Episode 46 | The Power of Music for Work-Life Wellness
About Jennifer Buchanan: Jennifer Buchanan is an award-winning author and Music Therapist, instrumental in the implementation of hundreds of music therapy programs throughout Canada since 1991. Her company JB Music Therapy has thrice been nominated for the Community...
Episode 45 | Wellness, Wellplayed: Using Your Playlist with Purpose
About Jennifer Buchanan: Jennifer Buchanan is an award-winning author and Music Therapist, instrumental in the implementation of hundreds of music therapy programs throughout Canada since 1991. Her company JB Music Therapy has thrice been nominated for the Community...
Episode 44 | How Will You Measure Your Life? The True Meaning of Success
About Dr. Alan Patterson: Dr. Alan M. Patterson is an organizational development consultant, specializing in executive and leadership development. Having led hundreds of clients for over four decades, Dr. Patterson continues to ignore standard coaching methods, opting...
Episode 43 | Burning Ladders and Building Bridges in Your Work and Life
About Dr. Alan Patterson: Dr. Alan M. Patterson is an organizational development consultant, specializing in executive and leadership development. Having led hundreds of clients for over four decades, Dr. Patterson continues to ignore standard coaching methods, opting...
Episode 42 | Career Fulfillment: Making or Breaking our Work-Life Wellness
About Meghan Reid: Meghan Reid, M.A., C. Psych, is a Toronto-based psychologist and entrepreneur. She specializes in Counselling Psychology and is recognized for her expertise in Career and Workplace Psychology. She is the co-owner of Canada Career Counselling, a...
Episode 41 | Too Bad to Stay, Too Good to Leave: Making Purposeful Career Pivots
About Meghan Reid: Meghan Reid, M.A., C. Psych, is a Toronto-based psychologist and entrepreneur. She specializes in Counselling Psychology and is recognized for her expertise in Career and Workplace Psychology. She is the co-owner of Canada Career Counselling, a...
Season 3
Episode 46 | The Power of Music for Work-Life Wellness
About Jennifer Buchanan: Jennifer Buchanan is an award-winning author and Music Therapist, instrumental in the implementation of hundreds of music therapy programs throughout Canada since 1991. Her company JB Music Therapy has thrice been nominated for the Community...
Episode 45 | Wellness, Wellplayed: Using Your Playlist with Purpose
About Jennifer Buchanan: Jennifer Buchanan is an award-winning author and Music Therapist, instrumental in the implementation of hundreds of music therapy programs throughout Canada since 1991. Her company JB Music Therapy has thrice been nominated for the Community...
Episode 44 | How Will You Measure Your Life? The True Meaning of Success
About Dr. Alan Patterson: Dr. Alan M. Patterson is an organizational development consultant, specializing in executive and leadership development. Having led hundreds of clients for over four decades, Dr. Patterson continues to ignore standard coaching methods, opting...
Episode 43 | Burning Ladders and Building Bridges in Your Work and Life
About Dr. Alan Patterson: Dr. Alan M. Patterson is an organizational development consultant, specializing in executive and leadership development. Having led hundreds of clients for over four decades, Dr. Patterson continues to ignore standard coaching methods, opting...
Episode 42 | Career Fulfillment: Making or Breaking our Work-Life Wellness
About Meghan Reid: Meghan Reid, M.A., C. Psych, is a Toronto-based psychologist and entrepreneur. She specializes in Counselling Psychology and is recognized for her expertise in Career and Workplace Psychology. She is the co-owner of Canada Career Counselling, a...
Episode 41 | Too Bad to Stay, Too Good to Leave: Making Purposeful Career Pivots
About Meghan Reid: Meghan Reid, M.A., C. Psych, is a Toronto-based psychologist and entrepreneur. She specializes in Counselling Psychology and is recognized for her expertise in Career and Workplace Psychology. She is the co-owner of Canada Career Counselling, a...
Season 2
Episode 40 | Evolving Yourself to Live Happy in this Messy World
About Cy Wakeman: Cy Wakeman is a drama researcher, global thought-leader, and New York Times best-selling author who is recognized for cultivating a counter-intuitive, reality-based approach to leadership. Backed by over 25 years of unparalleled experience, Wakeman’s...
