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Getting Organized with Jane Stoller Welcome back to My Gratitude Attitude Podcast. In today’s episode, your host Lindsay Lesage interviews Jane Stoller, a Swiss-Canadian author, speaker and life-biz organizer. Jane’s passion is to de-clutter spaces and to organize business processes. Jane wrote her first book, Organizing for Your Lifestyle: Adaptable Inspirations from Socks to Suitcases in 2016 to help friends get more organized, but it ultimately gained international attention allowing Jane to turn her passion into a profitable business, Organized Jane. Jane travels all around the world working with clients ranging from individuals looking to revamp one space, to large corporations needing a complete business overhaul. Episode Recap: length 36:12 What is a Life Biz Organizer? Jane shares her passion for helping individuals declutter their spaces, as well as organizing businesses and processes for entrepreneurs and small businesses. (3:00) Why has organization become so trendy, especially in North America? (

Shut up about Gratitude Already!  Okay, so here is the thing I need to address before we get going too far into season 2. You guys I cannot believe the amount of people in my life who I absolutely LOVE and adore, like I’m talking they are my friends and family who don’t even listen to my podcast because they think it’s too positive and happy and that they just can’t live up to it.  Oh my GOSH you guys! I need to clear this whole misconception up!  Yes the title of the podcast is My Gratitude Attitude but dude, that does NOT mean that we are all about perfection and positivity over here! No freakin’ way!  I am all about realistic expectations people.  But here’s the thing. This summer I received one of the most touching direct messages through facebook by a gal who had attended our emPOWERed Rest Retreat earlier this year and she literally asked me and my sister if there was something special about us because we seemed to always have a positive perspective on things. She believed that she was a negative person

On this week’s episode of the MGA Podcast, I am interviewing Ashley Collette. Ashley joined the Canadian Armed Forces in 2002. She completed her undergraduate degree at Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, ON. Following her graduation, she served as an Infantry Officer in the 1st Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment in Petawawa, ON. Ashley deployed on Operation ATHENA as a platoon commander in Afghanistan from May to December 2010, and was awarded the Military Medal of Valour for demonstrating front line leadership that was critical to her soldiers' success during intense combat. Following her redeployment to Canada, Ashley was posted to Meaford ON, where she served as the training officer until she returned to study a Master of Social Work at Wilfrid Laurier University in Kitchener, ON. Ashley was posted to Edmonton in 2015, where she works currently as a Social Work Officer. Her role focuses on providing therapeutic interventions for soldiers, in addition to clinical and administrative supervision of

Veronica Santaguida is an Entrepreneur, Mother, and Wife and she just happens to be a close personal friend of mine.   I have always admired how Veronica has used her time so wisely even from when we were university students right up to now as a mom of 2. Veronica has an extensive background in Brand Marketing and Innovation. Her passion for travel and the desire to spend more time with her family pushed her into her Time Management journey. After exploring an extensive amount of literature on the topic, she decided to share her knowledge with others so that they could also find happiness in doing more of what they love.   Everyone has the same amount of time in a day, what matters is how you use it.   timemanagementminimalist.com - Use coupon code Gratitude to receive 20% off of an online course with Time Management Minimalist.  If you enjoyed this podcast, please like, comment, or share with a friend; and tune in next time for more game changing tips on My Gratitude Attitude! To find out more about our wond

On this week's episode of the My Gratitude Attitude, I speak with Thordis Elva.  THORDIS ELVA is an award-winning writer, public speaker, journalist and activist. Her books, films and campaigns against gender-based violence earned her the title Woman of the Year 2015 in her native Iceland.  In 2017, she wrote the book South of Forgiveness with a man who sexually assaulted her, which has been published in 14 countries. Their TED talk has been viewed 5 million times.  Thordis Elva became one of the frontrunners of the #metoo revolution in Iceland, accepting the Person of the Year Award 2017 on behalf of the movement.  Thordis Elva currently resides in Stockholm, Sweden with her partner and their three sons. If you enjoyed this podcast, please like, comment, or share with a friend; and tune in next time for more game changing tips on My Gratitude Attitude! To find out more about our wonderful sponsors: Rasa Koffee: http://www.mygratitudeattitude.com/rasa.html  Enter Gratitude to receive 20% Off of Your First Ord

