SHE. Inspired

As you move through challenging life experiences, how are you using your thoughts? Are you using them? … or are they using you? I believe one of Katie Baird's gifts to the world is her ability to articulate the power of focused thinking to help us heal. Through sharing her personal story of healing from multiple physical and emotional traumas, Katie beautifully illustrates how so much of our healing journey is about learning to reach for a better feeling thought; to consciously choose a different lens through which to view our experience. This is the real essence of what comes through for me in our conversation. As a writer, Katie is truly gifted with words. She uses her gift to show us how she renegotiated her relationship with fear, and ultimately chose love over fear, by using ‘anchor thoughts' to stabilize herself when conditions in her life were rough. Katie Baird is a copywriter who runs her own agency, Katie Baird Agency, and is authoring her first book, a memoir of her experience healing from her first marriage. You can connect with her online through her website: www.katiebairdagency.com or on Instagram: @katiekpb I reached Katie in her home in Durham, North Carolina.

“I'm so far away from the life I was supposed to have.” Just one of the beautiful and profound statements Emily Getz makes in our open and frank conversations about her experience moving through secondary pregnancy loss and infertility. She stopped me in my tracks with this statement because I believe it's a familiar refrain for so many of us (whether consciously or unconsciously); this belief that we should be somewhere other than right where we are. In Emily's case, this idea she was missing out on the life she was supposed to have related to building her family. But of course, we can think this way about other aspect of our lives too, like our work, social or financial status, the quality of our relationships, or even our spiritual development. And when this belief is active within us, it can really suck all the fun and enjoyment out of the here and now, as Emily so beautifully illustrates through a story about her son Ryder. We cover a lot of ground in this episode, but the overarching message is the need to let go of the life you thought you were supposed to have so you can have (and enjoy) the life meant for you. Letting go of beliefs, thoughts and things that aren't true to who we are, is essentially what healing allows us to do. And when we are willing to move through this painful and often scary process of healing, what awaits us on the other side is often unexpected (but super cool!) and always in alignment with the truth of who we are. For Emily, one of those unexpected outcomes is the creation of her new podcast. Day 1 aims to normalize the experience of pregnancy loss and infertility - particularly here in Canada where for the most part, the conversation has yet to penetrate the mainstream - through interviews with experts and people with lived experience of infertility. By carving out space for these important conversations, Emily hopes to create an amazing, positive loop: a better educated public who can respond more effectively to people experiencing infertility, who will then feel more understood by the people around them and be more likely to share their experience which will continue to educate the public ... An amazing positive loop, indeed. To connect with Emily directly and subscribe to her podcast, follow her on Instagram @_day1podcast. I reached Emily at her home in Toronto.

The intangible is always working in our lives. That's what Andrea Moyah Trucilla, Cree Medicine Woman and Modern Mystic, wants you to know. Understanding exactly what that means and learning how to tap into this intangible Spirit world is what she teaches through her School of the Mystic Arts and her 1:1 work with intuitive healers. Her healing journey began at the age of 19 when she started practicing yoga. At the time, she believed the feeling of your chest caving in; of not being able to take a full breath, was a normal state of living. This began the reintegration process of her soul returning to her body and was the catalyst for her to powerfully claim her psychic abilities. There is often a lot of fear when we contemplate tapping into the entirety of ourselves and awakening our soul purpose. Andrea and I discuss how this fear serves a purpose: it has kept us safe during the long period of our past when it hasn't been safe to live openly as our true selves. But now, it is safe, and Andrea delivers a powerful question for our listeners straight from Spirit: What is your hero story? Because it is time to tap into that and propel your life forward. It's time. We have a lively conversation, with Andrea channeling directly to Spirit, about how to do this and things to be prepared for in responding to this call to action from your soul. If you are feeling a pull to more but don't yet understand it or know how to respond, this episode is for you. To learn more about Andrea's School of The Mystic Arts and to connect with her directly, find her on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/andrea.nygren.7 or email her at: andreamoyah11@gmail.com. I reached Andrea at her home in Georgetown, Ontario.

Can you relate to feeling uncomfortable in your own skin? Having moments in your life, perhaps years, where you felt you weren’t quite in the right place? Perhaps you are feeling that way right now in your life? Johanna Rossi can relate. As a hands on healer, she helps women strip back the layers of experience from our present and past lives to reconnect when the truth of who we are. She is perfectly suited for this important work because she’s done it herself her entire life. Johanna shares her journey of deep spiritual awakening, including the truths she’s covered about the connection between negative emotion and dis-ease, and how she is using this wisdom to help women release illness and live with freedom, love and truth. To learn more about her healing practice and connect directly with Johanna, follow her on Instagram @raisingmywoman I reached Johanna at her home in southeast France.

