In this episode, we explore the incredible journey of Victoria Leite, a resilient individual who has overcome tremendous health challenges. Victoria, an elementary school French teacher, resin artist and small business owner, shares her journey from experiencing debilitating health issues in June 2020 to running marathons on a daily basis.

We'll delve into Toria's journey through pain and healing, her incredible transformation, and how she balances her professional life with her passion for outdoor adventure and new found love of running. We'll also explore her work creating educational toys and her experience training for and running a half marathon.

Toria's story is a powerful testament to the strength of the human spirit and the importance of perseverance. Join us as we uncover the inspiring journey of Victoria on 'Lean with Kare,' Season 6, Episode 2.

🎧🎙☝🏽 To learn more about Victoria's journey:

Visit her website: https://tia-torias-creations.square.site/ Connect on Instagram: @tia_torias_creations

In this episode, we explore the transformative journey of Fazeena Haniff, a Conscious Communication and Soul-Based Leadership coach, trainer, speaker, dismantler & cycle-breaker. Fazeena guides entrepreneurs, people leaders, and changemakers back to their authentic voice and innate way of leading. With over 20 years of professional communication experience, Fazeena combines practical tools with unconscious mind techniques and somatic modalities to get to the root cause of client challenges and accelerate results. She is passionate about building community and connection through empathy, transparency, and integrity.

We delve into leading in a new paradigm, challenging the status quo, and communicating with authenticity. Fazeena shares insights on how hidden truths are being exposed due to the authenticity required in this new paradigm, leading to relationships realigning. We explore how aligning with your True North and values can be met with resistance, and how setting boundaries is an act of honoring your worth.

Join us as Fazeena shares insights on how leaders can embrace a new paradigm that moves beyond ego-driven motivations, the role authenticity plays in effective communication and leadership, and how leaders can navigate the shift towards transparency and honesty. Fazeena hopes listeners take away from our conversation that: "Every single one of us has leadership within us. We are all built to lead. You can lead right where you are right now."

🎧🎙☝🏽 To learn more about Fazeena's work:

Visit her website: The Conscious Communicator

Connect on Instagram: @theconsciouscommunicator

Hey Lean Crew! Kare here, and I'm stoked to drop a quick bonus episode as we rev up for the epic comeback of 'Lean with Kare' in 2024.

2023's been a wild ride. I kicked off the year on a break, focusing on health and self-loving vibes. Then, February hit with an unexpected injury, sending me on an extended break.

Ignoring doc's orders, I powered through, holding onto my fav event, only to face my first-time failure. Ugh, scream, grunt, sigh Tough stuff, but mid-year, I had an epiphany: stop forcing, start flowing.

As a project management student, easier said than done. Letting go of control felt like uncharted territory. But in that space, magic happened.

I channeled energy into birthing a non-profit and nailed the 2nd Annual Brampton Latin Fest with an incredible team of badass Latinas. Letting go opens doors to the Universe's gifts.

Yeah, it's scary as hell, but trust me, it's damn worth it. You'll get why some things didn't work eventually past the discomfort.

Cheers to lessons, resilience, and unexpected blessings. 'Lean with Kare' roars back in 2024, loaded with wisdom and triumph tales.

Can't wait to roll this journey with you. Thanks for the patience and epic support. Until then, stay focused (tunnel vision, baby), stay strong (cuz you a baddie), and remember, your story matters. Catch you in 2024!

Tara is a projector - based on human design modalities. Not being able to feel her gut instincts led her to spiral into confusion which ultimately catapulted her into a 7+ year journey nurturing and connecting to her Higher Self.

Where Tara feels most fulfilled is when she can help guide people to that same level of clarity by teaching clients about their intuition, teaching them how to connect & how to use discernment. How does she do this? By sharing tools & practises that have worked for her and helped her unlock her truest potential. Oftentimes we forget that the answers are all within us, literally. They’re within our grasp so long as we’re asking the right questions and listening to our bodies.

