Podcast appearances and mentions of Arlene Dickinson

“I feel like doing this is one of the greatest gifts of my life. Working with these people energizes me.” Joe Canavan, principal at Canavan Capital, is Canada's 2025 Angel of the Year. Recorded live at the NACO Summit in Ottawa, Canavan discusses his passion and enthusiasm for investing in tech after a career in finance, and what Canada should do to bolster its productivity and economic sovereignty. The BetaKit Podcast is presented by OVHcloud, the global cloud provider trusted by innovators worldwide. OVHcloud offers transparent, sovereign cloud solutions designed to help you build on your own terms—without vendor lock-in or hidden fees. With over 80 services available, you can build and scale your infrastructure confidently, knowing your data is hosted in Canada and supported by 44 data centres globally. Visit ovhcloud.com to get started with trusted cloud built for scale. Related links: Dragons' Den's Arlene Dickinson, Build Canada's Daniel Debow recognized as Nation Builders at 2025 NACO awards Why empowering Canadian high-growth companies is more critical than ever “Can we just write the cheque?”: angel investors encouraged to be bold amidst economic uncertainty at NACO Summit

A new survey by the University of Michigan's Institute for Social Research has revealed that consumer confidence in the United States has seen its largest drop since 1990. In Canada voters go to the polls on Monday, and a big issue will be the country's future relationship with the US. Rahul Tandon discusses the growing economic divide in North America with prominent Canadian businesswoman Arlene Dickinson. And California has overtaken Japan to become the fourth largest global economic force behind Germany, China and the US as a whole.

In this episode, Arlene and I sit down and discuss Canada and the US, the Chinese stance in the new world order and her favourite movie.Get your popcorn out

Today on The Social, Canadians are feeling rage over the trade war and annexation threats. Investor and entrepreneur Arlene Dickinson joins the panel to debate whether “Elbows Up” anger is productive? And, Selena Gomez embraces the “old man tendencies” she developed thanks to her co-stars Steve Martin and Martin Short. Plus, “Dubai Bling” star Mahira Abdel Aziz reveals she let her 8-year-old daughter get laser hair removal.

The threat of tariffs and Donald Trump's jibes about Canada becoming "the 51st state” have sparked a surge of unity and patriotism in this country. Author Andrew Potter and entrepreneur Arlene Dickinson discuss what it means to be Canadian in this moment of uncertainty.

Guest: Arlene Dickinson, entrepreneur and venture capitalist, author and Dragon's Den dragon, member of the Council on Canada-US Relations

Arlene Dickinson, Canadian investor, entrepreneur and venture capitalist who appears on the popular reality TV show 'Dragons' Den'

WELCOME TO THE MWSA PODCAST FOR FRIDAY, JAN 24 We begin with our weekly conversation with Mayor Jyoti Gondek. This time out the Mayor brings us details on Council's recent move to help bring vibrancy to Calgary communities – by restoring funding to the individual community associations. Next - As Canada tries to protect itself from potential tariffs coming from the United States, we're hearing more about the steps being considered by the so-called ‘Team-Canada' taskforce aimed at protecting Canadian industry. We speak with one of the newest members of the team – Entrepreneur and “Dragon's Den” star - Arlene Dickinson. Arlene explains why it's important for her to take part – and why she doesn't agree with the approach being taken by fellow team member – Kevin O'Leary . And finally – just because it's a little chilly outside – that doesn't mean you should leave your daily ‘run' behind! We catch up with our fitness and nutrition coach Justin Slimm for some tips on how to ‘brave' the cold – and still hit your fitness ‘goals'…..Including the importance of staying hydrated – even if the temperatures outside are far from warm!

Canada, it's time to reclaim the Canadian Dream. In this special episode of Chatter That Matters, I bring together three of Canada's brightest: Arlene Dickinson, Jon Love C.M., and Dany Assaf. Recorded live at Excellence Canada's 40th anniversary, weeks before Justin Trudeau's resignation, Donald Trump's inauguration, and upcoming free trade negotiations, this nonpartisan conversation dives deep into the urgent need for Canada to go after a prosperity agenda that makes us economically strong, and socially conscious.  I kick off the episode by reminiscing about Canada's Centennial year and our country's prowess, then contrasting it with today's societal and economic struggles. Arlene Dickinson shares an emotional and empowering story of overcoming adversity to build a successful entrepreneurial career. "I held on to this idea that I could help create a better future for this country," says Arlene Dickinson. The episode explores whether today's young Canadians still believe that hard work guarantees success and discusses the role of social media in shaping perceptions. Political and Economic Landscape: Jon Love and Dany Assaf dissect Canada's economic policies and discuss the need for a 'prosperity agenda.' "Do we, as a collective, think that growing the pie is important?" asks Jon Love. “Nothing starts without believing in something because it softens all the edges. The promise that if you do the right things, it's most probable you'll be successful and live the Canadian dream—that's the belief we need to reclaim. I hope everyone in Canada will listen to their ideas and unite to create an economically strong country with an equally strong social conscience. Please share with young adults, they are our future. 

Arlene Dickinson, District Ventures Capital & Senator Hassan Yussuff, Independent Senators Group – Ontario; Nik Nanos, Nanos Research; The Front Bench with: Sabrina Grover, Melanie Paradis, Gurratan Singh & Rachel Aiello.

Jerry weighs in on the idea that Toronto doesn't pay its' share in taxes, he asks who speaks for Canada in the wake of the Arlene Dickinson and Kevin O'Leary comments, Jerry wonders if stay-at-home parents should be a thing again, and colleges are being forced to suspend programs because of a large drop in foreign students.

Ken Harris, CEO and founder of Plusgrade — an ancillary revenue solution for the global travel industry — is Canada's EY Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2024. After initially receiving the provincial title on October 9, Harris was honoured at the awards show in Toronto on Wednesday night. He was selected by an independent panel of judges for his business being rooted in global transformation and innovation and his dedication to enhancing customer experiences, said EY in a news release. “Ken's journey is a testament to the power of innovation and perseverance. His leadership at Plusgrade has revolutionized the way travel companies approach ancillary revenue, creating new opportunities for growth and enhancing the overall travel experience for millions of passengers,” says Rachel Rodrigues, EY Entrepreneur Of The Year® Canada Program Director. “His proactive approach to addressing industry challenges and dedication to inclusivity have set a new standard for entrepreneurial excellence in Canada.” EY said Harris' journey began with a simple observation during his travels: the potential to monetize empty premium seats. Now partnering with over 200 companies across airlines, hotels, cruises and railways in 60 countries, Plusgrade's innovative solutions have changed how travel operators generate additional revenue while enhancing customer experiences. The company's strategic growth includes the acquisition of Points, a global leader in loyalty commerce, and UpStay, a provider of upgrade and ancillary revenue solutions for the hospitality industry. At the award ceremony hosted at The Royal Conservatory of Music, four National Award winners were also recognized, along with three National honouree recipients. Next up, Harris will represent Canada on the global stage, competing against winners from more than 50 other countries for the title of EY World Entrepreneur Of The Year™ in Monaco in June 2025. EY Entrepreneur Of The Year National Award winners: Tobyn Sowden | Redbrick (Pacific) Denis Jones | Deveraux Group of Companies (Prairies) Clive Kinross | Propel Holdings (Ontario) Hakan Uluer | The Bertossi Group (Atlantic) Ken Harris | Plusgrade (Québec) National Honouree Citations: Jeff Dirks | KBL Environmental Ltd. Terry Raymond | Fire & Flood Emergency Services Ltd.  Mina Mekhail | Freshr Sustainable Technologies Inc. The Canadian entrepreneurs in the EY Entrepreneurial Winning Women™ North America Class of 2024 and the EY Entrepreneurs Access Network Canadian Class of 2024 were also honoured at the awards show. These programs support high-potential women entrepreneurs and Black and Indigenous leaders by providing access to networks, advisors, learning and resources to help scale their businesses. All three entrepreneur programs are part of EY's 30-year commitment to fostering entrepreneurship in Canada at every stage of the growth journey. The 2024 National independent judging panel comprised Tania Clarke, Corporate Director; Andreea Crisan, President and CEO, ANDY Transport; Arlene Dickinson, General Partner, District Ventures Capital; Joanna Griffiths, Founder and President, Knix and Kt by Knix; Ashif Mawji, Managing Director, ScaleGood Fund LP; Kristi Miller, Managing Partner, Krystal Growth Partners; Imran Siddiqui, Managing Director, Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan. This year's program national sponsors are TSX Inc., Air Canada, The Printing House, The Globe and Mail and Hillberg & Berk. Mario Toneguzzi is Managing Editor of Canada's Podcast. He has more than 40 years of experience as a daily newspaper writer, columnist, and editor. He was named in 2021 as one of the Top 10 Business Journalists in the World by PR News – the only Canadian to make the list. He was also named by RETHINK to its global list of Top Retail Experts 2024. About Us Canada's Podcast is the number one podcast in Canada for entrepreneurs and business owners. Established in 2016, the podcast network has interviewed over 600 Canadian entrepreneurs from coast-to-coast. With hosts in each province, entrepreneurs have a local and national format to tell their stories, talk about their journey and provide inspiration for anyone starting their entrepreneurial journey and well- established founders. The commitment to a grass roots approach has built a loyal audience on all our social channels and YouTube – 500,000+ lifetime YouTube views, 200,000 + audio downloads, 35,000 + average monthly social impressions, 10,000 + engaged social followers and 35,000 newsletter subscribers. Canada's Podcast is proud to provide a local, national and international presence for Canadian entrepreneurs to build their brand and tell their story. #business #smallbusiness #EntrepreneurOfTheYear2024 #CanadasNumber1PodcastforEntreprenuers

