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The Inner Shift PodcastFrom Breast Cancer "Poster Gal" to being a CEO, We Talk about it ALLLLLLLL on this Episode!Regular contributor Laurel Gillespie recently raised money to help fight cancer by posting a sexy photo of herself taken the night before she lost her breasts to cancer.The Canadian business leader (not-for-profit) talks with Amy and Kimothy about showing strength by recognizing when we can't be strong...and how to learn from that by helping others. We also talk about why only 5% of CEOs of major companies are women in Canada, and what we can learn from that statistic. The focus on the positive, and letting go of people who don't come on your journey, means learning from h...
2025-12-0258 min
The Inner Shift PodcastDementia Diagnosis - Diligence and DeterminationOn this episode, the CEO of the Dementia Society of Ottawa – serving Ottawa and Renfrew County (Canada), Monique Doolittle-Romas joins us to talk about the explosion of cases in an aging population and what caregivers need to know…while including those recently diagnosed.We start with the diagnosis, or simply concerns about a loved one doing new things like “putting the TV remote in the fridge” (for example). This isn’t about being forgetful. It’s more.What do you do next? Monique has some advice: Reach out, research and recognize your resilience. There shouldn’t be shame. And that can make...
2025-11-2544 min
The Inner Shift PodcastRespecting Your Elders… and Juniors! Hear from a 70-year-old InnovatorElaine Lindsay just celebrated her 70th birthday and talks to Amy + Kimothy about age being just a phucking number.She was deep into the internet at its infancy, as an entrepreneur/expert, and feels zero bias toward her age group, or the next gen (or a few other gens). Sporting her bright blue/turquoise hair, Elaine explains that it’s about talent and respect. SHE sets the tone in her life. It’s also about how YOU feel about yourself.Do experienced people judge juniors? Do we fail to find the middle ground? Does...
2025-11-1849 min
The Inner Shift PodcastFrom a Death Sentence to 6 Years Cancer-Free…Survival, Medical Mistreatment and the Role of AnxietyEugenia Mancini Horan was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer and given just days to live. The six year cancer-free survivor wrote the book The Dead Girl’s Guide to Terminal Cancer. She talks about the role misogyny, anxiety, and women’s mental health played in her diagnosis …and her highly confusing medical health journey. This is an uncensored survivor’s perspective on cancer, immunotherapy, and why Gina’s anxiety was a barrier to her receiving proper treatment throughout her cancer journey.Given just 3 days to live in 2019 from terminal lung cancer, Eugenia joins us…alive and healthy to tal...
2025-11-1157 min
The Inner Shift PodcastShe Donated Part of her Liver to a Complete Stranger!Talk about “giving a piece of yourself”! Public Relations Expert Heather Badenoch, Owner of Village PR, knows a thing or two about that. Not only does she adopt and rehabilitate rescue dogs, but Heather gave part of her liver to save a perfect stranger who was under the age of 18. Her liver quickly grew back to its pre-surgery size.Now Heather spends her time as a national champion for donation to encourage others to consider living donations, but also to register and tell your loved ones what you want done when you die. Even s...
2025-11-0447 min
The Inner Shift PodcastHoliday Spending Stress…and a Facebook Lesson..?firsthandOur resident money expert talks about holiday spending plans. However, we start this hour with her personal experience with a Facebook/Instagram ban – for no good reason - and what that can do to people who rely on FB for Business.Janet Gray is an advice-only financial planner who experienced, first hand, the stress around fighting for her own Facebook/Instagram. In the end, she did NOT get it back.For entrepreneurs, that’s another mental health issue impacting their lives when they are self-employed.You can still find Janet Gray on LinkedIn!!! Or y...
2025-10-2846 min
The Inner Shift PodcastMoney, Mental Health, and EntrepreneurshipOn this episode, we speak to an expert accountant who has her MBA, her own businesses and decades of experience helping entrepreneurs get (and stay) on their feet.The failure rate of entrepreneurial ventures is staggering, and less than 20% of businesses are owned by women. They face big challenges, often balancing children and aging parents. Much of the failure rate of all small businesses can be attributed to “not knowing what you don’t know”. That’s where financial planning is key, and can save you money, according to Margaret.She gives solid advice about what peo...