Tara explains that aligning with your True North & your values will be met with resistance because it’s a complete shock to our system & those that you set boundaries with. Breathe through it. Boundaries are a set of core values that you set when you know your worth. Honour them.

Here are some of my biggest takeaways from our recording session:
It’s going to hurt if you stay and it’s going to hurt if you go. Which pain will give you the most growth?
It’s important to recognize that we are multi-purposeful beings and our purposes in life are as cyclical as our evolvement.

When was the last time you had a sacred soul conversation? If you feel the nudge, chime into S4 E1 to tune into Tara’s wise sage. Click the link in the bio to hear the full episode on all your favorite podcast platforms. 🎧🎙☝🏽

Here’s how to book a session with Tara:
https://www.tarabmccrory.com/welcome

It’s been a while besties! I’ve been trying to find an effective & efficient way of sharing everything that’s been going on with me, both personally and professionally since my last episode in November and it finally hit me … turn it into a pod episode. (Duh!) So, that’s exactly what I’ve done. Sit back, relax & enjoy this bonus episode. Here is point form some of the topics I touch based on:

• Allow me to reintroduce myself
• Hemoglobin & Iron Deficiency
• Focusing on loving myself & setting boundaries
• Protecting my IP
• Transitioning Lean with Kare social platforms into my personal brand

Hit me up on IG or FB, currently as @leanwithkare or Lean with Kare

My name is Karen Lissette. I’m the founder of Open for Business Hub. A for-profit social enterprise that’s passionate on supporting our local small business community through personal development & experiential opportunities to network, scale their business and connect with their ideal customers. Most recently we began focusing on mentoring our future leaders and entrepreneurs to give them the resources and skill sets they need to conduct business with excellence. During the pandemic I also birthed another business baby. More details to come with our official launch. I'm also the host of this podcast, Lean with Kare where I advocate for mental wellness. Why? Because I've lived through some pretty intense and severe traumatic experiences and understand what it is to live with anxiety & have been affected by depression and ptsd. Healing from grief or learning coping strategies for any of the conditions and symptoms I live with hasn't been easy as the roadmap isn't linear. Through the podcast I'm able to share my lived experiences & how I've been able to grow from them.

Angelica is a multi award winning podcast host, an online merch shop owner, avid photographer, speaker & advocate for the learning disabilities association & PCOS & also co founder of The Co-Op, a podcast community. By day she works in the construction industry & is also a new Mom. Her podcast aired February 14th, 2019. It can be heard on 20 different platforms & has 625+ episodes speaking with professionals from all over the globe. She dives into how being a one woman show gives her the ability to have complete control of the podcast and it’s growth allowing her the flexibility to reach all her goals. Not wanting to monetize the podcast in conventional ways such as advertising, she turned to exploring dropshipping and the world of ecommerce. AVG was then birthed as a lifestyle apparel & merch brand now expanded into accessories & jewelry. Being diagnosed with Dyslexia gave her the fuel she needed to pursue all of her creative outlets and encourages other’s living with disabilities to also follow in her footsteps. Her advocacy work doesn’t stop there, she also is a public speaker and openly shares struggles with PCOS and how Naturopathy helped her resolve her battle with PCOS.

In this episode Elena and I talk about how Elena’s childhood impacted her to make the decision to dive into her journey of decolonization. Growing up being constantly compared to her sister & made to feel less than for not having light eyes and fair skin played a huge role into her insecurities and feelings of unworthiness. Her trauma was the catalyst that led to her healing journey finally acknowledging her disassociation with the European influence & honouring her skin complexion, her dark hair, her nose & her features which are her true beauty. Her goal is to continue advocating everyone’s individual beauty. Once embarking on her unlearning she also began trekking through the murky waters of “chancla culture” to ensure that she was able to break generational traumas to give her daughters a better chance at assimilating with their truths. As a result of her abuse she’s returned back to healing through art. Beading has become her medicine & she’s made it her mantra to pass on her healing to you as well.

Want to find out what traditional land you live on and each honouring treaties, visit native-land.ca.