I recently went to an event called the Atelier where I heard a number of inspirational entrepreneurial women speak and one of those women happened to be Melissa Leong. Now Melissa is the financial adviser to The Social and has been featured on many media outlets and has written for the financial post. She had such great wisdom to share that I bought her book at the conference and even stood in line like a groupie to have her sign it!   As soon as I saw what she wrote in my book I was so excited to dig into the pages - she signed it Make Life Rich. And I just knew that somehow gratitude would be somewhere in her book. I was right.   Now yes you could take stock of all of the “things you have” but in Leong’s book Happy Go Money she doesn’t point us in that direction. In fact, she touts study after study that demonstrate that true happiness comes from social connections and community with others.  If you enjoyed this podcast, please like, comment, or share with a friend; and tune in next time for more game chang

Amy C. Willis is a certified holistic Health Coach, soon to be certified Life Coach and the founder of HOL + WELL, a brand that focuses on all things holistic wellness. Amy is in recovery from alcohol use disorder and has been sober for over 2.5 years. Through her own journey in recovery, she's been inspired to support other women in their path to sobriety and does so through her coaching practice. Amy is an avid reader, loves writing, travel, community-building and moving her body. When she's not coaching, hanging out with friends or spending time outside, she's teaching indoor cycling. Amy lives in Toronto and works with clients globally.  Books mentioned:   Smart Women Finish First, by David Bach Happy Go Money, by Melissa Leong You can find Amy at:  www.holandwell.com or Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/msamycwillis/ You can find Lindsay Lesage at www.mygratitudeattitude.com and our private Facebook Group.  If you enjoyed this podcast, please like, comment, or share with a friend; and tune in next t

This week I am joined by Lisa Avery as she shares her 5 tips for making your dreams turn into reality!  Lisa is a Teacher who along with her husband and two sons took a year to travel to Whistler, BC, Hawaii and Arizona! Lisa will be featured in the MGA Teacher Series that is coming up at the end of Summer 2019 but I just couldn’t wait to share with you her 5 tips to making your dreams reality so here is a sneak peak into her epic interview.  Lisa Avery started her career in teaching with the Simcoe County Board of Education in 1999.  Currently, she is a Kindergarten teacher at Worsley Elementary School in Wasaga Beach.  She and her husband Paul have two sons; Luke is 10 and Sawyer is 3.  As a family, they enjoy spending as much time as they can in nature hiking, biking, and traveling.   They just returned home from a year long adventure where they lived in Whistler, Hawaii, and Arizona.   You can check out their adventures on their YouTube channel at http://www.youtube.com/user/jpavery If you enjoyed this po

Welcome to this Brain Changing episode of the My Gratitude Attitude Podcast!  In this bonus episode, I share tips, tricks and tools to live your best life!  Do you ever feel like it's a serious struggle to stay positive?  Or, do you ever feel like you get completely paralyzed or overwhelmed by a situation or an anxious thought? I totally get it.  In fact, in this episode I share how the five P’s (Pause, Permission, Perspective, Peace & Positivity) help guide me to get back to a positive mental mindset. Listen-in to hear how the five P’s can help you work through those pesky, unwanted feelings so you can move forward to living as your best self.  It’s not easy navigating through the turbulence of life’s sticky situations but I’m here to guide you all along the way. You’ve got this.  I believe in YOU. If you enjoyed this podcast, please like, comment, or share with a friend; and tune in next time for more game changing tips on My Gratitude Attitude! To find out more about our wonderful sponsors: Rasa Koffee

Welcome to this episode of the My Gratitude Attitude Podcast. This episode is a meditation and is a bit different from our weekly interviews and Brain Changers. I hope that this meditation will find you when you need it most.    In this meditation practice we ask that our hearts may open so that we may allow new loving possibilities and fresh ideas to arise from our most heartfelt desires. You can come back to this Heartfelt Meditation whenever you'd like to find a place to land and return to some quiet space to connect to your heart.   If you enjoyed this podcast, please like, comment, or share with a friend; and tune in next time for more game changing tips on My Gratitude Attitude! To find out more about our wonderful sponsor: Rasa Koffee: http://www.mygratitudeattitude.com/rasa.html  Enter Gratitude to receive 20% Off of Your First Order. You can find Lindsay Lesage at www.mygratitudeattitude.com and our private Facebook Group, My Gratitude Attitude.     

