Just as Jenn’s heli ski lodge season comes to an end - a new lodge season is about to begin! We hear the latest from Jenn’s wild runarounds and adventures and what’s currently keeping her busy these days, and what her summer plans entail. A few candid updates from the copilots before a rather large change up… Amanda and Jenn have been hinting at the van’s needs for a service appointment over the last few weeks, and it’s finally time to park the van indefinitely. Between time commitments and busy...
May 23, 2022•28 min•Ep. 198
Rainier Wylde is a teacher and writer who, as his son would say, is gifted with how he’s able to make people truly feel things. He has been a successful entrepreneur, a psychotherapist, a professor of psychology, and a spiritual director. His own experiences have contributed to his deep compassion for others, for the world, and for himself. He is committed to writing about living life to the fullest, and teaching others how to access and acknowledge their deepest truths. In this fantastic conver...
May 16, 2022•36 min•Ep. 197
As we were all aware, Jenn’s season wrap up at the lodge has had her as busy as a bee! She was unable to join Amanda in the van this week, as she had to head out to the island to grab her stuff and move it closer to where she’s working. The van had to head in for some maintenance, so one of Amanda’s besties, Emily Bromley, sat shotgun for the ride today! In this candid catch up, Amanda and Emily gush about plant names, their individual journeys into an abundance mindset, and what books they’re c...
May 09, 2022•38 min•Ep. 196
CW: Today’s guest speaks about their sexual assault / rape. They also recount one morning’s thoughts on dying by suicide. Mx Trina Prince (they/them) is a trans, non-binary, disabled, neurodivergent, white person, who currently lives on the territories of the Kwikwetlem, Qayqayt, Stó:lō, Tsleil-Waututh, Squamish, and Musqueam First Nations (colonially know as Port Moody, BC). Ever since Trina became a survivor of sexual assault in 2009, they have been a huge advocate for ending all forms of gend...
May 02, 2022•31 min•Ep. 195
CW: Today’s guest speaks about her sexual assault / rape. Amanda and Jenn hit the road for another great adventure… stocked with some meat and cheese snacks from Great Canadian Meats , they’re ready for a good catch up! After some funny stories and updates, Fiona calls! Thank goodness for the Bluetooth speaker! Fiona and Jenn met on the Island last summer, and we’ve all been in touch since. With a big heart and beautiful visions, Fiona fills us in on what she’s been up to lately with her busines...
Apr 25, 2022•44 min•Ep. 194
Kina Reed is a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion practitioner. She is also the creator and curator behind the social media platforms, The AntiBlackness Reader Project and Divesting From Whiteness. She holds a Master of Arts degree in Communication Studies and is a published researcher, conference presenter and public speaker. Her public advocacy is largely inspired by her academic research relating to social power and its intersections with race and gender identity constructions. She formerly held...
Apr 18, 2022•48 min•Ep. 193
We love being friends and we love our friends and seeing our friends so much. On today’s drive, Jenn tells us about her visit with a lifetime friend, Julie Moore! That gets us into chatting about a mug from The Dorothy Motel in Banff that was recently shipped to Ontario, and somehow that weaves into Jenn’s wild order of slippers… you just wait. Amanda tells a few stories about her serendipitous meetings of new friends in Kaslo while house/dog-sitting for friends, and what happens on garbage day ...
Apr 11, 2022•35 min•Ep. 192
Ariana Novak is a passionate, empathetic and community cultivating being with a deep desire for connection and helping others heal and live a healthy life. She’s one of the co-owners of hustl and flow and more recently of their latest adventure, Everlove, in Collingwood. In this conversation, we hear about Ariana’s three week turned six-month journey in Costa Rica and how this was so pivotal for her own personal healing. This weaves into the power of darkness, inner child work, and the manageabi...
Apr 04, 2022•34 min•Ep. 191
Well, post-White Bark coffees, Amanda and Jenn resume the drive onwards to Jenn’s massage and continue their squirrel brain question ping pong. They dive into the questions and anecdotal stories around: Have you always liked your coffee black? What scents do you prefer? What’s your alter ego’s name? - Buckle up for Jenn’s story for this one… Then, where do you feel most centered and happy? And if you could travel back in time… So happy you’re here with us! --- LINKS: Come follow along! @roadtrip...
Mar 28, 2022•31 min•Ep. 190
Mary Fashik is a Lebanese-born, Queer Disability Rights Activist, author, public speaker and workshop facilitator. In 2019, Mary founded Upgrade Accessibility, a movement designed to challenge today’s accessibility standards. The movement has grown to include disability rights, intersectionality, disability justice, equity and unequivocally supports Black Lives Matter / Black Disabled Lives Matter. In the conversation today, Mary shares the backstory to Upgrade Accessibility and where and why th...
