In the first mini episode of 2023, Tanya shares with her listeners as to her perspective on goal setting. While it has been a key component to her success, Tanya is more of the mindset in sharing your goals with others whether that is a business coach, a family member or friend. In speaking to the milestones that she wants to get done in each quarter, it works to keep her accountable. The episode concludes with Tanya sharing her goals with her listeners as well as encouraging others to find what...
Jan 11, 2023•5 min•Ep. 101
In this mini episode, Tanya celebrates The VOW's 100th episode. She speaks to how the podcast has changed her outlook and allowed her to gain a deeper understanding and connection with women who have demonstrated resilience in the face of adversity. The VOW has been a platform that encourages women that it is a strength to be vulnerable and share their story with listeners. Connection is the foundation of The VOW and Tanya thanks all guests who have shared their story, while sharing her exciteme...
Dec 23, 2022•9 min•Ep. 100
Dr. Alisha Rai is a mother and the co-founder of Hope for Cerebral Palsy and the Author of Mighty Mr. Aiden. She shares her journey through infertility, multiple miscarriages and her pursuit of motherhood. Dr. Rai will lead our listeners down an unconventional way of finding her miracle rainbow baby. In this episode, Dr. Rai speaks to her experience through a traumatic delivery, NICU and becoming a special-needs mama. After a diagnosis of PTSD, Dr. Rai learnt how to process her grief. The prompt...
Dec 14, 2022•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 99
Nina Purewal faced an unexpected childhood tragedy, which inspired her mindfulness and meditation journey over twenty years ago. After climbing the corporate ladder in sales and marketing for nearly a decade, she took a sabbatical and moved to California to unplug and live in an ashram for a year to further her learning of ancient wisdom and letting go. It’s been her greatest passion to help others find happiness through adversity. With that, she founded Pure Minds, a social enterprise that cond...
Dec 08, 2022•58 min•Ep. 98
Armed with multiple degrees in psychology, two decades of working one-on-one with individuals, and facilitating internationally, Gemma is laser focused on helping people build emotional intelligence. Gemma is a natural-born storyteller who inspires compassion, with every breath. Her fresh, accelerated and loving approach to healing is changing the psychology industry. I am so lucky to be basking in her presence today sharing her story with our listeners!
Nov 30, 2022•44 min•Ep. 97
In this mini episode, Tanya discusses the importance of finding joy in your day. While every day may not go to plan, it is important to find gratitude for the moments that bring us a sense of joy. Later in the episode, Tanya gets vulnerable with her listeners and shares her own personal journey with practicing compassion for those who share a difference of opinion relating to all things religion, politics and health.
Nov 23, 2022•13 min•Ep. 96
Born in Iran and raised in Tehran Atousa Sepehr received her bachelor's degree in electrical engineering and worked as an electrical engineer for almost 10 years in Tehran. In 2011, she made the decision to move to Canada with her husband with hopes of finding work as skilled worker immigrants. On this podcast, Atousa and Tanya discuss the current situation going on in Iran. Protest movements began 8 weeks ago for women and human rights due to the government's brutality on women and young girls....
Nov 16, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 95
Eve Aboka is a Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (JEDI) Advocate, and a Career and Academic Advisor with a restorative justice lens approach to informing organizational change, career development and social justice. She is the Founder and C.E.O at Capability Career Group (CCG) and an Executive Director at Immigrant Champions of Canada (ICC). Through the Working Workplaces Program at Capability Career Group, Aboka has coached over 70 organizations in Alberta with a result-oriented D&I ...
Nov 09, 2022•55 min•Ep. 94
Beth Hoel began her career in criminal justice in 1998 at just eighteen years old when she began working in the Presentence Division of the Maricopa County Adult Probation Department while attending college at Arizona State University. During this time, Beth went to the Maricopa County jails where she interviewed hundreds of inmates awaiting sentencing for felony offenses ranging from drug sales, kidnapping, manslaughter, murder, and sexual crimes. After graduating from college with a B.A. in So...
Nov 02, 2022•41 min•Ep. 92
In this solo episode, Tanya shares with her listeners of the importance of kissing a lot of frogs to truly find your prince. Her marriage with her husband, Chad is a reflection of the values and morals that have been instilled in her from her upbringing. The episode concludes with Tanya reading one of her favorite proverbs from 1 Corinthians 13:4-8.