2025-10-2150 min
The Inner Shift PodcastDating in Your 30s and Other Funny Sh#tOn this episode we talk to Hazel Smith who is a podcaster, corporate manager, single gal and general badass.What could 3 women with 4 (combined) ex-husbands have to talk about?Her podcast, rebrandpending, goes into depth on a lot of these topics, but we try to cram it all into our hour show, and have a few good belly laughs along the way.Grab and coffee and just hang out with us if you’re looking for a good gab about sex, body image, independence and overcoming the expectations of others.You ca...
2025-10-1447 min
The Inner Shift PodcastEating Disorders, Recovery and How You Can HelpOn this show we meet a very brave woman who is going to help everyone better understand eating disorders.Katie Leonard first started showing symptoms of anorexia nervosa when she was just 12 years old. What began as a desire to lose weight for a wedding quickly became a life-threatening battle until she was 19 years old. It included years of treatment at a children’s hospital, including a situation that was so bad that she had to stay in a special unit to save her life. As someone with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, as well, slayi...
2025-10-0748 min
The Inner Shift PodcastMental Health and Culture: Finding Your PlaceSusan Marsh is an unapologetic advocate, champion for Indigenous culture and marketing expert. That’s how she met Kimothy, working together on a major sporting event.Susan is married to an Indigenous man and has two children. She is a regular contributor to this podcast and she’s willing to do a deep drive with us about the importance of “roots”.As an adopted person she is actively, now, looking for her own bloodlines and we explore why “where you came from” matters.For Amy and Kimothy, some of our own “where we came from” isn...
2025-09-3045 min
The Inner Shift PodcastAn Alzheimer or Dementia Diagnosis: Now What?When we get a medical diagnosis for a loved one with memory challenges, the first question often asked is now what?Debbie Heitto is the First Link Care Navigator for the Alzheimer Society Serving Ottawa and Renfrew County. She is, most often, the first person you, or your loved ones, will see.She talks to us about knowledge being power and there is a lot to learn, from services to the path ahead.But, there is HOPE! With the right information and support the...
2025-09-2348 min
The Inner Shift PodcastCelebrating 35,000 Viewer Hours with a Private ChatWhen Amy and Kimothy decided to do a weekly show on mental health, they jumped in with expert guests to learn about everything from menopause to dementia, sex to grief.But, on this episode, it's just them...They are talking about their own experiences and what lead them to this point. As children a lot of their "today" issues were cast in stone because of trauma, bullying and impossible body image expectations.Get to know your hosts, and real life besties, with a sincere chat about what they have learned from their own guests and each other. Hosted on...
2025-09-1647 min
The Inner Shift PodcastSound Therapy for Trauma in WomenOn this episode, healing trauma with sound, safe places and connection with women. Kerry Reinhard of Resonant Bliss joins Amy and Kimothy to talk about abuse and sobriety, as well as healing with sound to release trauma.The practitioner, who practices what she preaches, helps women release pain deep in their bodies which is often, she says, the cost of being “the strong one”.Kerry takes us through the experience of sound therapy and the benefit of spending time within your own body…and getting back in touch with it.Kerry Reinhard Socia...
2025-09-0945 min
The Inner Shift PodcastHeartfelt and Raw Conversation with Someone Just Released from Psychiatric CareWhen Kimothy saw a post by Nicky Beauclaire on her Facebook page she just knew she had to invite her to be on the show. It was a raw invitation and so very brave.Nicky wrote that she had just been released from short-term psychiatric care and wanted to see if anyone wanted to have coffee with her. So, we did…on camera.The lonely plea for companionship was one Amy and Kimothy had not heard in their research on women’s mental health challenges.. Living on less than $1,100 a month (Canadian) on a disability cheq...
2025-09-0253 min
The Inner Shift PodcastDementia and the Crisis Facing Families and GovernmentsOn this episode we’re talking about the 1 in 3 families who will deal with dementia…and the cost to governments/taxpayers for not doing a better job at managing that!We have a world leader on this topic with us on this episode.Dr Saskia Sivananthan, based in Toronto, consults with senior health experts from around the world, offering the benefits of years of experience in the field. She even lived in a Long Term Care facility for a bit to see what was happening on the front line, and learned 85 per cent of people ther...