This week on the MGA Podcast I talked with Lucy and Emma of Fleek Retreats, sustainable and conscious slow living events that empower the participant to find time to do more of what they love - all in a beautiful villa in Verona, Italy.  Lucy is a chiropractor, and wellness consultant, who helps people of all walks of life to improve their wellbeing and she works with people during these bespoke retreats, to help integrate healthy postural and ergonomic choices into their everyday living.  Emma is an events guru and travel extraordinaire. Working in the travel industry for nearly a decade.  She is passionate about creating incredible experiences - fusing her knowledge of travel and events to create and co-found Fleek Retreats. You can find Lucy and Emma at www.fleekretreats.com If you enjoyed this podcast, please like, comment, or share with a friend; and tune in next time for more game changing tips on My Gratitude Attitude! To find out more about our wonderful sponsors: Rasa Koffee: http://www.mygratitudeat

This week I talk with Shannon Crow, the host of The Connected Yoga Teacher podcast and consultant for yoga teachers. She shares what she has learned (and continues to learn) as a yoga entrepreneur. Shannon is passionate about this work so that yoga teachers have more time and energy to share the yoga that lights them up. She became a yoga teacher in 2006 and continues to teach weekly private classes in Owen Sound, Ontario, specializing in Yoga for Pelvic Health. Shannon is dedicated to helping yoga teachers define their niche (share their unique yoga) and developed the Yoga for Pelvic Health Teacher Training. We talk a lot about pelvic health in this episode hoping to shed light on this still somewhat misunderstood and unknown topic.  If you enjoyed this podcast, please like, comment, or share with a friend; and tune in next time for more game changing tips on My Gratitude Attitude Podcast! To find out more about our wonderful sponsors: Rasa Koffee: http://www.mygratitudeattitude.com/rasa.html  Enter Gratitud

Robyn Liechti is the author of guided journals - The Making of a Grateful Heart and The Making of a Grandparent. She resides in Simcoe County, Ontario with her partner and two boys. When Robyn isn't writing she is making memories with her family, traveling, hiking or reading. Through her journals Robyn hopes to encourage others to find joy in writing while discovering untold moments, and to be happy, just because.  You can find Robyn Liechti at:  https://robynliechti.com   *Enter Gratitude Attitude to receive free shipping with purchase of any 2 or more (mix or match) journals!  Plus, receive complimentary gift wrapping with the purchase of The Making of a Grandparent, specially wrapped by Robyn Liechti. You can find Lindsay Lesage at www.mygratitudeattitude.com and our private Facebook Group.  This My Gratitude Attitude Podcast episode was produced by Shelly Aaron Productions. You can find Shelly at: www.shellyaaron.com.

In today's Brain Changing episode... Overall, the main message I want you to walk away with is that we don’t need fixing. We honestly don’t. And if we feel like we do - we will more often than not go out and get the fixing that we feel is right for us at that moment in time. When we stop trying to fix someone else, we instead allow space for relationships to blossom and flourish. We can laugh and enjoy each other when we stop trying to fix problems that don’t exist.  If you enjoyed this podcast, please like, comment, or share with a friend; and tune in next time for more game changing tips on My Gratitude Attitude! To find out more about our wonderful sponsors: Rasa Koffee: http://www.mygratitudeattitude.com/rasa.html  Enter Gratitude Attitude to receive 20% Off of Your First Order. You can find Lindsay Lesage at www.mygratitudeattitude.com and our private Facebook Group.  This My Gratitude Attitude Podcast episode was produced by Shelly Aaron Productions. You can find Shelly at: www.shellyaaron.com.

This week on the My Gratitude Attitude Podcast, I chat with Luke Smith Adams.  Luke is a social service worker in Toronto. He works with families and individuals leaving the shelter system into long term affordable housing. He has training and experience in community development, psychotherapy, restorative justice, spiritual and philosophical healing modalities and a long history of working with marginalized communities and individuals experiencing poverty, mental health concerns and substance use issues.  He has a passion for equity driven support, trauma-informed and client-centred care, harm reduction, animal rights, and spiritual development. You can follow Luke on Instagram:  residentwitch If you enjoyed this podcast, please like, comment, or share with a friend; and tune in next time for more game changing tips on My Gratitude Attitude! To find out more about our wonderful sponsors: Rasa Koffee: http://www.mygratitudeattitude.com/rasa.html  Enter Gratitude Attitude to receive 20% Off of Your First Order