In this episode of the Food Professor Podcast, our special guest is Andrew Andriano, the founder and CEO of Flourish, who has reimagined breakfast despite, or as a result of, a challenging start to his career. Michael is tuning in from the RevTech Accelerator summit in Dallas and brings the perspective of what people are talking about here in the U.S. in the food industry, avian flu and the rising cost of eggs, with some states seeing egg prices surge over 100%. The episode also touches on food supply issues due to labour disruptions, including potential banana shortages and strikes at critical ports in the U.S. and Canada. We also explore the real-world repercussions of Bill C-293, passed through parliament now in front of the Senate, which Sylvain wonders if it is better known as Canada's 'Vegan Act.' We also discuss disruptions' effects on food retailers, food banks, and restaurants, and Sylvain's op-ed "Feasts and Famine."https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/charlebois-is-bill-c-293-canadas-vegan-act About AndrewIn 2018, Andrew Andriano was just 23 years old. He'd dropped out of university and had declined to enter his father's business. With a future that would put most young adults into a tailspin, Andrew's resilience and entrepreneurship began to shine through. His journey began with precarious housing and lots of toaster waffles smothered in sugary spreads. With late nights and early mornings, he soon realized that his sugar laden start to the day wasn't setting him up for success. Tired of feeling sluggish and constantly hungry, Andriano reached out to his brother, Peter, a chef who had the capabilities to create a breakfast option that wasn't frozen or from a box. After many trials and errors, they came up with the perfect pancake recipe: high in protein, high in fibre and high in flavour, but minus the sugar. Since then, Flourish has gone on to serve more than two million pancakes to North Americans. With a mission to fuel progress with high-protein, low-sugar foods that taste flippin' delicious, Andrew and his team make breakfasts that deliver a daily dose of enjoyment and pack a serious nutritional punch. Backed by Arlene Dickinson, of Dragon's Den, Flourish is on track to be a $18 million dollar business within the next twelve months, and was named the fastest growing CPG company in Canada, by the Globe and Mail in 2022 and 2023. Not only has the Flourish team built a business which is outpacing category growth and is Canada's leading better-for-you pancake mix, it has also built a social media following with over 51,000 followers. Flourish, a team of only 9, is now focused on aggressively acquiring new users and creating new eating occasions across the United States and Canada. Flourish is determined to transform breakfast categories with low-sugar, high protein solutions. Flourish has been able to attract top talent from organizations such as Coca-Cola, Deloitte and Kraft Heinz. He has created a close-knit culture of colleagues who also consider themselves friends, and each are as committed to the success and mission of the business as Andrew. 2024 has already been an important year for the Flourish family, with a rebrand, a recipe enhancement, flavour extensions and the launch of the new Mug Cakes.  The Food Professor #podcast is presented by Caddle. About UsDr. Sylvain Charlebois is a Professor in food distribution and policy in the Faculties of Management and Agriculture at Dalhousie University in Halifax. He is also the Senior Director of the Agri-food Analytics Lab, also located at Dalhousie University. Before joining Dalhousie, he was affiliated with the University of Guelph's Arrell Food Institute, which he co-founded. Known as “The Food Professor”, his current research interest lies in the broad area of food distribution, security and safety. Google Scholar ranks him as one of the world's most cited scholars in food supply chain management, food value chains and traceability.He has authored five books on global food systems, his most recent one published in 2017 by Wiley-Blackwell entitled “Food Safety, Risk Intelligence and Benchmarking”. He has also published over 500 peer-reviewed journal articles in several academic publications. Furthermore, his research has been featured in several newspapers and media groups, including The Lancet, The Economist, the New York Times, the Boston Globe, the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, BBC, NBC, ABC, Fox News, Foreign Affairs, the Globe & Mail, the National Post and the Toronto Star.Dr. Charlebois sits on a few company boards, and supports many organizations as a special advisor, including some publicly traded companies. Charlebois is also a member of the Scientific Council of the Business Scientific Institute, based in Luxemburg. Dr. Charlebois is a member of the Global Food Traceability Centre's Advisory Board based in Washington DC, and a member of the National Scientific Committee of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) in Ottawa. Michael LeBlanc is the president and founder of M.E. LeBlanc & Company Inc, a senior retail advisor, keynote speaker and now, media entrepreneur. He has been on the front lines of retail industry change for his entire career. Michael has delivered keynotes, hosted fire-side discussions and participated worldwide in thought leadership panels, most recently on the main stage in Toronto at Retail Council of Canada's Retail Marketing conference with leaders from Walmart & Google. He brings 25+ years of brand/retail/marketing & eCommerce leadership experience with Levi's, Black & Decker, Hudson's Bay, CanWest Media, Pandora Jewellery, The Shopping Channel and Retail Council of Canada to his advisory, speaking and media practice.Michael produces and hosts a network of leading retail trade podcasts, including the award-winning No.1 independent retail industry podcast in America, Remarkable Retail with his partner, Dallas-based best-selling author Steve Dennis; Canada's top retail industry podcast The Voice of Retail and Canada's top food industry and one of the top Canadian-produced management independent podcasts in the country, The Food Professor with Dr. Sylvain Charlebois from Dalhousie University in Halifax.Rethink Retail has recognized Michael as one of the top global retail experts for the fourth year in a row, Thinkers 360 has named him on of the Top 50 global thought leaders in retail, RTIH has named him a top 100 global though leader in retail technology and Coresight Research has named Michael a Retail AI Influencer. If you are a BBQ fan, you can tune into Michael's cooking show, Last Request BBQ, on YouTube, Instagram, X and yes, TikTok.Michael is available for keynote presentations helping retailers, brands and retail industry insiders explaining the current state and future of the retail industry in North America and around the world.

When you're used to doing everything in your business online, popping up at an event and networking face-to-face can feel like something out of the Twilight Zone - but some of the strongest brand-building happens offline. In this episode of Marketing Sucks, I sit down with the fabulous Amanda Leach, an accomplished entrepreneur and Realtor in the Greater Toronto Area, to talk about the magic that can happen when we shut down our laptops and meet up IRL.During this conversation, Amanda shares some truly brilliant strategies for turning community events into valuable referral sources, upgrading your listening skills, and keeping your chill when meeting your business idols. Marketing sucks. Let's learn together. Hit play to discover:‌ ‌Where Amanda sees the biggest wins from making in-person connectionsHow to master the art and science of the follow-up The #1 networking tip for introverted and socially anxious biz ownersPlease rate, review, and subscribe! Guest bio: An entrepreneur for 18 years, Amanda Leach has landed in Real Estate and focuses on helping families upsize in the suburbs of the GTA. A wife and mom of two children and two puppies, she is busy balancing work and home life.Timestamps:‌ ‌00:12  Meet Amanda Leach03:12  Where to find networking opportunities06:14  Following up10:18  Active listening tips13:23  Introverts & the socially anxious16:47  Arlene Dickinson & Grade 2 stories21:39  Amanda's brand-building results26:40  Your action item32:43  Quick-fire questions33:34  Outro Links mentioned:‌ ‌Amanda Leachamandaleach.com Facebook: facebook.com/amandaleachrealestate Instagram: @amandaleachrealestate—

Malcolm Gladwell is an outlier in his own right, as a journalist, author and public speaker. His unique perspective and engaging writing style have made him a prominent sociology and popular culture voice. He has five New York Times bestsellers — The Tipping Point, Blink, Outliers, What the Dog Saw, and David and Goliath. In addition to his best-selling books, Malcolm co-founded Pushkin Industries and hosted the hit podcast Revisionist History.  Malcolm shares his journey and offers many insights and lessons on what it takes to stand for and stand out in today's world.  I then bring back an interview with Alan Depencier, CMO from RBC, which is even more relevant today. Malcolm Gladwell is part of a series titled Legends Journey: Lessons in Leadership, which I am co-producing with the Toronto Chapter of the American Marketing Association. We celebrate the journeys of those who have been inducted into Canada's Marketing Hall of Legends. In my CTM library or the AMA's YouTube Channel, you can find our interviews with Joe Mimran, Angus Reid, Jeanne Beker, Miles Nadal, Arlene Dickinson, and Frank Palmer.                 

Frank Palmer is a character of immense character. Frank is a true icon, creative genius, thought leader, visionary and entrepreneur.  Frank is being featured as part of The Legends Journey, Lessons in Leadership series. A collaboration between Chatter that Matters and the American Marketing Association's Toronto Chapter. In this series, we interview inductees from Canada's Marketing Hall of Legends. To date, I have chatted with Arlene Dickinson, Joe Mimran, Angus Reid, Miles Nadal, Jeanne Beker and, coming soon, Malcolm Gladwell. In this episode, Frank Palmer shares invaluable insights from his 50-year career. From practical jokes to profound business and brand strategies, Frank's stories encapsulate the essence of a life rich with creativity, daring and extraordinary entrepreneurial prowess. Frank talks about personal integrity in business, the art of maintaining top talent, and the evolution of advertising in the face of emerging technologies like AI. Wherever you are in your career, this episode is a treasure trove of wisdom and frankness on surviving and thriving in our fast-paced world. 00:00 - Introduction to Frank Palmer 05:20 - Lessons from business and maintaining integrity 15:45 - Strategies for retaining top talent 25:30 - The role of humour: Pranks and workplace culture 35:10 - Overcoming industry challenges and client relationships 45:50 - The impact of COVID-19 on the advertising world 55:15 - Frank Palmer's views on AI in creativity 1:05:00 - Reflections on mentorship and the future of advertising 1:15:00 - Closing thoughts and Frank's offer to chat again

Trailblaze Season 2 is officially live! My show highlights incredible people from my network with stories of resilience who share both business and personal challenges. Listen for lessons learned through the eyes of leaders who strive to challenge the status quo.  This season's guests include Canadian VCs and Dragon's Arlene Dickinson and Michele Romanow, educators Reza Satchu and Dr. Richard Isaacson, serial founder Sabrina Fiorellino, and astronaut Commander Chris Hadfield. All episodes are now available at AnthonyLacavera.com/podcast. 

Venture Capital, Empowering Canadian Entrepreneurs, Women in Business & Dragon's Den This episode of Trailblaze features Arlene Dickinson, Founder and Managing General Partner of District Ventures Capital and Co-Managing Partner at Believeco:Partners. In this episode, hear Arlene's story from her humble beginnings to becoming one of Canada's most successful entrepreneurs and investors. From joining Venture Communications in 1988 to owning the company within a decade, Dickinson shares the challenges faced personally and professionally in building a business empire. Addressing the gender disparity in venture capital funding, she discusses the need for change and advocates for increased support for female founders. As a Dragon on CBC's Dragons' Den for 15 seasons, Arlene shares her experiences and insights into her most successful investments. Reflecting on her passion for Canada, Dickinson shares what the country represents to her and whether it remains the best place to start a business.  She shares how she has built a business growth ecosystem focused on helping Canadian consumer goods companies scale and become global brands. Learn about the inspiration behind this vision and the unique niche in the consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry. Under Arlene's leadership, District Ventures Capital has established a portfolio of ground-breaking companies that are transforming the way we live and eat. Most recently Arlene became Co-Managing Partner at Believeco:Partners, an independent Canadian-based owner, operator, and builder of the foremost marketing communications, and engagement agencies in North America. It was Dickinson's vision that brought this platform to life resulting in the creation of a powerhouse marketing consolidator.  Connect with Arlene Arlene Dickinson's Website Instagram | LinkedIn Book: Persuasion - Arlene Dickinson Book: All In (2013) Speaking: Arlene Dickinson on NSB Thank you for listening to Trailblaze! Share your thoughts about this episode of Trailblaze on social media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/AnthonyLacavera Instagram: https://instagram.com/anthony.lacavera  LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/anthonylacavera  For more about Anthony Lacavera and to subscribe to the mailing list visit https://anthonylacavera.com. Trailblaze is produced by CreatorClub. Create your podcast at https://creatorclubstudios.com.  This episode was recorded on November 3, 2023. 

Taste is king when it comes to many of the choices we make in the grocery store, and when those wow flavours combine with a great founder story, it's easy to become a loyal consumer. In this episode of Aisle 42 we're going behind the scenes of Cedar Valley, a Lebanese inspired pita chip company. The conversation with co-founder Ameen Fadel (who recently found himself on the Forbes 30 under 30 list, takes through some of his entrepreneurial journey, and we talk about authentic flavours, ethical food production and injecting some tradition back into our snacking life. Amen talks about his humble “school project” beginnings in food making, his working partnership with his Mom and their mission to bring community into the workplace and to the dinning table.Learn more about the brand and products at www.cedarvalleyselections.ca and see who's behind Aisle 42 at www.ethicalfoodgroup.com. Here are the highlights:Vision for the Future Grocery Store:Ameen envisions a future grocery store filled with innovative, health-conscious brands, minimal ingredients like those made at home, locally sourced products, and a strong focus on supporting small, local businesses.The Importance of Showcasing and Experience:Both discuss the importance of grocery stores creating a destination-like experience by showcasing local and unique brands. This approach can make shopping more of an experience rather than a chore.Changing Shopping Experiences:Ameen reminisces about a time when grocery shopping was a community experience, suggesting a desire to bring back this culture.Cedar Valley's Unique Selling Propositions:Ameen talks about Cedar Valley, a company making authentic-style pita chips with clean, minimal ingredients and no inflammatory seed oils, focusing on simplicity and health.Cedar Valley's Culture and Manufacturing:The conversation touches on the company culture at Cedar Valley and the decision to do their own manufacturing to ensure quality and control over the production process.Sustainability Efforts:Ameen discusses Cedar Valley's sustainability efforts, including minimizing food waste by partnering with local chicken farms and food banks, and efforts towards sustainable packaging.Canadian Identity and Local Sourcing:Emphasis on the importance of being a Canadian-made product, sourcing ingredients locally as much as possible, and the positive reception from consumers and retailers.Dragons' Den Experience:Ameen shares his experience on "Dragons' Den", securing a million-dollar deal with Arlene Dickinson, and the impact of this exposure on Cedar Valley.Community and Culture:The importance of community and creating a positive culture within Cedar Valley and in their approach to business is highlighted.