2025-08-2649 min
The Inner Shift PodcastSurviving ‘Back to School” Financial Stress and PressuresIt’s “Back to School” season, and if you feel like you’re paying for things almost daily…you probably are! From school supplies to sports and lessons, it’s an expensive month.Add to that financial pressure another, almost daily, stress…the unknowns about the economy. It’s in the news constantly and planning for the impact is tough.To give you tips and tricks to survive this period of time, and not let it hurt your mental health, our regular contributor, Janet Gray, joins us. She is an advice-only financial advisor and has a practical appr...
2025-08-1943 min
The Inner Shift PodcastGrief, Loss and Moving Through Profound Pain…Realistic ToolsThe Inner Shift Podcast’s resident expert on everything from profound grief and loss to self-esteem in girls returns to the show to talk about some really tough stuff. Margaret Dennis of EVOLV Coaching was exhausted when she arrived to the podcast after spending a week running a self-esteem summer camp for girls! We learn about how building up girls early on can set them up for success in relationships down the road….because they will learn to appreciate their own value and not to take any sh#t. How does that fit in? Armour agains...
2025-08-121h 06
The Inner Shift PodcastFormer Member of Ontario Parliament Talks about Mental Health, Including Her OwnMPP Lisa Macleod did the “unthinkable”. She talked about being a member of provincial (Ontario) parliament while having a mental health challenge.Diagnosed with bi-polar disorder, we’re going to talk today about how we SAY we support mental health – but do we really?? We need to do way more than “Let’s Talk”....let’s DO…Since leaving government, Lisa has travelled with something she’s going to talk about here…women and travel…which resonates with Kimothy strongly, as she travels full-time, for her own mental health.Lisa has been vocal and proud but dealt with...
2025-08-0555 min
The Inner Shift PodcastKnocked Down, but She Got Up Again…Learn How!You’ve likely tasted her work …if you’ve ever been to Equator Coffee….This entrepreneur, who bet the entire family on her vision, together with her husband – is an entrepreneur, cancer survivor and adventurer…and is living her life to the absolute fullest, despite some tough set-backs. Amber Hall is simply an inspiration, and just finished designing/building a house in Costa Rica, a long way from her first home in Canada.Amber is the model of the power of positivity and faith.She is wicked smart, but has, also,mastered devel...
2025-07-2945 min
The Inner Shift PodcastHorrific Story of Survival, Suffering and Suicidal IdeationAt the heart of every storm, there can still be strength, and Elaine Lindsay is living proof.Elaine is a survivor, to be sure, but she is also an entrepreneur, and while she has tried to stay alive… at one time she didn’t want to do so.Elaine has suffered unimaginable grief, loss and medical complications after a horrific car crash. Her story will rock you….and if this triggers you we strongly encourage you to reach out for help, immediately. As Elaine will talk about, there is hope.The podcaster and social...
2025-07-2253 min
The Inner Shift PodcastLet’s Talk about Sex and Mental Health….What Could Go Wrong?Sue McGarvie is a sex educator…and while we’re having flashbacks to Grade 9 sex education class, it isn’t that!Sue has been a radio show host, entrepreneur, sex travel organizer and general champion for, well, sex.In the early 1990s, Kimothy met Sue – who was already on radio doing a series called “Sex in the 90s”...ya, Kim’s THAT old.The highlight of the tour of the “underground” was when Kimothy asked, “What is a ball gag? And, why would anyone want to be in a latex suit?” (she lived in suburbia….this was...
2025-07-1551 min
The Inner Shift PodcastLet’s Talk about Mental Health and Death/Loss: Fun Right?!Dina Bell-Laroche is a death doula, educator, author and educator. So, on this episode, we talk about mental health as it pertains to losing a loved one…or about how to start saying goodbye to your person.Dina has spoken around North America on the topic, as it pertains to everything from workplace culture to intimate family dynamics. As a trained thanatologist (ya, we had to look up the word, too!), she has helped people transition to a place of peace around loss….whether it has already happened or is about to….She was motivated by the...
2025-07-0859 min
The Inner Shift PodcastMental Health Crisis in Farming CommunitiesOn this episode, we go to Tennessee!Kesley Rogers is a counsellor with Denney Counselling who discovered, through the near loss of a friend, the difficulties facing farmers – and particularly multi-generational farming families.It was something Amy and Kimothy had literally, had never heard about, despite having farmers in their original families. This episode speaks to many things, including being the CEO of an expensive farm, family expectations, isolation, struggling economies, and living in unpredictable environments.Imagine watching for rain, something you cannot control, to predict your family’s stability. Too much...
