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There was a time I never thought I would share this part of me publicly but here we are and I honestly feel this is just the beginning. This was a very defining moment in my life and truly changed who I am today.
This is a story of deep love and loss, motherhood and partnership. my best friend from elementary school interviewed me and it couldn't be more perfect.
In February 2022, Portia launched The WE Experience. A place where women can land softly and fully embrace who they are; the good, the bad and the ugly.
Portia turned to healing, meditation and manifested a business where women from all walks of life would be celebrated, come back to themselves, and embrace themselves as they are. No more, no less. Saying fuck it to the things that no longer serve you
Portia’s mission is to bring women together from all walks of life to celebrate one another and to help women feel seen, heard and supported throughout their business and life journey. Portia's dedication to community comes naturally, since she is the first person to step up and empower women around her.
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If you are a lover of connection, this podcast is calling your name. Dana, the founder of Cool to Connect opens up about creating meaningful connections in person and online, what it means to truly connect with someone, taking Cool to Connect to the next level with brand partnerships and so much more.
ABOUT DANA CLARK ☁️
Starting her entrepreneurial journey in 2016, Dana founded a global social impact movement, Heroic Humans, with the mission to inspire, celebrate and empower Heroic members of our communities. Heroic Humans hosts events, panels, and a podcast to elevate everyday heroes' stories, voices and personal journeys.
Driven by those experiences, Dana founded Cool To Connect, a lifestyle brand on a mission to make connection, cool. Cool To Connect develops modern and impactful products to enhance connection in cool, yet classic ways in our day-to-day lives. This ever-growing brand specializes in decks of conversation and connection prompts, guided journals and more.
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I did not want this conversation to end. Erin and I chatted about pretty much everything from opening a yoga studio with her sister, to launching Azur Fit, manifesting Azur’s next move, the fear of failure and showing up on TikTok.
ABOUT ERIN ☁️
Erin a serial entrepreneur, fitness lover and trend spotter. Her passion for fitness, fashion and branding has inspired this line of elevated activewear for women who want to feel confident in clothes that compliment the female form.
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Jacqueline opens up about her lived experience with an eating disorder and her relationship with food and her body.
We talked about external validation, relationships and where she is now.
ABOUT JACQUELINE ☁️
Jacqueline is a Food and Freedom Mentor, Usui/Holy Fire III + Karuna Reiki Master, Holistic Counsellor, and a #1 international bestselling author.
Because of Jacqueline’s lived experience with an eating disorder and her passion for supporting others who feel consumed by their relationship with their body and food, she truly understands the complex connection we can have with our bodies.
She will help you shatter consumed feelings of hate, shame and food obsession by holding you with complete and raw honesty in a safe, non-judgmental and self empowering space.
She will carry you to the freedom she knows is possible because she is now living it.
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Kaitlin shares her truth and everything in between. From opening a business with her bestie, becoming a mother, showing up as her whole self online and caring less about what people think.
This was such a fun and real conversation.
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Jordan shares her story of transition from studio owner into entrepreneur.
We talked about finding balance between work and play, what it means to lean into discomfort and how life is so different when you slow down.
ABOUT JORDAN
Jordan is the owner of JC WELLNESS. She is a Holistic Health Coach who specializes in energy revitalization. Jordan works with women to heal their burnout, build simple healthy habits and get their energy back. As a personal trainer, turned entrepreneur, turned health coach she is passionate about making health easy. She is known for her simple and effective daily habits, and her balanced approach to health.
Jordan has 13 years of experience working with women in the field, and believes living a balanced life is the key to living a healthy one. When she’s not working she’s likely teaching at her local yoga studio, walking her black lab on the beach or training for her next triathlon.
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Lovepreet defied the odds when she took her first step and she is continuing to do it today! Lovepreet opens up about living with cerebral palsy, her love for cycling and rowing and how she is continuously pushing past her limits.
We talked about being a recipient of the Top 25 Women of Influence in Canada, participating in her first half-marathon, cycling 2,000 kms in 2022, her love exercise and the big goals she is currently chasing for 2023.
ABOUT LOVEPREET
Lovepreet Deo is a cyclist and Canadian athlete with cerebral palsy that shares her love for exercise to inspire others with different abilities. Born in Canada with cerebral palsy, doctors told Lovepreet’s parents she would never walk — but she defied odds when she took her first steps.
Today, she bikes, swims, and uses a walker, walking as many as 10,000 steps a day. When she was 12 years old, she was given her first tricycle — and her love for cycling grew from there. When she was in her 30s, Lovepreet started training at the gym, cycled thousands of kilometres, and eventually, she began participating in multiple race events.
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Kim opens up about being diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease and how it changed her perspective on life.
We chatted about finding purpose after her diagnosis, grieving parts of her life that now look different and what it means to truly find acceptance.
