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Lets Not Sugarcoat It

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Welcome to Let's Not Sugarcoat It, a podcast about the real, raw and unfiltered side of life. Your hosts Bella and Lee, a husband and wife team who work and play together, aren't afraid to ask the hard questions with engaging conversations about relationships, communication, marriage, business, and more. Join the conversation every Wednesday for high-energy banter, interviews and shenanigan's! Get ready to peel back the curtain and remove the sugarcoating on the "Perfect" life.

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Episodes

55 | Empowerment & Impact With Anita Parker

Anita Parker is a dynamic force in the realm of personal development, carving her niche as a Coach and Speaker with an unwavering commitment to empowering others and creating lasting impact. As a multi-passionate entrepreneur, she seamlessly weaves her diverse skills and experiences into a tapestry of inspiration and guidance. With a keen understanding of the transformative power of coaching, Anita dedicates herself to helping individuals unlock their full potential. Her coaching philosophy is r...

Jan 31, 202459 min

54 | Stepping Into Your Purpose With Francesca Amante

Francesca Amante is Public Speaker, Author, and luxury real estate agent in Kelowna BC. Her passion for public speaking led her to become the world runner up speaker at the JCI World Effective Speaker Competition in 2020. Francesca is also the founder of Amante Talks, a speaking series for dynamic speakers, authors, coaches, and entrepreneurs. Francesca’s upbringing instilled in her gratitude, kindness, and a passion for personal growth, which she carries into her work as a real estate agent, he...

Jan 24, 20241 hr

53 | The Newest Bar in Town

Somm Zero was launched in August 2023 by co-founders and local sommeliers Alex Viol, John Glenn & Bobby Faurot. They specialize in the top quality no & low alcohol wine and beverages. In December, they launched SOBAR, Kelowna's first zero-proof bar. in December 2023 So far the response from the local and wider community has been phenomenal Feel free to head over to sommzero.com for more information about the co-founders, the service and product offering, and to subscribe to their newslet...

Jan 17, 20241 hr 6 min

52 | Breaking the Silence of Pregnancy Loss

In This episode we welcome back Journey Henkart. Journey is an entrepreneur who loves bringing people together from all walks of life and creating space for personal transformation through her heart-based events. She’s an international speaker, published author, Soma Breathwork Instructor, mom, wife and world traveler. Journey has shared stages with thought leaders such as Lisa Nichols, Robin Sharma, Jack Canfield and John Maxwell. Her book, originally published by Putnam, is endorsed by Deepak ...

Jan 10, 202458 min

51 | Attracting Love WIth Jaime

In this episode we welcome back love and relationship expert Jaime Morgan. Jaime is a Gottman trained relationship and personal growth expert and speaker. She specializes in guiding women who have gone through divorce or break-ups to attract more love, fulfillment, and abundance into their lives. She helps them to conquer their fears, gain authentic confidence, and let go of their pasts by giving them personalized action steps to move forward into the life they have always dreamed of. In this ep...

Jan 03, 20241 hr

50 | Year End Wrap Party

In this episode we welcome back three of our previous guests; Carien Wessels-Rennie , Katharina Kunz and Sanela Sehovac to help us raise a toast to 2023. Listen to us ‘get into it’ about: -the biggest challenges we each faced this year -How we each weathered relationships with significant others -the best thing our parents ever taught us -what we each prefer to not do with your children that our parents did with us? It’s a lively episode with five of us in the studio, and definitely one you don’...

Dec 20, 20231 hr 30 min

49 | The Big “O’ With Corinne Wade

Corinne is the proud owner and CEO of Kare Physiotherapy and has specialized in the field of pelvic floor physiotherapy for close to 30 years. She is a graduate of University of British Columbia’s School of Rehab Sciences. Corinne has worked as a physiotherapist in a myriad of health care settings in both the United States and in Canada. She has taken numerous postgraduate courses focusing on Women’s Health, Men’s Health, pelvic floor dysfunction and orthopaedic manual therapy. Corinne frequentl...

Dec 13, 20231 hr 5 min

48 | Balancing Act With Pamela Pearson

Pamela Pearson is the Director of Operations for Sentes Automotive and has dedicated the past 15+ years to HR/team culture, event planning, IT management, facilities, and overall dealership operations. In 2007 Pamela graduated with a Bachelor of Arts & Education, taught for a year, and then realized realized that the education system was not for her. Next was a self-described failed attempt at car sales that lasted only 6 weeks, so she began to assist COO Adam Rich with operational tasks. Sh...

