Leah Yard

Voted Least Likely

Business EN ↓ 100 episodes

Do you feel alone in your struggle? Do you feel like you know there is something special in you to give, but you feel stuck? Do you feel like the least likely person to be able to succeed? Ya, me too. The good news? You’re in the right place. Welcome to the Voted Least Likely Podcast. I’m Leah, and I’ll be your host on this messy trip. I am a high school drop out who accidentally became an entrepreneur (aka: a certified ”Failure Expert”). When starting my jewellery business Leah Yard Designs, I struggled to find peers in the industry I could relate to. I felt completely alone and was tired of...

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Leah Yard

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What is Congruency and WHY does it matter? (RE-AIR) 17.07.2024 12:40

ANNOUNCEMENT: The Voted Least Likely Podcast has been nominated for "Best Podcast in Vancouver" by the Georgia Straight BOV 2024 Awards! You can vote for the show here. A huge thank-you to everyone who votes, together we can make others feel less alone on their journey. As business slows in the summer, it's easy to get discouraged. Which makes it even easier to get swayed by what we see on social...

Half Year Check Point: How are your 2024 Goals going? 10.07.2024 41:36

ANNOUNCEMENT: The Voted Least Likely Podcast has been nominated for "Best Podcast in Vancouver" by the Georgia Straight BOV 2024 Awards! You can vote for the show here. A huge thank-you to everyone who votes, together we can make others feel less alone on their journey. If you've been here for a while, you know I do a fairly robust life/business planning project every year. Part of this project i...

Start BEFORE You're Ready: Why "Messy Action" is so Powerful with Kelsie Exley 03.07.2024 36:20

A huge thank-you to the Georgia Straight for ranking the "Voted Least Likely" Podcast as the 3rd best podcast in the BOV 2023 Awards! I am so honoured to have this show recognized. Thank-you to everyone who voted, together we can make others feel less alone on their journey. I've been following Kelsie for the last few years online. I have been so impressed with her ability to consistently show up...

What I have Learned about Business from my Partner 26.06.2024 17:03

A huge thank-you to the Georgia Straight for ranking the "Voted Least Likely" Podcast as the 3rd best podcast in the BOV 2023 Awards! I am so honoured to have this show recognized. Thank-you to everyone who voted, together we can make others feel less alone on their journey. My partner Kyle, is also a business owner. He runs a local screen printing shop in Vancouver called Unimpressed Screen Print...

What I Learned After FAILING at Networking 19.06.2024 12:56

A huge thank-you to the Georgia Straight for ranking the "Voted Least Likely" Podcast as the 3rd best podcast in the BOV 2023 Awards! I am so honoured to have this show recognized. Thank-you to everyone who voted, together we can make others feel less alone on their journey. I registered Leah Yard Designs in 2013. That was eleven years ago. I always joke that I did everything wrong for the first h...

Three UNCONVENTIONAL Things I did to Re-motivate Myself in Business 12.06.2024 10:26

A huge thank-you to the Georgia Straight for ranking the "Voted Least Likely" Podcast as the 3rd best podcast in the BOV 2023 Awards! I am so honoured to have this show recognized. Thank-you to everyone who voted, together we can make others feel less alone on their journey. Sometimes thinking about the future and all the amazing goals you want to accomplish, isn't enough. I have gone through seas...

Jumping into Entrepreneurship, Staying Curious & Finding Balance with Ria Renouf 05.06.2024 1:03:16

A huge thank-you to the Georgia Straight for ranking the "Voted Least Likely" Podcast as the 3rd best podcast in the BOV 2023 Awards! I am so honoured to have this show recognized. Thank-you to everyone who voted, together we can make others feel less alone on their journey. This week on the Voted Least Likely Podcast I sat down with the wildly charismatic Ria Renouf. Ria is the owner of RenoufWri...

