Soul Sister Conversations

Deanne Fitzpatrick is a rug hooking artist with a soulful story. She started her career as a therapist, but eventually found the art of rug hooking which became a method of self-expression. After 30 years in business, we chat about her journey including re-invention, creativity, growth and finding yourself. Grab a warm beverage and settle for some encouragement, creativity and beauty. -- About Deanne Fitzpatrick: -- Deanne Fitzpatrick makes one of a kind hooked rugs out of yarn and wool cloth, following the same tradition as her mother and both her grandmothers. Within a year of beginning to hook rugs, she began to see it as an art form – a method of self-expression – and has successfully pursued solo exhibits in public galleries and the inclusion of her work in major permanent collections. From the very beginning, she saw that this traditional handwork of Atlantic Canadian women had potential as an art form and sought to have it recognized as such. -- Deanne has written eight books and illustrated one book.

We are talking happiness and limiting beliefs. Tracy Fox is an NYU Certified Life Coach and best selling author of the book “Happy Self.” This episode is jam packed with ideas and exercises on how to put yourself on the path to happy. There is one BIG secret to it which she shares in this episode. -- We chat about: ✔️ limiting beliefs ✔️ overcoming negative mindset ✔️ getting clear on what you want ✔️ living by principle not by preference ✔️ the secret to happiness -- CONNECT with Tracy Fox: Website: www.Tracyfox.net -- About Tracy Fox: -- Tracy Fox is an NYU Certified Executive Life Coach, Relationship Expert, Speaker, & Author of Four Best Selling Books. For over 20 years she has mentored an exclusive, global clientele of successful CEO’s, elite athletes, well-known entertainers & top leaders from all diverse walks of life. What sets her apart is her unique ability to get to the core issue in the very first session and provide you with a step-by-step, signature action plan. She teaches a simple proc

You will remember Nancy Regan as someone who showed up daily on our television sets everyday as co-host of Live at 5. This regional icon is now showing up with her first book called: Showing Off to Showing Up: An Imposter’s Journey from Perfect to Present. Today we chat about her book which leads us to interesting conversation about: ✔️ being vulnerable ✔️ living authentically ✔️ dropping the masks we wear ✔️ seeking approval ✔️ embracing spirituality I first interviewed Nancy in Episode 68 if you want to hear more of her authentic journey. -- Connect with Nancy Regan: Website: https://www.nancyregan.ca/ Insta:@novascotianancy -- About Nancy Regan: -- NANCY REGAN is a professional communicator whose dynamic career includes tv and podcast hosting, emceeing, and presentation coaching. She has a passion for storytelling which she brings to every interaction and conversation—whether she’s podcasting, hosting an event, assisting a business leader in sharing their vision, or helping an individual preserve their lif

Charmaine Lee is a Breathwork teacher. Today we are talking about the power of our breath. Do you feel like you are always in flight or fight mode? Constantly distracted? Don’t know who you are and don’t know how to know answer that question? Our conversation around breath was eye opening, soothing and gives me hope around living a more peaceful, joyful life. Charmaine even take takes us through a breath exercise. I can’t wait for you to hear this warm episode. -- About Charmaine Lee: Charmaine Lee is an Embodied Leadership Coach and Breathwork teacher who helps others reconnect to their resourcefulness and wellbeing through Conscious Breathing. Her own journey of deep struggle with overdoing, anxiety and burnout led Charmaine down a path of transformation that inspires how she supports others in discovering the healing power of their breath as an inner compass to greater health and joy. Beyond her passion for the art and science of conscious breathing, she draws on previous careers in adult learning and lead

Nicole Babb is a stager, stylist, house flipper, and entrepreneur known for her one-of-a-kind looks and ability to maximize a property’s potential. Nicole is the co-host of HGTV Canada’s brand-new series Styled. Today she shares her authentic journey. It is such an encouraging conversation. As we chat about re-invention, stepping out of your comfort zone and the advice she has for those reaching for their dreams. -- We chat about: ✔️ how creativity in childhood impacted what she does now. ✔️ entrepreneurship ✔️ being in business with her family ✔️ thinking like a leader ✔️ advice for chasing your dreams ✔️ her philosophies on life and design About Nicole Babb: -- Nicole Babb is a stager, stylist, house flipper, and entrepreneur known for her one-of-a-kind looks and ability to maximize a property’s potential. A powerhouse in her field, Nicole leads R&P Home, a family-owned and operated design firm she founded in 2015. Her sophisticated style blows away the ‘builder beige’ with colour, texture, and patterns