Episode 39 | Life’s Messy, Live Happy: Keys to Contentment
About Cy Wakeman: Cy Wakeman is a drama researcher, global thought-leader, and New York Times best-selling author who is recognized for cultivating a counter-intuitive, reality-based approach to leadership. Backed by over 25 years of unparalleled experience, Wakeman’s...
Episode 38 | Healthy to Destructive: Exploring Narcissism in Ourselves and Others
About Dr. Nina W. Brown: Nina W. Brown, EdD, LPC, NCC, Distinguished Fellow American Group Psychotherapy Association, American Psychological Association Fellow is a professor and eminent scholar at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, VA USA. She received her...
Episode 37 | How to Handle Narcissistic Personalities on the Job
About Dr. Nina W. Brown: Nina W. Brown, EdD, LPC, NCC, Distinguished Fellow American Group Psychotherapy Association, American Psychological Association Fellow is a professor and eminent scholar at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, VA USA. She received her...
Episode 36 | Navigating Narcissism in Work and Life
About Wendy Behary: With 25+ years of professional experience and advanced level certifications, Wendy Behary is the founder and director of The Cognitive Therapy Center of New Jersey and The Schema Therapy Institutes of NJ-NYC-DC. She has been treating clients,...
Episode 35 | Disarming the Narcissist at Work
About Wendy Behary: With 25+ years of professional experience and advanced level certifications, Wendy Behary is the founder and director of The Cognitive Therapy Center of New Jersey and The Schema Therapy Institutes of NJ-NYC-DC. She has been treating clients,...
Episode 34 | Being Yourself at Work to Create Better Work-Life Wellness
ABOUT DDS DOBSON-SMITH: DDS Dobson-Smith is a licensed therapist, author, executive coach, speaker on leadership and growth, and a Reiki master — all in service of helping others grow and become who they are. They are the Founder and CEO of SoulTrained, an executive...
Episode 33 | You Can Be Yourself Here: Creating Inclusive Workplaces Through the Psychology of Belonging
ABOUT DDS DOBSON-SMITH: DDS Dobson-Smith is a licensed therapist, author, executive coach, speaker on leadership and growth, and a Reiki master — all in service of helping others grow and become who they are. They are the Founder and CEO of SoulTrained, an executive...
Episode 32 | Extraordinary Cultures: The Evolution from Inclusion to Belonging – Part 2
About Lorne Rubis: Lorne Rubis is currently the Co-Founder of Belongify.com and has been the CEO of two privately held international companies. Lorne is a published author (‘The Character Triangle’) and holds a Bachelor of Education degree from the University of...
Episode 31 | Extraordinary Cultures: The Evolution from Inclusion to Belonging – Part 1
About Lorne Rubis: Lorne Rubis is currently the Co-Founder of Belongify.com and has been the CEO of two privately held international companies. Lorne is a published author (‘The Character Triangle’) and holds a Bachelor of Education degree from the University of...
Episode 30 | Innovating from a Distance: Do We Need to Be Together to Create? – Part 2
About Marie-Josée Lareau: With over twenty years of experience in the field of creativity and innovation, Marie-Josée Lareau specializes in the development of corporate events that stimulate ideation, strategic thinking, cultural change and collaboration. She likes to...
Episode 29 | Innovating from a Distance: Do We Need to Be Together to Create? – Part 1
About Marie-Josée Lareau: With over twenty years of experience in the field of creativity and innovation, Marie-Josée Lareau specializes in the development of corporate events that stimulate ideation, strategic thinking, cultural change and collaboration. She likes to...
Episode 28 | Stop Sitting for Better Work/Life Wellness – Part 2
About Stefan ZAVALIN Stefan Zavalin is a Doctor of Physical Therapy with a passion for movement and health. After a few years working in the physical therapy world, Dr. Zavalin started a consulting business, Love to Move, to help office workers reduce sitting time....
Episode 27 | Stop Sitting for Better Work/Life Wellness – Part 1
About Stefan ZAVALIN Stefan Zavalin is a Doctor of Physical Therapy with a passion for movement and health. After a few years working in the physical therapy world, Dr. Zavalin started a consulting business, Love to Move, to help office workers reduce sitting time....
