Hammock Stories

Untold stories of everyday heroes, recorded on a hammock. A podcast for people seeking inspiration while on their journey to finding identity, meaning, and community.

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Episodes

Episode 12: Nate Gerber on Dancing in the Moment

On this episode, we invited Nate Gerber, a seeker and lover of life onto the hammock. He’s an expert in creating spaces for others to be alive, without fear of judgement. Nate shares his story of how he finds worth by getting into the moment of now. Outside of dancing, playing, and being, Nate is also a design strategist helping organizations large and small through their own journeys of finding life and meaning. This is a special episode is dedicated to our grandparents and all our elders who h...

May 29, 2020•39 min

Episode 11: Tiana Eghdam on Intuition and Thriving in our Careers

After a COVID-19 pause, we're back with our eleventh episode with an incredible multidisciplinary coach who helps people connect to their inner selves. Tiana shares her personal story of how she's used awareness and intuition to shape her identity and shift in her career. Currently, Tiana works as a career placement advisor at Humber College and helps bridges for people to uncover their deepest passions and purpose. Hammock Stories are told by everyday heroes about their journey of arriving at t...

May 17, 2020•37 min

Episode 10: Sophie Dow on Interdisciplinary Arts, Busking and Healing Concussions with a PhD in Patience

In our TENTH episode, we meet an emerging dance, choreographer and music artist name Sophie Dow and learn about her life-long relationship with music, busking and adventures into the unknown. Not even three concussions could dampen her creative spirit as it gave her a PhD in Patience over the past two years.She holds a degree in Dance Performance and Choreography from York University, receiving multiple scholarships for excellence in fine arts including the Indspire Building Brighter Futures Sch...

Feb 20, 2020•38 min

Episode 9: Gabrielle Messier on Being Young, Queer and Sick

In this episode, we meet Gabrielle Messier in the hammock. Currently she’s the creator of podcast called Young Queer, Sick inspired by her own lived experience of wanting to better the quality of life for the disabled, chronically ill queer individuals and bettering the communication with the medical establishment. Gabi shares her story of living with an unknown diagnosis, losing key physical abilities that forced her to stop her masters program. Here's some resources that Gabrielle wanted to sh...

Feb 10, 2020•31 min

Episode 8: Thu Nguyen, On Abundance and Kindness

In this episode, we hear from our co-host, Thu Nguyen. She speaks about her journey which shifted from achievement in Silicon Valley to hosting community events in Toronto that amplify kindness, generosity and connection. She is currently building an inner transformation coaching practice where clients start the engagement with a conversation on a hammock.Hammock Stories are told by everyday heroes about their journey of arriving at themselves. Special thanks to our audio production genius, Chri...

Jan 13, 2020•33 min

Episode 7: Chenny Little, On Slowing Down and Type B+

To start our second season, we hear from our very own co-host, Chenny Little and her experiments in slowing down. Chenny helps people access their authenticity in so many beautiful ways. She is the co-founder of Gotcare, a social venture that provides community-based healthcare to Canadians and from time to time she teaches empathy at the Canadian Forces CollegeHammock Stories are told by everyday heroes about their journey of arriving at themselves. Special thanks to our audio production genius...

Jan 13, 2020•42 min

Episode 6: Zach Olesinski, On Adventure, Nature and Healing

Zach Olesinski is a talented Japanese Acupuncture in Vancouver, BC at Qi Integrated Health.In this episode, Zach gives us a glimpse of his spirit of adventure, search for a simpler way of life and connection to nature. A major jury in rural Vietnam helped lead him to healing himself and others with his hands.Hammock Stories shines a light on everyday heroes who get comfortable on a hammock and feel held to dive into their vulnerability and wisdom. We get treated to stories about when things fell...

Nov 18, 2019•39 min

Episode 5: Riley Mackenzie, On Grief and Surrender

Riley Mackenzie is a photographer, actress, artist in Toronto and shows up in the world with lightness, gentle grace and wisdom beyond her years. Seven years ago when she was a teenager, her single mom died of cancer suddenly and her stories of grief, resilience, resourcefulness is awe-inspiring. Hammock Stories shines a light on everyday heroes who get comfortable on a hammock and feel held to dive into their vulnerability and wisdom. We get treated to stories about when things fell apart in th...

Nov 08, 2019•39 min

Episode 4: Alex Oosterveen, On Resilience And Life Changing Challenges

In this week's episode of Hammock Stories, we welcome Alex Oosterveen, co-founder and CEO of Caribou, a home care technology startup. From this episode, you’ll get to hear his story of adaptivity and resilience - from a childhood travelling around the world to being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. He’s an expert on reframing life-changing challenges to life-changing opportunities. He shares how his diagnosis has led him to shed identity roles that were no longer serving him and on the path to...

Nov 04, 2019•36 min

Episode 3: Sienna Che, On Freedom and Power

In this episode of Hammock Stories, Chenny and Thu invited an everyday hero, Sienna Che to join us on the hammock. Sienna is a gifted young singer-songwriter, community leader and trained in martial arts (amongst many other super powers). She's an incredibly generous human being involved in communities in Toronto like RISE Edutainment, Karma Kitchen in Moss Park, Building Roots and Story Planet and has lifted many with her voice and light.Sienna is an up-and-coming singer/songwriter who writes f...

Oct 12, 2019•39 min

Episode 2: Terrence Ho, On Caregiving and Being

In Chenny and Thu's second episode of Hammock Stories, we invited an everyday hero, Terrence Ho to join us on the hammock. Terrence shares his unique journey of his role as a sibling caregiver, finding a support system through a men's circle and continued transformation. His lens of care giving is heavily influenced by his younger brother who lives with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, a younger cousin who lives with Down Syndrome and family members experiencing mental health challenges and suicide....

Oct 05, 2019•36 min

Episode 1: Cheryl Hsu, On Curiosity and Belonging

In Chenny and Thu's inaugural episode of Hammock Stories, we invited an everyday hero, Cheryl Hsu to join us on the hammock. We had an incredibly genuine conversation about her journey of curiosity at a young age and her exploration of identity and belonging. We feel honoured to receive the wisdom and insights that emerged while Cheryl was cradled in the hammock and share it with you.Special thanks to our audio production genius, Chris Harris. The song, "Slow it Down" courtesy of Sarah Calvert, ...

Sep 21, 2019•34 min

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