This podcast episode features Trevor Muir, who shares his journey from a dark place to a place of strength and resilience. He opens up about his struggles, fears, and change of thinking that led him to seek help and transform his life. Trevor emphasizes the importance of sharing our emotions and seeking support, as well as learning to love and accept ourselves. He encourages listeners to put down the bat of self-judgment and fear, and to prioritize self-care and self-compassion. Through his own experiences and lessons, Trevor offers hope and inspiration to those who may be going through similar challenges. His story reminds us that even in our darkest moments, there is a path to healing and finding a more fulfilling life. ................................................................................................ Trevor is the president of Surepoint Group and the founder of the Surepoint Someday to Today initiative. He is laser-focused on building a culture of caring and believes to his core that authenticity and vulnerability are strengths. He strives to be an inspiring leader and knows that people help people best, by sharing their experiences. LINKEDIN - TREVOR MUIR YOUTUBE - SOMEDAY TO TODAY LINKEDIN - SUREPOINT GROUP ................................................................................................ Rising Strong podcast links: Get new episode notifications: bit.ly/risingstrongupdates Follow us on Instagram: www.instagram.com/risingstrongpodcast Facebook page - send your reviews and comments via the 'comment' button here: www.facebook.com/risingstrongpodcast WIN SWAG: · Email a screenshot of your 5-star review for a chance to win some Rising Strong swag! Lisa@LisaKBoehm.com Remember to follow and subscribe so you never miss an episode ................................................................................................... TRANSCRIPT: Host/Lisa: My favorite quote from today's episode is, if you're tired of being beat up, put down the bat. How profound is that? My guest today is Trevor Meer and he is going to take us step by step through his journey from the moment that he found himself laying on his bathroom floor, contemplating taking his life, his fears, his change of thinking, everything that he has done for himself to get to the place that he is today. My name is Lisa Baim. Welcome to rising strong mental health and resilience. Last November, I attended a conference about empowerment that featured some pretty big name speakers like Jack Canfield and Arlene Dickinson. It was an absolute incredible event. Today's guest was also at that conference and his short speech has stuck with me. In fact, his words impacted me more than anyone else's at the conference and I knew that I wanted to share his message with you too. Welcome to the show, Trevor. Trevor: Thank you so much. I'm honored to be here. And yeah, what touching, kind words to say. Thank you all. Host/Lisa: Truth so about twelve years ago, you found yourself on the bathroom floor with some pretty dark thoughts. Can you take us back to that time and tell us what was going on? Trevor: Yeah, I certainly can. It will be 13 years in May. 16, actually. I know the day I couldn't tell you the time when I shared on that. It was a time in my life where I had accomplished a lot and I had everything that people believe they want or need to be happy. I had a beautiful wife and kid. I'd been married for a long time. I'm close with my parents and my siblings. I had a strong friend network, and I was a part of a very successful business. But all that stuff had started to unravel on me at a time where financially had become quite stable as well. We had sold a big part of a business that I co founded at that time. Things started to disintegrate in my life and I ended up separated from my wife and in this fancy condo where I woke up on the bathroom floor that morning with an almost overwhelming desire to end my life. And the reality is, for years it had been leading up to that point and I had always kept everything inside of me. If you met me at that time, I was super positive. And if you asked me how I was doing, I would say good grade or awesome, which I still do today. But that morning when I woke up on the floor, I can still tell you almost 13 years ago the color of the tile. Like I can tell you the specs in the tile. I lived there for ten weeks I can tell you the color of the sink of the countertop. I can tell you every single detail about that bathroom. And I woke up on the bathroom floor, and I was starting to cry. And I had made a commitment about 20 years earlier that I was never going to have an emotional breakdown again because I had gone through a really bad breakup and my heart had gotten broken. And ironically, I was laying on the bathroom floor for what seemed like an entire day. It was probably 5 hours crying. And I got up and I looked in the mirror and washed my face and said, I am never going to let somebody let me help, have somebody make me feel this way again. And so I was starting to cry, and I got up and was washing my face because I was like, I am not going to cry. And I think for the first time in my life, certainly my adult life, I saw myself in the mirror. My eyes connected with my eyes. Host/Lisa: I'm just so curious why you were so hesitant to be honest with people, even leading up to finally meeting with a psychiatrist. You're even lying to him. Why that? Trevor: You know, I've reflected on it a lot, and I believe it's this, Lisa, as a man and as a person who grew up the way I grew up, and I think many of us do grow up the same way. I was never taught how to process my emotions. We never talked about emotions in my family. I learned a lot of amazing things from my family and from my dad, like work ethic and responsibility and accountability. And it didn't matter. We grew up on a farm. We had cows and chickens and pigs and grain, and it didn't matter how I felt. You had to get up in the morning and feed the animals. I recognize that now. I grew up being this guy who had this image of what I was supposed to be. I was supposed to be strong, and I was supposed to support my family. And those were just sort of absolutes. And what I never learned was that I was also a human being. And I was so afraid of everything. I was so afraid of judgment. I felt so insecure, I felt so inadequate. And I never wanted anybody to know that. I thought I would be judged, and I thought I'd be judged negatively, certainly as a man. And it didn't matter what I had accomplished in life. I had those feelings inside. And so when it comes right down to it, the number one thing was fear of judgment. And that was because I didn't truly accept myself for who I was, and I truly didn't love me. It's taken me twelve years to learn that, and I'm learning more and more about it, but that was the reality for me. And when I went to Dr. Gone, so that day that I woke up on the bathroom floor and I was looking in the mirror and it caught my eyes and I thought, what would I tell a friend if they said, I have all this stuff, but this is how I feel. I was like, I would say, I get it and both are real and please get some help. And I reached out for help, thankfully, that day. And as I shared, I googled and I saw a psychiatrist. And even at that moment, I was like, there is no way I'm going to a psychiatrist. I'm considering ending my life still at that point. And I was still so afraid of what people would think. I don't want people to think I'm crazy. And thankfully, the universe works the way it's supposed to. And I ended up seeing life coach, and I actually reached out to a life coach first, and she got back to me within half an hour, and she had a cancellation for the next day, which is unheard of. And when I went in to see her, turned out she was a psychiatrist. And she asked me how I was doing. I said, I'm fine. I'm good. And she said, what's going on? And I told her, separated from my wife, my son's not talking to me. I'm probably going to get kicked out of the business I co founded, but other than that, everything's good, and I'm just here to get some help to improve my life. And she was like, oh, my God, you're not good. And I said, no, I'm fine. And she said, no, you're not, and I can't help you. And she said, do not leave this office. She's like, please do not leave this office. I need to go get somebody, and I will be back in two minutes. Please don't leave. And I was like, okay, like, you're freaking me out. I'll stay. And she came back in probably two minutes with a great big man and put out his hand and said, hi, trevor, I'm Dr. Gonz. Nice to meet you. Anne says you're struggling with some stuff. And I was like, she's got me freaked out, like, I'm fine, though. And he said, no, I'm sure you are. Do you have ten minutes? And I went and chatted with them for ten minutes, and that was the beginning of the journey I went on, and that man helped save my life without a doubt, and, and did like the fact that she picked up on it and didn't let me leave that office because I was still playing the con even at that point. And it was all to do with fear and that I'd had my whole life. Host/Lisa: I think that so many of our listeners can resonate with that. I was actually at something completely different last night, but I was at an event at the end of the evening. We were asked to reflect on what we'd been talking about. And that's what came out of my mouth, too, is fear. I would not think of myself as a fearful person, a scared person, but we are all humans. Trevor: When was the first time you felt hope, like? Personally, I believe it was a defining moment. When I walked, I'd gone to Dr. Gonz for about ten sessions, I think, or so, maybe a few more, and he would ask me lots of questions. I was starting to feel better for sure. Like, there was no doubt that things were improving in my life and mostly in my mind. But I went in and sat down one time, and the first thing he said as I sat down was, trevor, how are you feeling? And I blurted this out. I said, how am I feeling? I've been insecure my whole life and felt inferior. I'm afraid of everything. I'm afraid of success and afraid of failure. I feel sad a lot, and worse than that, I mostly feel numb. And I am so lonely. I'm so lonely. I'm lonely when I'm with my friends. I'm loneliest, but I'm loneliest when I'm with my family, and I don't know what the hell is wrong with me. And I said that, and it's like the thing you say to your spouse, that you wish you had enough. And that's how I felt. And my mind was spinning, and I was thinking, oh, my God, I can't believe I just said this to this guy that I really respect and I look up to, and I thought, he's going to look at me and he's going to tell me that I should be more grateful and I need to change my perspective and look at all of the awesome things I have. And instead, he looked me in the eye and he said, oh, man, I get it. And he was like, if you would have told me anything else, I wouldn't have believed you. Thank you for being vulnerable with me. And that day, my life changed, and I left there feeling different. But I realized something after that meeting with him. I had never in my life been asked how I was feeling unless somebody knew I was sick or I'd been in the hospital because I broke a bone. Nobody had ever asked me that, and I had never asked another human being that. And those words, that sentence changes conversations. I use it a lot with people. I'll ask them how they're feeling instead of how they're doing, because even today, with all the awareness I have and all the work I've done and the place I'm at in my life, if somebody asks me how I'm doing, I will respond with good, great, or awesome every single time. Sometimes I'll catch myself and say, actually, I'm having a little bit of anxiety. I'm struggling with some things right now, but my immediate response is those three things. And if I ask somebody how they're doing, I pay attention to it. I will hear it. If I ask somebody how they're feeling, and especially when you just sit down, it's remarkable, the response. You'll get the difference in response most times. And I was like, holy ****. More people need to talk about their feelings, I believe because I had stuffed mine for so long that I ended up on a bathroom floor and wanting to end my life. And thankfully, I made a different choice that day. Host/Lisa: And I think words have power, as you say, I think part of our north american greeting, it's kind of like all hello, but it's, hey, how are you? It's kind of an extension, right? And we're not maybe always looking for a response, right? Like you can pass somebody on the sidewalk with no intention of stopping, hey, how are you? It's just kind of an extended hello. But you're right. When we can stop and just take even a beat, how are you feeling? Trevor: Yeah, it's incredible. Obviously, don't walk down the street and say, how you feeling? To everybody because there are casual pass bys and there's times where I catch up with my budies and I'm like, hey, how are things? And then we just kind of have our lunch or whatever. But there are times where I'll have a sense or we'll have a longer period of time and I'll ask somebody how they're feeling. And it's remarkable. I've shared this when I've spoke before, when I've been asked, how do I connect with my spouse, say, ask them how they're feeling and see what the response is instead of, how are you doing? How was your day at work? Especially with men, because we want to be strong in front of our wives and our family. We want to look like we have it all together and oftentimes I found that I was struggling inside and suffering inside, and my wife could definitely pick up on it, but she was the last person I was going to talk to about it. I mean, I was the supporter. It's not because I didn't love her, it's because I did. And my form of love was, I need to be strong. And so when all of this dysfunction was happening, I'm beating the hell out of myself, to be honest with you, because I'm like, I need to be stronger than this. And now I'm letting the people down that I love. And then I became my own worst enemy. I beat myself to death over all the things that I wasn't doing and wasn't being. And I had a mentor one time say to me, are you finally tired of being beat up? And I'm like, oh, my God, yes. He said, good, then put down the bat, trevor. It's like, wow. And so often we beat ourselves up way more than others do at reconnect. I just spoke and I did a keynote there. I shared about a poem that I wrote and why I wrote it. And it was about a fellow that I knew that passed away. And he was young and he had a lot of issues with addiction and stuff, and that's how I actually had met him, working with him on some of that. And he ended up getting going out and using again and ended up dying that night in an altercation. And his little boy, long story short, I went to his service and I just felt compelled to go. And I heard the pastor talking about what is life? And I wrote a poem called what is life? And then at the end, I ended it with, life is a gift from God up above and so it must be life surely is love. And I wrote that poem like 1 hour after I left the funeral. And the reason I remembered why I wrote it after, when I was reflecting here recently, and the reason I ended it that way is because at the end of the service, he asked if anybody wanted the pastress, if anybody wanted to say any words. And some of his friends went up. And then just as it kind of got silent, they sat down, heard this little voice, and this little boy said, mommy, I want to say something. And the place goes quiet and out walks this little boy. He turns five years old, and his mom says, okay, honey. And she's got a little girl in her arm. And Mark had two kids, and he loved them to the capacity he could love anybody. And this little boy goes up on stage and he grabs the mic and he says this exactly so stoically looking at us all, he said, I miss my daddy. He was a good man and I love him. And he handed the mic back and he walked back to his seat. There was not a dry eye. I still feel it. And I left there going, the problem wasn't that Mark didn't love his kids. The problem was he didn't love himself. That was the problem. And I asked everybody attending reconnect. I said, how many of you love somebody's hand went up. How many of you are loved by somebody? Everybody's hand stayed up. I said, how many of you love perfect human beings? How many of the people that you love are perfect? Like, how many don't make mistakes? And how many of you forgive them for the stuff they do wrong? And how many people love you in spite of the fact I'm assuming that you're not perfect either, because I'm certainly not. And then I talked about what my mentor said. Put down the bat. If you're tired of being beat up, put down the bat. We love others more than we love ourselves. We wear selflessness as a badge of honor in our society, and it's creating human beings and men especially, who stuff their emotions. And then we become full of anger and resentment and sadness and pain. And as I talked about at lead, what you're full of overflows in your pyramid. And for me, it was oftentimes sadness and despair or nothing, which was as bad. Host/Lisa: Hey, rising strong listeners, if you've been enjoying the inspiring interviews on the podcast, we'd love your support. To help us reach more listeners and hopefully gain some sponsorship. To do that, please, like, follow and subscribe wherever you listen to podcast. And here's a little extra incentive. Leave us a five star review and you'll be entered to win some cool rising strong swag. Your support means the world to me. Now back to the show. Trevor: When I went to Dr. Gonz, he had asked me to come in and make a list of my priorities. And I came in and I had my wife and my son, and I was back with Renee by that time, and my mom and my dad, my sisters and family and work was in there and some other things. I think I had about 20 things on the list. And he'd always said to me, you can't give what you don't have. And he's trying to get me to understand this, and he's talking about money and different things in business, but he's really talking about emotions. And I wasn't getting it. So I come in with this list of priorities, and I hand it to him and he says, that's a great list, trev, but where are you on it? And I was like, well, I'm kind of everywhere. And he said, well, fair enough. Humor me. Add your name. So I put my name just above work. And the only reason I did was because I'm like, this is a trap. If I put myself below work, he's going to call me out on it. And I knew that, and I wanted to get an a, but I actually believed it. I thought, what I provide to the people I love, like everybody above work, is financial stability. I can provide for them. It's a way of protecting them. And so anyway, I put myself just above work and I hand the list back to him, and he says, that's interesting. Why didn't you put yourself at the top of the list? And I said, I am not a narcissist who would put themselves at the top of the list. And he sold. And he said, yeah, well, that's the problem with human being strip. He said, very few people put themselves on the list, and even the ones that do rarely put themselves at the top. And then he said, have you ever saw a champagne glass pyramid where they pour the champagne and it flows perfectly to all the other levels to empty the bottle? And I'm like, yeah. And he said, have you ever saw them fill it from the bottom up? I was like, no. He said, I want you to close your eyes and visualize this and tell me what you see. And I said, well, I closed my eyes. Well, it's going to take more champagne. It's going to be inefficient. It's going to spill on the side, so the glasses are going to be sticky and there's going to be a mess on the table. And he said, exactly. And that's how you're living your life. He said, your champagne glass pyramid is your priorities. Your priorities make up that pyramid. So there's you, your wife and your son, your mom and your dad and your sisters all the way down. That's your champagne glass pyramid. And he said, you have your own pyramid, and your wife has her own, and your son has his own, and your mom has her own, dad has his own, and you fit into each other's. And what, you're full of overflows. You've been trying to fill your pyramid from the bottom up, but you're out of champagne and you're making a mess of your life and their life. Your champagne is messy. He said, go and start to do things that are healthy for you, to fill yourself up with forgiveness and acceptance and patience and love, and that's what's going to overflow. And that analogy changed my life. He gave me permission to be selfishly selfless, to go and do things that are good for me so that I show up as the best version of myself in the relationships that matter most. Even on the days that I don't show up as good as I have, on another day, when I do this, I'm showing up as the best version of myself that day. And it changed my life. It changed my wife's life. And we started to do things independently so that when we did things together, I use the mall analogy. My wife likes to go to the mall. And I heard this from Dr. Gonz. And I went home that night and I was like, oh, my. Like, I got this thing, and Dr. Gonz has told me that I need to start doing things that are good for me, and then it'll be good for you. And so I know I was going to go to the mall with you this weekend, but instead I'm going to go hiking with my buddy. That wasn't popular. She was not happy about that. She's thinking, I'm being selfish again, because I worked all the time, like 300 days some years. And when I took time off, she wanted to do something, and I'd say I'd do something with her, but she had to endure this. When I went to the mall with her, every time I'd go there and I'd want to show up. I'd want to show up patient, but I wasn't, and I'd go there. I don't like them all that much anyway. But I would walk between stores and I'd get into the store and I would literally be all smiles. And the ladies that were helping her would be like, you are so lucky to have a husband like him. Like, what a great guy. He's carrying your bag. And I'm smiling and talking to them, but in between stores, I was like a five year old child. I'd be like, I'm hungry. I'm tired. This sucks. I want to go home. Can I go to my truck? I wait in the truck. And by the time we left, I ruined her experience. I took the joy out of the thing that she liked, and both of us went home miserable. And so I said, look, that's what you're going to get again. That's the reality, because that's how it is. Every single pine and I said, so how about this? You go to the mall with your sister, I'll go hang out with Sean, go for a hike, and then I'll meet you there in the afternoon. So I'll just take a couple hours. And I showed up, and it was remarkably different. I showed up, and I didn't like being at the mall any more than I did prior times. But I had patience, and I wanted to spend time with her, and I wanted to add value to her day, to her experience. And at the very least, that day, I didn't take away from it. I'm not sure I added a lot of joy, but I certainly didn't take away from it for her. And we were like, holy ****, there's something to this. And it's the way we live our life now. Host/Lisa: We hear it all the time. But I think it is so true, and it ties in so nicely to your champagne analogy. But you cannot pour from an empty cup, right? Trevor: You can't give what you don't have. No, you just can't. Host/Lisa: In all this time, all this growth, what has been your biggest aha moment? Like, if you met somebody today who is really struggling, what would you say? Trevor: I would say, no matter how much you love yourself, love yourself more. And there are simple tools that you can use to do that. That I've learned more about that recently, again. But I would say, don't be afraid to share how you're feeling and in any area of your life. And if you give people permission to do the right thing, they will always do the right thing. And all we have to do is give them permission. And if you are feeling down, if you're feeling lost, if you're feeling lonely, people actually want to help. They actually want to. And the other thing is, and I share this with people as I get to know them, you are not alone. And that's not a catchphrase. You truly aren't. And when I was going through this process, and I was doing a lot of work on myself with some people that had gone before me, and I was getting together with these men that were older than me, and I'd go in and talk about my life, and I'd share. Oftentimes, it was like, today was tough and it sucked, and my wife is not nice to me. And it was a lot of that, right? I'd feel better when I left because I sort of vomited all the stuff that was in me. And I've been going a long time to meet with these guys. And one day, this person that I'm really close to. And he's a mentor of mine now, a giant in my life. He said to me, trev, it's awesome that you come and share. Like, we love seeing you. And I'm like, hey, thanks, man. And he said, but I have some good news for you. And I was like, like, what's that? He said, you no longer have to suffer from terminal uniqueness. And I was like, ouch. Like, at the moment, it was hard. And he said, you come and you share, and you have a different wife and a different son and a different house and a different job, and you live in a different area of town, but at an emotional level, when you share about how you're feeling, every single one of us can identify every one of us. And I went on a mission, Lisa, to prove this. I've traveled all over the world, and I've been on Kilimanjaro in Africa, working with. Hanging out with people who work harder than anybody I know to pack bags up a mountain that's so hard to hike, and they get $15 a day. And I've had the privilege of spending time with a multibillionaire that I got to know well and everything in between, from school teachers to farmers to business people. And I started to ask very similar questions when I was in Kilimanjaro, and I got to know the porters, and I'd go hang out with them, and I'd be like, a lot of them are young. A lot of them aren't. I'd be like, hey, do you have any? And, yeah, yeah. Do they drive you crazy? Like, do you ever get ****** at them? And it's like, yeah. Do you worry about them? Yeah. Why are you on this mountain doing this? Well, I would want to give my family a better life, and if I do this, I can send my kid to school. And I'm like, are you married, or do you have a girlfriend? Swing guy's like, I had a girlfriend, but she dumped me. Oh, man. How'd that feel? Terrible. And I've asked similar questions to everybody. I'm like, do you worry about your parents? Do you worry about your kids? And when I sat with the guy that I know, that's the wealthiest man that I know, and he's extremely wealthy, and I say, hey, man, he. And I know it's kids. I'm like, do you worry about your kids? Yeah, of course I do. Said, do you worry about your. I said. I said, do they drive you crazy? Yeah, of course. And you love them? Yeah. I said, have you ever been, like, have you ever been broke up with? And he started laughing. Of course I have. I had a wife that left me once when I was younger. And I'm like, how did you feel? He says, what do you mean, how did I feel? Chuff. It was terrible. My heart was broke. And I'm like, holy ****. We are all at an emotional level. We are exactly the same. If I tell you that I'm feeling sad, you have had moments in your life where you're sad. If I tell you that I've been in love, you've been in love. There's not one person that hasn't, at an emotional level that hasn't experienced emotions. And so we are actually way more the same than we are different. And an emotional level, we're exactly the same. We feel differently for different reasons, but we feel. Host/Lisa: And I think that is where the power of sharing our stories really is, the core of this next step that I feel like that we can take on a mental health level, because I think when we are vulnerable, we share our story. We share how awful we're feeling. It opens the door, and it gives other people permission to share their story. And that is where the magic happens. That's where the healing starts, and that's where these really important conversations come in. Trevor: Yes. And it's giving people permission to do the right thing. There kind of the tagline for my speech at lead was, turn your struggles into strengths. And that means, to me, that means share your story. Partly. It's also the worst day of my life, I tell people, was the day on the bathroom floor, and I never felt like I would feel worse than that, ever. But the darkest moment became the catalyst for change. My worst day of my life became the best day of my life. I'm so grateful for it now, and I truly am. And I say that right from my heart, because I could have continued to live in a state of numbness for another 20 or 30 or 40 years, however long I lived, and that would have been so much worse. So feeling the pain and going through what I had to to get the life I have today, I wish it on the people I love. I say to folks that I'm close with, I hope you never wake up on a bathroom floor with an almost overwhelming desire to end your life. But if that's what it takes, I hope that if you end up there, you make the choice I made. And that's what I pray for every day. But if that's what it takes to get you to change your life so that you have a life better than you can ever imagine. Then I hope that you end up there, because life is amazing, even though it's hard and parts of it suck. And I've come to realize that life is actually supposed to be hard. It's supposed to be hard, and I accept that today. And any meaningful pursuit in life is supposed to be really hard. And the more meaningful the pursuit in life, the harder it's supposed to be. And the universe will constantly check us to see how badly we want something. And it actually has to happen. Life has to be hard so that we can become the person that we need to be to grow into the person that we need to be to overcome the next challenge that comes in our life. I look at goals differently than I used to. I used to be like, the goal of the goal is the outcome. It's finishing. And it hit me that actually the purpose of the goal is to become the person that I need to be, to be able to achieve the goal. And I use a marathon analogy. If I'm going to go and run a marathon and I want to actually run the whole thing, I have to become a certain person to do that. I have to be disciplined. I have to get up. I have to train. I have to change my eating habit. I have to go to the gym. And if I do all of that stuff and I show up on the day of the marathon and the marathon gets canceled, it's actually not a big deal because I become the person that I needed to be that could run a marathon. So that's the purpose of a goal, is to become the person you need to be to accomplish the goal. And when you set big goals in life in any way, personally, professionally, inner growth, anything that you set as a goal, the bigger the goal, the harder it's going to be. And the universe will challenge you so that you become the person that you need to be to accomplish the goal. Host/Lisa: I feel much the same way, and I say this all the time. You talk about the universe. That is my feeling as well, that we are humans. We're living this human existence. I think we're all spirits by nature and that we all came here to grow. And the only way we grow is through the gross, hard, awful things. We don't grow when we're sitting on a beach sipping a mai tai and having a chocolate chip cupcake. That's everyone's goal in life, right? Yeah, but it doesn't really amount to much, really. And like you say, even reflecting back on my own darkest times. I wouldn't be the person that I am today without having gone through all of that. Trevor: Yeah. And it's so true. And I think everybody, if they reflect on their life to realize where they are, it's the same for everybody, right? So I've learned this. For me, I don't see cappiness and joy anymore. I see contentment. And for me, it's peace and contentment. And for me, that means that no matter what I'm facing, because there's going to be days and weeks and months. There's going to be hard times. I'm going to have sadness, and I'm going to have emotional pain, and I'm going to feel grief at some time, and I'm going to feel happiness and joy, and I'm going to be excited. And all of those things are actually fleeting. They come and they go, and they're varying degrees. But if I seek peace and contentment, I want to know that when I'm sad that I'm going to be okay. And when I'm really overjoyed, I want to know that I'm going to be okay. And that's why I seek contentment now. I'm like, life is going to happen, and I'm an emotional being, and I'm okay with that. I accept that. It's that I want to be able to go on that emotional journey. And if I focus on contentment, it helps stop me from trying to stuff the feeling of sadness and grief, the feelings I don't like. I'm like, I'm going to be okay. This is something I'm experienced, and it hurts really bad, but I'm going to be okay. I can be content in the fact that I'm feeling the feeling. It's a work in progress for me. I'm still a student of life, but I just can be like, I'm going to be okay. Host/Lisa: And I think that reminds us. I think when we've been through really awful, awful, awful times, part of our growth is being able to look back on that and say, at least myself, I've been through that. I am still standing. I am still here. For me, that was the worst. Losing a child. If I can get through that, dear God, I can get through anything. Trevor: Unreal. Absolutely. And things happen to human beings that are so horrific, and they find most people, or many, find a way through it and can find a way to use that to become a better human. And I have so much respect and admiration for people who go through things like you did by losing a child and can be the person that you. I know the things that put me on my knees and they were know not as painful of the actual experience. I felt like that, but it wasn't anywhere near that significant. And yeah, I admire you a lot, Lisa. When I watched this video and learned about life's supposed to be hard, and this lady just said it so eloquently to a woman's basketball team, I think, at Notre Dame. And she said, the purpose of life is not to have an easy life. If the people who want an easy life stand on the street corner and the buses go by them. And she said, the purpose of life, your life, is supposed to be hard. Any meaningful pursuit in life is supposed to be hard. And the more meaningful the pursuit, the harder it is. The goal of life is to learn to handle hard better. That is the purpose of life. You learn to handle hard better. And I use that analogy sometimes when I'm speaking to people and I'll say, when I was 13 years old and this girl that I had a crush on was moving away, or twelve or eleven, whatever I was, I was heartbroken. I saw, like, this girl that I love, and I thought, I am never going to feel worse than that in my life. But you know what? When I was 18 and my girlfriend broke up with me, I was sad for a day, not for weeks, and I didn't solve, I don't think it's about being harder. I think it's about learning how to handle hard better. You learn that life happens. I've stopped saying this is the worst experience of my life, because every time I've said it, the universe has proven to me that there can be more pain. Host/Lisa: Buckle up, Trev. Trevor: Exactly. Host/Lisa: So that's a perfect segue into my next question. And that is, what does resilience mean to you? Trevor: I think it's the ability to move forward in spite of the pain, in spite of where you're at. And I am now, like, I have got to a point in my life where I'm more proud of myself now for the days I show up when it's hard than when I crush the goal when it's easy. And it took me a long time to figure that out. Those are the days I should applaud myself. The days when I was going through stuff that was so hard in business at times and personally in my life, I would literally lay, and this is since in the last five years or six years, I would lay in the basement in the dark for a better part of a day in a fetal position because it was just under so much stress. And I would eventually be like, I don't get to quit. And I'd get up and I'd put my pants on and my socks and I'd go back out into life. And that was resiliency for me. It's like, this is hard and I don't know how I'm going to get through it, but I know I'm going to get through it. And I tell myself, I told our team that when we were going through a real bad financial time in sharepoint and I mean close to bankruptcy, and I'll be like, this is scary. This is our reality. We're in a lot of trouble. I don't know how we're going to get through it. And I'm scared, but I know we will. I know we will figure it out. And that's how I live my life now. I'm like, this is bad. It's scary. I'll give myself few moments to feel it. I'll lay on the couch for a little while and then I will say, it's time to get up. It's time to get up and go. I don't know how I'm going to get through it. I just know I will. Host/Lisa: Where can people find you? Whether they want you to come and speak or all of the great stuff. Trevor: That you've got going on LinkedIn or Facebook is actually the easiest. And I do respond to every single person who sends me a note on either of those platforms. I'm on Instagram, but I'm not very active on there and I will always get back to folks through those platforms and set up a time to meet if they'd like to. Host/Lisa: Sure, that's great. And I will put those links in the show notes as well for anybody who's listening. Trevor, your journey serves as an inspiration to all of us, reminding us of the strength and resilience of the human spirit. Thank you for your bravery and for shining a light on such an important topic. It's been an honor to have you as our guest. Trevor: This has been so awesome. And again, thank you for reaching out to me. It really means a lot to me, Lisa, and for all your kind words. That's incredible and I'm touched. Host/Lisa: My pleasure. Stay well and be resilient, my friends. Remember, you were made for.

