The Happy Soul Podcast

A speaker, author, coach, mother of 3, wife and Co-founder is making massive waves in the world of SMA, Jessica Janzen shares with us about, how SMA originally entered her life (Which unless, you've read her book, is not what you think) and how, even before the loss of her son, she was making a big difference in the lives of people who were living with SMA. A huge gut wrenching moment, the los...

Welcome to SMA (Spinal Muscular Atrophy) Awareness Month. We are taking on this cause and doing what we do and what we can do, to raise awareness towards this incredible cause. Todays episode is just a quick intro, with a few thoughts from us about WHY we chose to jump behind this cause... mostly, how it really fell into our laps and we decided to run with it. We are SO excited to share this mini...

Join us as we jump on board Little Bow Beep, the bus and journey along with Taryn, Jono and their 3 girls to learn more about this deep rooted dream that they have had for years, and how they went about making it come true. Starting with how building the bus got started, the cost, some of the hiccups that happened along the way and into where this dream really came from; Jono and Taryn spill it al...

**Please remember. Video episodes are unedited at this time. For fully edited audio recordings, please tune into the audio version** Join us as we jump on board Little Bow Beep, the bus and journey along with Taryn, Jono and their 3 girls to learn more about this deep rooted dream that they have had for years, and how they went about making it come true. Starting with how building the bus got star...

After going through her own self discovering, wellness journey, Karla shares with us how that has shifted things for in her own life and how it has allowed her to help others make similar shifts. A unexpected life event, lead Karla to moving to a new province, helping her sister open up a new Float Tank business, and then moving back to her Alberta roots and raising her kiddo. At first lost, with...

After going through her own self discovering, wellness journey, Karla shares with us how that has shifted things for in her own life and how it has allowed her to help others make similar shifts. A unexpected life event, lead Karla to moving to a new province, helping her sister open up a new Float Tank business, and then moving back to her Alberta roots and raising her kiddo. At first lost, with...

Bryan Saint-Louis is impacting the world by the minute. As this episode releases, he's travelled from Calgary, Alberta to Singapore. Travelling to speak Radical Empathy and how, implementing this mentality can completely change our interactions with others. We can change the way we view our relationship with our kids, parents, teachers, bosses, strangers and even people we don't like. Bryan challe...

Bryan Saint-Louis is impacting the world by the minute. As this episode releases, he's travelled from Calgary, Alberta to Singapore. Travelling to speak Radical Empathy and how, implementing this mentality can completely change our interactions with others. We can change the way we view our relationship with our kids, parents, teachers, bosses, strangers and even people we don't like. Bryan challe...

With a messy little bow, we wanted to put an ending to our Mother's Day Mini series. Melissa and Sammi talk about some of the conversations they had with guests that really inspired them to be more conscious and empathetic people as well as some of the things that came up for them, while recording, that they recalled about their own journeys into motherhood. We hope you enjoyed the Mother'...

*Video form episodes are raw, real, and mostly unedited at this point* In video form with a messy little bow, we wanted to put an ending to our Mother's Day Mini series. Melissa and Sammi talk about some of the conversations they had with guests that really inspired them to be more conscious and empathetic people as well as some of the things that came up for them, while recording, that they r...

Well, let's be honest, none of my births were smooth sailing in any manner of speaking, but Theo's was the most recent, so we went with that one. It also happened to be the one that I never really got to share with many people, because we had such a traumatic situation happen afterwards. So, here it is. In raw form. This episode actually came about because I just wanted to tell someone thi...

You know how you can just hear how someone feels about someone based on how they speak about them? This happened as we spoke to Cindy... When we had the pleasure of interviewing Cindy for our Body Image Mini Series, as Cindy spoke, she spoke about ways she felt her Mother made a huge impact on her self image. We could just HEAR the love, admiration and respect that Cindy had for her Mom and we had...