Anne Bérubé is a spiritual teacher and author who helps people awaken to their inner wisdom. She has recently written a book called The Burnout Antidote, a spiritual guide to empowerment for empaths, over givers, and highly sensitive people. I love Anne’s spiritual perspective on burnout. Today we talk about what burn out really is, the root of burnout and how to get reconnected to our core essence. We talk about how we reclaim our sensitivity, the importance of boundaries and what true leadership means. This is such a warm conversation and Anne has so much wisdom to share.  -- We chat about: ✔️ signs of burnout ✔️ boundaries ✔️ why so we give, yet feel resentful. ✔️ how is empathy a problem ✔️ our inner child holds the access to the soul ✔️ Sensitive people ✔️ tools that you have access within yourself. -- About Anne Bérubé -- Anne Bérubé, Ph.D. | Hay House Author | Spiritual Teacher Anne is a powerful teacher with an uncommon ability to share her story and insights in a way that awakens the inner wisdom in

Retired soldier, Patrick Gordon, gives back to help children in high needs neighbourhoods by founding Operation Feed Saint John in Feb. 2021. He has served 50,000 meals last year by distributing food to schools in high needs areas. -- Today Patrick shares his authentic journey. Coming from difficult childhood experiences and surviving an explosion as a soldier in Afghanistan, he openly shares his struggles and how founding this charity has helped him heal more than he could imagine. -- We chat about: ✔️ he did not have coping skills to help him. ✔️ how he started his charity ✔️ shares his struggles after leaving the military. ✔️ the work he did to face his childhood issues. ✔️ how this work is fulfilling his life purpose and helping him heal. -- ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Trigger Warning: We discuss some difficult topics in this episode including abuse, trauma, PTSD, and depression. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ -- CONNECT with Patrick Gordon: Website: https://ofsj.ca/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OperationFeedSJ Email: Operationfeedsj@gmail.com

Shianne Doucette a spiritual author and a world renowned psychic. Her journey started with curiosity wanting to learn about herself. She realized she could connect with light energy. We chat about he journey to becoming a psychic medium and what she has come to know about energy, souls and the other side.  -- We chat about: ✔️ her mystical experiences as a child ✔️ how she got more tuned into energy work ✔️ the other side & what she knows ✔️ how souls show up for her ✔️ where are souls located ✔️ creative energy (law of attraction) -- CONNECT with Shianne Doucette: Website: https:// https://www.shiannedoucette.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ShiannePsychicMedium Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shianne_doucette/

Do you feel like there is more for you in life? more abundance? especially, as a business owner, but you can’t seem to connect all the dots. Kim Woods is an intuitive business strategist. She uses her 25 years of c-suite business experience with her deep intuition to help people restore their intuition, earn way more money and claim their brilliance.  -- About Kim Woods: -- Kim Woods, MBA and Evolutionary Astrology Master, also known as the Intuitive Business Strategist, teaches high-performing entrepreneurs to Know, Like and Trust themselves, creating radical levels of satisfaction in every aspect of their life. Kim expertly pairs the ancient wisdom of astrology and sacred healing modalities with modern techniques delivered through simple and practical methods. She turns the well-known marketing concept of the Know, Like, Trust factor inside out, so instead of helping customers to Know, Like and Trust you, YOU Know, Like and Trust yourself. Tapping into this inner knowing allows you to create highly sought-a

