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86 | Riding the Perimenopausal Wave With Dr. Brittany Schamerhorn Sep 04, 2024

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Dr. Brittany Schamerhorn is a Naturopathic Doctor, Menopause Society Certified Practitioner, Educator and co-founder/owner of Okanagan Women’s Clinic in Kelowna BC. With a clinical focus on women’s hormone health, she helps women with their concerns from PMS, PCOS and endometriosis through to fertility and perinatal support to perimenopause and menopause.

She works hard to provide realistic, comprehensive and evidence-based care for her patients where they feel listened to and respected. She believes that through education healthcare providers can play an important role in supporting and empowering patients to achieve their health goals

In her spare time, Brittany loves to spend time outdoors exploring with her young family. She can usually be found with a coffee in hand and too-many books on the go at once.

In this episode we ‘get into it’ with Brittany about:

PCOS
Ozempic
The pill
Perimenopause
Hair loss and more!

Follow Brittany on IG.

85 | All Things Design With Karin Bohn Aug 28, 2024

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Karin Bohn is an interior designer, Netflix host and YouTuber.

Karin is the founder and creative director of the award-winning House of Bohn design studio, based in Vancouver BC. She established the interior design firm in 2009, and since has made her mark in many industries including luxury residential, multi-family, restaurants, and retail.

Dedicated to advancing her craft, Karin believes in invoking the unique soul of every project. Each space is designed with intention and her distinct aesthetic that is eclectic, bold, visually exciting, and timeless, has become the trademark stamp behind House of Bohn’s work.

Her work has garnered awards, media coverage and global recognition, enabling her to expand her talented team, service local and international clients.

Karin stars on Netflix’s Restaurants on the Edge which features her global hospitality work, as she travels with a team of experts to provide design, marketing, and culinary consultation to establishments in need of assistance in some of the most beautiful locations around the world.

With her continuously growing YouTube channel, Karin offers behind-the-scenes glimpses of her creative process, collaborative partnerships, and life as an entrepreneur, exemplifying the kind of camaraderie, transparency and connection with her community that she holds dear.

In this episode we ‘get into it’ with Karin about:

Interior design
The growing pains of a new business
Intuition in business
Shedding stories to get to your authenticity
Social media before and after Karin’s social detox
Being on a Netflix series and the personal and professional decisions she had to make
Taking control of business
Letting go of the drive for material things
Soul contracts

Learn more about Karin on her website or on Instagram.

84 | Demystifying Your Finances With Mark and Alex Aug 21, 2024

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Mark Grabill, Brokerage Owner and Certified Divorce Analyst has been working in the insurance industry for over twelve years with offices across Canada. He has serviced, coached, and educated individuals with their finances in all stages of their life. Having worked through the divorce experience personally he is aware of the heightened needs during this process.

Alex Miklas, born in Poland, immigrated to Edmonton at the age of 12. He has two kids with his beautiful wife ages 9 and 13. Alex has been a project manager for over 13 years at the university of Alberta and two years ago got licensed in Alberta and Bc as financial advisor. He is very passionate about helping families with their financial needs focusing on debt management, retirement, asset protection and estate planning.

In this episode, we ‘get into it’ with Mark and Alex about:

-Taking the emotion out of finances

-Wills

-Planning for the future

-The importance of life insurance and more.

Learn more about Mark and Alex and their business, Success by Design here.

83 | Vancouver Mom With Arlene Panganiban Aug 14, 2024

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Arlene Panganiban is the most recent owner of the popular brand Vancouver Mom. In this episode we get into it with Arlene about:

-Taking over the Vancouver Mom brand

-Filling big shoes

-Her vision for the future

-Entrepreneurship and

-Carving her identity in an established brand.

Follow more about Arlene at Vancouver Mom or on Instagram.

82 | Dirty Little Secrets With Christine Coughlin Aug 07, 2024

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Christine Coughlin was a stay-at-home mom for a decade, who felt lost and unfulfilled. In 2019 she began sharing her “dirty little secrets’ on Instagram as a way to rediscover herself and connect with the outside world.

In 2020 she was nominated as a Vancouver Mom Top 30 blogger, and in 2021 she officially launched her blog, The-Inbetween.ca

Even though her closest circle didn't quite get the whole "digital world" thing, Christine didn't give up!

The process of rediscovering herself and her passions led her to a fantastic group of creative entrepreneurs who, just like her, believed in the magic of online connections.

And that's how YVR Creatives came to be!

YVR Creatives is an inclusive and warm community that creates empowering events for female entrepreneurs to learn, grow and connect.

YVR Creatives offers monthly co-working sessions where you can bounce ideas off other brilliant women. Inspiring in-person workshops that fuel your creative fire. Fun-filled social events and productive content creation days!

Christine is passionate about female empowerment and encourages women to follow their curiosity and start before they are ready because action brings clarity!

In this episode we ‘get into it’ about:

-Motherhood and expectations

-The pressure to be a working mom or a stay at home mom

-Building a business

-Finding your passion and more!