Episode 26 | Calling All Men to Action: Let’s End Sexual Exploitation & Trafficking! – Part 2
About Alan Smyth Currently Alan serves as the Executive Director for Saving Innocence, an anti-human trafficking, community-based organization focused on child victims of sex trafficking. Based in Los Angeles, Alan has responsibility over Direct Services and Business...
Episode 25 | Calling All Men to Action: Let’s End Sexual Exploitation & Trafficking! – Part 1
About Alan Smyth Currently Alan serves as the Executive Director for Saving Innocence, an anti-human trafficking, community-based organization focused on child victims of sex trafficking. Based in Los Angeles, Alan has responsibility over Direct Services and Business...
Episode 24 | Your Career Health Check for 2022 – Part 2
About Lisa Stransky As a Certified Career Development Professional, Lise Stransky believes work should be meaningful. She also believes being proactive and managing your career health is as important as going to the dentist! This is the philosophy that has guided her...
Episode 23 | Your Career Health Check for 2022 – Part 1
About Lisa Stransky As a Certified Career Development Professional, Lise Stransky believes work should be meaningful. She also believes being proactive and managing your career health is as important as going to the dentist! This is the philosophy that has guided her...
Episode 22 | Creating the Canvas of Your Life: A Conversation with Two Emerging Artists – Part 2
About Erica Campitelli & Chelsea McDonald Emerging Artists EPISODE NOTES Today we’re continuing a conversation we started earlier about the vital steps in creating your own life canvas. Following passions is key to your life canvas but so many times life and work...
Episode 21 | Creating the Canvas of Your Life: A Conversation with Two Emerging Artists – Part 1
About Erica Campitelli & Chelsea McDonald Emerging Artists EPISODE NOTES Today we’re talking about the importance of creating your own life canvas by following your passions. As we get busy in our life and work, passions we may have had when we were younger tend...
Episode 20 | Harnessing the Success-Energy Equation to Get Sh!t Done! – Part 2
About Michelle Cederberg Health and Productivity Expert, Speaker, Coach, Author EPISODE NOTES Michelle Cederberg and I continue our conversation about energy maintenance, wellness, and “seizing the freakin’ day”! Michelle shares many tips, tricks,...
Episode 19 | Harnessing the Success-Energy Equation to Get Sh!t Done! – Part 1
About Michelle Cederberg Health and Productivity Expert, Speaker, Coach, Author EPISODE NOTES In this episode, Michelle Cederberg and I discuss how to find the energy to pursue what you really want in life, and “seize the freakin’ day”! Michelle...
Episode 18 | No Ego for Better Work and Lives, with Cy Wakeman – Part 2
About Cy Wakeman President/ Founder of Reality-Based Leadership, NYTimes best-selling author, Keynote Speaker & Drama Researcher. EPISODE NOTES In this episode, I continue my conversation with Cy Wakeman. Cy has dedicated her work to understanding how to combat...
Episode 17 | No Ego for Better Work and Lives, with Cy Wakeman – Part 1
About Cy Wakeman President/ Founder of Reality-Based Leadership, NYTimes best-selling author, Keynote Speaker & Drama Researcher. EPISODE NOTES Did you know that the average person spends 2.5 hours of their workday submersed in drama? All of us have an ego, but we...
Season 1
Episode 16 | Better Sleep, Better Life! – Part 2
About Aaron Telnes Registered Psychologist, Sleep and Wellness Expert EPISODE NOTES In this episode, Aaron Telnes, Registered Psychologist and Sleep & Wellness Expert, discusses how sleep and wellness are deeply intertwined. We explore what it takes to maintain...
Episode 15 | Better Sleep, Better Life! – Part 1
About Aaron Telnes Registered Psychologist, Sleep and Wellness Expert EPISODE NOTES We all know it’s important to get a good night’s sleep. But how can we implement better sleep habits, and why does this ultimately improve our life? In this episode, Aaron Telnes,...