As purpose-driven, female entrepreneurs, Kelsey Blake & Shannon Laliberte ARE their clients. That’s partly why they are so effective at capturing the essence of the women who hire them to create photo and video content for their purpose-driven businesses. The synergy between these two is NUTS! Each of them is so firmly in their zone of genius, they are powerful in their own rights but when they come together - BAM. As a photographer and videographer respectively, Shannon and Kelsey exemplify the power of following your inspiration to generate an impact and an income. That they found each other is no surprise to those of us who understand the vibrational nature of our Universe, but it is still INCREDIBLE to behold. They share what the journey to here has looked like for each of them, the limiting beliefs each of them has faced (and flipped) to claim their identities as artists, and where they are going as the co-founders of FoundHer Productions.

Did you know yoga was not designed for exercise? I did not know that! I knew there was a lot more to it, but I didn’t know the practice wasn’t designed for the purpose of exercise at all. For Victoria Noone, yoga has been her vehicle to self-love and acceptance. It enabled her to shed the tough exterior she developed in response to childhood trauma. It has helped her feel good and strong and comfortable in her body again. And it introduced her to gratitude as a powerful practice for redirecting her thoughts to feel good even when things are tough. Now she teaches yoga to people who are just like her: regular people, with regular bodies and a desire to feel better - as well as an attitude toward yoga that ranges from mild alarm to full-on resistance (well, that part is no longer her

Jules Theis is writing a memoir about her experiences surviving death, mothering and healing. Her story is nothing short of miraculous, and I believe it has important lessons for us all around the power and opportunity contained in crisis. When she finally allowed herself to feel the full range of emotions associated with her death experience, everything changed. She connected with the truth of herself, unlocking her inner wisdom and allowing her to see the true purpose of her life: to break the intergenerational pattern of women in her family by loving herself first. I believe genuine love of self is truly a radical act, especially for women, and it has the power to transform not just our lives, but the lives of everyone we touch. Jules has taken her message of the power of self-love to Instagram where she is a consistent and uplifting presence for women, reminding us of the power and service in caring for ourselves first. You can follow her @thejoyofjules I reached Jules in Cannes, France where she lives with her husband and two young sons.

Do you believe everything that comes into your life, you attract? The good, the bad, the ugly? I do ...now, but I didn’t always. And I know from my experience arriving at this knowing, that accepting responsibility for everything that shows up in our lives can be a tough pill to swallow. Obviously some of the things which show up in our lives (like the bad, and perhaps the ugly :) we don’t intend to attract. But as I’ve learned, the process of creation works the same whether we are employing it deliberately or not. 2 weeks ago I got a bad burn. Like, bad. The worst I can remember, maybe the worst I’ve ever had. In this episode of Calibrations, I share the circumstances around “the burning”, the process I went through to understand how it was I attracted this experience and ultimately, what it was here to teach me. In a nutshell: Perception truly is everything; it 100% shapes our reality. We can choose to look at things in our lives as happening to us or happening for us. We can choose to see challenging events as evidence of our “bad luck” or as an opportunity for growth,. The feelings we experience in every moment …. elation, sadness, frustration, peace, empowered, disempowered … they are simply the result of our interpretation of the experience - not the experience itself. As we learn more about who we truly are and this beautiful, orderly Universe in which we live, we expand our awareness and more perspectives become available to us. We begin to realize that, in all situations, every emotion is available to us - and with study, courage and a bit of practice, we can give ourselves permission to choose any one.

As a kid, Christie Wong changed schools every year until high school. 13 different schools! After university, she started a new job every year in her 20’s. Now, as she approaches her 30’s, she is using the powerful information in her varied life experience to clarify and refine her desire. There is so much value in the contrasting experiences of our lives. We learn and benefit from the experiences of what we don’t want as much as, if not more than, those we do. The path to Christie’s inspiration (so far) perfectly exemplifies how the Universe is always looking out for us; always guiding us to experiences where we will learn skills and gain knowledge toward that which is our intended purpose. At times, what is happening in our lives may seem FAR from aligned with what we want, but there is always a master plan at work. If you love a winding journey, this episode is for you :) And as you reflect on your own journey … maybe it’s feeling easy right now, or sticky, maybe it’s feeling aligned with the purpose to which you feel called in your life, or miles away … I hope this episode offers some context and some comfort that you are, right now, exactly where you’re meant to be. To learn more about Christie and her work, follow her on Instagram @chrwonstie