This is such a beautiful and fun conversation.
ABOUT KIM
Inspiring and helping others to lead a healthier lifestyle is a passion for Body Design’s owner, Kim Mortson. Kim is a certified Personal Trainer, Nutrition and Wellness Specialist and Older Adult Fitness Pro-Trainer who has combined her qualifications, industry recognition and personal enthusiasm to build an award winning business since 2002. Kim and her team at Body Design are committed to their mission of enhancing their clients health and well-being to improve their quality of life now and as they age.
In her leisure time, Kim enjoys downhill skiing, water skiing, hiking and paddle boarding. Kim is married to Pete and she’s a proud mother, mother-in-law and Nana to two grandsons and one granddaughter.
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Ali is an artist through and through and she takes us on her journey of finding her creative path. She opens about going to University, working in different creative environments before becoming a teacher and how she ultimately found balance between creating beautiful pieces and molding small minds.
We chatted about changing our minds and journeys, how to move through creative slumps and letting go of the hustle.
ABOUT ALI PILLI:
Ali Pilli is an abstract painter whose work explores minimalistic approaches to understanding human psychology along with colour and their connection to the natural world. Painting with intentionality Ali creates calm and playful art works inspired by experiences with nature, traveling and photography. Her artist practice examines the intersection of colour, texture and design inviting viewers to consider their own appreciation of surrounding colours and design aesthetics.
Based in Toronto, ONT - Ali Pilli is a painter and creative. Ali's practice explores a range of personal and luxe interior decor & design projects. Design, balance, flow, and harmony often serve as a basis for the creative, textured, and minimal style found in her paintings. Creatively, Ali's work has been centered around collaborations with interior designers, home decorators, and decor brands including Sunday's Furniture, Fliphaus, and The Property Stylist as well as gallery representation with KISMET Art Co. and Tacit Collective.
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Jolene opens up about her separation with her husband, living out of alignment and how she slowly began to rediscover herself all over again.
We talked about choosing yourself first, how coming into alignment changed her business and relationships and how your life can change when you starting listening to your gut.
Jolene is a 41 yr old single mother of a 9 yr old boy and 6 yr old twin girls. Jolene a Registered Social Worker (Master’s level) who specializes in grief, trauma and life transitions work. She has also trained in Holy Fire Reiki (Levels I, II, III -Master) and has been trained and mentored in mediumship. The latter of her specializations unfolded in Jolene's life over these past few years when she ended her marriage and reunited with herself, essentially realigning her entire life path.
Together, Jolene's personal and professional paths and passions dance in partnership and has created the most rewarding journey of her life so far. Jolene's story of life has been largely sprinkled with grief and loss however it is through these darker times of digging deep where her most beautiful triumphs have evolved.
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Andrea opens about the pivotal moment that lead her to leaving her career as a police detective and becoming a human potential coach.
We talked about resistance, taking the leap and discovering what is on the other side of the unknown. If you are in the in-between, this episode is for YOU!Andrea is a former police detective turned Human Potential Coach.
As the Founder of AP Coaching, she is the secret weapon for high-level entrepreneurs and leaders, helping them to expand their impact and create sustainable growth while doing less and having more fun!
As a highly sought-after coach and renowned international speaker, her insights have been featured in documentaries, transformational podcasts, and Jack Canfield’s upcoming book, Unstuck.
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Amanda opens up about finding balance with in her business after working 12 hours days and feeling completely depleted.
Amanda shares with us on how you can start finding balance, what to do if you're starting to feel burnt out and how to bring peace back into your life.Amanda is a Registered Physiotherapist with a special interest in pelvic health. Amanda sees patients in Toronto, ON at her clinic located at Weston Road south of the 401 and in Aurora, ON at Aurora Prime Physiotherapy. She is also an instructor for Pelvic health solutions, providing continuing education courses for health care professionals interested in pelvic health.
If you’d like to see Amanda for a physiotherapy session, you can contact her below: [email protected]
Amanda is a Registered Physiotherapist with a special interest in pelvic health. She is also an instructor for Pelvic health solutions, providing continuing education courses for health care professionals interested in pelvic health.
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Jamielee and Portia go way back and are finally sitting down together to chat about how cold plunging has changed their lives.
Jamielee talks about getting into the tub, holding space for others, stepping outside of your comfort and how life looks a little different after taking her first plunge.Jamielee Morin is the owner of The Well Room Hot Yoga Studio & the creator of The Well Being Experience which blends together breathwork, movement and contrast therapy. She is passionate about sharing every level of wellness with her community.
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Carly takes us down memory lane as she opens up about leaving her 9-5, starting her own business, asking her husband to join along and starting a family.
