The Best You - A Coaching Podcast

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How much innovation do you incorporate into your leadership? How much do you expect your leader to innovate as they grow? That's the theme for this episode where I’m joined by educator and the Dean of the School of Applied Digital Technology at Southern Alberta Institution for Technology, who discusses leadership in education, and where innovation truly comes into play.

Cherie is all about achieving excellence in leadership and she does this with passion, energy, and enthusiasm in abundance! 

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For this episode I’m joined entrepreneur and my own personal tattoo artist, Steve Peace, who discusses the power of perseverance in business.  

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For this episode I’m joined by entrepreneur and founder of Identity and Access Management (IAM) company (TechJutsu) Tracey Nyholt, who discusses how to your find your advantage in bus...

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For this episode I’m joined by Dr. Rhonda Parmer, who discusses her work with women who want to express themselves better in male company.  

Rhonda is a seasoned consultant with 3...

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For this episode I’m joined by author, researcher, speaker, and human communication expert, Dr. Etel Leit, who discusses why breakups shake us to our core and how to thrive forward. 

Dr. Etel is a prominent figure in psychology, education, and entrepreneurship and is the founder of SignShine™, a family center based in Beverly Hills. Holding a Ph.D. in Psychology and master’s degrees in leadership and education from Pepperdine University, Dr. Leit began her academic journey as a linguist after serving as a commander in Israel intelligence.

As a de...

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For this episode I’m joined by certified executive coach, professional speaker, strategic advocate, and the founder of Repowered Leadership, Megan Gill, who discusses her thoughts and experiences on the power of influence for women in the workplace.

Megan has worked for almost two decades in the energy industry, providing her with an ideal vantage point to know what it’s like to lead from the middle of it all.

Megan has seen and experienced firsthand that many women are leading but not always being seen or supported for ever...

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For this episode I’m joined by my friend, Executive Director of Kissimmee Sports Commission, Jessica (Jess) Beers, who discusses her career journey in the world of sports. 

In her role, Jess has oversight of the administration and management of the Kissimmee Sports Commission, which includes pursuing new strategic partnerships on behalf of Experience Kissimmee.

Previous to her current role, Jess served as a leader in sports, entertainment, and transportation industries. Her past positions include Brightline Trains Florida, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Orlando City Soccer Club and Dr Phillips Center for...

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For this episode I’m joined by specialist dietitian, Lisa Poole, who discusses her experiences with helping clients understand and navigate the difficult world of eating disorders.

Lisa holds BSc in Nutrition and Dietetics and has a diverse NHS background across surgical, paediatric, menopause, and mental health settings. 

Lisa currently supports young people & adults with eating disorders, neurodivergence, and complex mental health needs with her approach blending clinical expertise with warmth, compassion, and lived experiences. This is all shaped by both professional experience and personal insight. 

Lisa has...

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For this episode I’m joined by entrepreneur, founder and podcast host Avy Schondorf, who discusses her journey that inspired her to help drowning men. Yes, Avy is a lifeguard, but that's not the type of saving we discuss! 

A lot of the drowning experience comes from Avy’s belief that if you have a big ego, it is difficult to ask for help, which most times is a barrier that is present without us even knowing it’s there. 

Her journey thus far inspired her to create her business...

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For this episode I’m joined by life and relationship coach, Susan Allan, who discusses her thoughts, feelings, and experiences with empathy.

Susan is one of the 2025 Vogue Daily's “Most Successful Coaches Pioneering Growth and Empowerment" and 2025 Calipost’s "10 Most Influential Life Coaches in California Transforming Lives" 

Since 1975 Susan has devoted her life to acquiring proven tools and developing a unique system, Heartspace®, which helps you learn to create greater peace, love, cooperation, joy and success in every relationship and environment.

For the past 25 years, Susan has also hel...

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For this episode I’m joined by inventor, banker, professional speaker, coach, author, and philanthropist, Meir Ezra who explains his 10 Commandments of Truth.

Meir is a spiritual entrepreneur - a unique combination of business with spirituality and he believes that if you focus on money only, your life will never be a true success, because what is money good for without love, personal fulfillment and growth across all areas of life? Conversely, focusing only on spirituality doesn’t help you pay the bills or put food on the table.

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For this episode I’m joined by entrepreneur and founder of Frame Health, Alivia Cortez, to discuss the impacts of metabolic dysfunction and how to achieve metabolic health. Frame Health an organization dedicated to empowering women before and during midlife to elevate their potential. 