Do I have to lose everything to lose my fear of losing everything? Powerful question, right? I’ve been turning this over in my head for the past week. The seeds of this question were planted for me to hear in an Abraham Hicks session I listened to on YouTube. I am a big fan of their teachings and listen daily. In this particular session, a gentleman wanted to earn a billion dollars and asked Abraham: what do I need to do? Their response was: want it and believe it’s possible. They went on to say that often the reason we humans don’t have the results we want in our lives … the huge bank balance, the lover and soul mate who lights us up at every moment of every day, the beautiful house on the lake … (ok yes, those are the things that I want :) is because we want things but we block with our belief. We want it, but we don’t believe it’s possible or possible for us, and this holds us separate and apart from the things we want. As someone who recently started over in her life I can relate to the fear of losing everything. In the past 2 years, I’ve released most of what I accumulated in 20 years of life, work and partnership: a 15 year career, an almost 20 year relationship, a comfortable income provided for me largely by my former partner, a lovely large house in a great neighbourhood in Toronto, many of my friends, some family. I released all this in order to rebuild a life that is aligned with who I really am and why I’m here. Interestingly, this fear of losing everything was more poignant for me post-separation than pre-separation. Meaning, it wasn’t until I began building my new life that I noticed fear was driving many decisions related to how I lived and worked. Recently, I received evidence of how I’ve calibrated to a higher frequency and my fear of losing everything is (mostly) gone. What happened? I share my experience of how I identified the belief that was contributing to my fear, how I changed it and the evidence I see now in my physical environment. If you like digging into the nitty gritty of daily thoughts and emotions, this episode is for you :) I’m Lorna Morin and you’ve been listening to SHE. Inspired. You can follow me on follow on Instagram and Facebook for more on this podcast and the other SHE offerings for purpose-driven female entrepreneurs @lornamorin2.0 If you haven’t yet, go to Apple Podcasts and subscribe, rate and review this show. Join me next week for more powerful stories of women who are following our inspiration wherever it leads.

New Segment! Hello wonderful women! I am trying something new. I’m calling it: Calibrations. Ok, check this out: as I tune in, more and more, to the truth of my being; to the energetic being I am - we all are - I am starting to have a different relationship with nature. I’m starting to be in communication with nature. I’m realizing, I am one with nature. It’s not just happening around me, it is connected to me - I am an extension of it … of Source energy, Spirit, The Universe, God, whatever you call this higher power which governs our being. As I go on this journey, I want to share the signs that I’m seeing and experiencing in my day to day life in the hopes of stimulating conversation, reflection and consideration within in you, about who you are, what you are and why you’re here. Now, I am by no means an energy expert. I am, however, a very dedicated and devout student, and in the last two years, I have been studying what it means to be who we actually are: energetic beings living in an energetic Universe. I’m learning more everyday, and what I’m learning has had powerful and positive implications in my own life so I want to share it! So Calibrations will be short snippets of my own experience reading the signs and enhancing my understanding of energy, alignment and our power as women and humans to create our own realities. SHE. Inspired Calibrations. Here we go :) Episode 1. The Birds I have a thing with birds. Whenever I see one … in the sky or in a flock, I feel like the Universe is speaking to me. It’s a knowing I have, and it’s hard to explain, but essentially birds are my spirit guide. In this first episode of Calibrations, I share a CRAZY experience I had earlier this week at the Beach in downtown Toronto. I call this series Calibrations because I want to share snippets of my process and experience as I learn how to tune in to my inner being and align to the Source energy that surrounds us and governs our being. What happened to me on the Beach this week, I interpret it as a sign that I am shifting my energetic frequency - a good sign :) What I’ve learned is that there are literally signs from the Universe, little miracles, extraordinary things, happening all the time. It’s just that unless we are vibrating on the same frequency of these occurrences, we aren’t aware of them.

What do you believe is necessary for you to be “successful”? Morgan Davidson and I have a frank conversation about hustle culture and the rise of “girl boss” rhetoric. Is it empowering to women? Is it a bill of goods that leaves us feeling inadequate and unfulfilled? Morgan shares her experience as a young woman entering the workforce at the rise of the “lean in” movement. Her experience caused her to question the prevailing sentiment that women need to embrace the hustle. Instead, she decided to get curious ... what other options were available to her? How else could she imagine success for herself? What were other women thinking and feeling about this? This curiosity led her to create Her Megaphone, a podcast where she shares women’s stories in an effort to broaden perspectives on sisterhood and feminism, including her own. In her interviews, Morgan asks the questions she wants to know, which lends an authenticity to her interview style that I just love. To learn more about Morgan and Her Megaphone movement, follow her on Instagram @hermegaphone or visit her website, https://hermegaphone.com I reached Morgan at her home in Toronto.

Why is being miserable in every career you’ve ever had a good thing? Leith McKay has the answer. By sharing her story of seeking her inspiration, she illustrates how all the experiences she didn’t like - the things that didn’t work out, the bad-feeling thoughts she doesn’t want, all of that contrast - actually served her. Experiencing so much of what she didn’t want, clarified for her that which she does want. Turns out, she loves sharing stories too! And with her podcast, Finding Me, she’s figured out a way to learn more about herself and her desires through interviewing other women about their experiences feeling “stuck”. If you don’t know what you’re passionate about, listen to this conversation. Leith shares what strategies worked for her as well as how she responded to the shame she felt for “not knowing” what inspired her. To learn more about Leith and subscribe to her podcast, visit her at https://www.leithmckay.com and follow her on Instagram @findingmepodcast I reached Leith at her home in Toronto.

