What Led Her Here
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What Led Her Here
Join us as we explore the defining experiences of women's lives, in the spirit of empowering and inspiring others. Through one-on-one interviews, we give women a platform to embrace vulnerability, share their stories + life lessons, and create connection.
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Advocacy in Action: One woman’s story of thriving with disabilities
Disability Consultant & Counsellor, Tara Geraghty-Ellis, had a difficult start after being born with Spina bifida and Hydrocephalus. She was initially...
A Life Re-Imagined: Lessons of healing, resilience and embracing authenticity
Debra Lee May is a Resiliency & Re-invention Mentor whose defining experience started with her transition from corporate America to being a stay-at-ho...
The Power of Pleasure: One woman’s journey to empowerment through sexuality
Sacred sexual healer, Daniella Hines, had the picture-perfect life. All the boxes of what one “should” have were ticked…yet she was miserable. She did...
Beyond Boudoir: Witnessing women’s inner transformations from behind the camera
From behind her camera, boudoir photographer, Daysy Teixeira, has been witness to many women’s transformations…from nervous and, at times, insecure to...
Going Solo: Building courage and confidence through independent travel
Travel writer, Catherine Smith, found her passion for solo travel by accident more than a decade ago. Since then, her adventures have brought her to N...
The Power of your Period: The importance of menstrual cycle awareness
As a Menstruality Mentor, Nikki Zavitz is on a mission to help women and womb-havers tune into their menstrual cycles. For most of her life, Nikki fel...
Sitting in Stillness: Reflections from traumatic brain injury recovery
When singer-songwriter, Raina Krangle, suffered a traumatic brain injury, her once full life came to a sudden halt. She was forced to come to terms wi...
Re-Defining Creativity: Exploring and embracing our unique gifts
Hollis Citron is on a mission to expand the narrow, societal definition of creativity. Many people think of creativity as a very exclusive thing that...
Deciding to Divorce: Re-discovering happiness, confidence and self-love in my next chapter
Denisse Espalter was once stuck in a place where fear of shame and judgement kept her in an unhappy and unfulfilling marriage. She was faced with maki...
Grow through Grief: The life skills we need to heal + thrive through trauma
Dr. Sarah Allen knows first-hand that life can throw some hard things at you. As a pediatric neuropsychologist, she also knows that having the skills...
The Gift of Volunteerism: Finding your joy + purpose through service to others
As a young adult, Jill Valentine spent a rewarding and life-changing year abroad volunteering in Uganda. Upon returning home, however, she realized th...
Survive + Thrive: Healing and re-connecting to your power after abuse
*Trigger warning: child sexual abuse*
Rosalia Rivera is a consent educator who, as a survivor of child sexual abuse, is committed to sha...
Re-Thinking Relationships: How the quality of our lives is tied to the quality of our relationships
Dr. Shyamala Kiru works with high-powered women who experience great success in their professional lives, yet can struggle to bring the same confidenc...
Achieving My Unique Purpose: Lessons from motherhood
My guest, Amanda Gobatto, realized her life-long dream of becoming a parent, only to lose herself in her new identity as a mom. After being confronted...
Success Redefined: Designing your most meaningful life
My guest, Karen Flynn, believes wholeheartedly that women can re-define success and enjoy lives of deep fulfillment. She reminds us that the key to ma...
Generational Trauma: Learning and healing through motherhood
My guest, Mary-Kate Medicine, candidly discusses the power of challenging cultural norms and historically taboo subjects that, by design, keep trauma...
A Safe Space: Creating a culture of kindness and acceptance that empowers kids
My guest, Rachel Weinstock, was the target of severe bullying as a child, which has significantly influenced the work she does now with pre-teens and...
My Next Great Chapter: Thriving in mid-life and beyond
My guest, Roz Levbarg, sees mid-life as an opportunity for re-evaluation, new beginnings and growth. She candidly shares how a sudden and traumatic di...
Practicing Compassion: Embracing the powerful skill that connects us all
My guest, Sara Jamil, shares her journey to compassion, which she defines as “love in action”. After going through a dark period in her life, Sara loo...
From Nanny to Mom: One woman's story of learning and love through parenthood
My guest, Anja Simmons, is a British trained nanny who assumed her years of experience raising other people’s children had fully prepared her for moth...
Struggle & Success: A special needs mom’s journey
My guest, Samantha King’s, post-partem depression and anxiety was a pivotal point for self-reflection where she asked herself what would light her up,...
Be Brave: A journey of personal exploration, self-discovery and growth
My guest, Simone Wessels-Bloom, moved her family to Canada to afford them the safety, security and opportunities their previous society did not provid...
Consequences of Conditioning: Understanding and challenging gender and cultural roles
My guest, Shar Rai, grew up the daughter of East Indian immigrant parents and automatically took on the gender and cultural roles that were expected o...
Pain to Purpose: Evolving into the woman I’m meant to be
My guest, Dionne Thomson, struggled with anxiety from a young age, which presented as perfectionism, people-pleasing and caretaking. She used to numb...
From Passion to Action: Changing the world one girl at a time
My guest, Amina Mohamed, uses her love of photography to truly make a difference in Africa. She empowers young women to succeed in their journalism ca...
Break the Shame Cycle: Learn to thrive after trauma and loss
My guest, Marci Warhaft, experienced more than her share of loss and trauma from a young age, which left her feeling vulnerable, insecure and doubting...
Challenge the "Checklist Life": Society’s expectations vs. what actually brings you joy
My guest, Dani Reaume, used to live according to a timeline that she felt pressured to subscribe to…education, career, marriage, house, kids, etc. Ove...
Get Real: Create authentic connections by embracing vulnerability
We’re changing things up to kick off Season Two…What Led Her Here creator & host, Kim Short, is in the hot seat, being interviewed by guest host, Shar...
Access your ecstasy: Creating joy in your everyday life
My guest, Merav Richter, invites us to follow our bliss and make small changes in our daily lives to achieve our highest level of happiness. As Merav...
Walk Your Talk: Becoming a force for change
My guest, Angel Freedman, discusses her passion for making a difference and how she's become a force for change in her community and beyond. She has f...
Shedding the masks that hide our true selves
My guest, Michelle Anhang, reminds us to not just tolerate life, but to live it on our own terms, unapologetically. She talks about the power we have...
Celebrate your uniqueness
My guest, Courtney McLeod, encourages us to appreciate the unique things that make us who we are. She reminds us that when we "feel like pulling back...
A life of choice: The power of living in your truth and authenticity
My guest, Anya Romanova, reminds us that we always have choice...the choice to be courageous, to live free from secrets and shame, to give ourselves t...
An infertility and pregnancy loss journey...with a happy ending
My guest, Ariel Ng-Bourbonnais, shares her infertility and pregnancy loss journey. There is often stigma and shame around this topic and Ariel wants...