Alivia spent most of her career as a Marketing Executive, balancing demanding work schedules with family life. For years, she managed to juggle it all until midlife hit and her health, which she had always taken for granted, began to slip. 

Realizing a need for chan...

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For this episode I’m joined by founder of Integrated Hospitality Consulting, Jody Jacobson, who discusses her journey to entrepreneurship while serving the hospitality industry.

 Jody specializes in driving financial excellence and optimizing business performance for companies in the hospitality industry. 

She does this with a strong focus on providing clear direction and strategic vision, helping organizations maximize profitability and streamline operations. 

As a consultant, Jody partners with CFOs and finance leaders to deliver solutions that empower high-level strategic planning and effective financial reporting.

Jody's journ...

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For this episode I’m joined by founder of BestCarDeals.com, Lloyd Hecht. 

Lloyd has been in the automotive industry since 1978 and knows all too well that the industry has a bad stigma.

Through his experience he saw a need for people to become more educated in this important area. 

Now, Lloyd teaches people how to make this a great experience.

Lloyd's why is to help people understand how to select and buy a vehicle and have it be a great experience and feel good abou...

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For this episode I’m joined by educator, founder, author, and professional coach Dr. Benjamin Ritter, who is here to discuss his experiences, thoughts, and processes around Becoming Fearless. 

Ben is the founder of Live for Yourself Consulting whose sole purpose is guiding leaders to create a career they love and create organizations people can fall in love with. 

He is a certified international leadership and career coach, Senior Talent Management Consultant, and host of two podcasts, The Executive and Live Fearlessly. 

Having coached over 500 leaders worldwide for s...

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For this episode I’m joined by leadership coach and current (at the time of recording) President of the International Coaching Federation Calgary Chapter, Robyn Holloway, who discusses her journey in coaching. 

Robyn’s career encompasses over 25 years of experience in human resources, consulting, media, law offices and healthcare. 

Her love of learning and challenging herself led to her diverse career. After becoming a mum and juggling responsibilities, Robyn started to look for ways to bring more balance into her own life. 

Robyn worked with a coach and fel...

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Have you ever worked on or with a team? How seamless of an experience was it for you? In my experience, some teams are great, some are good, and some are kinda rubbish. 

Supporting teams to greater successes was the focus of my conversation with Faris Aranki who is the founder and CEO of Shiageto, Consulting, who specialize in this area! 

Having spent over 20 years delivering strategic change for the corporate and non-corporate worlds, Faris experienced first-hand the fine differences between strategic success and failure. 

His work has...

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For this episode I’m joined by leadership mentor, author, radio show host, and keynote speaker, Marnie Swedberg, who discusses her framework called 'The ABC’s of Success!'

Marnie’s history includes fires, floods, a tornado, car wrecks, business setbacks, a burglary, lightning strike, ambulance rides and more. She models come-back behavior, possibility thinking, and profound faith.

Marnie owned and operated businesses in the restaurant and retail industries for over a decade and is now the web hostess of www.WomenSpeakers.com, the largest online directory of Christian Women...

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For this episode I’m joined by writer, entrepreneur, employee development coach, philanthropist and advocate for women's empowerment, Alina Wilson, to discuss her experience in and passion for thoughtful aging.

Alina’s life’s work is shaped by one goal: to help women discover and embrace their true beauty, both inside and out.

As a successful entrepreneur, she has mentored dozens of women, and in 2007 founded Bridgeport Laser and Wellness Center. 

She is also a dedicated philanthropist, serving on the board of directors for the Portland-based organization Gather...

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For this episode I’m joined by executive coach, Jesseca Tighe, who is here to discuss her work in helping clients manage stress and burnout.

Jesseca has over 20 years of experience in healthcare and holds a Ph.D. in Psychology and helps healthcare leaders succeed without sacrificing their health and wellbeing.

Jesseca is dedicated to guiding others toward sustainable success, where personal health and professional achievements go hand in hand. She does this by helping professionals take their leadership to the next level, without burnout.

Jesseca has de...

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For this episode I’m joined by radio personality, business owner, and college professor, Jon Goehring, who discusses his thoughts on collaboration vs competition in business.

Jon has been telling stories for a living since college and his knowledge of content creation for small businesses is unparalleled. 

Jon has helped several brands unlock this consistent content flow by getting their podcast started and keeping it rolling strong. 

Jon is also the founder of Jon Goehring Voiceovers, where his voiceover work cuts through digital noise to make a crea...