At 21, Kristen Davey got an offer most recent grads would die for: to buy a company in the field of forensic science, the program from which she had just graduated and believed would be her life’s work. Except ... something didn’t feel right. Why, she asked herself, am I not jumping on this opportunity? This was one of the first times Kristen remembers tuning in and listening to her gut to find the answers. What a gift, to have that level of clarity at 21. Napoleon Hill has a quote from his book Think & Grow Rich: “The world has a habit of making way for the (wo)man whose actions show that she knows where she’s going.” To me, this epitomizes Kristen Davey. She is a woman who knows where she’s going and she refuses let anything stop her. So what if she picked an industry dominated by 60 year old white men? She’s discovered her difference is not a weakness but her Superpower! And she’s leveraging it to build a thriving financial coaching business and follow her calling to educate business owners on how to create financial freedom. To learn more about Kristen, follow her on Instagram: @financialfortuneteller and visit her website: https://www.financialfortuneteller.net/ I reached Kristen at her home outside Toronto.

A fire, a tragic murder, a divorce, job loss. Any one of these things can bring us to our knees. Lisa Artuso has experienced them all. As she explains, there were times when she just wanted to sit and cry. But also, there was curiosity ... why are all these bad things happening? And what perspectives other than victim are available to me? These questions set Lisa on a quest to find a better way to live and share it with others. So how’s she living now? Well, 25 years of mindset work has paid off - no more unhappy relationships or insecure jobs. Now she is thriving as the owner of a successful direct sales business and life coaching practice, plus she’s married to her soul-mate and creating a beautiful family with him and her son. To learn more about Lisa, subscribe to her podcast Happiness Is A Habit https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/happiness-is-a-habit/id1534784311 Find her on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/lartuso1 Or email her: artuso.lisa@gmail.com I reached Lisa at her home in Branford, Ontario.

Dr. Amanda Barrientez is a total powerhouse. In 4 short years she has gone from a struggling Grad student supporting herself and her 3 kids on a shoe-string, to founder and CEO of her thriving, 6 figure coaching practice NFA Coaching ... (can you guess what NFA stands for?) Her results are a true testament to the power of reducing shame, guilt and fear and stepping into more aligned, empowered versions of ourselves. Dr. Amanda developed the NeuroFreedom Alignment Method to help entrepreneurs step into their Zone of Genius and leverage the Universal Laws which govern our being in order to amplify their impact and their income. She’s on a mission to impact 5,000,000 people through her NFA Coaching practice and her YouTube channel and podcast called Max Potential Habits (relaunching in 2021 as Max Potential Money). Dr. Amanda is candid about her journey (and a journey it has been!) which I believe is what makes her so powerful. She owns it all: no shame, no guilt, no hiding. In doing so, she serves as a beautiful and inspiring example of what it looks like, feels like and sounds like to dare to be the powerful beings we truly are. To learn more about Dr. Amanda and link to her podcast, YouTube and social channels, visit her at https://www.drbarrientez.com. I reached Amanda at her home in Denver, Colorado.

Don’t ask the Universe for something and then say No! My friend, Life & Family Business Coach Ambreen Bhaloo taught me that - and WOW, for me it was an aha moment: what are the ways in which I am sending contradictory signals about what I want? As each of us walks our own unique and perfect journey, I think it’s a really powerful question … Particularly if you are seeking a deeper connection with your inner being and the guidance which comes from within. Ambreen helps people do just that. Her clients are hungry for growth and fulfillment (just like her!) and Ambreen uses a combination of her life experience and CTI Coaching Training to help them tune in to what they want and make decisions aligned with these goals. With a history of forging her own path despite the expectations of family, culture and the society, she is perfectly suited for this work. Our conversation spans from her childhood to current day, and crosses continents from Canada to Kenya and back, as we examine the thruline of decision which runs through her life and what that has meant and looked like for her. Ambreen shares her story with honesty, vulnerability and courage and I’m truly honoured to have her as my guest. If you would like to learn more about working with Ambreen, please visit her website @ www.ambreenbhaloo.com. I reached Ambreen from her home in Toronto.

An awakening. This is the term Jen Holly uses to describe what many of us (myself included) would usually refer to as a midlife crisis. “I’m having a crisis” versus “I’m having an awakening.” Talk about reaching for a better feeling thought! To me, this is what Jen Holly exemplifies: the journey and process for choosing better feeling thoughts to describe what is going on around us. Jen opens up about a difficult moment in mid-life when, after years and years of not feeling and pushing things down, she decided to allow all her feelings to rise to the surface. How did she do it? Why did she do it? How did she know this was the right thing to do? For Jen, it was a combination of training in the powerful Law of Attraction and following her intuition. The results held powerful lessons for Jen and, I believe, for all of us who can relate to looking outside ourselves for answers to big internal questions about who we are, why we’re here and what we want. What can open up for us when we allow old energy to surface and release? What can we invite in when we break down our false selves, silence our inner critic who occupies so much of our attention, and welcome our authentic selves? We discuss the answers to these questions and how Jen, having found her own creativity, her own power, her own abundance, is helping others do the same through her Law of Attraction coaching program. To learn more about Jen Holly, follow her on Instragram @the_write_vibe. I reached Jen at her home outside Toronto.

