Hello friends! A short update for you... A fresh batch of episodes are in the works as I type. I can't wait to bring you more honest and empowering conversations with inspiring humans, each on their unique journey to redefine their own version of success. Look out for new episodes to drop within the next eight weeks. Join Natalie for her LIVE Daily Guided Sessions. Email questions to: natalie@natalieruskin.com. Natalie will reply personally. CREDITS The song in this podcast is called Night Drive...
Oct 24, 2023•1 min
Wren Jones is finally being herself. After decades on the mainstream path of her white, upper middle class upbringing - Wren’s life took an unexpected turn. Suddenly, the risk of not being herself seemed greater than the fear of owning who she truly was. Ask her what she does today and Wren will tell you that she’s a writer. But, just a few years ago, she wouldn’t call herself a writer...let alone say she did much writing at all. So, what changed? “I had spent so much time giving to other people...
Oct 17, 2023•34 min•Ep. 9
Renee Laforet is no longer trying to fit in. For much of her young adult life, Renee was the “only” in many boardrooms. As a Black, female, C-Suite executive in tech, she strived hard to fit in. The constant overachieving led Renee into serious illness, imposter syndrome and impossible pressures put on herself and her family. Eventually, Renee gave up trying to fit in - and woke up to a whole new version of success. Today, Renee is most interested in becoming – Becoming her own personal best ver...
Oct 10, 2023•32 min•Ep. 8
Todd Spencer’s greatest fear came true. He got fired. Decades into a thriving journalism career and in his most senior role yet, Todd finally had to face his fear. He was fired - in spectacular fashion - for something he didn’t do. Can you imagine…the very thing you fear most happening to you? According to Todd: It happens for you. “You find your limitations only when you break things. And I started to learn what my limitations were by being broken,” Todd says. In conversation with Natalie, Todd...
Oct 03, 2023•37 min•Ep. 7
Is there a secret to accessing our creative callings? Nikki Leigh McKean seems to have it. The lifestyle photographer, coach and two-time cancer survivor shares her “full body yes” philosophy and how we can all bring a positive mindset to our creative urges. Ever had the urge to spend winters someplace warm and rejuvenating? Nikki did too – and then made it happen. Do you dream of trading in your busy urban life for countryside calm? Nikki had that dream – and made it real. “If you desire someth...
Sep 26, 2023•35 min•Ep. 6
Garvia Bailey is no longer apologizing for being who she wants to be. Despite breaking barriers as one of only a few on-air Black journalists at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and host of the country’s top radio jazz show, the award-winning producer and host felt stuck. Publicly, she was the picture of success as she interviewed famous writers, actors and musicians, and gained public recognition for her work. At home, Bailey was down and lost. “When a perceived notion of your identity bec...
Sep 19, 2023•48 min•Ep. 5
Amanda Munday is finally free. For much of her adult life, the bestselling author, advocate for universal childcare and regular contributor to major media outlets, such as Forbes and The Globe and Mail , was living a lie. Her life as CEO of a child-friendly coworking space and parent to two young kids in a heteronormative marriage was a constant cycle of stress, despair and burnout. “This hustle and ‘grit and bear it’ for the sake of some big goal—it ate away at me,” she says. Then, it all unrav...
Aug 23, 2023•41 min•Ep. 4
Kunal Gupta is a master of non-attachment in a busy world. The serial entrepreneur who founded and led one of Canada's top digital advertising companies manages to maintain a monk-like detachment from his results. But he wasn’t always this way. Like many tech innovators, Gupta pushed hard to reach the career milestones he’d set out to achieve. Eventually, he had the job, the apartment, and the social life he’d always wanted, but something was still missing. “I didn’t feel that sense of satisfact...
Aug 23, 2023•45 min•Ep. 3
Caroline Marie Brooks is a Juno Award-winning singer-songwriter. Her livelihood depends on her ability to navigate an industry that measures artistic success in hard numbers—album streams, social media likes, concert tickets. Those same external indicators can also become a preoccupation and disable the artist's spirit. It’s a trap Brooks herself used to fall into, before she began to define her own criteria for success. “I will no longer open Spotify and say, ‘wow that song got a million stream...
Aug 22, 2023•36 min•Ep. 2
How do we get started at creating a success of our own, beyond the "shoulds" fed to us by our current overachieving culture? Join host Natalie Ruskin as she introduces the central question of this podcast and helps you begin to envision your own sustainable version of success—beyond the mainstream metrics of achievement, like status or a high salary. (Hint: We ask the provocative questions we're afraid of, listen, and wait for the answers to come.) When we shift from striving to surrendering, we...
Aug 21, 2023•10 min•Ep. 1
A Success Of Our Own is an invitation for us to courageously define our own version of success, beyond the mainstream metrics we've been told we should want, so that we can create a sustainable success that we can finally relax into. Host Natalie Ruskin is a journalist with an inquiring mind, a meditation teacher seeking the divine and a community gatherer, helping others live life more inspired. Learn and grow alongside Natalie as you hear others' inspiring personal stories of transformation, i...
Aug 19, 2023•58 sec
