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A Canadian, an American and a Brit walk into a bar… for a light-hearted discussion about alcohol. Our experiences of it and our social obsession with it. Are you into it, or over it? Host Linda McLachlan and friends, Vijay Chavda and Ryan Geismar chat about how alcohol has played a role in their lives - from childhood to parenthood. How have things around us changed, how have we changed? Is sobriety (or some level of abstinence) easier or harder now? And what are the options? So… are you into it, or over it? Linda openly acknowledges the generous and life changing writing and work of Ann Dowsett Johnston writer of Drink: The Intimate Relationship Between Women and Alcohol and Annie Grace writer of This Naked Mind: Control Alcohol, Find Freedom, Discover Happiness & Change Your Life. Both Ann and Annie’s work helped her choose to live sober since April 27, 2019. Originally recorded on Fireside Chat with an interactive audience. This is an edit version of that conversation. To see the 'live' version of this or other episodes Linda has done on Fireside, check them out here: www.firesidechat.com/lindamclachlan The host of THE ARENA - Living a Courageous Life is Linda McLachlan. All episodes are available via: THE ARENA - Living a Courageous Life website. Follow Linda on: Facebook LinkedIn And the legal bits, please note: Explicit 2020-2022 THE ARENA This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

Cindy Villanova is a daughter, sister, mother, and grandmother. She’s an author, consultant, entrepreneur and public speaker. She’s also a seventh degree black belt, master instructor and the owner of a martial arts studio in Austin, Texas. Cindy’s parents were a mixed race couple in the early 1960s in southern California. They faced prejudice but stressed to Cindy and her brother the importance of an education, and growing up to be ‘good’. Cindy worked hard and was an ‘A’ student. She had big dreams to be a lawyer and to enter politics, but instead she became pregnant as a teenager by her boyfriend, a very troubled young man. She chose not to give up the baby. It was one of many forks in the road of her life. While there were two failed marriages, many physical injuries from her martial arts practice and financial troubles along the way, there were also triumphs and turnarounds. Her book Don't Fight Mad generously chronicles, these many painful twists and turns. She parallels what mixed martial arts taught her about digging in, when she most wanted to give up. SOCIAL Facebook: CindyVillanuevaAuthor LinkedIn: cindyvillanueva Instagram: cvillanueva_author Website: https://cindyvillanueva.com/ The host of THE ARENA - Living a Courageous Life is Linda McLachlan. All episodes are available via: THE ARENA - Living a Courageous Life website. Follow Linda on: Facebook LinkedIn Explicit 2020-2022 THE ARENA This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

Jean-Sébastien Cournoyer aka ‘JS’. He’s a son, brother, husband and father of 5 children. JS is a venture capitalist and entrepreneur. He’s the co-founder of Real Ventures and Montreal Startups. Both are early-stage venture capital firms that backs entrepreneurs and build the ecosystems in which they thrive. JS has primarily worked with entrepreneurs who are using AI, blockchain technologies, AR/VR and synthetic biology to improve happiness, human creativity, and communication — and transform or disrupt the pillars of our society (health, education, food, energy, government, finance, work). In 2018 he had a profound experience that shifted his perspective of himself, his relationships and the world around him. While he’s loved his work, JS is now taking a slightly different role in the company he founded.   JS’s Social contacts: Website Real Ventures: https://realventures.com/ Twitter: @jscournoyer LinkedIn: jscournoyer The host of THE ARENA - Living a Courageous Life is Linda McLachlan. All episodes are available via: THE ARENA - Living a Courageous Life website. Follow Linda on: Facebook LinkedIn And the legal bits, please note: Explicit 2020-2022 THE ARENA This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