Catherine Wood is on a mission to show us another way of life is possible. As a coach for high performance, heart centred entrepreneurs, as well as an author and podcaster, Catherine uses multiple avenues to touch people’s lives and inspire them to abandon the word Impossible. Her desire to help people lead fulfilling and impactful lives stems from her own experience redesigning her life to come into alignment with who she is and what she wants. Catherine practices what she preaches! Catherine shares openly of her journey, from growing up in small-town white America and the humble roots of her entrepreneurial journey to becoming founder and CEO of her thriving coaching practice Unbounded Potential. We discuss the trappings of perfectionism, the role our self-image plays in defining what is possible for ourselves and how self-love and acceptance are the key to abundance. To learn more about Catherine, follow her on Instagram @unboundedpotential and visit her website: https://unbounded-potential.com. I reached Catherine at her home in Takoma Park, Maryland.

As an 11 year old girl, Parul Banka made a bold decision. She said no to India’s caste system and to a patriarchal society which makes life harder for girls. Eventually, her desire to explore new places and seek opportunities in the wider world took her away from India and to the UK, and following a devastating cancer diagnosis at the tender age of 34, ⁣Parul made another decision: To pursue her passion for stories, and helping people connect with their stories powerfully, as a profession. ⁣ She launched her coaching practice ⁣focused on helping coaches access the power in their personal stories and use them as a tool for impact and change. ⁣ With this work, she found what made her heart sing. ⁣ ⁣ Oh, I love that so much. ⁣ ⁣ We talk in detail about Parul’s formative life experiences, ⁣ ⁣ the pain and liberation of stripping away our identities ⁣ ⁣ and how to connect powerfully with our stories to grow our businesses and amplify our impact. ⁣ ⁣ To learn more about Parul, visit her website: www.caramelcoaching.com and follow her on Facebook/coachparulbanka . I reached Parul at her home in London, England.

If you are an artist, or someone who loves diving into the intricacies and connection points of the creative process, then this episode is for you. Honestly, it’s challenging for me to create a neat and tidy summary for this episode because our conversation covers so much ground! I experienced it as an odyssey of exploration of our inner and outer worlds and the connection between art and mindfulness. Nicole Kagan is a visual artist, born in South Africa who emigrated to Canada with her family at the age of 7. Her work is strongly influenced by nature, in large thanks to her mother who may or may not have named the trees in her backyard growing up. A super expressive kid, Nicole recounts how she has always looked for “other ways in” and a more expansive view on connecting with our inner being and resources. As part of this journey, she has come to see art as a powerful point of connection which can force presence and thus her workshop was born. In The Moment, creates an opening for you to enrich your senses, calm your mind and appreciate the beauty around you by exploring the naturally existing intersection between mindfulness and creative expression. Nicole’s latest series, Meditative Muses, is also intended to calm and inspire through a series of limited-edition prints, artist prints, the seeds of which, were sown in a beautiful week on Toronto Island immersed in her creative process. Meditative Muses is a collection of 6 symbols which act as powerful visual cues to remind us of our inner resources. Perfect for these challenging times, you can learn more about this series and about Nicole herself by visiting her website https://www.nicolekagan.com/ and following her on Instagram @: nicolekagan_art. I reached Nicole at her home in Toronto.

Claire Lamont is a goal machine! Her commitment to a system of practices to support setting, monitoring and celebrating her goals is inspiring and illustrates her ability to use action to bring her core values to life, something she also does for her lucky clients through her impact agency called smak. We talk about her sacred morning routine, the practical strategies she swears by and her ability to find the opportunity in any situation. Born in South Africa, Claire emigrated to Canada at the age of 20 right when she was on track to launch an exciting career in advertising in Johannesburg. Coming to Canada wasn’t her first choice (she fully admits!) and initially, she found herself caught in that (sadly) familiar immigrant experience loop of being unable to find employment without ‘Canadian work experience’. But instead of lamenting, she decided to use this opportunity to start her own company and bring the grassroots marketing strategies she learned in South Africa to the Canadian marketplace to benefit Canadian companies. And thus Smak was born. Definitely driven, Claire also appreciates the ebbs and flows inevitable in life and that we can’t be going 100 mph all the time. She says we need to release the guilt we often feel when we allow ourselves down time (Amen, sister!) and stop subscribing to the notion, “if we aren’t always chipping away at the ice block we aren’t carving the perfect statue”. So powerful! Claire shares the twists and turns of her personal and professional journey with generosity, clarity and humour. To learn more about Claire and her impact agency smak, visit her @ https://www.smak.ca/ and on Linked In @ Claire Lamont.