Well-known Canadian entrepreneur Arlene Dickinson, who is also a Dragon on CBC's Dragons' Den TV show, discusses how entrepreneurs can survive and thrive in these difficult economic times. In this video interview, Dickinson talks about common mistakes entrepreneurs make, how you can grow a business even in this environment, if the economy is discouraging people from becoming entrepreneurs, why would people start a company today and the role of social media for an entrepreneur. Mario Toneguzzi is Managing Editor of Canada's Podcast. He has more than 40 years of experience as a daily newspaper writer, columnist, and editor. He was named in 2021 as one of the Top 10 Business Journalists in the World by PR News – the only Canadian to make the list) About Us Canada's Podcast is the number one podcast in Canada for entrepreneurs and business owners. Established in 2016, the podcast network has interviewed over 600 Canadian entrepreneurs from coast-to-coast. With hosts in each province, entrepreneurs have a local and national format to tell their stories, talk about their journey and provide inspiration for anyone starting their entrepreneurial journey and well- established founders. The commitment to a grass roots approach has built a loyal audience on all our social channels and YouTube – 500,000+ lifetime YouTube views, 200,000 + audio downloads, 35,000 + average monthly social impressions, 10,000 + engaged social followers and 35,000 newsletter subscribers. Canada's Podcast is proud to provide a local, national and international presence for Canadian entrepreneurs to build their brand and tell their story. #business #CanadasNumberOnePodcastforEntrepreneursentrepreneurs #entrepreneurship #smallbusiness