Episode 14 | Humanizing Work for a Better World – Part 2
About Dr. Steve Hunt Chief Expert, Technology & Work at SAP About Robert Richard Human Experience Advisor at SAP EPISODE NOTES In this episode, I continue speaking with Dr. Steve Hunt (Chief Expert, Work & Technology) and Robert Richardson (Human...
Episode 13 | Humanizing Work for a Better World – Part 1
About Dr. Steve Hunt Chief Expert, Technology & Work at SAP About Robert Richard Human Experience Advisor at SAP EPISODE NOTES I speak with Dr. Steve Hunt (Chief Expert, Work & Technology) and Robert Richardson (Human Experience Advisor) from SAP,...
Episode 12 | Optimizing Your Brilliant Brain for Work and Life Success – Part 2
ABOUT MARRY RENSEL, MD Assistant Professor of Neurology at Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine ABOUT ALI HIVELY, MA Life Coach, Certified Personal Trainer, Nutrition & Wellness Consultant EPISODE NOTES In this episode, I continue my conversation with Dr....
Episode 11 | Optimizing Your Brilliant Brain for Work and Life Success – Part 1
About Marry Rensel, MD Assistant Professor of Neurology at Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine About Ali Hively, MA Life Coach, Certified Personal Trainer, Nutrition & Wellness Consultant EPISODE NOTES In this episode, I am joined by Dr. Mary Rensel,...
Episode 10 | Grateful Leadership: The Road to One Billion Happier People – Part 2
About Steve Foran Beliver in grate leadership. Author: Surviving to Thriving: The 10 Laws of Grateful Leadership EPISODE NOTES In this episode, Steve Foran and I continue our conversation about gratitude, exploring the intersection of work and life, and gratitude’s...
Episode 09 | Grateful Leadership: The Road to One Billion Happier People – Part 1
About Steve Foran Believer in grateful leadership. Author of Thriving: The 10 Lws of Grateful Leadership EPISODE NOTES In this episode, Steve Foran and I discuss how gratitude operates in the workplace, and how leaders can foster gratefulness to promote health,...
Episode 08 | Fierce, Funny, and Focused Making a Difference, with Adora Nwofor
About Adora Nwofor Comedian, Actor, Tireless Anti-Racism Advocate, Fierce Feminst, Model EPISODE NOTES In this episode, we learn about how racism operates in today’s western society, and how we can transform our society to become more accepting of people from...
Episode 07 | Walking the Talk on Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
About Julie Carignan Speaker, Organizational Psychology and Leadereship Expert EPISODE NOTES Welcome to the seventh episode of my podcast, Where Work Meets Life™: Walking the Talk on Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion. In this episode, we are joined by Julie Carignan....
Episode 06 | Writing the Career You Love
About Suzy Vadori Book Coach, Editor, Public Speaker, Young Adult Author EPISODE NOTES Welcome to the sixth episode of my podcast, Where Work Meets Life™: Writing the Career You Love. In this episode, we are joined by Suzy Vadori. Suzy is currently a Book Coach,...
Episode 05 | Second Chances: An Interview About Surviving and Thriving
About Kerry Gladue Author, Counsellor, Speaker and Survivor EPISODE NOTES Welcome to the fifth episode of my podcast, Where Work Meets Life™: Second Chances: An Interview about Surviving and Thriving with Kerry Gladue. In this episode, I am joined by Kerry Gladue...
Episode 04 | Finding Meaning in Work for 2021 and Beyond
About Tom Morin Consultant, Author, Speaker, Work Feels Good EPISODE NOTES Welcome to the fourth episode of my podcast, Where Work Meets Life™: Finding Meaning in Work for 2021 and Beyond. In this episode, we are joined by Tom Morin – Consultant, speaker, and...
Episode 03 | Building Mental Fitness to Be Well and Excel in Work and Life
About Karen MacNeil Performance Consultant, Speaker, Psychologist & Advisor MacNeill Performance Consulting EPISODE NOTES Welcome to the third episode of my podcast, Where Work Meets Life™: Work-Life Wellness – Building Mental Fitness to BE WELL and EXCEL in work...
Episode 02 | How We Can Stay Resilient During Challenging Times
EPISODE NOTES Welcome to the second episode of my podcast, Where Work Meets Life™: Work-Life Wellness – How we can stay resilient during challenging times. In this episode, we are joined by April Dyrda – Workplace Consultant with Work EvOHlution and Registered...
