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Tech Archives - Canada's EntrepreneurA mission of helping women solopreneursThe combination of getting fired shortly after a failed marriage made Vera Ilnyckyj feel like a complete failure, purposeless, disconnected and stuck.
She’s grateful for this challenging time because it was the start of discovering her purpose – helping other women get back on track after a major life change.
Ultimately, it led Vera to leave her corporate job and step into her business full time. While she had no training on how to run a business and no formal plan, what she did have was a deep desire to help and inspire others, create belo...2025-05-0219 min
Canada’s EntrepreneurA mission of helping women solopreneursThe combination of getting fired shortly after a failed marriage made Vera Ilnyckyj feel like a complete failure, purposeless, disconnected and stuck.
She’s grateful for this challenging time because it was the start of discovering her purpose - helping other women get back on track after a major life change.
Ultimately, it led Vera to leave her corporate job and step into her business full time. While she had no training on how to run a business and no formal plan, what she did have was a deep desire to help and inspire others, cr...2025-05-0219 min
Connecting with Corinne PodcastEpisode #8 - Women Solopreneurs and the Journey to Empowerment with Vera IlnyckyjMy guest is Vera Ilnyckyj, a fellow entrepreneur and podcasthost of Create Your Best Chapter.We discuss the importance of community, connection, andsupporting women in business. Vera shares her journey of building a community throughcoaching and her collaboration with Lyndsie Barrie’s Fempreneurs group. We delve into how to maintain balance between masculine and feminine energies in business, combat burnout, and the significance of self-care and inner intuition.We also touch upon the value of nurturing relationships and the impact of collective growth and mutual support.Vera further provides details about her offerings, includinga ma...2025-03-3141 min
The Fempreneur Podcast#191 How to Transform Fun & Faith into Future Success - Lyndsie Interviewed by Vera IlnyckyjVera is the host of the Create Your Best Chapter Podcast, and it was a pleasure to be her guest! Our conversation naturally came up with a theme: turning fun and faith into Fempreneur success and fulfillment.
Vera is a wealth of knowledge (with proof in the pudding) when it comes to creating the best chapter yet after divorce or job loss. She helps women uncover their inner desires so they can step into everything that was meant for them: career, financial, fun and relationship fulfillment!
Connect with Vera...2025-02-0435 min
Life Changes Channel#83 The Best Chapter of Your Life. With Vera IlnyckyjPodcaster and Coach, Vera Ilnyckyj, created Practical Wisdom Coaching to help guide women through their post-divorce challenges to create the best chapter of their lives - with confidence.She joins me on this episode to share her story and some guidance from her life lessons.~~~For more information, you can find Vera online:Website: practicalwisdomcoaching.comInstagram: practicalwisdomcoachingYouTube: Practical Wisdom CoachingLinkedIn: Vera IlnyckyjTikTok: LifeCoachVeraRead her "Finding the Gifts of Divorce" blog article on Divorce Magazine Canada website.Watch the video o...2024-03-1137 min
The Fempreneur Podcast#161 Taking Action After Job Loss with Vera Ilnyckyj and Lyndsie BarrieFired to Fempreneur: How Lyndsie Barrie started taking action after job loss.2024-03-0636 min
Unbound Turnarounds19. Mind Your Business with Vera llnyckyj “Who do I want to be in this situation?” It’s a question life coach Vera Ilnyckyj asks herself—and her clients—daily. After two decades in the corporate and nonprofit marketing worlds, she knew it was time to give more of her authentic self to the world. That meant becoming a full-time coach focused on helping mid-life women grow through divorce and job loss. Leave it to Vera to turn her own struggles into a beautiful service for others. She’s experienced divorce and job loss… simultaneously. It...2024-02-2155 min
The Fempreneur Podcast#158 Creating Your Best Chapter After Divorce with Vera Ilnyckyj and Laura TuckerLaura Tucker is the producer of the Fempreneur Podcast. In this episode she shares with Vera Ilnyckyj the decisions she made after a life alternating experience and how she is creating the best chapter of her life!2024-02-1819 min
Building ConfidenceWho Are You Under Your Labels? With Vera IlnyckyjVera Ilnyckyj was in the middle of healing after her divorce when she suffered another blow; she lost her job too.At the time, Vera felt like a failure. She felt lost, with the tags that defined her identity stripped away. As she continued to heal, Vera began to see her situation, not as a loss of identity but as an opportunity to create a new one. She set about remembering her values and rediscovering the things she loved to do in life. She discovered herself as a person.Vera then founded Practical Wisdom Coaching to...2023-12-2741 min
