Self Sabotage. It seems to be something many of us do, consciously or not. We've become so good at distracting ourselves from the things we know set our hearts on fire - and for what? Why do we, especially women, hold back when we should be stepping forward? If any of these questions resonate with you, this is one episode you're not going to want to miss. In today's episode, I had the pleasure of...

In today's episode, I'm trying something a little different! Join me in my first ever solo episode. This mini episode is all about shifting our mindset to help us embrace failure as an opportunity to grow. We're often so afraid of failure that we think our ways out of doing things (a term I affectionately refer to as analysis paralysis) - but failure doesn't have to be a bad thing! I chat about: →...

Starting your own business can be scary. Like, really scary. While being self employed does offer a certain amount of freedom, relying on yourself to be a jack of all trades can be daunting - and oftentimes unrealistic. So, what about partnering with someone else? If going into business with someone else is something you've been thinking about - or actively avoiding, you're not going to want to mi...

To say many of us, especially women, have a complicated relationship with food would probably be a bit of an understatement. Diet culture is rampant in social media and our day-to-day decision-making, often leaving us feeling guilty for reaching for the foods we enjoy rather than the ones we think we "should" be eating. But shouldn't we be able to find joy in food without feeling like we've thrown...

In today's episode, I chat with Dr. Amy Lindsey - naturopathic doctor and mental health advocate. She is also the founder of Craft & Clinic, where clinical science meets the art of crafted care. She is passionate about treating patients as a whole and complete human beings with unique genetics, environment lifestyle & their own choices in their health. Dr. Amy and I chat about everything from indu...

Tamar Lyons is the founder of Lyons Digital Marketing - a full-service digital marketing company that helps brands clarify their message. Getting her start in lifestyle and documentary television, Tamar took the skills she developed in one industry and built the career (and life) of her dreams. In today's episode, Tamar (who just happens to be my social media guru) and I talk about taking leaps of...