This week on Without Losing Your Cool, we have THE Arlene Dickinson. From breaking barriers as the sole woman CEO on Dragons Den to navigating parenthood while pursuing her dreams, Arlene's story is a testament to resilience and growth.Explore Arlene's insights as she shares how setbacks were catalysts for growth, fueling her drive to overcome challenges. Discover the transformative power of redefining priorities, finding balance, and leaving a lasting legacy. In this episode, Arlene's advice for aspiring entrepreneurs shines as she outlines essential elements for a successful business launch. Uncover her strategies for turning concepts into reality, including the power of testing ideas through platforms like Kickstarter. Arlene Dickinson is the General Partner of District Ventures Capital, a venture capital fund focused on helping market, fund and grow entrepreneurs and their companies, in the food and health space.She is a three-time best-selling author and accomplished public speaker. Dickinson is widely recognized for her role as a Dragon/Venture Capitalist for over 12 seasons on the multi-award-winning television series, Dragons Den.We talk about:[0:55] Arlene's favourite pitch on Dragons Den[3:50] How it felt being the only woman CEO on Dragons Den[7:25] Raising her kids at a young age[9:50] Embracing failures and navigating feeling like she failed her family[10:35] How men and women experience life and business differently[13:20] Essentially elements to have in place when starting a business[15:50] Testing the market and your concept through Kickstarter[19:35] Moving our ideas into action and letting go of our limiting beliefs[20:50] Arlene's tips for creating a profitable business[27:30] Finding balance and creating more time as a busy entrepreneur[29:45] Refocusing your energy on how you want to leave your legacy[32:50] The consequence of entrepreneurialism[36:40] Shedding guilt for how we parented[46:00] Embracing putting yourself in a place of vulnerability to be disliked[46:30] Her decision to quit Twitter[54:05] Tips to navigate conflict[59:10] The privilege that comes with her skin colourWant your question to be featured on WLYC? Leave your voice message here: https://shantellebisson.com/blogs/podcastCONNECT WITH SHANTELLE:INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/shantellebisson/WLYC INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/withoutlosingyourcool/NEWSLETTER: https://shantellebisson.com/pages/book-shantelleBUNDLES: https://shantellebisson.com/collectionsWEBSITE: https://shantellebisson.com/CONNECT WITH ARLENE:INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/arlenedickinson/PODCAST: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/reinvention/id1518357790BOOK: https://www.indigo.ca/en-ca/reinvention-changing-your-life-your-career-your-futureYOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/WEBSITE: https://www.districtventurescapital.com/