Anne Bokma is a daughter, sister and mother. Anne’s also an award-winning journalist, writing coach, workshop leader and author. Anne is also the founder of Hamilton’s popular 6-Minute Memoir live storytelling event which has also become a podcast, also called the 6-Minute Memoir. Growing up in a fundamentalist sect, the Canadian Reform Church, her world view was extremely narrow. There were lots of taboos. Dancing, and Canadian boys were off the table. When Anne went off to journalism school, she was suddenly exposed to different points of view, religions, and ways of being. At 20 years old she made the painful decision to leave her church, even though she was threatened with ex-communication and burning in hell. She ultimately chose to leave which created a rift between her and her family. Fast forward, Anne was a mother and wife. Her children were about to leave home and found herself in a mid-life crisis. Her journalistic curiosity and spiritual longing prompted the exploration of a growing movement “Spiritual But Not Religious'“. She started a blog and began to explore 24 different spiritual practices over the course of a year. From goat yoga and forest bathing to a gratitude practice and hallucinogenics. From there she wrote her memoir, My Year of Living Spiritually: One Woman’s Secular Quest for a More Soulful Life. It’s a wonderful, funny, insightful, and touching book. Anne’s Social Media: Website: https://www.annebokma.com Facebook: anne.bokma.1 Twitter: @anne_bokma Instagram: @annebokma About THE ARENA The host of THE ARENA - Living a Courageous Life is Linda McLachlan. All episodes are available via: www.thearena-podcast.com. Follow Linda on: Facebook LinkedIn If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review: https://lovethepodcast.com/thearena or share it with a friend. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

Amy Conway-Hatcher is a mother, daughter, wife, sister and middle child, attorney and a former Federal prosecutor. After 6 years as a prosecutor, Amy moved to private practice eventually becoming an equity partner in one of several firms that make up what is known as ‘Big Law’. These large legal entities with sometimes thousands of lawyers and offices in countries all over the world. She was often one of the ‘only’, or certainly very few women who had attained her level of compensation and respect. She was and is a woman that others looked up to and aspired to be. You were a warrior career mom. And she never let them see her sweat.  But, it seemed no matter how many hours, how many clients, how many extras she undertook to make it to each successive level of achievement, there was an acknowledged and apparently insurmountable imbalance between her and her male counterparts – both at the board table and the kitchen table. She changed firms a few times to bridge the compensation gap but the rules were simply different for women. The compensation, the opportunities, as well as the expectation of complicity when it came to boorish behavior, and the appearance of diversity and inclusion. And the pace never let up - for years. Her children were becoming teenagers, her parents were having health issues and so was she. In the end, she did the unthinkable. She handed in her resignation on International Women’s Day, in 2021. She left the career that had been her whole life. Since then there have been numerous articles written about the ‘Great Resignation’. One article in particular compelled her to speak and write about her experiences, which resulted in her wonderful book: Infinitely More: Choosing Freedom, A Career Mom’s Turning Point.   Amy is paying it forward. All proceeds of Infinitely More will be donated to non-profits that support women and girls, including the Girl Up (UN Foundation), Together Rising, Women's Bar Association Foundation of the District of Columbia, and YoungLeaders.World. Book: Infinitely More: Choosing Freedom, A Career Mom’s Turning Point. FB: @Amy Conway-Hatcher E: aconwayhatcher.author@gmail.com #whywomenleave #wecandobetter This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

J. Paul Nadeau is a brother and father. He’s the son of a violently abusive, alcoholic father. At 7 years old he decided he wanted to be a police officer so he could arrest his own father. Life in school was not much better as Paul was conditioned to believe he was worthless and incapable of amounting to much. At 16, his father killed himself with the same rifle he had claimed to have killed Santa Claus when Paul was 8. This treatment could have set him on a pretty grim path. Instead, at 21 years old he chose his own destiny and became a police officer, and then sargeant in Durham Region outside of Toronto. He continued to set the bar higher by becoming an expert Hostage Negotiator, Criminal Detective, Expert Interrogator, International Peace Keeper and instructor. There were plenty of pivotal cases, personal setbacks and shocking events in his 30-year career in policing. He’s now an international keynote speaker, actor, coach and best-selling author of “Take Control of Your Life,” which distills the valuable lessons he’s lived and learned through his personal and professional experiences. J. Paul Nadeau’s Social Media Links: Website: www.jpaulnadeau.com Podcast Inspire Us: www.inspireus.ca LinkedIn: https://ca.linkedin.com/in/jpaulnadeau IG: jpaulnadeau Twitter: jpaulnadeau ------- If you enjoyed this episode please leave us a review: https://lovethepodcast.com/thearena This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