2025-07-0146 min
The Inner Shift PodcastParenting Children with Unique Learning AbilitiesOn this week’s episode, we talk to Heather Desjardins, who talks about the whopping number of children who learn differently, and what that means to the family dynamic. This one hits pretty close to home for our hosts.“Work harder” isn’t going to cut it. Parents need to learn to work creatively. Your own mental health and that of your child DEPENDS on it!Learn tips and tricks to help you get there and help nurture a creative learner while keeping the family peace.Say goodbye to frustration and friction. And, welcome...
2025-06-2445 min
The Inner Shift PodcastIt’s Often Called the Biggest Taboo Subject Left. Our Guest is a Survivor of Sibling Sexual Assault and a World Leader on the Topic.Nancy Morris is truly a pioneer…a champion for one of the most difficult subjects we have yet to discuss on the podcast…sibling sexual assault.The founder of #SiblingsToo is, herself, a survivor of sibling sexual assault. You might expect her to be outraged, livid….and wanting to exact revenge. Far from it. She spoke to us about understanding that we don’t tell children about what is or is, definitely not, acceptable behavior in the home.Around the world she has opened the door on this challenging subject and found out how shock...
2025-06-1756 min
The Inner Shift PodcastMental Health Impacts More Young Women, Statistically in Canada, than Other Age Groups. We Speak with OneWell, if you were ever afraid for the younger generation, this show might give you faith.Meghan Strauss recently graduated from the University of Ottawa Health Sciences program and is about to enter naturopathic medicine.While she speaks openly about mental health in her age group, Amy and Kimothy found her to be one of the most enlightened people we’ve ever spoken with.That’s not to say her age group isn’t struggling. It is. But, her insight blew us away. In a time when our grandparents never spoke about s...
2025-06-1048 min
The Inner Shift PodcastThe Root of the Problem: Author Darpan Ahluwalia Talks about YOUR Body!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 thi...
2025-06-0345 min
The Inner Shift PodcastBreast Cancer Survivor and CoachJeez, 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, a...
2025-05-2756 min
The Inner Shift PodcastOlympic Success and Mental HealthCanadian 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.Wh...
2025-05-2049 min
The Inner Shift PodcastJanet Gray – Advice-Only Financial PlannerJanet Gray – Advice-Only Financial PlannerSHOW 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 olde...
2025-05-0847 min
The Inner Shift PodcastMourning before a death. Loss before they leave. Endings before BeginningsMourning 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. Do...
2025-05-0158 min
The Inner Shift PodcastFrom Surviving to Thriving, Burnout to BoldGuest:Kelly RileyAuthor, Coach and PodcasterBook: The Pivot PlaybookTitle: 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...
2025-04-2451 min
The Inner Shift PodcastLearning Your Limits: Balancing 3 Generations While Thriving as a Public FigureSam 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...
2025-04-1752 min
The Inner Shift PodcastBad News, Burnout and reBound: Self-Care to SurvivalGuest: Laurel GillespieCEO, Canadian Hospice Palliative Care AssociationOn 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...
2025-04-101h 06
The Inner Shift PodcastFinancial Freak Outs. Control in ChaosIf you believe almost everything you hear, the economies of many nations are in real trouble. You know who else is? Us… the women who live in those nations.For those of us invested in “stuff” (that’s Kimothy’s technical term for it), the stress is real and impacts women more than men, simply based on a number of factors. It can range from the disparity related to single parenting or the enormous differences in leadership roles, so the decisions are out of your hands. Just look at the number of men on Fortune 500 boards versus women. Rig...
2025-04-031h 06
The Inner Shift PodcastWhen You Get a Call That Changes Everything in Your Life. What Then?Communications leader and athlete Susan Marsh-Marconi had it all…or so it seemed. A series of traumas impacted her life in a profound way but she’s still standing. She shares her story to help others because vulnerability, she says, is the key to her ability to cope. Reaching, teaching and preaching…she knows that we cannot pretend we’re okay!!This advocate and change maker was a sexual assault survivor in a case that made national headlines a long time ago. And, as if that wasn’t enough trauma for one lifetime, she got a call one...