Do you want to be happier? Today I speak with Monique Rhodes who is a happiness strategist. She has spent the last 25 years exploring this concept after suffering great unhappiness in her earlier life. In this episode, she shares what she has learned to create more happiness in her life than she could ever have imagined. Do you believe it is possible for you too? Yes it is. Let’s find out how to get happy.  --  About Monique Rhodes:  --  Monique Rhodes is a Happiness Strategist who teaches students and corporations around the world how to master their lives. She has spent the last 25 years studying the mind and its relationship to happiness and suffering. Over 70 universities and colleges use her program The 10 Minute Mind®. Her 8-week online course, The Happiness Baseline, has a 100% success rate in raising the mental wellness for every student who has completed it. Monique hosts the daily IN YOUR RIGHT MIND podcast, where she discusses how a series of small habits determine our well-bein

Today we are talking about becoming successful through the power of TRUST. After taking on a sales role during a downturn in the economy, Natalie Doyle Oldfield realized she didn’t know how to sell. Wanting to be successful, she talked to people who have been successful in sales. She discovered that sales was not about a process. It was all about relationships. -- As she shifted her focus to that, sales started to increase. Natalie returned to school to study the power of trust. Now she has developed a tool called the Client Trust Index to measure trust and she teaches organizations how to build it. This is a great conversation for life and business. -- We also chat about: ✔️ why are people are losing trust ✔️ how to build & protect it ✔️ how being more trustworthy can help you succeed ✔️ how has the pandemic helped or hurt trust -- About Natalie Doyle Oldfield: -- Natalie has been recognized with a Lifetime Achievement Award as one of the world’s Top Thought Leaders in Trust by Trust Across America – Tru

Abby Graham is a grade twelve student who is looking to impact the world through kindness. After witnessing too many bullying incidents at her school, including the assault of a transgender person, she decided to create the kindness pledge to counteract hatred. We talk about her mission, the power of kindness and what she learning about being a leader. -- We chat about: ✔️ her passion for advocacy ✔️ the pushback she has received ✔️ what she has learned about being a leader ✔️ what she has learned about the power of kindness ✔️ what is next for her and the pledge -- About Abby Graham: -- Abby Graham is a grade twelve student who is looking to impact the world through kindness. After witnessing too many bullying incidents at her school, including the assault of a transgender person, she decided to create the kindness pledge to counteract hatred. We talk about her mission, the power of kindness and what she learning about being a leader. -- Connect with Abby Graham: -- Facebook and Instagram: @kindnesspledge Tw

I have been having a lot of discussions with young people recently about self discovery. And it got me thinking how self-discovery is not only for people who are just starting out on their life path. It is for anyone at any phase of life. In this episode, I take you through 5 ways to discover more about yourself. You can use this information to help discover a new career, deepen your relationships, identify your level of fulfilment and measure your overall satisfaction with your life. There's no one way to figure it all out, but you can start somewhere. You never know what's going to unlock everything inside of you. If you've been feeling stuck, unfulfilled or uncertain about what steps you should take next, this episode just might be the starting point you need. -- ⭐️ The Values Course: https://dana-lloyd-cafa.mykajabi.com/offers/xCJ3trd7 -- Connect with Dana Lloyd: -- Website: https://www.danalloydleadership.com/ -- LinkedIn: DanaLloyd   --   Instagram: @DanaLloyd_leadership & @soulsisterconversations 

Today I speak with Keishia Facey. We have a fantastic, in depth conversation on diversity, equity and inclusion in the workplace.  One of her roles is to help organizations address and dismantle systemic racism. Today, she helps us understand the importance of addressing systemic racism in the workplace and ways we can begin to do it. She reminds us that we all own a piece of this as we transform toxic workplaces into ones where people feel safe and diversity, equity and inclusion are considered in every aspect of an organization.  Keishia also is Program Manager for One Vision One Voice.  --  We chat about:  ✔️ why and how is it important to address systemic racism inside organizations  ✔️ organizational well being as it relates to diversity, equity and inclusion.  ✔️ What is a micro aggression? And how does it show up in the workplace?  ✔️ the role leadership plays  ✔️ putting in place equitable systems across the organization  ✔️ uncomfortable conversations