Niti Nadarajah is a sister, daughter, and Senior Counsel at Philip Morris in Australia. She worked as a lawyer in private practice in Australia and the UK before moving in-house to Philip Morris. She is the mother of four babies. She has a 7-year old daughter and a 2-year old son.  Between their births she experienced the anticipatory joy of pregnancy and the very private devastation of miscarrying two babies. She had a thriving career, and she and her husband wanted to start a family. They were blessed with a daughter. Looking back, she felt that she may have had a bit of post-partum. A few years later, she was pregnant with their second child. She shared with her family and daughter, who was 3 at the time, that she was going to have a baby brother or sister. Then she went for her 8-week ultrasound scan. The look on her doctor’s face told her something was wrong. They had to wait another 8 or 9 months before trying again. She became pregnant though with much more trepidation. She was closely monitored. And then another missed miscarriage.  And she was swept in the ocean of grief once more. She decided to try one last time. And her son was born. Their miracle, their rainbow baby. After a long period of very private grief and silence about what she went through, she is now sharing her story knowing that there are so many women and families that suffer in silence. The shame, the guilt, the excruciating pain that they try to keep to themselves. Niti hopes to help others by sharing her story. Timestamps: [03:43] Intro Niti Nadarajah [06:01] Niti growing up [10:18] First pregnancy [16:33] Second pregnancy [22:19] Silent grief [24:55] Shared experiences [26:47] Marriage impact [30:58] Third pregnancy [33:46] How can you help a person in grief? [38:22] What event... [39:54] What does living a courageous... [42:29] Legacy? [43:08 ] Visible version of Niti [45:03] Last day? [45:28] 5 minute conversation? [47:27] What would you ask? [48:58] Compassionate silence [50:36] Anything else? Social media LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/niti-nadarajah/ This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

Mr. Gohl passed away peacefully on January 13, 2022. He was 100 years young. He is reunited with his beloved Marjorie and missed by his loving children, grandchildren, former students and friends. Rest in peace, sir. Season 1, Episode 10: 99 Years Young Ron Gohl was 99 years young as of August 4, 2020. He was a son, father, grandfather and WWII veteran. He wanted to join the Air Force to become a pilot but because of his poor eyesight, he become radar mechanic and later a radar operator. Following the war he held various jobs, finally becoming a teacher, and then was promoted to vice-principal and principal before he retired. He visited or lived in most provinces and territories in Canada. He lived through many of the major historical events we can think of over the last century. During the pandemic, he had heart surgery and lived in his condo under the watchful eye of his children and grandchildren. I spoke to him about his life and thoughts about what we were living through during the pandemic. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

Stefan de Villiers is a son, brother, husband and fur daddy to two dogs, Lola and Lucy. He has a masters degree in clinical social work and he’s a podcaster. He was born in Canada to Afrikaans parents. Growing up, his family moved back and forth between Canada and South Africa four times which caused a first layer of tension around his identity. He related to being Canadian more than South African. His parents were proudly South African and expected him to embrace that identity. His time in South Africa left him feeling unsafe and the regular moves meant he was always the new kid trying to fit in. Growing up his father suffered from a lot of health issues. They lived under constant fear that his father would die. Stefan looked up to him but feared his temper. Maybe his behaviour would be the cause of his death. Stefan was an anxious, high energy child. He tried not to be ‘too much’. Stefan’s relationship with his mother was difficult. Over time she became his father’s caretaker. As his illness and mobility issues became worse she was resentful. She bullied and humiliated him in front of Stefan. Stefan was depressed, and by age 12 began to have suicidal thoughts, believing he wouldn’t live past 30. Puberty brought on more questioning of who he was.  He didn’t like feminine things. He wanted to be independent of his mother who didn’t respect Stefan’s boundaries. He escaped into books: Shakespeare, Dickens, King Arthur. He related to the male characters more than female though sexually attracted to both men and women.   In 2004, after more than a decade of struggle, he began a gender transition. It was his last shot at life. The process has been difficult but a relief. It was a life and death decision. Skipping ahead, Stefan built a new life. He got married, and choose a career helping others as a mental health clinician. _________________________________________________ Stefan's Social media handles: Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/TiltedWindmills/ Instagram: @tiltedwindmills LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tilted-windmills/ The Softly Spoken podcast is available on Spotify or ApplePodcasts or Simplecast. It’s also available on the Tilted Windmills website. ___________________________________________________ RESOURCES Mental health resources for Canada. This is not an exhaustive list. Please search for Mental Health supports locally or through federal, province/ state or municipal services. If this is an emergency, dial 9-1-1 or local police. If you or someone you know is thinking about suicide, call the Canada Suicide Prevention Service at 1-833-456-4566 (24/7) or text 45645 (4 pm to 12 am ET). Crisis Services Canada: https://www.crisisservicescanada.ca/en/looking-for-local-resources-support/ Kid’s Help Phone: https://kidshelpphone.ca/ For young people