This week on the MGA podcast I chat with Lopa Van Der Mersch.  Lopa is a lifelong health seeker and founder & CEO of Rasa Koffee, the first coffee alternative to offer functional health benefits through adaptogenic herbs. She is also a mother of two children under 3, and credits her ability to do All of The Things in large part to the help of adaptogens, herbs that help your body adapt under stress. Lopa co-founded Rasa Koffee two years ago, and spent much of that time shoring up the complicated logistics and operations back-end, before fully launching Rasa to a wider audience. Rasa is founded on the belief that by bringing life-giving adaptogenic herbs into your morning beverage ritual, you can actually transform your days; and this effect has been seen time and again as customers relay how Rasa has genuinely changed their lives. If you enjoyed this podcast, please like, comment, or share with a friend; and tune in next time for more game changing tips on My Gratitude Attitude! You can find me, Lindsay L

On today's My Gratitude Attitude podcast, we enjoyed a very deep discussion of holistic healing with Melanie Phillips, a Clinical Ayruvedic Specialist who has studied medicine in the Ayruvedic tradition for over a decade.  Melanie is the co-author of Your Irresistible Life: 4 Seasons of Self-Care through Ayurveda and Yoga Practices that Work and the author of bestselling book: Living After Loss: A Soulful Guide to Freedom.   Melanie helps people to heal and balance the mind, body, spirit connection by using yoga and Ayrudeva, as well as many other natural healing techniques.  In today's conversation, we talked about a variety of concepts and practices that can be used to enhance your quality of life, encourage growth, and promote overall healing in all areas of life.  Using Ayruveda, we can find our own personal way to live a more freeing lifestyle, rid ourselves of self-limiting ideas of who we are, and ultimately liberate ourselves from our eternal suffering.  Using gratitude, we can rewire our mind, bod

On today's episode of My Gratitude Attitude podcast we met with Cassidy the owner of The Daisy Market in Thornbury, ON.  Cassidy's mission is to help promote environmental awareness by giving people the tools and opportunities to reduce, reuse, and recycle the containers we use daily.  The Daisy Market is a refillery where you can take your used containers, glass or plastic, and refill them with the products that you use everyday such as shampoos, conditioners, lotions, soaps, and many other products you enjoy.  Cassidy's goal is to help people to live more sustainable and healthy lives by reducing their consumption and waste. Her store has a wide range of products from all different vendors that she loves and uses regularly. Cassidy's commitment to living a sustainable lifestyle has given her the opportunity to help her community, her family, and the world.  Today, we are thankful to have her on the show, and learn about some of the lifestyle changes she has made to live more sustainably; and how we can imp

In today's MGA podcast, I sat down for a conversation with the owner of PranaVidaStyle, Amelia Barnes.  A hardworking mother, wife, and entrepreneur, Amelia's dream started in her basement where she hand cut all the fabric for her designs herself, and would have them put together by a seamstress while she worked on marketing her business.  Originally inspired to start her clothing label by working as a yoga instructor, Amelia's company has grown exponentially. From hand cutting in her basement, to a fully manufactured clothing line where she uses eco-friendly textiles to create her unique and highly valued designs.  In our conversation today, we touched on a number of subjects relating to how Amelia manages her work and family life, as well as plant-based living, and how she has used gratitude to heal and grow in her own life. I hope you really enjoy today's conversation!   If you are interested in learning more about Amelia's business, check her out on Pranavidastyle.com, or Instagram @pranavidastyle, and @

For today’s podcast I had the fortunate opportunity to have a conversation with my friend Diane Liska about her journey and mission as a therapist who uses holistic healing methods including yoga and psychotherapy to help people work through their own healing process.  Diane has been practicing psychotherapy for over 10 years and has learned and grown so much through her own healing practice, as well as in her work.  In our conversation today, we got to talk about so many beautiful topics from how Diane began her journey and how she has changed through the process, to how she managed her family life with her work, and so many more eye-opening experiences that she went through along the way.  We will also learn about some of her own practices for cultivating gratitude, self-compassion, and connection.  Working and living in a state of flow has changed Diane’s life so much since she took a leap of faith and stepped into her heart's path.  We hope you feel the light and wisdom that Diane shared with us to be enl