Ashley is a Speaker, Business Coach and host of the top-charting podcast, The Glow Getter Podcast. When Ashley launched her Event and Wedding Planning business in 2008, she felt alone. She was living in a new town and a new province moving from Ontario to Alberta, she didn't know many people or other business owners. She quickly realized she needed to meet new people, like-minded entrepreneurs and find a business mentor. Ashley decided to create something to help fill this void for other entrepreneurs in her community and launched her annual Women in Business Conference where over 300 Women Entrepreneurs came in from across Canada and the US, feeling the exact same way. They were looking for support, resources and connection. This provided Ashley the opportunity to work with some of the top Female Entrepreneurs in Canada including Arlene Dickinson, Debbie Travis, Manjit Minhas and more. After the huge success of her conference, she began winning awards and receiving requests to speak at events all across Canada. She launched her Business and Social Media Coaching services to provide ongoing support, strategy and accountability for Entrepreneurs as well as launched her top-charting podcast, The Glow Getter Podcast, which is downloaded in 83 countries around the world and 48 States of the US. She continues to speak across Canada and the US, teaching thousands of business owners how to build and scale their businesses online. She is re-launching her annual event, the Glow Getter Conference this fall working with the amazing Jenna Kutcher, host of the top-rated Goal Digger Podcast and bringing together 500+ women entrepreneurs from across Canada, the US and internationally. https://www.instagram.com/ashleymeadahl/ Use discount code ‘rachellefaucher' for $20 off your Glow Getter Conference ticket.

Do you ever wonder how sometimes incompetent leaders are successful anyway? Do you know what your reason for getting up and going to work every day? Are you thinking about jumping ship and trying entrepreneurship? Then this episode is for you!Our conversation with CEO Eleanor Beaton, founder of Safi Media, an education and coaching company for women entrepreneurs. Safi Media is committed to advancing global gender equity through women's entrepreneurship and is on a mission to double the number of women entrepreneurs who scale past $1M by 2030.As the host of the Anchored Intelligence podcast, with over 1.6 million downloads to date, Eleanor has reached millions of women around the world, helping them to unlock their leadership and entrepreneurial potential.She has been featured in Forbes, Fast Company, The Huffington Post, The Globe & Mail, The Atlantic, CBC, Chatelaine and more. Eleanor has spoken on women's leadership, entrepreneurship and gender equity at conferences throughout North America, Latin America and Europe.She has helped globally recognized business leaders & influencers such as Annette Verschuren, Arlene Dickinson, Margaret Trudeau and Dove Campaign for Real Beauty creators Janet Kestin and Nancy Vonk reach millions of people by packaging their expertise into best selling books.Eleanor has been recognized by the Corporate Excellence Awards as Canada's Leadership Coach of the Year. She is the winner of the Judge Elliot Award for Distinguished Alumni from the University of Kings College; the Nova Scotia Export Achievement Award; and the BBPA Harry Jerome Professional Excellence Award.If you enjoy this show, you need to sign-up for the Show Up Newsletter, delivered weekly to your inbox. It is a favorite of our listeners and published by the Moementum team every week offering tools, tips, and inspiration for navigating that quagmire or curiosity and delight we call the workplace.Today on Let's Make Work HumanWhat is happening with women entrepreneurship right now;How to have rigor with deciding what we do for work or what business we start;Why we all need to resist being “victims to toxicity;”How to debunk “the burden of significance;”Why being a superstar athlete alone will not make you a great leader, despite the mythology that it will;Why asking for help is a skill we all need to learn;And so much more!Resources Mentioned in this Show:To receive weekly gold in your inbox, sign up for the I newsletter here https://newsletter.leadwithmoe.com/To get yourself or your people leaders critical skills for the future, learn more and apply to the Leading People Program™ here: https://leadingpeopleprogram.com/To connect with Moe or Mei email info@moecarrick.comIG @eleanorbeatonhttps://safimedia.co/To listen to Eleanor's Anchored Intelligence Podcast https://safimedia.co/podcast/To access the Surgeon General's Report on Workplace Well-Being and Mental Health https://www.hhs.gov/surgeongeneral/priorities/workplace-well-being/index.html

In this interview with Arlene Dickinson, one of Canada's most successful entrepreneurs and a beloved judge on the hit TV show Dragons' Den, she shares her top tips for entrepreneurs on how to succeed in Canada. Whether you're a first-time entrepreneur or a seasoned business owner, this video is a must-watch for anyone looking to thrive in the Canadian business landscape. So sit back, relax, and learn from the best as Arlene Dickinson shares her expert advice on how to succeed as an entrepreneur in Canada.Subscribe for exclusive content: https://bit.ly/3ri2IUu  

Andrew Maida dissapointed his parents greatly when he decided to say 'goodbye' to the Family Business and 'hello' to pursuing his own path. His parents were devastated, skeptical and hurt - but Andrew had an idea he wanted to pursue. Fast forward to today, Flourish Pancakes can be found across North America in 1000's of retailers and Andrew is on a mission to make breakfast foods healthy, high protein, and low sugar. In this episode, we also discuss... - Andrew's upbringing and the expectation to follow a certain path - How he created to Flourish Pancakes Formula - Getting the attention of Arlene Dickinson from Dragon's Den - And building a brand as a young founder

Dave Dubeau is a seasoned real estate investor and CEO of Results Enterprises Inc. He helps real estate entrepreneurs scale their portfolios by attracting investors and JV partners. Dave is the creator of the Money Partner Formula process, which enables investors to raise six figures (or more) in six weeks (or less) by attracting the right investors.Dave has been investing in real estate since 2003 and has helped thousands of real estate entrepreneurs worldwide. He is also a passive investor, best-selling author, and sought-after speaker. Dave has been featured on some of the largest real estate shows on the internet and has shared the stage with industry titans such as Robert Kiyosaki, George Foreman, and Arlene Dickinson.Dave's knowledge and experience can help you extract the best tips and strategies to get the money you need, whether you're a new or seasoned investor. So tune in to this episode of Raising Private Money!Key Takeaways:The significant benefits of private money lending over traditional lendingPrivate money puts you more in control of your businessWhy use private lenders instead of your own cashThe Money Partner FormulaWhen dealing with private money, put the money first before your need.Most of the money you're going to attract and raise is going to come over time.The importance of mindset when attracting moneySet realistic expectations for your private lendersBuild a relationship with your private lenders beyond just asking for moneyHaving your lenders sign “an expression of interest” as an unofficial yet concrete document of a dealCheck out my book: 7 Reasons Why Private Money Will Skyrocket Your Real Estate Business and Help You Build Incredible Wealth!Get it here for FREE: www.jayconner.com/moneyguideSign up for the Private Money Academy and get 4-weeks free: https://jay-conner.mykajabi.com/offers/AMM4hCPW/checkoutConnect with Dave:Website: www.moneypartnerformula.comPodcast: www.daveinterviewsyou.com

Laura Simpson, Co-founder & CEO of Side Door joins the show to discuss the platform's recent revamp, and their recent Dragons Den experience!    Canadian tech company Side Door is a web-based platform that supports in-person shows in non-conventional spaces like living rooms, bookstores, warehouses, etc. by connecting artists with hosts and providing easy-to-use show-booking tools.    Side Door recently launched a redesigned and refined platform that better connects hosts with artists to create incredible in-person concert experiences, and it was featured on the popular Dragon's Den TV show on November 3rd. Side Door's Laura Simpson (CEO and co-founder) and Dan Mangan (co-founder and JUNO Award-winning artist) successfully pitched the Dragons, making a deal on the show with Arlene Dickinson.   Halifax-based Side Door was founded in 2017, and as of October 2022, the company has facilitated over 2,000 shows, and artists have earned over $1,300,000 in ticket revenue. More than 140,000 tickets have been purchased on the platform and over 2,700 hosts have spaces that can hold 20 or more people. More than 700 artists and bands have used the Side Door platform to book shows, including Broken Social Scene, Haviah Mighty, Rural Alberta Advantage, Said the Whale, Cadence Weapon, John K. Sampson, and Dan Mangan.   Connect with Side Door! —       —   Support Colton Gee and Desert Tiger ----- Check out our webstore @ Follow the Desert Tiger Podcast @   Follow Colton Gee @   —  

On today's episode of the Entrepreneur Evolution Podcast, we are joined by Shelby Taylor, Founder and CEO of Chickapea. Shelby Taylor is an entrepreneur on a mission to create good for the world through nutritious, organic meal options. As a young mother and health food store owner, Shelby recognized the challenge of putting a healthy meal on the table that everyone would enjoy, so she turned a family favorite (pasta) into a superfood. In 2016, the company officially launched the organic pasta made from only chickpeas and lentils in the Canadian marketplace and then expanded into the US less than a year later. In 2017, Shelby and her husband welcomed their second child into the world — just two days before signing her first venture capital deal with District Ventures Capital, Arlene Dickinson's fund for innovative food and health brands. Shelby remains committed to using her business as a force for good and, in 2019, Chickapea was ranked in the top 10% of all Certified B Corporations on the planet—a reflection of the company's commitment to meet the highest standards of verified social and environmental performance, public transparency, and legal accountability to balance profit and purpose. Now with about seven years of experience as an entrepreneur, Shelby continues to live outside her comfort zone, stand firm in her values, overcome challenges and embrace failures, and she tries to help others to do the same. As a certified women-owned business, Shelby is passionate about helping other women bring their dreams to life. Shelby holds a Bachelor's degree in Media Studies and Journalism from the University of Guelph-Humber. Today, Shelby is the CEO of Chickapea in her hometown of Collingwood, Ontario, Canada where she lives with her husband and two children. To learn more about Chickapea, visit Chickapea.com We would love to hear from you, and it would be awesome if you left us a 5-star review. Your feedback means the world to us, and we will be sure to send you a special thank you for your kind words. Don't forget to hit “subscribe” to automatically be notified when guest interviews and Express Tips drop every Tuesday and Friday. Interested in joining our monthly entrepreneur membership? Email Annette directly at yourock@ievolveconsulting.com to learn more. Ready to invest in yourself? Book your free session with Annette HERE. Keep evolving, entrepreneur. We are SO proud of you! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/annette-walter/support