Today we talking about living unrestricted. Wouldn’t that be great? Maria Morehouse was caught up in diet culture even as a trainer and coach. She says she has made the leap out of diet culture and now she helps women break free of of it too. We have a great conversation around misconceptions, messaging and how to live in an authentic and balanced way. It’s time to improve your relationship with food and movement. -- About Maria Morehouse: -- After YEARS of being heavily engulfed in diet culture personally and professionally, Maria Morehouse is passionate about showing women that they CAN absolutely live their life in an authentic, and  balanced way!  -- That's right, a life without diets, still prioritizing health, without compromising their happiness, and freedom. -- ​We live in a society where diet culture messaging is not whispering, its screaming at us.  Eat this and not that, that we should certain way, and to do it a certain way.  My goal is to have women be able to live a life then love, look at thing

Meditation and mindfulness has helped Heidi Davis align with her most authentic self. She shares the benefits and shifts she has had in her life a as a result of a mediation practice and as a meditation teacher, she gives you encouragement and resources on how to get started. -- Connect with Heidi Davis: -- Heidi is passionate about mindfulness and meditation. Through guidance and support, Heidi helps people to intentionally reconnect with their wisest selves so they can show up more compassionately, courageously, and authentically in the world. She works as a registered nurse and lives in NS, Canada with her wife, Crystal. Heidi is also a certified life coach. -- Free Meditation on Wednesday evenings... see her website for details Website: HeidiDavis.ca Instagram:  Email: heidi@heididavis.ca

This week I go solo in the podcast to discuss stop playing small. At the beginning of the episode, I share one of my favourite quotes from Marianne Williamson. I use this to set the tone for the rest of the podcast to explore how to fully step into your most authentic and powerful self.  --  Do you feel not confident? Do you struggle with wanting to be liked? Are you afraid to be seen by others?   --   Maybe you are playing too small in your life and this episode is for you. It’s time to show up and be seen.  --   In this episode I share:  --  ✔️ what do I mean when I say playing small   ✔️ I share 10 ways that people play mall   ✔️ reasons why people show up this way   ✔️ And what you can do to overcome this behaviour.   --   Connect with Dana Lloyd:   --   Website: https://www.danalloydleadership.com/   -- LinkedIn: DanaLloyd  --  Instagram: @DanaLloyd_leadership & @soulsisterconversations  --  Spiritual Ledger mentioned in the show:  Copy and Paste Link Below https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LS9eDRjOD

Fawn Last has 2 science degrees and a PH. D and was on a tenure track as a geology professor; however, something was telling her there was more for her. She always loved cooking so she decided to learn how to cook plant based. — Although she always felt she was on her authentic path, she eventually made the courageous decision to give up academia and pursue her love of cooking. — We chat about: — ✔️ the rumblings she heard rising up inside her telling there was something more ✔️ how cooking nourishes her mind, body and spirit ✔️ how being a chef is ✔️ how she was never off her path ✔️ how cooking and connecting over food fulfills her life purpose. CONNECT with Fawn Last: — Website: savourwithfawn.ca Insta and Facebook: Savour With Fawn You Tube: Savour with Fawn

Today I speak with Gurdeep Pandher. Oh such an uplifting conversation with a beautiful soul who is spreading joy, hope, positivity and breaking down cultural barriers with his viral dancing videos. Perhaps you have seen him on social media. In this episode, He is sharing all about joy and answers why he thinks his joyful dances have connected with others, how we can learn from each other and he leaves you with a message of how to live a beautiful life. Get ready to feel good. -- Connect with Gurdeep Pandher: Webstite: gurdeep.ca Twitter, Facebook, Instagram: gurdeeppandher

Wendy Batten encourages people to live create a life by design, not default. After starting a very successful business, she and her husband (at the age of 50) sold their business, all their belongings and moved to a little cottage by the ocean in Lunenburg, NS to live their creative dreams. -- Now she helps retailers all over the world reclaim their Dreams, Passions and Profits. Today, she shares her secrets to successful business and living the life you want. Wendy Batten encourages people to live create a life by design, not default. After starting a very successful business, she and her husband (at the age of 50) sold their business, all their belongings and moved to a little cottage by the ocean in Lunenburg, NS to live their creative dreams. -- Now she helps retailers all over the world reclaim their Dreams, Passions and Profits. Today, she shares her secrets to successful business and living the life you want. -- We chat about: -- ✔️the one quality that has contributed to her success. ✔️ making hard dec