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Business School Survival Guide
Sometimes the word you spent two years rolling your eyes at turns out to be the only one that fits. In this episode, I take you inside my Executive MBA at Queen’s. I...
Neighbour Wars
Sometimes the universe's biggest push for change comes disguised as absolutely insufferable neighbors. After hitting burnout, I spent four years building a peaceful sa...
Stop Hiding Who You Really Are
Sometimes the hardest part of figuring out who you are is realizing you've spent years pretending to be someone you're not. For 20 years, I built a career as a scienti...
I Wasted $25,000 on a COVID Side Hustle
Sometimes our most profound business lessons come disguised as an impulse buy and a garage full of inventory. During the height of COVID lockdowns, while juggling a fu...
Tuition Payments vs Life Lessons
"I'll never marry a waitress." That's what my boyfriend of several years said to me one night when I asked him where our relationship was going. I was making $90,000 a...
I Thought I Was Dying | The Truth About Hashimoto's Disease
Sometimes I stumble on stories that are incredibly difficult to put into words... but I think I finally figured out how to say this one. At 27, my entire world was goi...
I Ignored EVERY Red Flag
He paid for his daughter's ice cream, then stepped aside and let me pay for my own. It took his fifteen-year-old daughter smacking him on the arm and going, "Dad. And ...
The Brutal Reality of Working at an Arctic Diamond Mine
Some of our best moments in life are happening and we don't even know it. For a decade, I traded a normal routine for a two-in, two-out shift as an environmental scien...
Leaving Mining for the Maldives
An old professor emailed me a job ad. I almost deleted it. I was 35, comfortable, and not looking for anything. I had a pension, a huge mortgage on a house in Cochrane...
Infatuated, Fired, and Starting Over
Sometimes I stumble on stories that are incredibly difficult to put into words... but I think I finally figured out how to say this one. My entire world came crashin...
How Real Estate Bought My Independence
You've all heard the saying "money can’t buy happiness." But let’s be honest about what it can buy: your independence. The moment I decided to walk away from my 7-ye...
My Experience on a GLP-1
For years, we’ve been told that achieving your goal weight is simply a matter of discipline, grit, and matching athlete-level training with exhausting caloric deficits...
What Happens When You Walk Away?
Episode Summary: What does it take to walk away from everything you’ve ever built? In this official premiere episode of Big Feels, Bad Decisions, we dive into Lesson #...
Big Feels, Bad Decisions | Official Podcast Trailer
"I can't accept that the things I have survived and persevered through in this life were all for nothing, and my lessons are going to be your cheat codes from now on."...