Oct 26, 2022•13 min•Ep. 92
Ashley is an author, recipe creator, and fitness enthusiast with a master’s degree in nutrition. After being awarded a tennis scholarship in her late teens, she moved from Kelowna to the United States to start her post-secondary studies. For over a decade, she’s worked as a nutritionist in the US and Canada – offering individualized guidance and meal prep services. She takes a compassionate approach to educating others on the importance of a healthy lifestyle, and she primarily focuses on sugar ...
Oct 19, 2022•56 min•Ep. 91
Welcome to The VOW's first mini episode where Tanya discusses her experience and the residing trauma that she deals with from being bullied as a younger girl. It is through her vulnerability that she is able to find the blessings in the hurt. Tanya discusses the importance of identifying the triggers that spark the trauma response in the body based on past experiences. As a leader of love in her own life, with a hunger for knowledge in self-awareness the episode concludes with a Tanya reading a ...
Oct 13, 2022•16 min•Ep. 90
The Voice of Women host, Tanya Eklund shares with her listeners about the triumphs, tribulations, and life lessons that she has learned throughout her life. In these mini episodes, Tanya dives more into her own personal story and opens up about her journey in life, love, business and everything in between.
Oct 12, 2022•3 min•Ep. 90
Lisa Webb is a true global citizen, having lived on four different continents and travelled to over 60 countries with her husband and two kids. She’s spent over a decade of her adult life rebuilding her community, networking, and finding sisterhood all over the world. Lisa has chronicled her journey through writing as a Canadian Expat Mom , publishing six children’s books, two anthologies, and her memoir, ‘Becoming French’. Lisa’s global experiences have taught her the power of community, which ...
Oct 05, 2022•49 min•Ep. 89
I owned a 6-figure digital marketing company for 9 years, working with brands to create digital 'spaces' that represented who they were through their websites and social media. After battling through another case of 'burnout' I decided to close it down, change course, and follow my own motto: 'Figure out what you love to do and find a way to make money doing it. Interior design and home staging became my new career. Women often stay in careers because the income is good but often don't feel fulf...
Sep 22, 2022•23 min•Ep. 88
Marci Warhaft is courageous & resilient, she is an author, a rebel, a couch and a body image advocate. Her book The Good Stripper: A Soccer Mom's Memoir of Lives is Marci's story of her earlier years in which she shares her destructive behaviours, a bank robber father, eating disorders, a struggling marriage, and her sexuality. Marci is a mother of 2 that was married for 22 years and has come out as a gay woman and is ready to share her journey with us.
Aug 31, 2022•56 min•Ep. 87
Jodie Tilley is an Aussie import and has now lived in Canada for 27 years! After graduating university on the sandy shores of the east coast of Oz, she set off on her mountain adventures to the Canadian Rockies. Staying long term in the great white north was never her intention, but serendipity played a part and many years later she met her now husband and is mum to very active twin 6 year old boys. Jodie’s career started out as a medical device rep and after many years working in the plastic su...
Aug 10, 2022•1 hr 32 min•Ep. 86
Jo Burston is one of Australia’s most successful female entrepreneurs. She has launched six businesses, the standout being Job Capital which went from $0 to $ 40 million turnover in five years and has kept her on the list of Australia’s top 30 female entrepreneurs since 2013. Jo has worked in partnership with the Prime Minister and Cabinet (PM&C) and Office For Women (OFW) as well as global brands such as Microsoft, Google, EY, PwC and XERO. Her most recent launch is a startup business, whic...
Jun 16, 2022•48 min•Ep. 85
In 2015, Gloria Di Sabatino and her husband started trying for a family. After a few miscarriages later a series of unlikely diagnoses, including a rare balanced translocation found in less than 1% of the world's population leading to recurrent miscarriage and infertility, they soon found out that her husband carried this condition. After losing six babies in 4 years, and breaking clinic records, they decided it was time to go a different route. Gloria touches on the difference between treatment...
May 25, 2022•49 min•Ep. 83
Award winning journalist, Linda Olsen, is a proud born and raised Calgarian. She graduated from SAIT in Calgary in 1988 with Honors in Broadcast Journalism and started her career that same year at Global Saskatoon. Linda joined Global Calgary in 1995 and since then, as a reporter, anchor and producer, has covered some of the biggest events to hit the city, including the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic from day one, bringing audiences the important information they were looking for as the situation unf...