3 Things this Podcast Provides Me (spoiler alert: it isn't money) 29.05.2024 16:59

A huge thank-you to the Georgia Straight for ranking the "Voted Least Likely" Podcast as the 3rd best podcast in the BOV 2023 Awards! I am so honoured to have this show recognized. Thank-you to everyone who voted, together we can make others feel less alone on their journey. My podcast isn’t making me any money: let’s talk about it. I take the podcast as seriously as my jewellery brand Leah Yard D...

Three Big Business Mistakes I Still REGRET (RE-AIR) 22.05.2024 16:25

A huge thank-you to the Georgia Straight for ranking the "Voted Least Likely" Podcast as the 3rd best podcast in the BOV 2023 Awards! I am so honoured to have this show recognized. Thank-you to everyone who voted, together we can make others feel less alone on their journey. For years I waited to be "saved". And you know what? In some ways I think I am still waiting... We're taught that if we're g...

The Power of PAUSING with Ally Matos 15.05.2024 49:47

A huge thank-you to the Georgia Straight for ranking the "Voted Least Likely" Podcast as the 3rd best podcast in the BOV 2023 Awards! I am so honoured to have this show recognized. Thank-you to everyone who voted, together we can make others feel less alone on their journey. This week on the Voted Least Likely Podcast I sat down with Ally Matos, the talented photographer, videographer and business...

My Mental Health Journey (please read disclaimer) 08.05.2024 36:46

DISCLAIMER: this episode covers mental illness, depression, and suicidal thoughts. These topics may be difficult to listen to. If you, or someone you know is struggling, please seek support. https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/mental-health-services.html May is Mental Health Awareness Month. I had originally scheduled an episode with tips on how to manage your mental health as a busine...

The "B" Word: Burnout 01.05.2024 22:12

A huge thank-you to the Georgia Straight for ranking the "Voted Least Likely" Podcast as the 3rd best podcast in the BOV 2023 Awards! I am so honoured to have this show recognized. Thank-you to everyone who voted, together we can make others feel less alone on their journey. If you Google burnout, here's how it's defined: a state of emotional, physical and mental exhaustion caused by excessive and...

Are you LACKING the Skills you need? (RE-AIR) 24.04.2024 6:02

A huge thank-you to the Georgia Straight for ranking the "Voted Least Likely" Podcast as the 3rd best podcast in the BOV 2023 Awards! I am so honoured to have this show recognized. Thank-you to everyone who voted, together we can make others feel less alone on their journey. This podcast has turned into the most fulfilling project I have ever done. And I almost didn’t do it. Because I didn’t have...

Knowing what you want and GOING FOR IT with Karen Khunkhun 17.04.2024 43:46

A huge thank-you to the Georgia Straight for ranking the "Voted Least Likely" Podcast as the 3rd best podcast in the BOV 2023 Awards! I am so honoured to have this show recognized. Thank-you to everyone who voted, together we can make others feel less alone on their journey. This week on the Voted Least Likely Podcast I had the HONOUR to sit down with Karen Khunkhun, co-host of the Jeff O’Neil Mor...

RE-AIR: Vulnerability in Business and the Beauty of being ”Too Much” with Victoria Cowan 10.04.2024 1:42:04

A huge thank-you to Anthony at 12th Street Sound for hosting us in the studio! It was an honour to have the Voted Least Likely podcast recorded by a true professional and without a cardboard box on my head:) RE-AIR: On this week's episode I'm chatting with Victoria Cowan of Wordplay Inc. I'm going to be honest, I had the hardest time writing a description for today's show since we covered SO MANY...

Lacking MOTIVATION? Dig into something DEEPER 03.04.2024 8:07

A huge thank-you to the Georgia Straight for ranking the "Voted Least Likely" Podcast as the 3rd best podcast in the BOV 2023 Awards! I am so honoured to have this show recognized. Thank-you to everyone who voted, together we can make others feel less alone on their journey. There’s a lot of advice out there about finding your “why”: something inspirational, fulfilling, something for the greater g...