Episode 01 | Why Does It Take a Catastrophe to Evolve the Way We Work and Live?
EPISODE NOTES Welcome to the first episode of my podcast, Where Work Meets Life™: Why does it take a catastrophe to change the way we work and live? In this episode, we are joined by Philip Vanhoutte – Author of “The Smarter Working Manifesto”,...
Career Fulfillment
Episode 45 | Wellness, Wellplayed: Using Your Playlist with Purpose
About Jennifer Buchanan: Jennifer Buchanan is an award-winning author and Music Therapist, instrumental in the implementation of hundreds of music therapy programs throughout Canada since 1991. Her company JB Music Therapy has thrice been nominated for the Community...
Episode 43 | Burning Ladders and Building Bridges in Your Work and Life
About Dr. Alan Patterson: Dr. Alan M. Patterson is an organizational development consultant, specializing in executive and leadership development. Having led hundreds of clients for over four decades, Dr. Patterson continues to ignore standard coaching methods, opting...
Episode 42 | Career Fulfillment: Making or Breaking our Work-Life Wellness
About Meghan Reid: Meghan Reid, M.A., C. Psych, is a Toronto-based psychologist and entrepreneur. She specializes in Counselling Psychology and is recognized for her expertise in Career and Workplace Psychology. She is the co-owner of Canada Career Counselling, a...
Episode 41 | Too Bad to Stay, Too Good to Leave: Making Purposeful Career Pivots
About Meghan Reid: Meghan Reid, M.A., C. Psych, is a Toronto-based psychologist and entrepreneur. She specializes in Counselling Psychology and is recognized for her expertise in Career and Workplace Psychology. She is the co-owner of Canada Career Counselling, a...
Episode 24 | Your Career Health Check for 2022 – Part 2
About Lisa Stransky As a Certified Career Development Professional, Lise Stransky believes work should be meaningful. She also believes being proactive and managing your career health is as important as going to the dentist! This is the philosophy that has guided her...
Episode 23 | Your Career Health Check for 2022 – Part 1
About Lisa Stransky As a Certified Career Development Professional, Lise Stransky believes work should be meaningful. She also believes being proactive and managing your career health is as important as going to the dentist! This is the philosophy that has guided her...
Episode 22 | Creating the Canvas of Your Life: A Conversation with Two Emerging Artists – Part 2
About Erica Campitelli & Chelsea McDonald Emerging Artists EPISODE NOTES Today we’re continuing a conversation we started earlier about the vital steps in creating your own life canvas. Following passions is key to your life canvas but so many times life and work...
Episode 21 | Creating the Canvas of Your Life: A Conversation with Two Emerging Artists – Part 1
About Erica Campitelli & Chelsea McDonald Emerging Artists EPISODE NOTES Today we’re talking about the importance of creating your own life canvas by following your passions. As we get busy in our life and work, passions we may have had when we were younger tend...
Thriving Organizations
Episode 34 | Being Yourself at Work to Create Better Work-Life Wellness
ABOUT DDS DOBSON-SMITH: DDS Dobson-Smith is a licensed therapist, author, executive coach, speaker on leadership and growth, and a Reiki master — all in service of helping others grow and become who they are. They are the Founder and CEO of SoulTrained, an executive...
Episode 33 | You Can Be Yourself Here: Creating Inclusive Workplaces Through the Psychology of Belonging
ABOUT DDS DOBSON-SMITH: DDS Dobson-Smith is a licensed therapist, author, executive coach, speaker on leadership and growth, and a Reiki master — all in service of helping others grow and become who they are. They are the Founder and CEO of SoulTrained, an executive...
Episode 32 | Extraordinary Cultures: The Evolution from Inclusion to Belonging – Part 2
About Lorne Rubis: Lorne Rubis is currently the Co-Founder of Belongify.com and has been the CEO of two privately held international companies. Lorne is a published author (‘The Character Triangle’) and holds a Bachelor of Education degree from the University of...