May 18, 2022•53 min•Ep. 82
Vanessa Ferlaino is an author, artist, and activist changing the world one day at a time. She believes that only when we hear ourselves, can we make a difference in our lives and the world around us. At the age of 27, she has many accolades. She spent 10 years in medtech and tech as an award-winning corporate innovator, investor, executive, and advisor. The headlining speaker for Google x Women Techmakers April 2022 and Authority Magazine's "Social Impact Author" creates impact by challenging wh...
May 11, 2022•41 min•Ep. 81
Darby has over a decade of experience working as an accessibility strategist. She established Level Playing Field in 2015 and is an expert in Universal Design and international accessibility guidelines and standards. Darby has successfully contributed to the removal of barriers at municipal, provincial and national levels, ultimately establishing inclusive environments all across Canada. Darby’s expertise in Universal Design has developed throughout a wide range of public roles including her ach...
May 04, 2022•31 min•Ep. 80
After the loss of her son-in-law Darryl, in an impaired driving crash, Denise Dubyk became a founding member of the MADD Calgary Chapter in 2001. She has been involved with the mission of the Chapter since that time and held the positions of President, Vice-President, and Treasurer currently sitting as a Board Member. In 2003, Denise was the recipient of MADD Canada Western Region Award and the John G. Bates award for local and national Volunteer of the Year and was nominated and awarded a Diamo...
Apr 20, 2022•38 min•Ep. 79
Carol Todd has impacted the world as an educator, an advocate, parent and leader for social action in speaking openly about the bullying, cyberbullying, exploitation and the mental health challenges that Amanda went through. In 2012, Carol’s daughter Amanda took her own life at the age of 15, following the posting of a YouTube video that detailed the exploitation via an international predator and severe harassment, both by peers and online, that she endured. From this place of tragedy, Carol has...
Apr 13, 2022•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 78
Singer/songwriter/guitarist, Lindsay Ell, has learned to care a little less about what everybody thinks. She says, “following my gut instinct, truly saying what I want to say—that’s the magic, the elements that make you relatable and real. Before, I was worrying about writing for radio, for fans, but now this is what I know, this is my journey. And the more honest I get, the more effective it is.” While Ell has earned special recognition for her blistering guitar playing, she notes that she does...
Mar 30, 2022•53 min•Ep. 78
Sarah is a multimedia journalist and youth advocate, and she is currently working in radio with CBC Calgary. She has helped research and create segments for the Eyeopener and the homestretch. It’s been an interesting journey for her as she started working at the beginning of the pandemic. It was definitely interesting and a challenge learning to do everything from home but she is slowly finding her way. She is happy to be working with such a great team of talented journalists. The pandemic has s...
Mar 23, 2022•39 min•Season 4Ep. 5
Megan fell in love with learning about the brain from a young age, as she was diagnosed with epilepsy. The onset of epilepsy changed her demeanor, her life, and her identity. Let’s just say that life got messy! She started to study more about the mind and brain, in 2015 and went on to pursue a Masters in Counselling Psychology shortly thereafter. In 2017, Megan chose to learn more about somatic (body) work, and began to explore yoga more rigorously. She genuinely believes that working with couns...
Mar 16, 2022•38 min•Season 4Ep. 4
Fania Wedro was born Fania Hellman in Koretz, Poland on August 25, 1927. When she was fourteen years old, the Nazis took away her father and the other men living in the village. Fania then spent six months in a work ghetto in Koretz, where she escaped two mass killings by the Nazis. After escaping the second mass killing, she lived in hiding in the forest for eighteen months. After being liberated by the Russians in 1944, Wedro was smuggled across various borders and eventually reached a displac...
Mar 09, 2022•1 hr 7 min•Season 4Ep. 3
Mandy Balak is the Found and Creator of ACE. She brings entrepreneurial experience to the table having built three purpose-based businesses in the media, events, personal growth and community-building space. It was in pounding the entrepreneurial pavement that Mandy found her truth - her greatest desire is to see others win and her purpose is to make sure they withness themselves along the journey. Mandy offers over 10+ years of wisdom in business building, mindset and personal growth.
Mar 02, 2022•41 min•Season 4Ep. 2
Eva McKenzie was born and raised on Vancouver Island where she would meet her future husband Corey at the age of 17. They would marry on August 3, 1996 and give birth to their daughter, Sydni in March of 1999. In 2002 the family moved to Calgary for Corey to continue working in his construction trade. Eva always had an ambition to be a make-up artist and in 2003 she would pursue that dream and attend Blanche MacDonald in Vancouver, BC. She began working in T.V. and film on her return to Calgary ...
Feb 23, 2022•42 min•Season 4Ep. 1