3 Personal FLAWS I had to Face While Building my Business 27.03.2024 16:23

A huge thank-you to the Georgia Straight for ranking the "Voted Least Likely" Podcast as the 3rd best podcast in the BOV 2023 Awards! I am so honoured to have this show recognized. Thank-you to everyone who voted, together we can make others feel less alone on their journey. I've said it a million times: entrepreneurship is personal development 101. When you embark on an entrepreneurial journey, y...

Taking Responsibility, Trusting the Universe, and becoming your Best Self with Brain Trainer Billie Aadmi 20.03.2024 52:04

A huge thank-you to the Georgia Straight for ranking the "Voted Least Likely" Podcast as the 3rd best podcast in the BOV 2023 Awards! I am so honoured to have this show recognized. Thank-you to everyone who voted, together we can make others feel less alone on their journey. Billie Aadmi is the CEO and Founder of Go Mindspire Inc where she trains and coaches people to get into rapport with their u...

The ONE thing you need to be Successful 13.03.2024 14:54

A huge thank-you to the Georgia Straight for ranking the "Voted Least Likely" Podcast as the 3rd best podcast in the BOV 2023 Awards! I am so honoured to have this show recognized. Thank-you to everyone who voted, together we can make others feel less alone on their journey. This will be one of the few times I give "success" advice. I'm not here to tell you how to be successful, I am here to make...

How to Follow Your PASSION with Julia Heinonen of Chroma Nostaa Designs 06.03.2024 1:04:25

A huge thank-you to the Georgia Straight for ranking the "Voted Least Likely" Podcast as the 3rd best podcast in the BOV 2023 Awards! I am so honoured to have this show recognized. Thank-you to everyone who voted, together we can make others feel less alone on their journey. Julia Heinonen has a somewhat unusual story of becoming an entrepreneur. After almost a decade in the corporate biotech fiel...

What to do when NOTHING is working 28.02.2024 11:33

A huge thank-you to the Georgia Straight for ranking the "Voted Least Likely" Podcast as the 3rd best podcast in the BOV 2023 Awards! I am so honoured to have this show recognized. Thank-you to everyone who voted, together we can make others feel less alone on their journey. It's only February and I've been sick 3 times, had 2 major business projects fall through, had our tech go down for a week,...

Three Ways to get UNSTUCK (RE-AIR) 21.02.2024 9:10

A huge thank-you to the Georgia Straight for ranking the "Voted Least Likely" Podcast as the 3rd best podcast in the BOV 2023 Awards! I am so honoured to have this show recognized. Thank-you to everyone who voted, together we can make others feel less alone on their journey. RE-AIR: I'm going to let you in on the biggest little secret: no one has it all figured out. Social media makes us doubt thi...

Why Slow Growth is a GOOD Thing (RE-AIR) 14.02.2024 13:44

A huge thank-you to the Georgia Straight for ranking the "Voted Least Likely" Podcast as the 3rd best podcast in the BOV 2023 Awards! I am so honoured to have this show recognized. Thank-you to everyone who voted, together we can make others feel less alone on their journey. RE-AIR: Have you been feeling "behind"? I get it, we all want success to happen overnight. But the thing is, sometimes when...

How do you Know When to Quit? From Salon Owner to Start Up: Eliza Trendiak is the QUEEN of Pivoting 07.02.2024 1:21:45

A huge thank-you to the Georgia Straight for ranking the "Voted Least Likely" Podcast as the 3rd best podcast in the BOV 2023 Awards! I am so honoured to have this show recognized. Thank-you to everyone who voted, together we can make others feel less alone on their journey. You know when you meet someone and immediately click? That's Eliza for me. Eliza Trendiak has been an entrepreneur since bef...

If You've Been Struggling: Listen to THIS 31.01.2024 13:20

A huge thank-you to the Georgia Straight for ranking the "Voted Least Likely" Podcast as the 3rd best podcast in the BOV 2023 Awards! I am so honoured to have this show recognized. Thank-you to everyone who voted, together we can make others feel less alone on their journey. It's been an honour to connect with so many inspiring guests on the podcast. This week we've rounded up our most impactful,...