In this live telephone tell-all, non-fictional narrative with the ‘Queen V’ himself, Vincent shares his journey from Manila to a mental health nurse working in San Francisco at a residence that houses 120 homeless people. But this mental health worker from Manila has a secret, for as much as he thoroughly enjoys the buzz of the ‘V-Hive’ and working amongst California’s most vulnerable he has developed a full on addiction for solo-travel and has selfies to prove it. I apologize for the at times poor recording quality, but then again, it was recorded inside the ‘V-Hive’.
There are life-journeys and then there are full on enterprising- adventures, which is what you are about to hear as you listen in on my in person conversation with Jennifer Thompson. Born in Kyuguot, BC into what she describes as a 'free-range' childhood, the only non-indigenous child in a 2 room schoolhouse, to now the founder and CEO of Herstasis Health Foundation, a Canadian menopause health organization with over 1 million YouTube subscribers. Buckle up because the plot twists are suddenly and without warning. Bonus Material: https://www.herstasis.com/
Two years ago almost to the day I launched Paul's Muddy Buddies and their Dirty Lil' Secrets. over the past 2 years this podcast has begun to take on a life of its own, go through construction-deconstruction and now reconstruction or evolve if you will. This 5 minute intro will let you know the details.
According to Statistics Canada there were 266 homicides reported in Ontario in 2018, an increase of 69 from 2017. This is the highest number of homicides and the largest year over year increase reported in a single province since Statistics Canada began collecting this data in 1961. On Thursday September 20, 2018 Isaiah Thomas Macnab was shot and killed in broad daylight in downtown Kitchener, Ontario. That day his mother Kelly began to define her grief as the story of unfinished love. What you are about to hear is true. What you are about to feel is the anguish and pain of his mother, my friend Kelly as she candidly shares with those who dare to listen the story behind the statistic.
Ahmed Yousef in this tell-all edition reflects on who he is and how the culmination of his history not only got him to where he is today, but built within him the character and ability to take on the challenges of a political career in the City of Maple Ridge, BC. You will laugh and you may cry, but what you won't be able to do is stop listening.
Gabe & Hudson in the Fall of 2022 have made history as two of the youngest people to ever win seats as Board of Trustees for the Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows School District 42 here in British Columbia. In this podcast they give me a birds-eye-view of the BC Battlefield of Sexual Orientation and Gender Equality (SOGI) where they are well armed with the voices of their peers and the mandate of those walking the halls of the public and high schools of School District 42 as they go up against the Anti-SOGI naysayers who have drawn a line in the sand. At times they were a tag-team of hilarity, but from the start you will quickly understand why voters in this district realized that though only 21yrs of age these gentlemen are all about educating and not indoctrinating. Join me as they let me know 'We're Just Getting Started' as they 'Unleash the Future'
Scott Bowman’s journey begins on a farm in Southwestern Ontario where he learned the difference between barnyard mud and nostril grabbing manure! Skills that have come in handy when crossing paths with pastors, politicians, and primates during his 12yr term at Futurpreneur Canada. Buckle up, hit play and hold onto your hat-life is about to get real!
Jessica Saial makes the now or never decision, along with her husband Jason during the COVID pandemic to exchange her life as a Baroness on Bay Street to become a Barista in BC. This is the journey as it unfolds.
Born in Toronto raised in the home of a world travelling pentecostal preacher, the Divine Ms.Em shares her insights into growing up in small town Woodstock Ontario in a cult-like evangelical atmosphere, and her journey to freedom. You will laugh, you'll replay and you might just ask how much wine was being consumed while this was being recorded.
Swimming Upstream well defines the life of Joel DeWit~from challenging the code of conduct in a private High School by nailing a manifesto to the bulletin board to declaring to his Pentecostal Missionary parents at 15yrs of age-"Dad and Mum I like boyz!" A remarkable story of bravery, courage and a refusal to be swept downstream.
If Maryann’s life up to this point were a book, in this Library of Dirty Little Secrets you’d be looking for the title ‘I’m Still Standing’. Not a quick read nor at times an easy read, but a worthwhile read of wit and wisdom. This podcast will leave you wanting to know more, so I highly recommend following her on LinkedIn and purchasing her book ‘Tarnished’. One of the most thought-provoking leaders making a marked difference, positive impact especially in the charitable sector. And boy does she have some ‘dirty little secrets’
Tracy is a recognized End of Life Doula, and Community College facilitator and Co-Founder of The Grief Well. This read/episode will challenge societal norms and stereotypes around dying, death and grief. If her life was a book Wild Flower is a great title as she is a fragrance of change.
My Muddy Buddy Paul shares candidly about his son's battle with depression, the concussion connection to suicide, and his family's journey to move forward through their intense grief, isolation, depression and deep sadness because of his death. What you are about to listen to is raw, real and relatable.
Buckle up and listen as my Muddy Buddy takes us on a 10-day camping trip in the Brazilian Amazon Forest, to a spontaneous wedding in Japan, to a career with multinational pharmaceutical companies to a her present day calling as an International Life Coach.
Jamie Kuykendall is a native of New York City, currently residing in Maryland with her husband and son. She is my muddy buddy and we get into the nitty, the gritty and the nasty talking about infertility and her book.