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For this episode I’m joined by coach, author, expert sexologist and relationship guru, Natalia Kobylkina, to discuss her philosophies on being beautiful, successful, and alone.

Natalia is a world-renowned psychologist who is recognized for her extensive psychological knowledge and techniques. Natalia is a Neuro-Linguistic Programming master, using this approach to help clients reframe their mindsets and achieve personal breakthroughs.

Natalia is also a successful life coach who has empowered over a million people around the world to transform their lives.

Natalia’s books on relationships, self-empowerment, and...

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For this episode I’m joined by business, mindset and relationships expert and Speaker, Gal Ezra, who discusses how to deal with toxic people. 

Gal always had the purpose to help and that purpose was clear – it was never to be a firefighter or an astronaut. It was always to work with his dad and do what his dad does! 

Having grown up with Meir Ezra as his father and mentor, Gal attributes much of his business and life success to his dad, and is the reason he so strong...

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For this episode I’m joined by executive business, finance, and human resource leader, Daniel Friker, who discusses his thoughts and experiences in Artificial Intelligence within the HR industry, and in particular for candidate selection. 

Having traveled the world helping Fortune 100 business find talent, Daniel has cultivated numerous executive-level client relationships through successful collaboration with operations, recruiting, and finance, including working with global Fortune 500 companies and a variety of small-to-medium businesses worldwide. 

Daniel has amassed expertise in the technical design, implementation, and execution of talent acquisition and fulfillment solutions with...

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For this episode I’m joined by Addiction Medicine physician, life coach, and entrepreneur, Dr Sarah Nasir, who discusses her work in the addiction recovery space.

Dr. Sarah specializes in holistic addiction recovery, mental health resilience, and productivity mastery. Dr. Sarah empowers modern Muslim women to thrive professionally and personally while staying grounded in their values.

Dr. Sarah combines medical expertise with compassion, offering actionable strategies for addiction recovery, mental health, and personal development. She inspires women to thrive in their careers, embrace entrepreneurship, and master time management.

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For this episode I’m joined by Spiritual Energy Healer, Richard Tierney, who discusses his 12-step program that enables anyone suffering from emotional trauma to break free of their past memories and experience release and relief. 

Having come from past traumatic experiences himself, and loathe to endure that path for his lifetime, Richard was committed to finding a solution to such things as PTSD and depression, caused by his past trauma memory. 

He learned, that these conditions cannot be successfully healed, beca...

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For this episode I’m joined by author, podcaster, and founder, Dr Loretta Breuning, who is here to discuss how we can rewire / retrain our brains for our own good.

Dr Loretta is the Founder of the Inner Mammal Institute and author of ‘Habits of a Happy Brain: Retrain your brain to boost your serotonin, dopamine, oxytocin and endorphin levels’.

Dr Loretta believes that our happy brain chemicals are not designed to be on all the time and when you know what sparks them in the state of nature, you ca...

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For this episode I'm joined by entrepreneur, podcaster, author, public speaker, and co-owner of EnTICEing Media, Nell Tice to discuss content creation.

enTICEing Media is a full-service multi-media production company that Nell and her husband, Kenny, have owned for 5-years in what started as a side hustle then became a full-time adventure when Nell decided to leave her corporate COO position at a coffee and tea manufacturer.

Nell is also a podcast host of ‘What the Nell!? Podcast’.

As a public speaker, Nell has spoken on topics such...

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For this episode I’m joined by brand strategy consultant, Beatrice Gutknecht, who discusses her thoughts and experiences on the topic of rebranding.

In a world where fitting in is often the norm, Beatrice’s 'Why' is to challenge that norm and emphasize the importance of doing what's true to oneself rather than what society expects. And that's what she brings to everything she does.

Beatrice works with established service-based B2B businesses who want to shake things up to become the obvious ones in their industry. And it's abou...

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For this episode I’m joined by creativity coach and mentor, Nina Worsley, who discusses her experiences with femininity in creativity.  

Nina works primarily with female creative entrepreneurs who are ready to break free from self-doubt, inconsistency, and the weight of expectations. 

Her mission is to help artists - writers, designers, musicians, and visionaries unlock their full potential by harnessing their creative energy, building unshakable confidence, and gaining complete clarity in their artistic vision.

Through her coaching, Nina helps women transform their creative blocks into breakthroughs so they...

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For this episode I’m joined by Certified Primal Question Coach, Tonya Peck, who discusses her journey in overcoming guilt and shame which will helped lead her to becoming a Certified Primal Question Coach.