Lohifa Pogoson-Acker is a mother, sister, daughter, entrepreneur, social activist and in Linda’s mind, the unofficial Mayor of Hamilton, Canada. Born in Nigeria, Lohifa came to Canada at 16, via the UK. Her parents were professionals and she’d had some opportunities to travel but she was excited about this new adventure, embracing a new country, different cultures and the opportunity to get to know people. A great joy in her life. Her mother was a lawyer and her father a food sciences engineer. While she had chosen biopsychology and economics for her career, she also had a great love of the arts, English and storytelling. She worked at home and abroad in public health including through the Clinton Foundation to fight HIV and AIDS in mothers and their children. But early in life, she discovered a passion for braiding and hairstyling. When she was 8-years old her mother needed her hair styled. She worked at KPMG, and she needed a professional look. Lohifa stepped up and did so well that other family and friends asked her to braid and style their hair for them. What began as a hobby became a passion.  She continued to style part-time while she juggled her career and young family. She was encouraged open her own shop do it full-time. As Lohifa talked to her husband about it, he didn’t really want her to quit her steady job in at St. Joseph’s Healthcare, and he didn’t really believe she would. Until one day in 2019, she took the rest of the day off, forever. She began to style fulltime under LoDidThat. Since then she’s had a few celebrity clients including receiving a last minute call from supermodel Stacey McKenzie to style her for the debut season of Canada’s Drag Race as well as fellow judge, Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman. Lo has a busy calendar of client appointments and are much in demand often booked for months in advance. But she hasn’t forgotten the people in her community.   Lo actively works to promote Hamilton businesses, BIPOC and LGBTQ+ businesses and community initiatives related to food insecurity, violence against women, racism and poverty. She is often boosting others in her Instagram feed, and taking on issues important to her. _______________________________________ Lohifa’s Social Media: Instagram is her jam: @lodidthat Website coming soon! And…a link to Thomas Sankara and a quote from Rumi: “It’s your road and yours alone others may walk it with you, but no one can walk it for you.” This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

Martin Parnell is a father, husband, grandfather, son, and brother. In 2001, Martin lost his wife Wendy to cancer.  Almost a year later, his brothers challenged him to run a marathon. As a highly competitive trio they decided to take it on. He strapped on his running shoes and quickly discovered how hard a challenge like this might be.  He was 47 years old. Little did he know that after he completed that first marathon in Calgary, he would go on to compete in countless other marathons, triathlons, Iron Mans and ultra-marathons. He challenged himself to the grueling Tour d’Afrique which is a roughly 11,000km supported bike race from Cairo to Cape Town. While traveling through some of Africa’s poorest countries he observed how the children were momentarily lifted out of their circumstances as they played a pick-up game of soccer and other sports. When he returned, he conceived of a fundraising initiative for Right to Play, a global charitable organization that uses the power of sport and play to educate children who are facing adversity, poverty and conflict. He proposed to run 250 marathons in 2010 and raise $250, 000. On December 31st he achieved his goal of 250 marathons and raised roughly 330, 000 dollars for Right to Play. It was a Guiness World Record. That propelled him to achieve 5 more Guiness World records by 2014 and raising at total of 1.3 million dollars for Right to Play. In 2015 a blot clot on his brain put him in hospital.  He had to learn to walk and speak again. While in hospital, he read the story of Zubrah, a young Afghan woman who ran and won the first Secret Marathon for women organized by Free to Run. Always needing a goal, he promised himself that if he could get himself healthy again, he would participate in the second Secret Marathon. There are more twists and turns to this story and it continues… Social Links for Martin Parnell: Website: http://www.martinparnell.com LinkedIn: @martinparnell Facebook: @MarathonQuest250 YouTube: martinjparnell _____________________________ Free to Run: https://freetorun.org/ Right to Play: https://www.righttoplay.ca/en-ca/ Secret Marathon film & book: https://thesecretmarathon.com/ Secret Marathon 3k run/walk: https://thesecretmarathon.com/secret3k Terry Fox: https://terryfox.org/ This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