Linda explains so beautifully the value of contrast: how knowing what we don’t want brings into focus what we do want. She gave herself the opportunity to really explore her first career choice from several different angles before arriving at the understanding she was in fact meant to take all she learned from her roles as a designer, sales woman and business developer and apply it to creating and growing her own business as a Ayurvedic Wellness Counsellor at Breathe Baba. In the Arabic language, Baba means father and Linda explains beautifully how her father and their relationship shaped and inspired the name of her company and her approach to service delivery. Born in Kuwait as the youngest of 7 children in a Palestinian family, Linda travelled to more countries in her childhood than I have so far in my entire life, before settling in Canada at the age of 6. Her mother was a natural healer who cared for their large family with homemade meals and natural remedies (something which Linda clearly remembers and is in awe of to this day) and whose influence on Linda and her chosen path is clear to me. At Breath Babe, Linda provides her clients with a range of services aimed at reconnecting us to our ‘inner flame’ by leveraging natural processes and remedies. Her Emotion Code program allows her to tap into the body without the verbal conversation. By speaking directly to our bodies, she can tap into our subconscious minds and get at the root of illness more quickly. She describes it in detail … mind blowing! To learn more about Linda and her work, visit her @ https://www.breathebaba.com and follow her on Instagram @breathebaba. I reached Linda at her home in Toronto.

Anne Ryan has a consistent track record of betting on herself. Driven and ambitious from a young age, she started her career in the male-dominated construction industry in the 90’s ... not an easy place to work! As an employee, she noticed consultants were making more money and working half the time ... so she quit; began marketing herself as a contractor and doubled her income literally overnight. Thus began her entrepreneurial journey which has been exciting and lucrative and certainly not without its challenges. Anne shares how she worked herself almost to the point of breakdown when her kids were young and she knew something had to change. She also recounts how she and her husband took out a $300k loan to start a business at a time when neither of them had a income. This decision wasn’t even difficult because she has always known that backing herself 100% is the right move. When it comes to investing in her own potential, Anne Ryan is All In. Having built a thriving business with her husband, Anne once again felt the pull to move in another direction. And once again, she never questioned her worthiness to receive or her ability to execute on her desires. As a Business and Money Coach for female entrepreneurs, she coaches women to move from The Predictable: you go to a job, you get paid; fly past The Possible: the pay raise you might get; and get comfortable in The Potential: the kind of work where you make money while you sleep. She does this by teaching everyday women how to create and sell high ticket offers with ease by claiming their worth and ditching their money blocks. To learn more about Anne and explore what it’s like to work with her, visit www.anneryanstrategist.com or find her on Facebook at Anne Ryan.

Urszula Popiolek-Goldfinger has always had a strong sense of intuition; she’s always felt and seen things others don’t. These vision and sensations began in her childhood and they scared her. She describes how she wanted nothing to do with this special ability until a few years ago, when a series of traumatic events, including the sudden death of her beloved cousin, made her curious about what happens after physical death. As she navigated the months following her cousin’s death, I was really moved by Urszula’s description of the process she used for calling in guidance from the Universe on how to move forward. Powerful! Urszula has embraced her gift and is using it to heal herself and serve others through her business as an Energy and Empowerment Leader. To learn more about Urszula and her work, connect when her on Instagram @apopofgold or email her: apopofgold@gmail.com I reached Urszula at her home in Toronto.

Catherine Farquharson gets to experience the best moments of people’s lives. First as a professional photographer, where she had the privilege of documenting people’s wedding days and the birth of their children, and now as a coach for a growing community of impact-driven women who gets to facilitate, witness and celebrate goal-achieving on almost a daily basis. It is, as Catherine says, the best! As a client of Catherine’s for the last 18 months, I can personally attest to the power of her program Thinking Into Results. The material, coupled with Catherine’s unique style, has helped me blow the lid off what I formerly believed was possible for me, resulting in creations like She. INSPIRED, something I never thought I would be doing and which brings me such joy. My life has changed dramatically for the better. Catherine knows the pain of wanting something so bad and not knowing how to get it. She deeply desired to be a professional photographer but with no formal training or family support, she thought it was impossible to have what she wanted. But over the course of a decade she found a way, and after building a thriving photography business, she felt called to coach other women around how to meet their worthy goals faster and with less pain. We go deep on the importance of goals, what it means to change your self-image and the powerful act of creating space for the next version of you. Want to experience what it’s like to work with Catherine? She has a free Masterclass coming up on December 7, where she will lead us through the complete process of what it feels like to go for our goals. Here’s a link to signup: https://catherinefarquharson.lpages.co/goalschooldec/ You can also follow her on Instagram @catherine_farquharson I reached Catherine at her new home in the country in Mono, Ontario.