Dec 06, 20231 hr 4 min

47 | Authenticity With Pam Radar

Pam Rader is the founder of Shift Labs , Shift Power Yoga , and the Author of the best-selling memoir “ Through the Cracks .” She is a coach and Leadership Development Facilitator who believes in a heart-led approach to transformation. In addition to bringing some “street-cred” to the table by navigating healing her life while loving her son through a harrowing decade-long heroin addiction, Pam is known for her unique and powerful strategies that blend her background in spiritual study with her ...

Nov 29, 20231 hr

46 | Lego World With Stacey

Vibrant, creative, thoughtful, and infectiously fun, LEGO master Stacey Roy is driven to make every moment, opportunity, and interaction the best it can possibly be for audiences and clients alike. Her career took off when she sold her YouTube show, The Nerdy BArtender, to an LA-based digital network started by one of the largest craft brewers in the world. Following that she was hired by Amazon to produce and host a live cooking show (500 episodes to-date) —and her strong sales, and viewer enga...

Nov 22, 202353 min

45 | Visualization With Aaron Volpatti

Aaron Volpatti is a former NHL player and a pioneer in visualization and performance mindset. He holds a B.Sc degree in Human Biology from Brown University. His hockey career, post-secondary studies, and personal experiences led Aaron to develop his unique practice. He is dedicated to teaching others how to find their true grit through visualization . Today, Aaron is focused on inspiring people around the world through his coaching and speaking engagements. His journeys and successes wouldn’t ha...

Nov 15, 20231 hr 14 min

44 | Happy Healthy Mommas With Jen

Jen Zurbrigg is a wife and momma of 2 girls with a background in hospitality. Last fall she and her daughters launched The Let it Shine Project. Supporting families with tools to strengthen their connection and ignite their inner light. They designed and created colourful affirmation card decks that not only spark conversation but also empower kids to see the world and themselves through a lens of love. Jen is also passionate about helping families with simple nutrition solutions and growing the...

Nov 08, 202354 min

43 | Love and Life With Bonita

Bonita Kay Hodgson’s greatest desire is to help people to learn to hear and trust their own intuition, fall back in love with all aspects of themselves, and transform limiting beliefs and fears into motivation and creativity. Bonita helps individuals, entrepreneurs, and organizations unlock their inner strengths. She is a psychic life and business coach assisting clients to understand the subconscious patterns impacting their personal and professional decisions as well as offering them strategie...

Nov 01, 202357 min

42 | Mindset With Debra Kasowski

Debra Kasowski, is the charismatic host of the thought-provoking podcast, THe Millionaire Woman show with high profile guests like Bob Burg, Jill Lublin, Bo Eason, Rha Goddess, and Mark Victor Hansen and his wife Crystal. Debra speaks on topics like; Turning Your Questions into Your Ques; Developing an Unshakeable Mindset; and Transformation. This award winning, 3X bestselling author, 2X TEDxSpeaker, past contributor of Forbes Coaches Council, and Certified Executive Coach is focused on helping ...

Oct 25, 202359 min

41 | PR with Renee Warren

Renée Warren is an award-winning entrepreneur, speaker, author , and founder of We Wild Women , an agency that helps women-led businesses build confidence and authority, and gain industry recognition by landing the media exposure they deserve. She’s also the host of the celebrated podcast, Into the Wild , a show in the top 1.5% that features curated interviews with women entrepreneurs and provides actionable advice to women who are growing their own dream businesses. Renée firmly believes that t...

Oct 18, 202350 min

40 | Tenacity with Sanela

In this episode we ‘get into it’ with Sanela Sehovac founder and CEO of Carpe Diem Tours. Senela has worked in the tourism industry since coming to Canada in 2001. And, before launching Carpe Diem Tours, she rose to a Director position with a national retirement living company. Originally from Montenegro, Sanela tells us all about her Eastern European upbringing, her parenting style, and her drive and tenacity to succeed following her divorce. https://carpediemtours.ca/...

Oct 11, 202356 min

39 | Immunity With Dr. Brett

In this episode we ‘get into’ it with our favourite (and only male guest so far), Dr. Brett. Dr. Brett tells us all about how to beat the cold and flu season this year by boosting our immune system. There were a lot of laughs, and a hint of champagne. We love having a male perspective on the show Follow him on Instagram

Oct 04, 202351 min

38 | The Family Brand With Melissa

In our very first episode with a virtual guest we get into it with Melissa Smith from the Family Brand. Melissa and her husband Chris help others become better parents, better spouses, and to build stronger families. This is a very vulnerable episode with lots of tears. Melissa was an open book about all things love, marriage and parenthood. You definitely don’t want to miss it.