Mar 21, 2022•36 min•Ep. 188
Who would have thought that asking each other random questions could be this fun?! Buckle up for a laugh, because this one is one of the most fun yet. For this drive, Amanda and Jenn ping pong random questions back and forth - everything from “where would you love to travel again?” to “how do you show up best in friendships?” then onwards to “scuba diving, or skydiving?” and “what’s a compliment you receive most often?” The memories and random stories to accompany the answers are enough to put a...
Mar 14, 2022•40 min•Ep. 189
Content Warning: Sudden Death of Lauren’s Dad Lauren is a heart forward, grounded, wise and incredibly empathetic woman. She’s a wife and a Mom, working for a large corporate company and is very intentional about the division and allocation of her time and energy. Lauren’s Dad died tragically in a car accident when she was ten years old. This extreme life pivot is one that Lauren can see so clearly now, how it plays into her every day. In this conversation, we hear about how suppressing her tear...
Mar 07, 2022•29 min•Ep. 187
Your favourite Road Warriors are back! And this chat is so good, so fun, and will get you thinking! The majority of this conversation plays with the idea: So, you just won $60 MILLION DOLLARS… who have you told, and what have you bought? Buckle up for this laugh-filled ride! --- LINKS: Come follow along! @roadtripbuckleup Website: thesafehaven.co Instagram: @thesafehavenpodcast Facebook: The Safe Haven All the good stuff: linktree/thesafehavenpodcast Email: hello@thesafehaven.co...
Feb 28, 2022•34 min•Ep. 186
Content Warning: Still-Birth Shelby Foster was born in Leamington, Ontario. After life adventures and starting a family moved her around, she’s landed back in Leamington and has taken the deep dive into establishing her own Bed and Breakfast with intention and clear visions. In the conversation today, you’ll hear how one of Shelby’s biggest life pivots - her son Calvin’s death - helped propel her into a life she loves. Through many deep realization and life lessons, Shelby has learned that it’s ...
Feb 21, 2022•33 min•Ep. 185
Amanda and Jenn are back in the van. They start with a quick card flip and then dive into their own personal experiences with the “Five Love Languages” - fitting as today is Valentine’s Day! After a candid chat about how they each feel loved and give love out to those around them, they explore the three different types of love and how that’s showed up in their lives so far. A candid chat from our hearts to yours! ♡ --- LINKS: Come follow along! @roadtripbuckleup Website: thesafehaven.co Instagra...
Feb 14, 2022•41 min•Ep. 184
Mark Groves is a Human Connection Specialist, founder of Create the Love, Create the Love Cards and Mine'd. In other words, he's a speaker, writer, motivator, creator and collaborator. Mark's work bridges the academic and the human, inviting people to explore the good, the bad, the downright ugly, and the beautiful sides of connection. His purpose is to empower individuals to step into their power, transform the way they relate to themselves and others, and create authentic change. Today’s episo...
Feb 07, 2022•51 min•Ep. 183
Mark Groves is a Human Connection Specialist, founder of Create the Love, Create the Love Cards and Mine'd. In other words, he's a speaker, writer, motivator, creator and collaborator. Mark's work bridges the academic and the human, inviting people to explore the good, the bad, the downright ugly, and the beautiful sides of connection. His purpose is to empower individuals to step into their power, transform the way they relate to themselves and others, and create authentic change. In addition t...
Feb 07, 2022•45 min•Ep. 182
Don’t worry friends, we got the Bluetooth speaker hooked up in time for my friend Alex Albert’s phone call to come in! Great timing, considering Jenn and I were just talking about our shared love of and interest in all things ASTROLOGY! As Amanda and Jenn start their drive, there’s some chit chat about evolving friendships and gratitude for it.. And then ALEX CALLS! Alex tells us all about our individual birth charts, and what different things are going on for Jenn and I in our worlds. We talk a...
Jan 31, 2022•58 min•Ep. 181
Becky and Emmalee are more than just bandmates. They truly believe that they’ve lived parallel lives before and are connected on a soul level. In the conversation today, we hear the backstory to Hollow Twin, how Becky and Emmalee met, and where they’re at now with life and music. We hear about transitions and grounding practices through the pandemic, and what their creative process is while making music. --- LINKS: Hollow Twin on Instagram: @hollowtwin Hollow Twin’s Links: https://linktr.ee/holl...
Jan 24, 2022•26 min•Ep. 180
Amanda and Jenn are as thrilled as ever to be back in the van together, starting off their 2022 Road Trip adventures. This lovely catch up includes some more elaboration on words being carried into 2022, as well as some significant card flips of late. There is definitely a shared excitement heading into the unknowns of 2022… as dark and heavy and chaotic as the world seems to be, Amanda and Jenn are optimistic that great things are coming in their individual lives and for the greater good. There...