Beth Riungu is a mother, sister, daughter. She’s been a registered nurse, a chef, administrator and is now developing a business as a soul midwife or death doula. In her twenties she traveled to Africa to learn more about her Kenyan father. As she shared in her blog, her blended Scottish-Kenyan ancestry meant she was “neither a local nor tourist, she was a tribe of one adrift in a nation of many”. It was 1986, and as she traveled through east Africa with others she met along the way, she found herself in the Luwero Triangle. Brushes with death were frequent. She passed through South Africa, Uganda, and Somalia at times of intense strife and peril. Those experiences were life changing. She wrote: “…the atrocities that defied human understanding had not murdered the spirit of hope. The people I met were not trying to reclaim power in their lives through revenge but by rebuilding.  Visitors were invited to witness what hate had done, but also what the human spirit could do. My mind couldn’t fully appreciate what that meant at the time but it is a lesson my soul absorbed and it has shaped my life ever since. Lessons from death are always lessons about living.” When she turned 50, she decided to develop her growing interest in end of life care. She became a hospice volunteer and studied to become a Soul Midwife; a guide, carer and advocate for the dying and their families. There’s no question that in North America we have a fear of death. An aversion to dealing with it. We hide ourselves from it, from thinking about it, facing it. The current pandemic, especially at the beginning has forced many of us to contemplate our own mortality.  Circumstances have robbed many people of the gift of being present during their loved one’s passage. A process that help us and our loved ones with acceptance, redemption, grief or perhaps a good death. Beth's writing and business can be found at: https://healingbridgecare.com/ Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest: @morternity Email: info@morternity.com This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

Ernie Louttit’s a son, brother, father and soon, a Moshum or ‘grandfather’. He’s a Missanabie Cree from Northern Ontario. He grew up in a town call Oba, about 1,000 kilometers or a 12 & a half-hour drive north of Toronto, Canada. While now it is a place where he goes to heal his soul, it was a rough start. He dropped out of school and started working on the railroad at age 15. In 1978 at 17, he joined the military where he stayed for 8 years. While he served, he went to Cyprus with the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry (PPCLI). Later in his career, he became a member of the Military Police, stationed in Wainwright, Alberta at the PPCLI Battle school. The largest training centre in Western Canada.  He was honorably discharged in 1987 and shortly thereafter joined the Saskatoon Police where he served as a Patrol Officer and then Patrol Sergeant for 30 years. He was known on the streets of Saskatoon as ‘Indian Ernie’, affectionately by the people he served, and not so affectionately by the people he regularly arrested. Since his retirement, he’s written 3 books about his experiences and the lessons they taught him. Colleagues, civilians and criminals alike have picked up his books, curious to see if their own stories might appear. There are a number of stories that stand out, including his efforts to interfere with the source of Lysol and cooking wine sold to the desperately addicted. His testimony in the Stonechild inquiry and the so-called ‘Starlight tours’ which involved at least 2 members of the Saskatoon police driving First Nations people to the outskirts of Saskatoon, leaving them stranded in freezing temperatures. Three men died, including 17 year-old Neil Stonechild. He proudly served in patrol for his whole career believing he could do his best work, boots on the ground, in his community instead of from behind a desk. When he retired in 2013, he carried with him thousands of stories, experiences and mental images, many of which he has not been able to shake.  Writing and speaking about those experiences have helped, as well as a strong and supportive family.  Social links Books https://www.ubcpress.ca/indian-ernie McNally Robinson: (www.mcnallyrobinson.com) Indian Ernie: Perspectives on Policing and Leadership; More Indian Ernie: Insights from the Streets; The Unexpected Cop: Indian Ernie on a Life of Leadership. Please shop local where possible. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

