Alison Fung is an Investigator who recently transitioned from a traditional lawyer's path and is still unpacking her newest decisions. Perhaps most catalytic to her changes was Alison's drive for equity and giving a voice to those who have become more silenced in our modern world, all while attempting to remain as true to herself as possible.

In this conversation, expect to learn learn about some of Alison's greatest inspirations in her early life, which leads to a deep reflection on family and common generational and societal differences. In a simultaneous adventure of dissecting Alison's motivations and understanding her path to take the legal route, we discover some of the true rewards of introspection and vulnerability when encountering difficult decisions in life.

Also, we interrogate the biases that that are often held (by many of us), including ones the come with the potential prestige (or not) of what someone does "for a living". This leads to the admission of where a lot of our fears come from and Alison's opinion on the one thing that's needed to face those fears.

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Michael Kostka is a former National Hockey League Player who had perhaps a more difficult path to his peak athleticism, but also a most rewarding one. Growing up, Mike was enthralled of his introversion and used it to propel introspection; A skill that blossomed so many of his other passions, notwithstanding his hockey, golf, and constant mental improvements. His path has led him to now serve other high performers and athletes in the ever-so valuable arena of mental performance coaching.

Expect to learn more about Mike's journey as he reflects on who his biggest influences are and how he learned to love his underdog story, even how part of his life was "in shambles" when he first made it to the NHL. This, among many of his tales, act as shining examples of Mike believing in presence as a practice.

Mike also reflects on the biggest misconceptions of mental toughness, the distillation of resilience, and what he believes is the most powerful thing to carry us forward.

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"I was free to create. There was no roadmap...And you just take risks."

Though being in the relative middle-class, Yahaya Baruwa grew up in an impoverished part of Nigeria where materialism was scarce, but creativity was not. Whether it was creating toy cars out of bottle caps and milk cans, or using plastic bags or socks for soccer balls, Yahaya chooses to feel grateful for being so free in his early life. And he believes that these freedoms from childhood allowed him to create, to take risks, and to trust himself to do what is right along the way, which correlated highly to writing his own book and starting his own publishing company in his early twenties.

Yahaya opens up about the struggles of his journey to writing his book - Struggles of a Dreamer - with intentions of inspiring one million people. What was once a disapproval from his own father became one of the biggest catalysts to his creations. Yahaya also reveals why he wrote in secrecy, how he left home with no plans and learned one of the most important lessons of his life, and why earning his first million dollars came as a complete surprise.

In a story of taking risks, we learn through Yahaya that perhaps the biggest risk of all is not pursuing your own dreams and freedoms. But not merely for yourself. Rather for the service you provide and the people you will inspire to chase their dreams along the way.

To be more inspired, please consider Yahaya's book; Struggles of a Dreamer: A Battle Between a Dream and Tradition. It can also be found on the Indigo website.

To support Yahaya and learn more, please visit https://strugglesofadreamer.ca/

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