Jan 17, 2022•31 min•Ep. 179
Erin Treloar is a Health Coach and is the Founder of Raw Beauty Co. Her greatest passion is helping girls and women learn to live from a place of self love. In the conversation today, we hear about the backstory to Raw, Erin’s personal postpartum journey and navigating depression, huge moves in life and business, and what her perspectives are on disordered eating and eating disorders. We talk about the media and about the importance of the environment we’re in. --- LINKS: Raw Beauty Talks: RawBe...
Jan 10, 2022•42 min•Ep. 178
Hi friends! Thank you for tuning in. This is a little solo episode to wrap up the year with some thoughts and reflections from my heart to yours. I was sure to include my hard boiled egg method for perfection, as well as my eggnog recipe! A little chat about intention and expansion, and a loving reminder to rate and review. I love you! Happy New Year!
Dec 27, 2021•18 min•Ep. 177
*Content Warning: Grief after losing father* March of 2020 was life altering for the entire world. For Alex, it also included selling most of his belongings and moving across the world with his new baby and partner within nine days. In this conversation, Alex shares about grieving as a new Dad himself, some of the biggest lessons he’s learned in this new role, and what settling into life in Vancouver has been like as of late. We talk about the ego and integrating work and life into one another, ...
Dec 20, 2021•31 min•Ep. 176
Guess what, friends?! She did it! Jenn has officially had the best day of her life and has crossed off Heli Skiing from her bucket list! In the conversation today, she shares her experience in full detail, including how cool it’s been riding around in a helicopter and learning how to work as a team leader. We get the full scoop on CMH life and meals, including a newly made up meal called “dessinner” and what going into the holidays looks like. Well, for Jenn, it’ll look like some back to back sp...
Dec 13, 2021•36 min•Ep. 175
Brittany Carmona-Holt is a midwife’s assistant, a full spectrum doula, photographer and a very soon-to-be published author. From someone who never thought she would get married or wanted kids, she’s now a wife and Mom, fully immersed in birth work. In the conversation today, Brittany shares her three biggest life pivots, and how they brought her to a space where she’s stepped away from a business she built with her partner in wedding photography and is now a birth doula. She talks about how misc...
Dec 06, 2021•46 min•Ep. 174
When Jenn came to visit, we drove up a logging road - a typical Kootenay adventure! - and took the recording gear with us to capture a fireside chat! The crackle sounds from the fire and the fresh air in our lungs had us in such a great space to record and we had such a blast! We’re sure you’ll hear it amongst our chats about our dreams for our driver to catch a rainbow trout, Debbie the Beast, gratitude and The Five Minute Journal, cruise ships and what styles we shared growing up in the 90s… B...
Nov 29, 2021•30 min•Ep. 173
Katrina Bell is the owner of The Copper Bell, making and selling natural soy candles. After losing her job at the beginning of the pandemic, she found herself at home with a toddler and without a job… so she turned a new found interest into a business that’s growing quickly! She’s got a great sense of humour and brings her truest self into her work. In this conversation, Katrina shares the backstory to her pivot into entrepreneurship and creating The Copper Bell. We talk about the ups and downs ...
Nov 22, 2021•27 min•Ep. 172
Jenn got a new job! So we get all the details about her new two week on, one week off job in the mountains at a heli ski lodge! - but what does living out of a suitcase feel like this time around? This ping pong style conversation covers everything from whether or not Jenn is in fact a kitchen crow or a kitchen glaucous winged gull to whether or not we sleep with socks on or not. We talk about the importance of a fitted sheet and why sleeping without one is a matter of compromise. This one is fu...
Nov 15, 2021•38 min•Ep. 171
Ashley Wray worked as a journalist and loved it. After closing one particular case, she felt this internal shift and a sense of closure within her to explore something new. Completely unsure of what was coming next, Ashley went on a soul-searching trip. A chance meeting on a plane in Bali changed her life, and was a pivotal moment in her new direction towards becoming a CEO. In the conversation today, Ashley shares her journey from journalism into entrepreneurship, how limiting beliefs have popp...
Nov 08, 2021•29 min•Ep. 170
Guess what, friends?! Amanda and Jenn are back together in real life for this drive! After Jenn’s 14 hour drive into the Kootenays, she’s ready to share some big news. After nearly seven years as a passionate wedding and event planner, Jenn has resigned from her job and is welcoming new opportunities! This conversation is lively, as usual, but has some more serious undertones about value alignment and self awareness. We also talk about the fact that Jenn’s counting is terrible, and it’s okay to ...
Nov 01, 2021•31 min•Ep. 169