Helene Rennervik is a woman who lives her life with no set agenda. She follows her intuition where it leads, across continents and careers. She has redesigned her own life several times, always asking herself: Who are you? And being willing to receive the answer. Her commitment to facilitating her own unfolding process makes her the perfect person to assist others in revealing their own hidden desires and talents through her Leadership Design Program at Helene Rennervik Consulting . Helene takes my breath away when recounting her experience facing a devastating diagnosis of Osteosarcoma, an aggressive cancer of the bone, for her then 9 year old son Yousef. She describes how her ability to remain present and focus on only on “right now” was her most effective tool during that time. She also explains how she was able to harvest the good from this experience which inspired her to do things which spoke to her heart, like writing a book about her experience to help other parents and launching her coaching practice. Helene is bold, she is eloquent and above all, she is wise. To learn more about Helene and her process for revealing the buried treasure within each of us, go to https://helenerennervik.com. I reached Helene at her home in Stockholm, Sweden.

I remember the first time I caught sight of Reena Ruparelia, on our weekly coaching calls with Catherine Farquharson and her program Thinking Into Results. I paused and thought … who is this woman? She was such a light there, in the box of faces on our group Zoom call. Instantly, I knew I wanted to get to know her. So it’s a real treat to have her on She. INSPIRED. I believe you’ll understand what I mean as you listen to our conversation. Reena shares her story of overcoming a debilitating skin condition called psoriasis (a condition with which she continues to live but which no longer controls her life, her choices and what she believes is possible for herself) with such vulnerability, authenticity and power; it’s truly inspiring. We also talk about the limiting beliefs she’s managed to flip through her journey toward self-love and acceptance and the role her inner guidance has played through it all; nudging her forward each time things get hard and teaching her to let go of needing to see the whole picture and just take the next step. As a Dove model, psoriasis warrior and mindfulness speaker, Reena shares her gifts with the world through multiple channels, always with two clear goals in mind: to heal and serve herself in order to be of service to the healing journey of others. To learn more about Reena and to join her movement of self-love and acceptance, follow her on Instagram @psorasis_thoughts.

Mandisa Khanna is a woman with a heart to serve and the courage to follow her heart. From an early age, she had the wherewithal to observe the ‘successful’ people around and ask herself: is this what I want? And if not, what am I willing to do about it? Each time she has reinvented herself professionally, she’s done so with an open mind and in the spirit of genuine curiosity about how she can give more. She exemplifies what artist, activist and social entrepreneur Rha Goddess means when she says “when you are fully realized, all you want to do is figure out how you can make things better.” Mandisa talks about her journey from investment banking to retail executive to leadership coach and sprinkles in all sorts of wisdom along the way on how to tune in to your inner being and the power of our emotions to provide us with critical information to light the way forward. Visit her website to learn more about Mandisa and to book a complimentary discovery call @ https://mindfulexcellence.com and follow her on Instagram @mindful_excellence I reached Mandisa at her home in New York City.

If Kim-Adele Platts were to write her memoirs, the title would be: 3 Divorces And A Stalker: The Journey From Hairdresser To CEO Can Be Bumpy. When she says she’s had “a colourful life apprenticeship” she isn’t kidding. Her life experiences have been nothing short of incredible. Through her journey transitioning from the hair salon to the boardroom, she’s become an expert at unearthing, examining and flipping limiting beliefs. For example, she’s had a MENSA certificate sitting in a box for most of her adult life because, as she puts it, “it didn’t align with her story” of who she believed herself to be … (fortunately that certificate is now framed and on her wall!) Kim-Adele knows imposter syndrome like the back of her hand. She also knows how to use kindness, compassion and visualization to release it and thrive. It’s no surprise then, she’s found her calling as a Legacy Leadership Coach working with C-Suite and Board leaders to lead with kindness, courage, humanity. Kim-Adele talks openly and gracefully about her colourful life, including both the experiences which brought her to her knees and those which lifted her back to her feet. I love how she describes life as a jig-saw puzzle without the box: you don’t get to see the whole picture, she says, you just have to keep looking at the pieces and surrender to the knowing that your journey is perfect, you have everything you need and you are worthy just as you are. To learn more about Kim-Adele’s work, visit her at: https://kimadele.org/ Follow her on Instagram @kimadele10 And Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimadele-boardlevelcoach/?originalSubdomain=uk

Movement saved her life. If nothing else, that is what Rachna Patel wants you to take away from our conversation. Just. Keep. Moving. Her journey to finding her purpose as a YLT Yoga Coach, movement educator and founder of Yogality, takes her across continents and through several personal and professional identities. These shifts often placed her in conflict with the expectations of those around her, including her family and her Indian culture. Staying true to herself has been no easy task. But as her incredible birth story illustrates, she is a fighter with movement in her blood. We discuss how movement has been Rachna’s constant companion, source of comfort and connection to her inner voice AND her discovery that every experience she had along the way prepared her for the moment when she connected with your life’s purpose and stepped into her power. To learn more about Rachna’s work, follow her on Instagram @yogality2020. I reached Rachna at her home in Nairobi, Kenya.