2025-03-2759 min
The Inner Shift PodcastPerimenopause Preps and Menopause MayhemFeeling alone when your hormones hit the skids can be overwhelming and there is a LOT to learn. Why doesn’t someone get us all together to share what you’re thinking! Gee, you think, I wish Amy and Kimothy would do that show for us. Presto!! You’ve come to the right place. Our first guest does that on her own podcast based in the United Arab Emirates. Experienced Canadian journalist Ann Marie McQueen is a podcast expert with her multimedia platform Hotflash Inc., which focuses exclusively on information women need to get through the rolle...
2025-03-2059 min
The Inner Shift PodcastIt’s NOT Black and White!! Grey Matters for Women who are Just Struggling with Sh#tCanadians Kimothy Walker and Amy Friesen bonded over a shared “piss off”…one of those life-changing kind. We are not experts…but we know a lot of experts as we are professional communicators with a combined 50 years experience.If we don’t know, we seek them out because we have some really tough questions about why so many women rank their mental health as pretty damn poor. Ya know what helps? Finding your people!! Asking experts about every single subject we can think of…from menopause to grief and loss…to why we love our pets so...
2025-03-1337 min
Suicide Zen Forgiveness Stories re Suicide Loss | Ideation | Mental Health | Offering Hope |Empathy for AllLaying the Twenty Year Old Me to Rest S6 E11Laying to Rest: A Journey of Self-Discovery and Healing
In this episode of the Suicide Zen Forgiveness podcast, host Elaine Lindsay shares her personal journey of recovery and self-discovery following a devastating car accident in 1976 which resulted in numerous physical injuries and the loss of her pregnancy. After meeting with Kimothy Walker, a journalist who had been through a similar experience, Elaine reevaluates her perspective towards her own identity, learns to lay her pre-accident self to rest, and embraces her current self wholeheartedly. Elaine also discusses Andrea, a friend who passed away, and shares the empathy and...
2023-11-2820 minLaying the Twenty Year Old Me to Rest S6 E11Laying to Rest: A Journey of Self-Discovery and Healing
In this episode of the Suicide Zen Forgiveness podcast, host Elaine Lindsay shares her personal journey of recovery and self-discovery following a devastating car accident in 1976 which resulted in numerous physical injuries and the loss of her pregnancy. After meeting with Kimothy Walker, a journalist who had been through a similar experience, Elaine reevaluates her perspective towards her own identity, learns to lay her pre-accident self to rest, and embraces her current self wholeheartedly. Elaine also discusses Andrea, a friend who passed away, and shares the empathy and...
2023-11-2820 min
Dungeons, Dragons, & Psychology PodcastMaking the Best Villains for you CampaignsText us, PsyclithidsEpisode Details & LinksListen again to a great episode from our first season, where I was joined by my friend Kimothy Archer to discuss ways to make the most compelling villains. Tricks of the Trade Information & LinksIdeas for villains to use in your own games!Become a PatreonJoin my Patreon to show your support for the show and access exclusive content.https://www.patreon.com/DungeonsDragonsPsychology My Linktreeht...
2023-07-3028 min
Pivoted SuccessKimothy WalkerMEET YOUR HOSTS Sean Cochrane is the President of TCC Canada- The Corporate Centre https://tcccanada.com/ with long term experience working in the corporate business industry. His exposure to a wide variety of businesses within the TCC Canada office spaces has given him great insight into where the business world has evolved and where it is heading. Jarrod Goldsmith https://jarrodgoldsmith.ca/ is a Canadian small business community builder and is the embodiment of the small business spirit. He is the founder of eSAX Virtual Events https://esax.ca/, eXclusive eXperience, Ask The Fedora ht...
2021-07-0142 min
The Quick & The Dirty PodcastOpting Out of DatingDo you know someone who has opted out of being in a relationship? On this episode Hilary and Sandra talk to Kimothy Walker. She’s a former TV News reporter, journalist, and high profile business woman in Ottawa. You’d think it would be easy for an empowered woman to find a mate. Well… not if you don’t want one. She explains why she is opting out of the dating world and why many women in their 50s would rather be alone than in relationships.
2020-03-0148 min