Episode 31 | Extraordinary Cultures: The Evolution from Inclusion to Belonging – Part 1
About Lorne Rubis: Lorne Rubis is currently the Co-Founder of Belongify.com and has been the CEO of two privately held international companies. Lorne is a published author (‘The Character Triangle’) and holds a Bachelor of Education degree from the University of...
Episode 30 | Innovating from a Distance: Do We Need to Be Together to Create? – Part 2
About Marie-Josée Lareau: With over twenty years of experience in the field of creativity and innovation, Marie-Josée Lareau specializes in the development of corporate events that stimulate ideation, strategic thinking, cultural change and collaboration. She likes to...
Episode 29 | Innovating from a Distance: Do We Need to Be Together to Create? – Part 1
About Marie-Josée Lareau: With over twenty years of experience in the field of creativity and innovation, Marie-Josée Lareau specializes in the development of corporate events that stimulate ideation, strategic thinking, cultural change and collaboration. She likes to...
Thriving Humans
Episode 46 | The Power of Music for Work-Life Wellness
About Jennifer Buchanan: Jennifer Buchanan is an award-winning author and Music Therapist, instrumental in the implementation of hundreds of music therapy programs throughout Canada since 1991. Her company JB Music Therapy has thrice been nominated for the Community...
Episode 44 | How Will You Measure Your Life? The True Meaning of Success
About Dr. Alan Patterson: Dr. Alan M. Patterson is an organizational development consultant, specializing in executive and leadership development. Having led hundreds of clients for over four decades, Dr. Patterson continues to ignore standard coaching methods, opting...
Episode 40 | Evolving Yourself to Live Happy in this Messy World
About Cy Wakeman: Cy Wakeman is a drama researcher, global thought-leader, and New York Times best-selling author who is recognized for cultivating a counter-intuitive, reality-based approach to leadership. Backed by over 25 years of unparalleled experience, Wakeman’s...
Episode 39 | Life’s Messy, Live Happy: Keys to Contentment
About Cy Wakeman: Cy Wakeman is a drama researcher, global thought-leader, and New York Times best-selling author who is recognized for cultivating a counter-intuitive, reality-based approach to leadership. Backed by over 25 years of unparalleled experience, Wakeman’s...
Episode 38 | Healthy to Destructive: Exploring Narcissism in Ourselves and Others
About Dr. Nina W. Brown: Nina W. Brown, EdD, LPC, NCC, Distinguished Fellow American Group Psychotherapy Association, American Psychological Association Fellow is a professor and eminent scholar at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, VA USA. She received her...
Episode 37 | How to Handle Narcissistic Personalities on the Job
About Dr. Nina W. Brown: Nina W. Brown, EdD, LPC, NCC, Distinguished Fellow American Group Psychotherapy Association, American Psychological Association Fellow is a professor and eminent scholar at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, VA USA. She received her...
Advocating for a
Better World
Episode 26 | Calling All Men to Action: Let’s End Sexual Exploitation & Trafficking! – Part 2
About Alan Smyth Currently Alan serves as the Executive Director for Saving Innocence, an anti-human trafficking, community-based organization focused on child victims of sex trafficking. Based in Los Angeles, Alan has responsibility over Direct Services and Business...
Episode 25 | Calling All Men to Action: Let’s End Sexual Exploitation & Trafficking! – Part 1
About Alan Smyth Currently Alan serves as the Executive Director for Saving Innocence, an anti-human trafficking, community-based organization focused on child victims of sex trafficking. Based in Los Angeles, Alan has responsibility over Direct Services and Business...
Episode 08 | Fierce, Funny, and Focused Making a Difference, with Adora Nwofor
About Adora Nwofor Comedian, Actor, Tireless Anti-Racism Advocate, Fierce Feminst, Model EPISODE NOTES In this episode, we learn about how racism operates in today’s western society, and how we can transform our society to become more accepting of people from...
Episode 05 | Second Chances: An Interview About Surviving and Thriving
About Kerry Gladue Author, Counsellor, Speaker and Survivor EPISODE NOTES Welcome to the fifth episode of my podcast, Where Work Meets Life™: Second Chances: An Interview about Surviving and Thriving with Kerry Gladue. In this episode, I am joined by Kerry Gladue...