Dr. Cynthia Miller is a daughter, sister and mother. She’s a designer, visual artist, whitewater river guide, adventurer, healer, author and PhD in Cellular Transformation & the Psychology of Change. She is the daughter of one of the scientists responsible for creating the bombs, Fat Man and Little Boy dropped on Nagasaki and Hiroshima respectively. Her childhood is filled with memories of her father’s obsession with the hydrogen bomb. According to records, he personally witnessed at least 131 tests. He brought home the fallout to his family. In 1995 she was diagnosed with weapons grade plutonium poisoning. Her childhood was defined by secrets, the overpowering presence of death, her mother’s alcoholism and the physical and psychological pain of growing up in that household. Her father’s work took her to Iran, India, Switzerland, for school, and California among others.   Those experiences shaped her. She had an intense awareness of other realms, of a spiritual world that she interacted with. She set out to free herself and others from daily physical and metaphysical pain. Where you can find Dr. Cynthia Miller's work. Website: https://www.drcynthiamiller.com/ IG: https://www.instagram.com/dr_cynthia/ Medium: https://medium.com/@drcynthia FB: https://www.facebook.com/likeDrCynthia Books: Unseen Connections, A Memoir from Pain and Violence to Joy (2021), The Art of Radical Gratitude: Your Guide to Love, Joy, and Abundance (2016) This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

John Ruffolo is a father, son, a first generation Canadian, an avid cyclist, and member of Les Domestiques a philanthropic cycling team. He is an entrepreneur’s entrepreneur. In the business world, John joined OMERS Pension fund over a decade ago, and founded OMERS Ventures, a private equity fund established to back promising Canadian companies Notably Hootsuite, Wattpad and Shopify. However, the pension fund rules capped the growth potential of those investments. He decided to leave and start his own private equity firm called Maverix Private Equity (https://www.maverixpe.com/) just as the pandemic hit. He pushed ahead raising the capital in spite of the uncertainty. Surrounding himself with some of the most recognized business leaders and brands in Canada, across numerous verticals through their team and advisory board. And then, just over a year ago, in September 2020, he was out cycling. It was his weekly 3-hour ride, on a road outside of Toronto. The last thing he remembers was hearing a truck’s airbrakes and then the impact. He should have died. To the shock of the EMT who was treating him in the field where he landed, his eyes popped open, and he began speaking and tried to get up. The EMT managed to stop him as the trauma to his body might have caused him to bleed out internally.    The impact shattered his T12 vertebrae, his pelvis was an open book fracture, which left it in 6 pieces, all of his ribs on his right side were shattered. The doctors had to wait 36 hours before they could perform any kind of surgery. The chances of survival were slim in those first few days. But somehow he pulled through. By some miracle he did not suffer any kind of brain injury. John began rehab and within 2 months of his injury, he began calling his investors from his hospital bed to close their investment in the fund. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

She’s also the mother of a son who went through 5 cancers:  3 times with childhood leukemia and 2 times with adult tongue cancer. When her son Ryan was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Standard Risk with (CNS) Central Nervous System involvement at age 2, she dug in. She drew from her deep faith, family and friends for what was a fight for his young life. Terri’s book is an inspiring read. It outlines each stage of Ryan’s diagnosis, treatment and recovery in great detail. Terri and her husband Bill took turns living at the hospital, being at Ryan’s side for YEARS of his life. Terri's social media:  Facebook & LinkedIn: Terri Nolan Tomoff  Twitter: @ttomoff  Instagram: territomoff  Website: TerriTomoff.com  ________________ Linda can be found via: www.thearena-podcast.com or on her coaching website: www.lindamclachlan.com You can follow her on Instagram & Facebook @arenalivcourage or on Twitter: @Arena_LivCour Leave a rating or review at: https://www.lovethepodcast.com/thearena This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