Tonya is a Certified Group Fitness and a Spin Instructor who leads by example prioritizing physical health and mental wellness by empowering others to take those first steps towards those goals that set their heart on fire - and get them out of their comfort zone. 

Tonya focuses on community and connection within that environment for...

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For this episode I’m joined by coach and counsellor, Patrick Eilers, who discusses his 8 dimensions of wellness and what we can all do to further our knowledge of how important wellness is.

Patrick is a Masters level Clinician and a Licensed Professional Counselor and has been working in the field of psychology since 2016.

Patrick has experience in therapy with diagnoses such as anxiety, depression and addiction and also has had the honour to support individuals, couples and groups in life events and relationships. 

Patrick has also tau...

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For this episode I’m joined by Mitchell Levy, a coach and global credibility expert, who shares insights on the importance of credibility in personal and professional development. 

We discuss the journey to understanding credibility, the relationship between credibility and likeability, and how to articulate one's purpose succinctly. 

Mitchell introduces the CPoP formula, which helps individuals define their Customer Point of Possibilities in less than 10 words, emphasizing the significance of clarity and alignment in achieving success. 

We delve deeper into the CPoP framework, exploring its significance in coach...

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For this episode I’m joined by Hillary Spiritos who discusses the work she does with young adults to improve their chances of life and career success, defined by whatever they mean by success.  

Hillary is the founder of 'Bat Outta Hell' who are dedicated to helping young adults pursue the lives they envision by building self-trust and discovering their potential. She conducts workshops on essential life skills such as leadership development, interviewing, resilience, and maximizing your study abroad experience.

Through her coaching, Hillary empowers young adults to...

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For this episode I’m joined by Dillon Mysliwiec who discusses Creativity & Storytelling in Business.

Dillon is a serial entrepreneur, digital marketing strategist, and co-owner of businesses in comics, music, and media, with a unique blend of analytical and creative thinking honed through his background in Mechanical Engineering. 

His journey began in his mid-20s when he discovered the transformative power of non-fiction books, which ignited his passion for business and personal growth. With hands-on experience across diverse industries, he brings a range of insights into digital marketing, creative ent...

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For this episode I’m joined by Life and Intimacy Coach, Sex Educator, and speaker, Jocelyn Silva who is here to discuss her expertise in confidence and self-worth in relationships and in life in general. 

Jocelyn is first generation Mexican/Salvadoran Latina unicorn who supports people of all genders (including couples) to help heal their sexual shame, reconnect with their sexual essence, and lead a pleasure-filled life. Jocelyn does this through 1:1 coaching as well as virtual and in-person workshops, and group coaching programs. 

Growing up in a very conservative Cath...

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For this episode I’m joined by Clarity Catalyst Coach, Silja Paulus, to discuss how you can move from overthinking to action and achieve clarity in 3 steps. 

Silja spent over 10 years as an athlete—first as a long-distance runner and later as a competitive bodybuilder and as a result knows firsthand that transformation is about more than just physical strength. It’s about mental resilience, discipline, and creating an identity that powers success in every area of life.

Silja’s athletic journey, combined with her certifications as a Mindvalley Holobody...

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For this episode I’m joined by I’m joined by David Fastuca, who discusses how to remain resilient during the roller coaster ride of building your own business.

David started his entrepreneurial journey at just twelve years old and has been obsessed with turning pressure into productivity ever since.

As the CEO & Co-Founder of Growth Forum and former Co-Founder of Locomote, David learned what it takes to scale a business under pressure. 

That’s why David and his team built their Sales OS program, which is a step...

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For this episode I’m joined by author and life coach, Peter Teushcer, who is here to discuss how redefining happiness can lead to improved mental health and productivity in the workplace (and your life).

While he continues to coach CEOs and other top executives, Peter is passionate about helping people of all walks of life to create change in their lives and achieve their highest potential.

Peter’s book, "Rethinking Happiness," delves into the complexities of happiness and offers a refreshing perspective on how individuals can achieve happiness on t...

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For this episode I’m joined by manifestation and mindset coach, Suzan Peltekian, who discusses her journey that took her from real estate to coaching to wider influential coaching modalities.

Suzan believes she has been placed on this beautiful journey to help you live a happier and more authentic life by design full of purpose & meaning.

Suzan believes the biggest Real Estate that everyone owns is the one between their two ears & that she can guide anyone to co-create their life by design by using their marvellous mind more ef...