The Fempreneur Podcast#149 Uncover Your Inner Wisdom with Vera IlnyckyjWhen we ignore our intuition it speaks to us in different ways. In this episode you'll learn how to pay attention to the alarm bells going off in your life by uncovering your inner wisdom!2023-12-0145 min
Run Aligned a Chi Running Podcast.87. Shine Your Light: an interview with Vera IlnyckyjThis is the second interview with a fellow woman runner who turns 50 this year. Tune in as Vera and I chat about this chapter of our life and what it means to us. Vera is a life coach who helps women gain clarity about what’s important in their life to connect to their purpose and to take action to live a genuine, fulfilled and positive life. Enjoy!!! FEATURED ON THIS EPISODE: Vera's website Follow Vera on Instagram Book a 1:1 call with me to learn about the Running Ali...2023-02-0637 min
How To Love Yourself No Matter What83. Conquering Self-Doubt with Vera IlnyckyjVera is my newest addition to the podcast interview series, and I hope you are ready to be struck by inspiration. Vera is a past client, a coach, a colleague, a friend and person who is dedicated to personal self-growth and helping others Vera used coaching to upgrade her mindset and finally break free of self-doubt. She is one inspiring human, and I can't wait for you to have a listen.Vera Ilnyckyj (il-nits-key)Vera is a certified Life Coach whose mission is to help people shine their light more brightly. There was...2022-03-2952 min
Sparking ActionLeading your life with your valuesHow do you live your values? And why is that so important? These are a few of the questions I answer and comment on during my first solo episode. My reflections are inspired by my twelve podcast guests who have been on my show to date. Each and every one of them is so clear on what is important to them. This clarity drives their decision making, inspires their actions, and enables them to live an authentic and genuine life that is true to them. Knowing your values, having that clarity, and living your values every day, allows you...2021-06-2415 min
Sparking ActionMake a difference in the worldOne of my intentions with my podcast is to have inspiring conversations with people of all ages, backgrounds, and experiences, because I believe we can learn so much from different perspectives. My guest today is Linda Dudar, who has years of leadership experience and success as a teacher, administrator, professor and Dean of Education. Linda says she’s retired but she continues to stay active and focused on her mission of making a difference in the world. In our conversation we talk about so many things, including the importance of believing in yourself, having trust and being open to po...2021-06-1748 min
Sparking ActionEffective LeadershipLeadership, especially in today’s ever changing world, is critical to ensure that people thrive and are able to contribute to the best of their ability. My guest today is Lia Bosch, a business coach and consultant, who discusses with me what makes an effective leader – someone who can create an environment for motivation, whether in a virtual, in-person, or hybrid setting. In our conversation, we talk about being intentional about building relationships, creating structures, asking for feedback, and the three psychological workplace needs - autonomy, competence and relatedness.
Resources discussed in this episode
Good Lead...2021-06-1046 min
Sparking ActionCreativity as a Catalyst for ChangeMy guest today is Brooke Estin, an artist, designer, strategist and coach dedicated to bringing creative ideas to life. In our conversation, Brooke talks about how creativity builds resilience, the importance of shifting our perspective, and how following our curiousity can lead us to new opportunities. We also dive into the idea of being multi-passionate, getting over the “shoulds” in our life, and how to use art to reconnect with our most authentic self. There are a ton of amazing nuggets of information in this episode, so please enjoy!
About Brooke:
Brooke Estin refers to hers...2021-06-0353 min
Sparking ActionFrom burnout, to acceptanceSeason 1, Episode 9 - "From burnout, to acceptance"
My guest today is Bethany Van Hecke, who is currently on a journey of rehabilitation and recovery after suffering burnout. We talk about what this journey is teaching her about stillness, acceptance, setting boundaries, and how knowing your limits can be a source of creativity.
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I’m enjoying having real conversations that connect me deeper with people, and provide sparks of inspiration, and I really hope these conversations are resonating with you too. Thank you for listening!
