Everyday Happiness
From the comfort of her flannel pajamas, Vicki offers her unique brand of wit and wisdom. Topics covered include the many dimensions that make for a whole and rich life including business and career, personal growth and spirituality, relationships, play, and creativity. Vicki shares the mic with her special guests who range from experts in each of the dimensions, to ordinary people (just like you) who want to share their personal journeys, insights, and joy.
Episodes
Can accessing your soul’s records from past lives help you find more joy today? In this episode, Vicki interviews Nathalie Duporteau, an Advanced Akashic Records Practitioner, It’s an unusual business and Nathalie fills us in on what the records are, and how she reads them. She also shares her observations on running a spiritual business, and why the timing might be perfect. Tune in for 30 minutes of goodness.
Vicki explores (and explains) the self-discovery process, and what occurs when we stop and take time to be present to ourselves. How do our aspects – mental, emotional, physical and spiritual – join together on our behalf to lead us exactly where we need to go? Vicki shares the experience described by author Christina Crook, an attendee on a mindfulness retreat as she discovered and reconnected with the joy of playfulness.
Vicki shares why, sometimes, you just need to go down gracefully. In this episode, She reveals how she dealt with a recent case of the Big Blues and how reaching out in vulnerability resulted in shared discovery and increased connection. If you like it personal, this episode is for you.
We check in with Sean Smith, That Social Media Guy, Cadi Jordan of Jordan Consulting and the Social Chicks, Karina Cebuliak and Lori Graham on the joys and challenges of self employment. What is it like to thrive in your business. What about those week’s when you are just surviving? We hear from busy moms and dads about how they cope and what their best tips and tools are for managing the hectic work week.
Christina Crook of #JOMO: The Joy of Missing Out, Finding Balance in a Wired World. Christina and Vicki talk about the intersection of technology, relationships and joy based on Christina’s experience of a 30-day technology fast, chronicled in her book. They explore the personal richness that emerges when we unplug from devices and connect to self and nature.
What do we mean when we say JOMO? How does the ‘joy of missing out’ impact our day-to-day decisions? Vicki talks with actress Lorene Stuart, who was recently faced with an important decision that meant ‘missing out’. How did she navigate competing interests and desires? In this episode – how saying no means saying YES.
What does it take to truly thrive in business or in your personal life? Vicki answers the question with an exploration of personal leadership. How is personal leadership different from positional leadership and how can it help you step up, show up, and achieve your goals at home, work or in the community? Vicki’s personal leadership philosophy is based on three basics: start where you are, use what you have, do what you can.
Vicki talks about the three phases of managing transitions, based on the work of William Bridges – letting go, the neutral zone and new beginnings. What do we need to be aware of as the seasons change? How do the transitional cycles affect planning for the upcoming year? What is the benefit of being fully mindful and present as change occurs?
Jump into your favourite jammies and join us!
Vicki explores stress reactions and offers some tips for dealing with the paralysis that can be a result of overwhelm or overwork. She discusses the nature of ‘realms’, the unskilled state we can sometimes find ourselves in when we’ve gone over the stress edge. Yes, pajamas are involved.
Vicki shares the executive perspective on using metaphor to inform change management for businesses. One of her leadership coaching clients, (let’s call him ‘Dave’), went to Great Britain this summer and after visiting the Tower of London, came back across the pond with a question: How can we marry tradition and innovation? The answer to the question offers many insights for businesses and organizations on what’s needed to make cha...
Vicki interviews The Motherpreneur, Christina Waschko. Christina shares the motivating story of how she kissed her excuses goodbye and opened the business of her dreams. Christina is a world traveller, host of Motherpreneur TV on Youtube, and the author of The Strawberry Lounge Story which chronicles her adventures as an entreprenuerial mother of three growing boys. She is an energized, no-nonsense take action spark plug. Plus, she...
Vicki offers up a simple three step process for making difficult decisions – let go, tune in, and move forward. Letting go is all about tackling resistance to make room for assistance – the kind we get from the Universe. By tuning in and being mindful we discover what we truly desire and allow our intuitive choices to emerge so we can take action. And then, as in the words of Goethe “Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. ...
Have you ever had a streak of ‘bad luck’, lost a great contract, or asked yourself: Why is this happening? Vicki looks at the principles of certainty and uncertainty and explores ways to develop resiliency and equanimity as we face changes that seem beyond our control. She offers insight into how we might start to figure out what is trying to happen as we deal with everyday uncertainty and our very human need to predict the future.
Vicki takes us on a tour of affirmation writing and how we can use it to improve mood, attitude, and well-being. Despite a nasty cold, she shares three very useful affirmation tools, and based on the work of Louise Hay, offers insight into the possible metaphysical causation of illnesses like the common cold. At about 27:00 the podcast closes with meditative music and a spoken word affirmation that you can use every day to bring he...
Vicki talks music and happiness with Greg Stuart, a musician, composer, lyricist and audio technician. Greg is why we sound so good on the podcast and his original song “Before and Again” is our theme music. We chat live from his studio about the science of music, music as a life passion, and the importance of lifelong learning. Greg tells us how he got started as a drummer at age six, and how he made music his career. We are also ...
Vicki interviews Mike Vardy, Founder and President of Productivityist. Before founding Productivityist, he served as Managing Editor of the popular productivity blog Lifehack, and as an editor at The Next Web and WorkAwesome. He is the author of The Front Nine: How to Start the Year You Want Anytime You Want, published by Diversion Books, and has also released two self-published works, The Productivityist Workbook, and Beyond Tryi...
Vicki interviews singer and actress Lorene Stuart of Grene Genes Productions. Lorene tells us how she ‘found her ham’ and her sense of belonging on the high-school stage. She shares the journey from discouragement to encouragement that unfolded as she pursued her creative dreams. Today she performs improv with the Second Storey Players in Port Coquitlam BC and is a professional voice-over actor. Her story is inspiring and infinitel...
Vicki interviews author Sylvia Taylor. Sylvia is an award-winning freelance writer, editor and educator and is the author of The Fisher Queen: A Deckhand’s Tales of the BC Coast, a literary memoir. A passionate storyteller, Sylvia discusses how she achieves success by expressing both her creative and entrepreneurial aspects. She offers insights and tips for creative artists. As a special treat she reads us an excerpt from her bo...
Vicki interviews Rebecca Coleman of the Art of the Business. Rebecca teaches Social Media at the B.C. Institute of Technology and is well known as a social media strategist, blogger, and food and travel writer. Together, Vicki and Rebecca explore the world of relationships and social media. How is technology changing the way we form friendships, conduct romance, and connect? What are the risks in ‘putting it out there’ online? Gra...
Vicki interviews her friend, mentor and lifelong inspiration, Drucilla Desabrais. Drucilla resides in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico living the life of her dreams. Vicki worked with Drucilla for nearly two decades in Adventures in Living, a comprehensive personal development program. They talk about Drucilla's passion for helping people heal and transform their lives, and her own journey to becoming a leader in the personal development fi...
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