Sep 27, 202355 min

37 | Alignment With Laura McLeod

In this episode, we ‘get into it’ with growth mindset and alignment coach Laura McLeod. Laura tells us about her career shift after being put on stress leave and what it was like to raise two grown sons and a daughter born ten years later. We loved talking to Laura about her views on parenting and her mindset around change and growth

Sep 20, 20231 hr

36 | The School System With Juliana

In this episode ‘we get into it’ with Juliana Loewen, middle school teacher, mom of three, and content creator at Loewen Lifestyle. We dive deep into the world of kids and cell phones, our thoughts on the school system, motherhood and more. It’s definitely an episode full of strong and firey opinions

Sep 13, 202354 min

35 | Passive Income with Tamara

In this episode we ‘get into it’ with graphic designer and entrepreneur Tamara Hall. Tamara tells us all about how she replaced her graphic design income by selling digital products on and making passive income on Etsy. We loved picking this mom of two’s brain on building her Etsy empire. And of course we took the opportunity to pick her brain on her parenting philosophy, experience, and struggles —cause, why not?!

Sep 06, 202358 min

34 | Joy With Paige Mathison

In this episode we ‘get into it’ with clinical counsellor and stand-up comedian Paige Mathison. Paige tells us all about her background in psychiatric nursing which ultimately led her to study counselling. Paige loves to help people find their joy in life and uses laughter therapy as one of her many forms of therapeutic practices. We loved talking to Paige about triggers, laughter, parenting, and projection.

Aug 30, 202359 min

33 | Coming Back to Self With Karina

In this episode we ‘get into it’ with integrative wellness and life coach Karina Lopuszak. Karina tells us all about her journey of coming back to self and learning to love herself again. This is an emotional episode full of vulnerability as we listen to her talk about emotional trauma and the struggles she went through in her marriage that lead her to start her self-love journey.

Aug 23, 20231 hr 2 min

32 | Intimacy With Azaria Menezes

In this episode we ‘get into it’ with certified trauma-informed intimacy coach Azaria Menezes. Azaria specializes in working with individuals and couples to identify and overcome obstacles in the bedroom while exploring their own desires. Her ultimate goal with clients is to promote a sense of liberated sexual well-being. It’s definitely an unfiltered conversation you won’t want to miss

Aug 16, 20231 hr 3 min

31 | Life and Love With Amy Cohen

She's back! In this episode, we welcome our very first 'second-time-around guest', Amy Cohen of Chic Creative, back in studio. This time we dive deep into motherhood and relationships. We loved getting real, raw and unfiltered with Amy on everything about life and love

Aug 09, 202351 min

30 | Pop Up Events With Monique

In this episode we ‘get into it’ with local entrepreneur Monique Lambert. In this episode we cover it all from IVF, to divorce, to losing oneself in motherhood and building the strength to start over. It’s an emotional episode where Monique opens up and gets vulnerable in a real, raw and unfiltered conversation about her life and story.

Aug 02, 202359 min

29 | Confidence & Acting With Sequoia

In this episode we ‘get into it’ with local Kelowna actor Sequoia Wiseman. Sequoia tells us all about what it takes to make it in the competitive world of acting and shares her love of helping childhood actors build their courage, confidence, and resiliency. We end the episode with a final toast and farewell to Aimee.

Jul 26, 202357 min

28 | ADHD With Irene Spelliscy

In this episode we ‘get into it’ with local psychologist Irene Spelliscy who’s worked in the mental health field for over 27 years. Irene specializes in psychoeducational assessments, post, traumatic, stress, disorder, assessment and treatment, and ADHD. She was recently a part of a documentary by a local filmmaker, Shiny Objects, that’s focussed on the Director of the Kelowna symphony, who was diagnosed with ADHD as an adult during Covid. Irene also has a passion for singing on stage, and is kn...

Jul 19, 20231 hr 1 min

27 | A Dad Point of View

In this episode we ‘get into it’ with our very first male guest Dr. Brett! Dr. Brett’s a naturopathic doctor and dad to four kids; Maximus, Theodore, Athena, and Atticus, who lives in Kelowna BC. Brett tells us all about his work, his parenting, his dating life post divorce and his mission to inspire super dads. Tune in for some real, raw, and unfiltered conversations with a dad twist.

Jul 12, 202357 min

26 | The Struggle is Real

In this episode “we get into” the struggles of motherhood. We each took a look at what women said they were struggling with from marriage, to motherhood and balancing it all and weighed in. As usual we had lots to say on the topic.

Jul 05, 202359 min
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