CJ Smith’s journey to following her inspiration has led her from hospitality to emergency services to entrepreneurship with some marathon-running, law of attraction level fundraising and solo-parenting along the way.  As an unconscious competent, she has always been effective at manifesting… but because she didn’t know what she was doing, she would bring into form as much of what she didn’t want as what she did want.  Man, can I relate!  Upon becoming a conscious competent, CJ decided to launch a coaching business of her own where she teaches the skills of deliberate creation to not only adults but kids.  Her program, Mindset Family, gives parents the tools to facilitate conversations with their kids on the power of thought energy and how to live in harmony with the natural laws of the universe.  Total gamechanger.  What I love even more is the idea for Mindset Family was born through her own experiences solo parenting two young children during Covid.  Necessity truly is the mother of invention.  We talk more about this, deliberate creation and how to harvest the good in any situation.  To learn more about CJ’s program, join her Facebook Group Mindset Family @ www.facebook.com/groups/mindsetfamily.

Julie Amlin Mastrantonio is an artist! If you meet her in person, I believe you will see it instantly as do those of us who know her. If you haven’t met her in person, the next best thing is to check her out on Instagram @julieamlin.art … This woman IS AN ARTIST. But it’s only recently that she has been able to claim that identity, and really step into its power. Her journey to arriving here now as a full-time artist and muralist is the focus of our conversation today. We have a candid discussion about limiting beliefs, the influences of the people and environments in which we grow up on our perception of what’s possible for us and the toll mothering can take on a woman’s creative mojo. The twists and turns in Julie’s journey mirror my own in that her path to following her inspiration has been no straight line! But also like my own, each step has taken her closer to the place she stands today: strong and confident in her identity as an artist and muralist. You can learn more about Julie and her work at: www.julieamlin.ca. I reached Julie in her new home in Vancouver BC.

Gabrielle Cardona is a force. Her ability to identify, understand and leverage the difference inherent in each of us makes her a unique individual and a powerful champion of people. As a Relationship & Communication Coach, Gabrielle helps people reach their goals by taking the path of least resistance. She is called to help people understand and appreciate who they are, so they can have better relationships and get better results. From a young age, Gabrielle knew she was different AND, that this difference made her powerful. This is one of the things I find most fascinating about her: the clarity with which she understands herself and others. Because she judges nothing, possibility can flourish. As a result, she has access to outcomes many of us don’t - unless we decide to work with her. Married at the tender age of 18, she didn’t find her calling professionally until she was 30 with the launch of her coaching business. From there she has continued to evolve into a writer, a speaker and a live radio show host. In our conversation she reveals what her journey has looked like in following the path to her inspiration and she tells us more about the work she does helping people understand themselves better and ultimately embrace their own power. I reached Gabrielle in Washington where she lives with her husband and their three kids. To connect with Gabrielle and learn more about the work she does, you can find her at linkedin.com/in/gabrielle-cardona-06074537 or visit her website: http://www.infinitylifecoaching.com/

In the second episode of She. INSPIRED, a podcast about sharing the stories of women who are following our inspiration in the hopes of inspiring and guiding other women to do the same, I speak with my friend and Strategic Intervention Coach, Martine Kotze. Martine is an entrepreneur, wife, mother of 3 and world traveller. By the time her oldest son was 9 she had lived in 5 different countries and 9 different houses! Martine is also the originator of a special community on FB called Girl In The Yellow Dress where she has created a safe space for women to explore their intimate relationships and help each other grow. Her community challenges us to show up more positively in our relationships and our lives. The inspiration for this community comes from Martine’s personal experience of navigating challenges in her marriage and feeling like she didn't have the support she craved. In this most difficult of times in her life, Martine was able to stay present see the gifts. In doing so, she was inspired to create a community which is serving her and others AND has become the catalyst for her new business venture as a Strategic Intervention Coach. Her story exemplifies the power and possibility which comes with tuning in to your inner voice and following it’s guidance. I reached Martine in her home on the Caribbean Island of Antigua,

Welcome to the first episode of She. INSPIRED, a podcast about sharing the stories of women who are following their inspiration in the hope of inspiring and guiding other women to do the same. Gemma Duran found her inspiration early in life while pursuing a degree in Architecture here in Toronto ( spoiler alert: it’s not Architecture!) As a Sacred Sexuality Coach, Gemma facilitates elevated experiences of self discovery with individuals and couples. We talk about her journey to finding her true calling and the sexual awakenings she facilities for her clients. Visit her @ gemmasphere.com and follow her on Instagram @gemmasphere