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About Bethany Van Hecke
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Sparking ActionPivoting to Design Your LifeSeason 1, Episode 8 - "Pivoting to Design Your Life"
I learned about today’s guest on LinkedIn, through a blog series he wrote about pivoting from oil and gas to the tech industry, during a pandemic no less. Kiran Somanchi received four job offers and landed what he calls his dream job. I was so curious to learn about how he achieved this, and in today’s conversation Kiran talks about being courageous, having discipline and focus as bedrocks of his life, and the idea of lifestyle design. He even managed to sneak in a few questions for me...2021-05-2039 min
Sparking ActionA Personal Journey of GriefSeason 1, Episode 7 - "A Personal Journey of Grief"
In today’s episode, my guest Jaye Pye, talks about his personal journey with grief. In February of 2020, Jaye’s wife Chrissy died at the age of 41, after living with cancer for 3 years. In our conversation, Jaye talks about how he is taking action to “live his life”, an intention inspired every day by Chrissy. Grief is part of the human condition and something we will all need to face at some point in our life; however its not something we talk about often or openly enough in our western...2021-05-1342 min
Sparking ActionUsing Hope to Spark ActionSeason 1, Episode 6 - "Using Hope to Spark Action"
Have you ever felt hopeless? Have you ever felt hope? What does hope mean? According to Lindsay Recknell, who is my guest today, hope means “the future will be better than today by taking action over the things we can control”. Lindsay is an expert in hope, and in our conversation we talk about the science of hope, how to take intentional action to move out of hopelessness and into a state of flourishing and wellness, and lots of other inspirational and educational nuggets. I hope you learn from this...2021-05-0644 min
Inspired Women Gathering Show with Dixie BennettS2E2: Vera Ilnyckyj - Intentional LivingMy guest today is a beautiful soul, Vera Ilnyckyj and we dive into what it means to live intentionally in life and business. So many juicy nuggets to take away, you might want to bring your journal to this session.
Vera Ilnyckyj (il-nit-ski) is a Marketing professional with 25 years of experience aligning business strategy and organizational objectives with marketing plans. She provides collaborative leadership to build and implement marketing campaigns and initiatives, as well as drive employee engagement and organizational culture.
She holds two degrees from the University of Calgary – a Ba...2021-04-291h 02
Sparking ActionCreating the life you wantSeason 1, Episode 5 - "Creating the life you want"
At age 32, Micheal McKay was outwardly successful. He had a profitable business, he owned a condo in a trendy part of town, and was engaged to be married. But, deep down he was unhappy. So, in 2015 he blew up his life and moved to Cambodia, where an opportunity to work had come up. He’s been in Cambodia the last six years and in today’s conversation we hear what he’s learned on his journey, his thoughts and advice on goal setting, happiness, privilege, and not waiting to do the...2021-04-2942 min
Sparking ActionMake the decision to take focused actionSeason 1, Episode 4 - "Make the decision to take focused action"
In today's episode I talk with Dave Baldwin who entered the foster care system at age 14. This became an opportunity for a change in the direction of his life. In our conversation, Dave talks about taking positive action even when life hits him a curveball, his unique perspective on staying motivated, setting goals, making connections, and celebrating successes.
About Dave
Dad, Friend, Co-Worker, IT Leader, Independent Technology Consultant
Ethos: Everyday wake and try to learn something no matter how...2021-04-2247 min
Sparking ActionFrom rock bottom, to happinessSeason 1, Episode 3 - "From rock bottom, happiness"
Sometimes failure, or hitting rock bottom can be the biggest blessing in someone’s life. My guest today is Yana Read, and in our conversation she shares her story of personal failure, that has led to a huge shift in how she defines happiness, how family has become her number one priority, and how she has deepened her friendships through opening up about her own struggles. We also talk about her journey as the founder and CEO of Pupper Select, a raw dog food company, and how her business has he...2021-04-1536 min
Sparking ActionBe the writer of your storySeason 1, Episode 2 - "Be the writer of your story"
Today's guest is Amy Woolf, whose goal is to help people gain strength and confidence, and allow them to see their physical and emotional potential and resilience.
In our conversation, we talk about the importance of family, taking risks, trust, friendships, and coming full circle in your life. Amy's advice is that we need to be the writer of our own story in order to live the life we're meant to live.
About Amy
Amy’s journey has taken her from the UK...2021-04-0843 min
Sparking ActionTaking risks is rewardingSeason 1, Episode 1 - "Taking risks is rewarding"
Jessica Shumlich co-founded Highwood Emissions Management in the middle of a pandemic. Talk about taking a risk! In today's episode we talk about how there's never the perfect time to start something new, how self awareness leads to self acceptance and self love, and the importance of having difficult conversations.
About Jessica
Jessica Shumlich (P.Eng., MM) is the Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of Highwood Emissions Management. She has a decade and a half experience working for energy companies, governments, technology developers and various startups...2021-04-0140 min