Darpan Ahluwalia never enters a room without heads turning. She’s vivacious and a bit of a vixen who owns her space, and she takes no sh#t. Absolutely no sh#t.

The certified Live Blood Analyst and registered nutritionist is also a herbalist homeopath and author of ‘The Context Eating Method for Women”.

In Ottawa, Canada…Darpan is known as the “go to” for natural treatments and understands women’s bodies and what they need at every stage of life.

She’s also an entrepreneur and mom and knows the art of juggling. On this show Amy and Darpan talk about health – while Kimothy was, ironically, sick and missed this one….

In this one-on-one, Amy and Darpan talk about women’s health…and the things they can control..and that which they can’t….

Jeez, Kimothy lost her sh#t while talking about sh#t on this podcast! We made her cry!! And Amy disclosed something she wasn’t sure she would do…until it happened. And Kimothy cried more….

So, about our guest. Andrea Schade Douglas got “the diagnosis”. Breast cancer. What she did next was totally mind-blowing. She got better after a brutal path and dedicated her life to helping others.

Andrea has coached women through the “what the phuck” stage and helped raise a ton of money for breast cancer research and treatment.

She is raw, real, and resilient. Andrea raised a lot by getting back into the pool with Olympians for a rare “swim meet” fundraiser. Olympink in Ottawa, Canad,a is changing women’s health care but also how women in treatment feel about themselves

Grab a coffee and hang out with us for an hour, as a gift to yourself.

Canadian Olympian Andrea Schwartz Smith joins us to talk the sh#t out of sh#t….from being an elite athlete to a parent, entrepreneur and swim coach.

As a woman, now in her “joyful years”, her perspective is vital when it comes to goals and reasonable expectations. Andrea has some very serious wisdom to share.

What she learned, from the discipline of swimming, has kept her afloat in all areas of her life. We absorbed a lot from Andrea that when it comes to reasonable expectations and to just be #phucking kind to yourself.

What we loved most is that she listens to her body and mind. If she needs to swim, she swims. If she needs time for herself, she takes it. If she needs space, she seeks it.

Grab a coffee and hang out with us for an hour, as a gift to yourself.

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Janet Gray – Advice-Only Financial Planner

SHOW Title:

Is the Economy Impacting Your Mental Health? You’re not alone!

Summary:

Financial uncertainty is brutal for our mental health. It’s one of those “big ones”...up there with death and divorce.

This week, Amy and Kimothy talk to our resident expert on The Inner Shift Podcast, Janet Gray, about how this time in history can impact everything from our current housing situation to our retirement which, for some, could even be decades down the road.

And then, there are the older kids who have so much financial stress that they are staying in the family home longer…so ya can’t sell it to downsize!

As we continue to talk the sh#t out of sh#t, we invite you to join us because YOU ARE NOT ALONE…and it helps to hear that from others…in our humble opinion.

Mourning before a death. Loss before they leave. Endings before Beginnings.

On this week's episode, just effing surviving before, during and after loss.

Sometimes you lose someone before they die, like with dementia. Sometimes you're out of a relationship before you know, or well after you should have. The hardest, most would admit, is mourning a child you lost....and then, living to care for another.

Today, we talk to a mother who lost a child and dedicated her life to helping others in anticipatory grief, real-time grief or living grief.

Don't know the difference? Stay with us...grab a coffee or whatever you want, and let's talk about women's mental health.

This Holistic Grief Coach Margaret Dennis, is here. She lost a child and moved into a life dedicated to grief empowerment for women. But, she says healing is just the beginning.

We talk to her about the steps to building your emotional fortress, finding peace in vulnerability...and just surviving while finding out how to thrive, in time.

Guest:

Kelly Riley

Author, Coach and Podcaster

Book: The Pivot Playbook

Title: From Surviving to Thriving. Burnout to Bold.

On this episode, Amy Friesen and Kimothy Walker talk to our guest, Kelly Riley, who has written The Pivot Playbook, and coaches people through the process one-on-one - if reading about it isn't enough. She also has a podcast of the same title.

In full disclosure, Kelly is Kimothy's social media coach as Kim transitions to being a full-time digital nomad. Now, not everyone has to blow up their lives to pivot we learned...or travel across North America in an SUV. Ahem!

There are alternatives to blowing sh#t up and instead wanting a slow and, potentially, gentle transition to the life you want and need.

Whether you're burned out or bummed out, there are tools you can use in this podcast. Maybe you're just searching for a little inspiration, or to know it is possible to have the life you deserve. And, age isn't a factor here. Dreams are.

So, grab a coffee and spend an hour with us!

Sam Laprade hears a LOT, "How do you do it?"

The week of her recent book launch, Ottawa Made, she helped other organizations raise money and hosted other high profile events. The woman with many titles, author, entrepreneur, innovator, fundraiser, broadcaster and public speaker has two others, mom and daughter. And, she is an only child.

Having already lost her Dad and raised a successful teenaged daughter, Sam is now the lead on her mom's long term care. For the first time since Kimothy has known her (a very long time) she's learning to say a polite, "no" when her to-do list is already very long.

Sam talks to Amy Friesen and Kimothy Walker about the juggling act and the fear of dropping balls...and how to learn that fueling yourself is necessary to help others.

There is also talk about the book. Did you know a famous vibrator, the Instapot and basketball were all invented in the National Capital region? Well...some of us did, for different reasons.

YouTube Link : https://youtu.be/6acPoKhOoMY

Guest: Laurel GillespieCEO, Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association

On this week's episode of The Inner Shift Podcast, Amy Friesen and Kimothy Walker talk to the CEO of the Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association. It's a really heavy job for a woman who beat breast cancer, went back to university for her Masters degree in business administration (MBA) and left a very difficult marriage.Now, after all of that, Laurel Gillespie, is talking openly about burnout in women and how we need to embrace it, rather than feel shame for not keeping up. The mother of three jumped off the treadmill of life to take of someone else for once...herself.Also, she gives her professional advice about the importance of planning for life's uncomfortable surprises.

Grab a coffee and join us to talk the sh#t out of sh#t.