Follow Christine on her personal Instagram or on YVR Creatives

81 | Invisible Homelessness With Sunney Weir from Mamas for Mamas Jul 31, 2024

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Sunney is a community-focused Event Specialist with experience in sales, fundraising, and production. She moved to Kelowna in 2017 to complete a Diploma in Events and Promotions Management and has been growing her career and life here ever since.

In addition to completing contracts throughout the Okanagan Sunney consistently delivers results in unique destinations such as Dubai. Whether it be leading a volunteer team, generating sponsorship relationships, calling the show, or designing the floorplans, she always shows up with a positive attitude and time for a glass of wine at the end of the day with the amazing teams it takes to pull off high-level events.

Driven by a deep commitment to our community, Sunney recently joined Mamas for Mamas as the Community Engagement Manager, leading campaigns and events including the highly anticipated annual Gala at the Delta Grand Okanagan."

In this episode we ‘get into it’ with Sunney about,

-Her passion for events

-Mamas for Mamas programs

-Invisible Homelessness

-Finding your passion

-Career shifts and more!

Follow Sunney over at Mamas for Mamas or on her personal IG.

80 | The Good, Bad, and Ugly Side of Debt Jul 24, 2024

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Let’s talk about debt with Lisa Michaud.

Lisa has been an active real estate investor for over 12 years. With experience investing in 3 different provinces, she has been involved in everything from house hacking to short-term rentals, rent-to-own, self-storage, and now focuses on multifamily residential properties.

Lisa is all about holistic, whole-life success, and a big part of her “why” is her belief that generating wealth and cultivating purpose play a role in happiness and wellness, and that it is an opportunity everyone deserves.

Lisa lives in beautiful Vancouver, BC with Troy and their 6 year old daughter Sonoma. In her spare time, Lisa loves traveling, wine-touring, going to Lagree classes, talking about real estate and chasing her daughter around the seawall and city.

In this episode we get ‘into it’ with Lisa about:

Her journey from over 30K of unsecured debt to millions.
What it means to be rich
Having things vs. creating wealth
What it means to have good debt vs. bad debt,
Paying off debt and more!

Follow Lisa on Instagram or visit her website.

79 | How the Frequency of Authenticity Unlocks our True Power Jul 17, 2024

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Kelsey is a professional speaker, mindset-embodiment coach, yoga instructor & facilitator. She is leading our local & global communities to enhance their quality of life by remembering their frequency of authenticity, their ability to un-limit themselves & design a life they love living.

Being a generator & intuitive Kelsey empowers you to accelerate your personal growth by guiding you to make your belief faster than your doubt & pursue experiences that amplify what you are truly capable of. She has been practicing mindset work for nearly 20 years, teaching yoga for 12 & is elevating our communities by living in loving devotion for the betterment of all our peoples & planet.

In this episode, we ‘get into it’ with Kelsey about:

-Speaking your truth

-Remembering our authentic nature,

-Connecting with our truth, and

-Taking action to walk our authentic way.

Learn more about Kelsey on her Instagram account.

78 | All Things Entertainment With Kent Speakman Jul 10, 2024

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Speakman is an innovative producer, entrepreneur and philanthropist pushing the boundaries of technology and creative storytelling via Film, Tv, Live Broadcasting and video. He founded www.KNEKT.tv as the socially conscious streaming platform on Apple TV, Roku and mobile apps connecting content to audiences across the far reaches of the globe, making it "Cool To Care".

His recent acknowledgments include the 2024 Impact Award for Socially Conscious Media from the Los Angeles Tribune, the 2022 Anthem Award for the Shift Mental Health Rally produced by KNEKT®tv & Kent Speakman, and certificates of appreciation from the United Nations Association for work in bringing awareness to the Refugees and Migration issues.

In this episode we get into it with Speakman about:

-Moving to LA

-Following your passion

-Reality TV

-KNEK TV, and

-All things entertainment.

Learn more about KNEKT TV on their website or Instagram page and follow Kent on Instagram

77 | Credit Cards and Politics With Karen and Kayla Jul 03, 2024

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Karen has over 25 years' experience in the financial industry and holds her CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER® designation. She has been recognized by IG as a strong leader and has worked as both a Division Director and Regional Director. In 2019, she stepped down to join her daughter, Kayla, in running their financial practice. In the same year Karen won Kelowna's Top 40 over 40. Karen is also a dedicated and active philanthropist. In 2021, she was recognized by IG for her community service with the Herb Caregie award. She is currently serving on the board of Kelowna Seniors Outreach Society.

Kayla is an industry advocate, has a bachelor's degree in Finance and is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER®. She was named the youngest CFP professional in IG across Canada at the time of reception. Kayla is a huge supporter of title protection for Financial Advisors, and she is the Advocacy director for Advocis locally. She also is an active Rotarian in Lake Country. She was named Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2019 and Philanthropist of the Year 2019. In 2020 she was named Kelowna's Top 40 under 40.

In this episode we ‘get into it’ with Karen and Kayla about:

Financial planning
Credit card debt
Politics and more!

Visit Karen and Kayla’s website or follow them on Instagram.

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