Today's Guest: Dave Dubeau Dave is a real estate investor and the founder of The Money Partner Formula, which has helped 100's of real estate investors across North America (and even as far away as Australia, the U.K., and Korea) to quickly launch their capital-raising processes. His proprietary process lets you focus on taking care of your portfolio, finding great new deals, and meeting prospective investors while he works behind the scenes with his team as your capital-raising marketing department. Dave has shared the stage with people like Robert Kiyosaki, George Foreman, Robert Herjavek, Arlene Dickinson, Ted Thomas, and many more. He has been interviewed on over 50 different podcasts, including: "The Best Ever Real Estate Show" with Joe Fairless, and many others. Dave has also spoken for numerous Real Estate Investment Clubs, organizations, and groups. Highlights From The Show: We begin the episode with Dave sharing his background story and how he ended up in real estate. Dave shares that he is a Canadian but lived in Costa Rica for a decade, and that's where he started real estate investing with a couple of pre-foreclosure deals. However, Dave moved his family to Canada and sold his businesses in Costa Rica. He didn't have a lot of capital, had zero credit because he had been out of the country for so long, and had zero job opportunities because he had been self-employed for so long. Dave got into a course that assured him that he, too, could get rich with little or no money down. He did 18 deals for his first 18 months and got good at tracking motivated sellers. Dave shares that the strategy didn't require much capital, but about 8 years later, when he was doing a different strategy that required coming up with a downpayment, he realized he really sucked at raising capital. He came up with The Money Partner Formula, which worked well for him. We then discuss the common mistakes that people make when raising capital. Dave shares that the first mistake he made was following the guru saying, ‘find a good deal, and then money will find you.' According to Dave, that is only true if you have a platform with a thousand followers. If you are a regular mom-and-pop investor, this is the worst advice. For Dave, when he first crashed and burned, he had self-financed his first few deals that required a downpayment and, like everybody else, ran out of cash and credit, and that was when the perfect deal landed on his lap. He had two weeks to find an investor. Dave was under a time crunch, desperate, and out of that, he repelled people with his capital-raising strategy. From his experience, Dave recommends that you get your money lined up first and then look for deals or, at the very least, do them at the same time. Don't wait until you get a deal on the go to scramble trying to raise capital. Dave shares that the second big mistake he sees people making all the time is when they are desperate, they figure that anybody with a checkbook could make a good potential investor. The big problem with going after strangers as investors is that it will be very challenging. If you are trying to get somebody to invest 50, 70, or 100 thousand with you, that person needs to know you, like you, and trust you with their money. Also, it is illegal for mom-and-pop investors to raise capital from the general public unless we're licensed or set up with expensive entities or exemptions. Thinking of strangers as potential investors is a big mistake. Instead, focus on people that you already have a pre-existing relationship with. Dave shares that the third big mistake most people make is rushing in like the proverbial bull in a china shop. He shares that when he was trying to raise capital, he had an amazing deal with a two weeks time frame to close on it. Dave tried cold calling, but it didn't work for him. Networking also didn't work for him because he was trying to raise money from strangers. The other thing that Dave did was to put together a list of 200 people and a one-page pdf overview of the deal. He thought the deal would sell itself if enough people saw it because it was awesome. Dave sent the pdf to all the 200 people on his list, and the response he got from people he had not talked to for even 18 years was not cool. The deal crashed and burned, but he had to figure out a better way to raise capital for his future deals. He knew there was a better way, and he was right. Lastly, we talk about the right way to raise money for your deals and get people to pay attention to your deals and write checks. Dave shares that you have to be a little bit more strategic about things. You don't want to wait until you desperately need the capital to start the whole process. Start by coming up with a large list of potential investors you have a connection with, and instead of charging in and trying to get money out of them, be a little classier about it. Reconnect with them on a personal level first before you start talking about business. This is a warm-up campaign, and it's very simple. Start by sending out three emails over a week-long period, such as on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. The goal of the warm-up campaign is to reconnect, catch up with people, get some back and forth, and set the stage to prime the pump for what will be coming down the pipeline with your regular marketing. Make sure you don't miss another amazing episode of the Just Start Real Estate Podcast with Dave Dubeau and get valuable information on the three things that are keeping you from raising private money! Notable Quotes: “Get your money lined up first, and then look for deals. Don't wait until you get a deal and have to scramble to raise capital.” Dave Dubeau “Crashing and burning is a great way to learn but hearing about people's mistakes allows you not to crash and burn and also shortens your learning curve.” Mike Simmons “Thinking of strangers as potential investors is a big mistake. Instead, leverage your network, get the low-hanging fruit, and squeeze all the juice out of the contacts you already have.” Dave Dubeau Thank You for Listening! Connect with Mike on Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Linkedin, Facebook Help Out the Show: Leave an honest review on iTunes. Your ratings and reviews really help, and I read each one. Subscribe on iTunes. Resources and Links From Today's Show: Money Partner Formula. Dave on LinkedIn Dave YouTube More Resources From Mike: Level Jumping: How I Grew My Business to Over $1 Million in Profits in 12 Months WINNING DIRECT MAIL - How to CRUSH IT with direct mail! 7 Figure Investor Video Course - Scale your business to 7 figures. I'll show you how!

Today on the Listing Agent Lifestyle podcast I want to share a session from the GoGoAcademy we held in Toronto. We had a great two days with Brendon Burchard, JP Sears, Arlene Dickinson, and our second day was our real estate summit, where we had Dan Sullivan and Sally Hogshead join us, and it's Dan's session you're going to listen to today. Dan has a wonderful way of reframing procrastination as a super-power, and we've been having a great conversation about it for almost two years over on the Joy of Procrastination podcast. I think you're going to enjoy this and if you're one of the approximately 7 billion procrastinators on the planet... This is all part of our Listing Agent Lifestyle, the experience of abundant time, and we had a really great conversation with some great feedback from some of the realtors in the audience. So don't procrastinate, and enjoy this episode. Links: Show Notes GoGoAgent.com Be a Guest Listing Agent Lifestyle Book Listing Agent Scorecard  

Karen is an incredible motivational speaker, coach, entrepreneur, and bestselling author who brings audiences through her own personal stories of resilience and inspires with an amazing sense of positivity.   Recognized by the RBC Canadian Women Entrepreneur Awards as a Nominee in 2014 and 2021, Karen has operated successful businesses in many different industries for over 25 years. She has been a mentor to women in business throughout her career and was mentored herself by Arlene Dickinson of CBC TV's Dragon's Den.   Karen shows her dedication to her community through extensive volunteering, including roles as a founding member of several community and business development organizations. She was one of only two women to ever be elected to the Board of Directors of Farmers Co-operative Dairy Limited, and she has also served as a board member for the Early Intervention Association of Nova Scotia and the National Holstein Convention. Karen believes in paying it forward and, since 2018, she has raised over $120,000 for families in need in Nova Scotia. She was honoured to be chosen as the recipient of the QueenPin (Halifax) award in 2020 for her commitment to improving her community.   Karen's messages spring from a mountain of lived experience, and she is passionate about her mission to help people reboot their resilience and live their best life, personally and professionally, a purpose she lives in her own life every day.   Facebook Profile https://www.facebook.com/KarenDeanSpeaks   LinkedIn Profile https://www.linkedin.com/in/karendeanspeaks/   Website www.KarenDeanSpeaks.com ___________________________ Your Host Karen Roberts At Mintwave Radio Station and the 'Raising Vibrations' podcast network on Podbean, we provide a comprehensive range of services to coaches, consultants, therapists, healers, and experts who want to share their message with a wider audience. Our offerings include a complete podcast production service and an advanced AI-powered sales and marketing system that takes care of lead generation and nurturing for online course sales. We assist our clients in designing, creating, marketing, and selling their courses through various strategies such as educational funnels, podcast funnels, appointment funnels, sales pages, and membership areas. Our "Done 4 you" service encompasses editing podcasts, optimizing sound quality by removing filler words, crafting engaging show notes, producing intros and outros, creating podcast ads and snippets for social media marketing, and helping our clients achieve their first 50,000 downloads. If you're a coach who sells online courses and would like to learn How To Use AI To Build A List And Sell Your Coaching Program Fast......... >> https://karenrobertscoaching.com/ai  ATTN: Coaches, Consultants & Experts STUCK at 5-10k Months, How to Turn Your Podcast into a Sales Machine......... check out this free on demand class “Podcast Profits Unleashed” >>https://karenrobertscoaching.com/podcast-profits

Karen is an incredible motivational speaker, coach, entrepreneur, and bestselling author who brings audiences through her own personal stories of resilience and inspires with an amazing sense of positivity. Recognized by the RBC Canadian Women Entrepreneur Awards as a Nominee three times, Karen has operated successful businesses in many different industries for over 25 years. She has been a mentor to women in business throughout her career and was mentored herself by Arlene Dickinson of CBC TV's Dragon's Den. Karen shows her dedication to her community through extensive volunteering, including roles as a founding member of several community and business development organizations. She was one of only two women to ever be elected to the Board of Directors of Farmers Co-operative Dairy Limited, and she has also served as a board member for the Early Intervention Association of Nova Scotia and the National Holstein Convention. Karen believes in paying it forward and, since 2018, she has raised over $120,000 for families in need in Nova Scotia. She was honored to be chosen as the recipient of the QueenPin (Halifax) award in 2020 for her commitment to improving her community. Karen's messages spring from a mountain of lived experience, and she is passionate about her mission to help people reboot their resilience and live their best life, personally and professionally, a purpose she lives in her own life every day.Connect with Karen: www.karendeanspeaks.com Books: www.amazon.ca/Fierce-Fabulous-Self-Love-Karen-Deanwww.amazon.ca/We-Are-Unbreakable-Stories-Resilience www.amazon.ca/Sadies-Story-Okay-be-Different Join The Health Yeah Life Community: www.HealthYeahLife.info/Join Follow Us At: www.HealthYeahLife.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/HealthYeahLife Instagram: www.instagram.com/healthyeahlife

In this episode, Mike is joined by the legendary Canadian businesswoman, Arlene Dickinson. Arlene talks about her mission and vision behind her marketing firm, Venture Communications, how she balances her time, lessons from raising funds, what she looks for in Canadian entrepreneurs as an investing Dragon on CBC's show, Dragons' Den, and more! Connect with Arlene on LinkedIn Connect with Mike on LinkedIn

Here is the Audience Q&A with Mike and Arlene Dickinson the founder of Venture Communications. Connect with Arlene on LinkedIn Connect with Mike on LinkedIn

Welcome to episode #87 – today's guest is is widely recognised for her role as a Dragon and Venture Capitalist for 13 seasons on the multi-award-winning TV series, Dragons' Den. She is the General Partner of District Ventures Capital, a $100M venture capital fund focused on helping market, fund and grow entrepreneurs and their companies, in the food and health space. She's launched, operated and managed businesses for 35 years. Her strategies and business savviness are highly sought after, and she has helped businesses succeed from early stage startups, to multi billion corporations. She's also a three-time best-selling author and accomplished public speaker.     To make mention of some of her recognition, voted Canada's Most Powerful Women Top 100 Hall of Fame, the Pinnacle Award for Entrepreneurial Excellence, as well as PROFIT and Chatelaine's Top 100 Women Business Owners. She's a Marketing Hall of Legends inductee and a proud recipient of the Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Award. She's even served as an Honourary Captain in the Royal Canadian Navy. On top of that, she's a mother of four and a grandmother of 5.   Some of the topics we spoke about include: How to navigate the ups and downs Characteristics of a great entrepreneur How to assess risk How to prove or disprove a market need What world class marketing look like What makes a standout pitch and so much more.   So if you're someone that's interested in reaching hard and reaching high as an entrepreneur, then this episode is for you. Now a quick note, if we aren't connected yet on Instagram, I invite you to follow me on my handle @TheGiantThinker as I share daily posts and stories on helping decision-makers, business owners and leaders get unstuck lightning fast through human-centred design methodologies, creative strategies and personal experiences. Send me a DM I'd love to hear from you! You can find me on my handle @TheGiantThinker.   Alright, let's dive in. I present to you … the courageously transparent, kind and thoughtful … Arlene Dickinson!     More on Arlene can be found via the links below: Instagram.com/arlenedickinson Linkedin.com/in/arlenedickinson ArleneDickinson.com VenturePark.ca Subscribe to The Giant Thinkers Podcast on iTunes.     Want to know the most productive tool that has helped me accelerate my progress? It's the Five-Minute Journal; the simplest, most effective thing you can do everyday to be happier. It's a physical journal that gives you a positive quote, followed by three questions you answer in the morning and two questions to answer in the evening before bed. It basically anchors your mind in a positively focused, intentional and grateful mindset, in less than 5 minutes a day. Grab yours here: GiantThinkers.com/fiveminutejournal  

The One & Only Interview with Arlene Dickinson. Dragons Den TV Star, award winning Canadian Business Woman, Author, Investor, successful entrepreneur and mother, who never, ever quits! 