Dr. Nadine Kelly is a retired physician, yoga instructor, American Council of Exercise certified Health Coach and Senior Exercise Specialist, founder of YOGI M.D. and host of the YOGI M.D. Podcast.  Nadine believes in making yoga accessible to mature women (or as she likes to call them, Wise Women) of all physical levels by offering yoga in the chair, on the yoga mat, and in the water. Since 2012, Nadine has been helping her students to manage the effects of cancer as well as a range of chronic conditions, maintain health and perform activities of daily living, and improve quality of life. Nadine promotes holistic health by coaching women to make every aspect of their health a priority. https://yogimd.net/podcast - Yogi M.D. Podcast LinkedIn - Nadine Kelly, MD  Facebook - YOGI M.D. Instagram - @yogimdnet Pinterest - @yogimdnet YouTube - YOGI MD   Linda McLachlan can be found via: www.thearena-podcast.com or on her coaching website: www.lindamclachlan.com You can follow her on Instagram & Facebook @arenalivcourage or on Twitter: @Arena_LivCour Leave a rating or review at: www.thearena-podcast.com https://www.lovethepodcast.com/thearena This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

Ken is a father, husband and lover of all things created or derived by humanity. Like his father before him, he joined the Canadian military at 18 and served almost 13 years before leaving due to a career ending injury, both physical and mental. After the military, he transitioned into the technology world through years of education and a mission driven mindset. He was an executive at 2 publicly traded companies before leaving to be part of a small team that created 3 cyber related, security companies out of Silicon Valley. At the same time, he lead a global cyber crime alliance for the Americas for 7 years, backed by the UK Prime Minister. In last 5 years, Ken landed in the venture capital community, creating a cyber security fund especially focused on Canadian companies.  Linda can be found via: www.thearena-podcast.com or on her coaching website: www.lindamclachlan.com You can follow her on Instagram & Facebook @arenalivcourage or on Twitter: @Arena_LivCour Leave a rating or review at: https://www.lovethepodcast.com/thearena RESOURCES Mental health resources for Canada. This is not an exhaustive list. Please search for Mental Health supports locally or through federal, province/ state or municipal services. If this is an emergency, dial 9-1-1 or local police. If you or someone you know is thinking about suicide, call the Canada Suicide Prevention Service at 1-833-456-4566 (24/7) or text 45645 (4 pm to 12 am ET). Crisis Services Canada: https://www.crisisservicescanada.ca/en/looking-for-local-resources-support/ Kid’s Help Phone: https://kidshelpphone.ca/ For young people 5 - 29 years of age. Call a counsellor: 1-800-668-6868 (text and messenger options through the website) Hope for Wellness Help Line: Call 1-855-242-3310 (toll-free) or connect to the online Hope for Wellness chat. Available to all Indigenous peoples across Canada who need immediate crisis intervention. Experienced and culturally sensitive help line counsellors can help if you want to talk or are distressed. Telephone and online counselling are available in English and French. On request, telephone counselling is also available in Cree, Ojibway and Inuktitut. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

In 2008, at the height of the ‘great recession’, Laura was at a personal and professional cross-roads. She became involved in the self-help industry, first as a client, then as a coach. Her path took a tragic turn. On October 8, 2009, she was present at what became know as the fatal “sweat lodge incident” near Sedona run by James Arthur Ray. Three fellow workshop participants, James Shore, Kirby Brown and Liz Neuman lost their lives, and dozens more were injured. She was asked to relive it through the criminal trial, CNN’s Enlighten Us documentary and Wondery’s podcast series, “Guru - The Dark Side of Enlightenment”, exploring that fateful night. In 2017 she created Free Your Inner Guru®, a podcast for ethical leaders and discerning seekers. Links: Podcast: https://www.freeyourinnerguru.com And Laura’s Leadership Community: https://freeyourinnerguru.com/leadership-community/ Website: https://www.lauratucker.com - where you’ll find her blog and photography Insta: @freeyourinnerguru and @lauraatucker ____ And host Linda McLachlan can be found via: www.thearena-podcast.com or on her coaching website: www.lindamclachlan.com You can follow her on Instagram & Facebook @arenalivcourage or on Twitter: @Arena_LivCour Leave a rating or review at: https://www.lovethepodcast.com/thearena This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

Steve Emery: Season 2, Episode 22. Steve’s work can be found at: https://colorsweettooth.squarespace.com/ Akimbo’s Creatives Workshop: https://akimbo.com/thecreativesworkshop Linda can be found via: www.thearena-podcast.com or on her coaching website: https://www.lindamclachlan.com   You can follow her on Instagram & Facebook @arenalivcourage or on Twitter: @Arena_LivCour Leave a rating or review at: https://www.lovethepodcast.com/thearena This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy