The Happy Soul Podcast

The Happy Soul Podcast

We are about loving, encouraging and empowering others to share their journeys. Most of all, we are about celebrating the overcoming that each one of our guests has gone through. A podcast about life. We share inspirational stories about facing life's challenges. Stories about rising through the shit that life hands us to find & create happiness, success, abundance and love. Disclaimer: The opinions and views of our guests, do not necessarily reflect the opinions and views of the hosts. Nothing stated is to be taken as advice, but just as stories and conversations amongst friends.

Episodes

June 10, 2025 91 mins

First and foremost: This episode is being released on the DAY Peter Samuelson's book is released.


Stop what you're doing now, and go find his book.

Here's a quick link:https://www.samuelson.la/


Peter Samuelson is a Producer and Executive Producer of 25 motion pictures, a Philanthropist and Founder of 7 different charities and an author. He has made a massive difference in the lives of extremely sick children, fost...

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Have you ever wondered how the newest of owners of Local Love Co ended up taking over? Have you been curious about the inner workings of a small business?

Perhaps you are wondering what it would be like to work side by side with your best friend and neighbour?


Tune in as we chat with Nicole and Amanda from Local Love Co in the Okotoks Area about how and why they decided to jump when Local Love first went up for sale, some of the ...

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Have you heard of the transformative power of love? Have you heard of Dr. Bernard Bail? Have you ever heard someone speak about the imprinting of our dreams?


Listening to Cynthia Marks speak about how falling in love with the most unexpected person, at the most unexpected time, in the most unexpected way; taught her all about the transformative power of love.


She shares with us how this kind of love completely changed the wa...

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Rebekah is the creator of DIY Mom.


Renovating, Redecorating and Restoring homes and teaching you how.


Rebekah was told 'no' more times than she can count when she first started to pursue the idea of DIY Mom. But she knew this was going to make an impact. She knew this was going to add a huge amount of value to the world. And boy was she right.


Coming from a music background, an abusive relationship (more on that i...

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Join us today as we dive into Kijuan Amey's mindset, that he speaks about in his book. Teaching others the difference between forgiving, forgetting and letting it go.


There are so many incredible little pieces of advice that Kijuan gives in our conversation today that can have a really big impact in someone's life that is struggling to move forward into the next chapter.


Life if FULL of setbacks and, as Kijuan reinf...

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Three things we need you to know about this episode:1.) Dammit. There are people we forgot to mention or didn't mention enough. Or stories that are on our hearts that we forgot to share, but they will be in episodes to come.2.) We definitely cried while editing this and re-listening to Kyla's song. If you didn't know her, it might not have made sense to you.3.) We need to give a huge shout out to Dana who may never see ...

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First and foremost, we have to express our gratitude for this episode.

Scooter is in a crazy busy season of tree planting and, on very short notice, made some time to hope on a call and record this podcast episode.


As of Aug 2024, Johnathon "Scooter" Clark has overseen the planting of over 147 MILLION trees being planted, right here in Canada.


He works alongside big logging companies, to help replant those trees t...

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Talayna is an advocate for sustainable living with kids, she has an e-book, is advocating for the 7 R's and is determined to help the world raise earth loving kids.


In this beautiful conversation with Talayna we talk about how she learned so much of her adult behaviour as a child, growing up out to play in the fields. She is helping anyone who follows her account, learn how to make more eco conscious choices AND speaking out about ...

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Earth month is bringing us so many incredible guests and THIS is another one to make sure you gather information from.


If you didn't know; mattresses and car seats ARE recyclable! You just need to find the right location and ReMatt is one of those locations, right here in Calgary, Alberta.


Our guest today, Shawn Cable, started ReMatt in 2014 when he learned just how many mattresses were ending up in landfills and learning just how mu...

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Bringing on a burning desire to help educate and make an impact with her voice is Sarah Robertson-Barnes.


 We are so honoured to share this space with Sarah today. Sarah, Melissa and Sammi speak about what we can do as individuals to make a difference in the world around us.


Sometimes, looking at what's going on with climate change, waste and the environment can be daunting and overwhelming. Sarah is here to help us all ...

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We are SOOO excited about this month's mini series!


Perhaps today we went a little too far into the rant-y side of our love for the planet and doing better things to make a difference but hey, come join us anyway.


 If you don't know us, we love a good laugh and a good rant about something that's deep in your heart. That's us today.


Join us as we start off our Earth month mini series with why Melissa and Sa...

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Did you know that 1 in 4 women and 1 in 6 men, experience domestic violence?


34% of people in Canada who have experienced domestic violence have never even spoken to someone else about it, let alone reported it to the police.


This episode with Lauren starts the opening up of our topic on Domestic Violence. We are highlighting this topic for the month of October, but let todays episode be just one example of how domestic violence can ...

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Alright, we just like to do these every now and again.


Usually just full of some laughs and a good time.


This episode is some opinions about movies as a "hang out", reminiscing on Gitter's good ol' times and a tiny bit of advice at the end.



Really, we're just a couple of girlfriends who run a podcast, just having a good time.


Join us!


With love,

Sammi & Melissa

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In our last episode with Bryan, we spoke about Radical Empathy and his mission to spread and teach Radical Empathy to everyone who crosses his path.


During that conversation, Bryan shared with us a moment in his career that helped him realize just how powerful Radical Empathy can be. In today's episode though, Bryan shares the story of his daughter Korneliah and how, during the loss of her, an act of Radical Empathy saved hi...

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Do you know someone who lives with a Rare Genetic Condition? Do you live with a Rare Genetic Condition?


In todays episode, Francois is allowing us to ask any and all questions about his son Benjamin and what life looks like for them, with their son Ben, living with CASK MICPCH (ponto cerebeller hypoplasia)


What we learned about in this episode that was mind boggling? There are less than 200 people living with this condition and most...

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Do you know what it means if someone was to say "Curveballs come with opportunity?"


If the answer is no or even leaves you slightly confuse, then this episode and Gail's book are for YOU.


Gail Taylor wrote the book Curveballs to inspire others to follow their dreams, pursue their passions and to not allow life's curveballs to slow you down. Her book Curveballs is written in the most beautifully unique way; sharing stories of her li...

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Have you ever felt overwhelmed in Motherhood? Building a business? Or life in general?


Sandra shares her inner journey to rediscovering herself and things she felt she lost in motherhood. Growing up in a tough household, Sandra shares with us how this shaped her early on in her parenting journey and when she broke and started taking the steps to finding herself again.


Her kids became her teachers in showing her how she wanted to show...

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Iesha Madden is passionate about mental health, self-advocacy, setting boundaries and taking care of YOURSELF in order to be able to function at your best level, in all areas of life.  


Iesha is a working Mom, who started her instagram page @Morethanamamaseries originally, to start helping other Mom's who were finding it hard to balance both motherhood and well, life. But what Iesha came to find out; is that, her instagram...

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Have you heard of John's Crazy Socks? If not, stop what you're doing right now and go check them out. If you're looking to hear the true meaning of Spreading Happiness and living through your values, these gentleman and their company are IT. They speak from their heart on issues such as Elon Musk using the 'R' word, how the world needs more social lubricant, that our values don't matter until we're willing to spend money o...
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Rachel graciously shares the deep truths of her past. At 18 years old, Rachel has lived a heck of a lot more life than many of us ever will. She has been on a rollercoaster and a half, and yet, somehow she handles it with grace, gratitude and ambition. Rachel and I started our conversation at a grocery store of all places and she sparked our interest with her go-getter attitude for achieving her goals. We are so honoure...
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