In this week's Between the Rows, we hear how rain in the forecast turned into a shower of donations for Saskatchewan charities thanks to Saskatchewan farmer, Rob Stone; how venture capitalist Arlene Dickinson is giving upstart companies in the food business more than seed money; and how a surge in […]

Eleanor Beaton "Clarity Nurtures Phenomenal Success" on The Erica Glessing Show Podcast #5021 If there is a formula for success, Eleanor Beaton owns it. She is gifted, clear, concise and is willing to stand as a Fierce Feminine Leader. In this episode, learn from the best as she lays out her vision of coaching women entrepreneurs to build 7-figure businesses. So good! More About Eleanor Beaton Eleanor Beaton is a women's leadership mentor and founder of Fierce Feminine Leadership, an organization that helps ambitious women develop the confidence, presence, political savvy and influence they need to smash the glass ceiling and take their seats at the tables where the big deals and big decisions are made. Eleanor is also an award-winning journalist and host of the Fierce Feminine Leadership podcast. She has served as Chair of the Visiting Women's Executive Exchange Program at the Yale School of Management. She currently sits on the boards of Innovacorp and Invest Nova Scotia. Eleanor Beaton was the winner of the 2018 Nova Scotia Export Achievement Award: Business of Diversity Champion of the Year. In 2017, she won the prestigious Profiles in Diversity "Women Worth Watching" Award for her work promoting diversity and inclusion. She was also named Canada's Leadership Coach of the Year by the 2017 Corporate Excellence Awards. Eleanor has been privileged to serve some of the country's most recognized women leaders, including Arlene Dickinson, star of CBC's hit show Dragon's Den and former Canadian First Lady Margaret Trudeau.    An international keynote speaker, Eleanor has presented at conferences whose rosters include such notables as former US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Oscar-nominated actress Taraji P. Henson and 23andMe Inc. co-founder Anne Wojcicki.   More About Erica Glessing SEO ninja and transformational goddess Erica Glessing believes when you tell your story, you change the world. Discover your zone of genius. Glessing is a #1 bestselling author 33X over, and built her company, SEO for Lead Gen, out of the desire to help entrepreneurs and small businesses be seen for their work in the world. With a strategic mindset, an easy laugh, and a creativity that meets geek sensibility, Glessing grew her podcasts to more than 100,000 downloads in 2020 alone and continues to build search engine optimization strategies for companies and influencers globally. “Global and local omnipresence requires discipline, commitment, and creativity,” says Glessing. She was originally an award-winning journalist, writing over 5000 articles for California newspapers before she built SEO for Lead Gen. Glessing is an Italian mom of three loud teens, a Corgi Aussi, and two very fat happy kitties. She lives in Northern California. You can find her: Instagram Twitter LinkedIn Facebook Sponsor Today's episode was sponsored by SEOforLeadGen.com, an SEO company dedicated to providing SEO and keyword strategy so your business can be seen and heard and generate ample leads to thrive. Resources For your own complimentary transformation into abundance sneak peak go to https://EnergyClearingforLife.com and grab Erica's three-part video series on clearing past lives and more. 

Today on Celebrating Simple Life the Podcast, I'm chatting with Caitlyn Dixon. Caitlyn has been a makeup artist for a decade. She began her journey gaining professional training at Blanche MacDonald Centre in Vancouver where she learned everything from beauty to special fx and bridal style makeup. Shortly after graduation Caitlyn competed in a makeup competition in Toronto, Ontario at International Makeup Artist Tradeshow where she created a beauty/fantasy character. Caitlyn gained experience working for MAC Cosmetics and then worked as an assistant to an experienced artist where she was exposed to opportunities doing makeup for jewelry companies, commercials, and fashion shows. In 2015, Caitlyn entered a competition through L'Oreal Paris where she competed in a live competition in Toronto, Ontario at the Shangri La Hotel. Caitlyn finished in 1st place which meant that she was lucky enough to compete in France against 10 other countries. Eva Longoria was the host of the competition which was held at the Cannes Film Festival. It was an experience Caitlyn will never forget. She placed in the top 3 and remains grateful for an experience. Since then, Caitlyn has worked at many events and different types of commercials, shoots and films. She was an official beauty team member at Toronto International Film Festival and the head makeup artist at Whistler Film Festival. Caitlyn gained experience working for Make Up For Ever and Too Faced Cosmetics. She has the opportunity to do makeup for big names like Jason Sudeikis, Soo Joo Park, Jon Pardi, Ali Gatie, Arlene Dickinson and more. Tune is as we chat all about growing and learning in life and business and how evolving is all a part of the process. EPISODE NOTES Caitlyn Dixon Makeup Artist Follow Caitlyn Dixon on Instagram Alia Wall Co. Follow Alia Wall Co. on Instagram AD - Holistic Physiotherapy & Wellness Just like you, I value my health and am so grateful for the team at Holistic Physiotherapy & Wellness here in Saskatoon. Not only do they have an incredible clinic but also offer Tele Health Virtual Appointment options for anyone across Saskatchewan. I have had Virtual Physio and Naturopathic appointments in the last few months that have been game changers for me, all from the comfort of my own home. And right now they are offering 10% off ANY Pilates package & subscription in person and online with unlimited use from January - March 30th, 2021. And, as a listener of Celebrating Simple Life the Podcast, you can receive $10 off ANY of their Core Health Services in-person or tele-health for Naturopathic Medicine, Chiropractic, Physiotherapy, Pelvic Floor Physio, Massage or Yoga Therapy. Book Online today at holisticphysiowellness.ca and use the code CELEBRATE10 or call the clinic at 306.373.0060 because this is your year to take care of you & feel your best! CELEBRATING SIMPLE LIFE Join the party by clicking through to Celebrating Simple Life. It would mean the world to me if you would take time to Subscribe , Rate & Review on Apple Podcasts and listen on whatever platform you choose to listen to Podcasts on! Reviews are occasionally selected to be read on the show and the person who submitted the Review will automatically be entered to win a Sweet Treat Grazing Box, just for writing a review! If you enjoy an episode and want to continue the conversation, I would love to see a screenshot of the episode on your Instagram stories and tag Celebrating Simple Life or #celebratingsimplelife Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Banff Mayor Karen Sorensen describes how the mountain town has weathered COVID-19, and its post-pandemic economic recovery plan. Famed Canadian entrepreneur Arlene Dickinson has a message for small business owners making a game plan for 2021. Harm reduction advocate Guy Felicella shares his survival story, and outlines what meaningful and effective response to Canada's opioid crisis needs to look like.

Arlene Dickinson (Dragon's Den, investor, author) talks about the pandemic's impact on small business, #RAVINGREVIEW...and baking! RUOK with "Crotch Kung-Fu"?  or...Porch Pirates? And, Stephen Hair, an actor who has played Scrooge for 27 years in Calgary, talks about the upcoming online production of A Christmas Story for Toonies For Turkeys.  HEY, DO YOU LIKE PODCASTS? Why not subscribe to ours?find it on Apple, Google, Spotify & Curiouscast.ca

Arlene Dickinson, self-made millionaire and star of the Dragon's Den, opens up about her turning point at the Calgary flood, in which she had to reinvent her business, and herself; why her parents sold her mother's ring to buy an automobile; how she began her unlikely career in business; the definition of a "safe entrepreneur;" the lessons she's learned that lead her to declare: "We are going to have a matriarchal society" and "I want to build a billion-dollar platform." See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Andrew is the founder of Flourish Pancakes, whose protein pancake mix has taken the Canadian breakfast industry by storm. Flourish aims to reimagine breakfast with the belief that eating healthy shouldn't be a chore. Improving eating habits can be achieved by transforming indulgent foods to fit your lifestyle. No elaborate prep or complicated instructions - just pure, organic, natural ingredients tastefully brought together in a simple way. Andrew takes the time to share his journey of building an alternative healthy food brand loved by consumers in an ever changing and hard to please industry. He leans in on his experience of working with Arlene Dickinson from Dragon's Den and how her fund, District Ventures, has helped scale Flourish to the next level. So sit back, relax, and enjoy the show - maybe over a fresh stack of pancakes? Timestamps 1:40 - Andrew's journey to founding Flourish 5:15 - What was the first company name? 7:23 - Flourish Pancakes' pricing strategy 12:20 - How Andrew came up with the pancake recipe 22:03 - How to get consistent repeat customers 26:10 - Businesses should compete on employee satisfaction 28:50 - Health Tip: Stay away from Big Brands 35:45 - Working with Arlene Dickinson 43:20 - Lightning Round --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Karen Dean leads a movement of women who are redefining resilience over 40. Recognized by the RBC Canadian Women Entrepreneur Awards as a nominee in 2014, Karen has been a mentor to women in business throughout her career and was mentored herself by Arlene Dickinson of Venture Communications, youinc.com and CBC TV's Dragon's Den.  Today I am chatting with Karen as she shares her story about resilience and how YOU can build resilience in your life and business as well!  Are you ready? Let's glow! SCREENSHOT & TAG US ON INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/ashleymeadahl   www.instagram.com/karendeanspeaks  Don't forget to JOIN the Glow Getter Collective at: shopashleymeadahl.com/membership

Arlene Dickinson is a Venture Capitalist who invests in food, beverage, and consumer good companies hoping to make the world a healthier place to live. Arlene and Brian talk about “Reinvention,” Arlene's latest book which focuses on how to change your life, career, and future. It's never too late to reinvent yourself!

“If you strip all the people away in your life, if you strip away every outside influence in your life, you are left with you and your body.” – Arlene Dickinson. This week on the show Arlene & Jann talk about the number one thing on their Christmas lists: self-care (oh and freedom from holiday relationship expectations too!)

“You want everybody to be happy and it's almost impossible to make everybody happy” – Arlene Dickinson. With December 25th less than two weeks away, Jann & Arlene discuss holiday traditions and the pressure to have the perfect Christmas.

“People care about what they're putting in their bodies” – Arlene Dickinson. This week Jann & Arlene discuss plant-based diets, online scams and whether or not the devices in your life are listening to you.

“Opinions don't change countries, people change them” – Arlene Dickinson. On this week's show Jann + Arlene wade into the choppy waters of political opinions on social media and the importance of kindness behind the keyboard.