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Just a couple of years ago, Hamilton, Ontario native Emily O'Brien spent 7 months in prison after being arrested at Pearson Airport for drug importation. Her story of how she got there and her journey since is truly captivating. But wait, popcorn? Find out how Emily grew a brand from prison, hiring other convicts as employees.
Her popcorn company is called Comeback Snacks but the company is only a fraction of her overall story or her mission in this world. Emily recently won a Women of Distinction award, as well as mentors, speaks at schools and through other organizations focusing on the success of women and girls and social justice efforts. As much as she is an extraordinary businesswoman, her advocacy and ability to educate are incredibly powerful. Can’t wait for you to hear her story.
Follow Emily on IG @emz.obrien and @ComebackSnacks or visit her website at www.iamemilyobrien.com
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One of the top recommended guests ever for our podcast, Komal is here! Komal Minhas is a curator of powerful experiences and conversations. She is a host, interviewer, investor, and champion of women around the world. She is also a cancer survivor and a chronic illness advocate. What Komal is doing is leveraging her varied and difficult life experiences, along with her background as a business owner and journalist, to deeply connect with her guests and global audience through her talk show Lessons Learned. A recent career highlight for Komal was interviewing Michelle Obama in front of an audience of 8,000 for Michelle’s Canadian stadium tour. In 2016, Komal produced the documentary film, Dream, Girl, about inspiring and ambitious female entrepreneurs that premiered at the Obama White House and landed her on Oprah Winfrey’s Super Soul 100 list. Now, Komal is launching her resilience-building online program, The Next Right Step: Organize Your Mind and Life, where she will interview industry-leading experts and thought leaders and facilitate workshops helping you create a holistic blueprint for your next steps in life.
Follow Komal on IG @KomalMinhas, or visit her website www.komal.com for more.
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Rose Stokes is an award-winning freelance writer and columnist, writing about the things many of us crave to read about. Covering topics such as health and wellbeing; women’s rights; LGBTQIA rights; mental health; diversity and inclusion; relationships, and more has landed Rose in publications such as Vice, Refinery29, The Economist, & Cosmopolitan UK with some of the juiciest and most relatable writings you’ll ever read. But then, a bigger story was featured. One where Rose herself shares her journey with fitness in a fat body, and the exclusions from the wellness industry because of size. Featured in a multi-page spread in Women’s Health UK it became a widely shared article around the world… landing her here with us today to talk about it all.
"If your size isn’t catered for, the underlying message is that you don’t belong"
Follow Rose Stokes on IG @RoseStokes, website: www.rosestokes.co.uk and read the Women’s Health Article here: https://www.womenshealthmag.com/uk/fitness/strength-training/a33441206/rose-stokes-odd-one-out/
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The Almost 30 Podcast is a top-rated lifestyle podcast, brand and community brought to life by LA-based best friends, Krista Williams & Lindsey Simcik. Their conversations often revolve around transitional times in life...and it’s not just for those who are “almost 30” after all! So we got talking, we got pod-swapping, and well… transformative conversations were had. From life editing (clearing out bad habits & toxic friendships) to body acceptance and so much more, this is an encouraging, uplifting, simplifying conversation around some of the changes we can make in our lives that can really bring about some positive changes to our overall wellness.
You can follow Almost 30 Podcast at @Almost30Podcast and their hosts @itskrista and @lindseysimcik or check out www.almost30.com or listen wherever you play your pods!
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After repetitive, non-progressive labour, Kayleigh found herself racing against the clock when it finally came time to get to the hospital. This resulted in a birth NOBODY expected.
This story is exciting, exhilarating, and beautiful and leads into how this now-mom-of-two has birthed (pun intended) a baby-wearing brand with a focus on inclusivity and sustainability. By merely adding just a little more fabric, and just the right amount. As a small, black-owned, mama-owned business on the backs of giving birth in a car, these are the kinds of stories we need in 2020.
You can find Kayleigh at @HeritageBabyDesigns or shop at www.heritagebaby.ca
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What happens when someone asks us what our story is, and it just doesn’t feel like it’s good enough, big enough, or at all “noteworthy”? That’s what happened when I asked Aurora to come onto the podcast, and she felt like maybe she didn’t have that “thing”, no real authority on any one topic, feeling a little lost about it all… then realized, maybe this IS the thing, maybe THIS needs to be discussed. Have you ever felt like your life and your story is just not noteworthy enough? Just not extraordinary? Come take a listen and hear how we unpack exactly that.
You can find Aurora at @AuroraMcCausland and listen to her podcast @YourBestFriendsPodcast
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What do we do when we simply can’t grasp or understand a lifestyle or relationship choice we’ve never heard of before? Ask questions! Today Jo, of “Go Fit Jo”, a Relationship + Life Coach comes on to share about her marriage, her partnership, and what the heck polyamorous relationships are and mean. It can be easy to judge, assume and place our own relationship expectations onto others, but what happens when we just listen instead? That’s what we do today, when we discuss Jo’s journey with polyamory, becoming emotionally fit and sexually liberated.
You can find Jo at @GoFitJo or blog at gofitjo.com and listen to her and her husband Jon’s podcast @Hellamarried.
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Last year, Jenny Jay and Sarah sat down to get comfortable with uncomfortable conversations. Listening back, they both realized it was time to revisit the conversation, what went right, what went wrong, being, and doing better as we grow. While many listeners met Jenny last year in that episode, a LOT has changed since then. A photographer and videographer, Jenny has grown in her activism; her work has been among some of the most shared over the course of the Black Lives Matter movement as well as her call out of JK Rowling. Get comfortable, we’re about to get uncomfortable, again.
You can find Jenny at @JustAskJenny on Instagram or visit www.jennyjay.ca.
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How did a 20-something Toronto athlete come to find herself a fitness entrepreneur by teaching women to love their bodies through the power of sweat? Find out how this fitness influencer is doing things a little different by taking the parts of her that used to be bullied and channelling them into strengths. We also discuss how fitness can stay apart from diet culture, why EVERY body is worthy of fitness, and some simple truths about fueling and caring for your body. This episode is a special edition sponsored by Jamieson Vitamins.
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Krystian is a proud wife and mom to an adorable 2 year old son. Oh, and she’s also a black woman, a gay woman, and in a bi-racial relationship raising a bi-racial son. Krystian sits down to share with us how it’s been for her and her family during the BLM movement in combination with Pride month, raising a son in today's world, and how she believes we can all be better with just one simple thing: LOVE.
Follow along with Krystian on @Krystian_Gabrielle
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