It's really a beautiful thing to get to hear a Mother talk about her own mother. Today, is a little different. We have a Grandmother ( Mémère) taking the time to talk about her daughter. Melissa's mother, graciously takes time out of her evening to chat with us about what it was like, raising a daughter as a single mother, moving across the province, and instilling important values. An ama...

A strong, encouraging, thoughtful, compassionate, determined Mother. That, is what comes to mind when we think of Heather Roy and listening to her speak during our Mothers Day episode. Heather speaks on the difficulties that can come along during Mothers day, from her own experiences of celebrating one mothers day while she was in the hospital with her daughter Evelyn undergoing cancer treatment,...

**DISCLAIMER** I (Sammi) screwed up my own microphone sound while recording (you wouldn't BELIEVE how angry I am with myself about this.) Luckily, Jenn's voice is perfect. So, please bare with my recording error as what Jenn has to say is absolutely powerful. We couldn't imagine a better title for this episode. Defining what it means to "be a mother" in such a beautiful, holistic way. This episode...

Well, of COURSE we needed to intro this mini series! First, we need to let you know **We talk very candidly about miscarriage** in this episode. As we are talking about WHY we wanted to do this mini series, and also telling Melissa's journey into motherhood, and this is part of her story. Starting with the WHY because it's so dang important! (I think I have been listening to Jessica Janzen...

Alright, Sammi here. Just straight up writing this from the heart. No fancy description. Just truth. This feels necessary for me to have this episode out in the open, out in the world. There are SO many people in my life that I wish would listen to this, that would hear what I have to say. To know that I really went through for the last 2 years. It wasn't just an event, it was a whole story af...

Ever dreamed of RVing around the country? What about selling everything and travelling for 6+ months? Or exploring South America? Or a house swap in Mexico? This story is full of all of the above and more! Warren and his Fiancé Cory (who we cannot wait to have on the podcast one day soon) have done some serious travelling in the last handful of years and it all started with just a small idea that...

How could we not use her mission statement for the title of this episode?! We just LOVE this mission statement. How many of you have ever felt stress or shame for a lack of knowledge or lack of application in knowledge with your finances? Have you ever felt scared to really sit down and discuss your finances with someone? Maybe, have been too afraid to step into a bank, or too worried to ask a fri...

Emily grew up a city girl. She had (and still has) a passion for writing, fitness, academia, and her independence. Emily loved the idea of travel and adventure, but never really saw marriage or kids in her future. And she especially never imagined living in a whole new world, or any of her ideas of the future changing. But this story is how that all changed. In just one short trip to the UK, to a...

Nicole and Melissa jump in on this episode to explore some of Nicole's personal discoveries when it comes to "why she started her own company" and some of the life events happened to lead her in that direction. In an amazingly unique way, Nicole owns a marketing agency, which she jokes is the "non-marketing, marketing agency" because she truly believes in not selling things...

In a story that is near and dear to Melissa's heart, we dive into why she wants to do an Ancestry.ca test, what it means to her and who she is searching for. Knowing for the past 25years, that she has siblings out there, but doesn't know how to find them, now has come the time to find them and we can't wait! Join us today as we dive into this story with Melissa and uncover some pieces...

**Some names have been bleeped out to remain some confidentiality** How to intro Amanda Lytle?! It's a question we aren't really sure how to answer and NOT because we have nothing to say, but because there is SO much to say.  A world traveller, a death doula, a retreat host, a podcaster, an author, a grief companion, an entrepreneur and world changer, are ways to describe some of the thing...

So here's to wrapping up our first mini series that we were totally unprepared for and flew by the seat of our pants to get finished... We are really jacked about having completed this mini series, however, we also are very VERY aware that we missed SOO many different perspectives in recording this (perspectives that we hope to fill in the holes for in the future). In todays episode, we talk a...

Back in September 2023, we asked our Instagram followers to send in comments that they have received from people while growing up, that were specific to their bodies. Comments that have stuck with them and impacted their body image. Or Comments they hear being said to their kids that they really wish wouldn't be said because they can see how it could negatively impact their kids in the future....