We chatted about motherhood, moving through diffuse times, taking the leap into the unknown and ultimately moving toward aligned action.Carly Ottaway is the owner and CEO of Web of Words, a creative agency specializing in helping entrepreneurs expand their impact online and grow their businesses. As a journalist turned copywriter turned agency owner, Carly gets fired up about helping people and brands articulate their stories with purpose so they can spread their message and change people’s lives.
Carly brings over 12 years of experience in the field, and her work has been published in national publications. When she's not typing away at her keyboard, you can find her exploring the great outdoors with her two young kids, her Portuguese Water Dog and husband/business partner, Luke.
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Teresa opens up about her happiness journey. from the outside looking in, Teresa had everything; the family, the perfect home, the corporate job, family vacations but on the inside something was missing.
Teresa shares with us what it means to have true inner happiness, how she changed her life and how you can find happiness on the hardest of days.Teresa Greco is a certified happiness life coach, author, editor and senior writer at two Canadian magazines, motivational speaker, educator, educational technologies consultant, and reiki master.
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WE SUMMIT | SATURDAY MAY 6TH | TORONTO, ONTARIO | TICKETS
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Tara opens up about her story of leaving her corporate job after being completely burnt out and how she is slowly rediscovering who she is, one day at a time.
We chatted about what it feels like to be completely drained and serving others from an empty cup, hobbies and how life feels little different after self discovery.Tara Ocenar is a Reiki Master Teacher and an Akashic Records Reader and Mentor that loves working with people who are passionate about standing in their authenticity and living a life that fulfills their soul's desires.
Tara has had her life turned upside down, and as she is finding her way back and she wants to shine the light for others on the same path. Learning how to honor her light and show up in her full authenticity has been the most courageous thing that she has ever undertaken and would not change a single thing about her journey.
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Jenna opens up about her mental health story, being a mother and moving through all of life's transitions.
We talked about therapy, everyday struggles, taking the next step and sooo much more. This is a real and raw conversation and we are so honoured for you to be a part of it.Jenna is a wife, mother, friend, educator and passionate advocate for self love and resiliency. She has a love of learning and recently has found comfort in slowing down and taking time to move through life’s transitions, both big and small. Jenna is a recent YTT student who has been moved to reach more people and help them realize that they deserve to feel well too.
Jenna believes that we all deserve to know the love that we feel for a family member, friend, pet, child, tree. Loving ourselves in this same way is a journey that Jenna can still say that she on.
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WE SUMMIT | SATURDAY MAY 6TH | TORONTO, ONTARIO | TICKETS
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Marsha shares her journey of sharing her story for the first time and how it has empowered her to help others do the same.
We talked about the speaking your inner truths, how sharing your story causes a ripple effect around the world and that there is no story is too small.Marsha Vanwynsberghe is the 6-time Bestselling Author of “When She Stopped Asking Why”. She shares her lessons as a parent who dealt with teen substance abuse that tore her family unit apart. Marsha has been published 7xs, most recently with her co-platform, Every Body Holds A Story, and she is on a mission to continue to help women and men to speak, share and publish their stories.
Through her tools, OUTSPOKEN NLP certification, programs, coaching, and podcast, Marsha teaches the power of Radical Responsibility and Owning Your Choices in your own life. She empowers people how to heal and own their stories, be conscious leaders and build platform businesses that create massive impact.
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WE SUMMIT | SATURDAY MAY 6TH | TORONTO, ONTARIO | TICKETS
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Carly shares with us her story of being a child who is shy and sensitive and what it was like growing up in this world and how it ultimately led her to where she is today, helping others understand and expand their spiritual abilities.
We talked about being an energy sponge and how you can protect your energy, how being sensitive can exactly be your superpower and sooo much more!Carly is a spiritual mentor & reiki master healer. Carly has been intuitive ever since she can remember & has now been running a business supporting others with her spiritual abilities for over 4 and a half years.
Carly offers reiki healing sessions, reiki trainings, content creation support & business mentoring. She is passionate about all things mental health & well being, as she herself has struggled with depression & ADHD. She loves to share spiritual education in hopes it helps others heal the way it helped her.
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Hey! My name is Portia and I am the founder of The WE Experience and your hosted inside the THIS IS WE podcast.
Firstly, I just want to take a moment to thank you for being curious and listening to our first ever episode.
Inside the THIS IS WE podcast you can find weekly episode dropping every Tuesday with guests sharing their story of transformation, burnout, life lessons, entrepreneurship and so much more.
ABOUT THE WE EXPERIENCE
The WE Experience was create for you, a community of women connected through healing, business, growth, evolution and so much more.
It’s about bringing women together to celebrate one another, every single day.
It’s about saying fuck it to the people, places and things aren’t serving you and moving forward in a way that is right for you and you only.
A place where you can be your badass self and surrounded by women raising the bar within themselves.
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