This episode covers:

• spousal loss
• child loss
• parental loss
• grief support
• music as therapy and motivator
• building resilience
• common traits of resilient people
• a quote from Bruce Springsteen
• my night at the Boyz II Men concert
• my theme song, Day Ones, by Kyler Slater
• RESILIENT tshirts

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RESILIENT PEOPLE is a podcast and digital space created by Janet Fanaki. She is a public speaker, patient and care partner engagement consultant and podcaster.

Having grieved the care and passing of her husband Adam to glioblastoma, her mom and dad to declining health and most recently the sudden death of her 25 year old daughter, Janet has embraced living life in the “in-between moments”.

To learn more about her visit www.resilientpeople.ca and
Instagram @janetfanakiofficial

RESILIENT PEOPLE is hosted by Janet Fanaki and features conversations with EXTRAordinary people from around the world who are admired for their resilience. They have overcome a major life challenge, created a purpose from it and now help others to be resilient too. 

The  aim is to show that your negative experience does not define your future. It can also be a platform to help you find new meaning, to build a positive and resilient mindset.

In this episode, Janet speaks with motivational speaker and former police officer Shaun O'Gorman from Queensland, Australia.

Topics covered include:

• PTSD and policing
• anger management
• personal development and self-awareness
• building resilience

To learn more about Shaun O'Gorman, visit The Strong Life Project. 

To learn more about the resilience of regular people from around the world, visit RESILIENT PEOPLE.

RESILIENT PEOPLE is created and hosted by Janet Fanaki. 

Purchase a RESILIENT t-shirt and support programs and services that help brain tumour patients across Canada. The Adam Fanaki Brain Fund has been providing funding to the Odette Cancer Centre at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada, St. Michael's Hospital and Sick Kids. Over $260,000 has been raised to date. 

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RESILIENT PEOPLE is hosted by Janet Fanaki and features conversations with EXTRAordinary people from around the world who are admired for their resilience. They have overcome a major challenge, created a purpose from it and now help others to be resilient too. 

The  aim is to show that your negative experience does not define your future. It can also be a platform to help you find new meaning, to build a positive and resilient mindset.

The guest on this episode is Dawn Custode. She was an Accountant who loved to sail, play games, get together with friends and travel as much as possible. 

She passed away from colon cancer on May 26, 2019.

Dawn and I spoke about her purpose, her message to others to not waste time, focusing on what matters in life, her travels and what she would regret as her life was ending.  
 

Dawn Custode posted on Facebook and you can find her page at: https://www.facebook.com/dawn.custode?mibextid=LQQJ4d

If you are someone with a story to tell, or know someone who does, please record a voice memo or type a message and send it to: info@resilientpeople.ca. 

Find all interviews from the podcast, information about Janet Fanaki, hiring her for speaking opportunities and order a RESILIENT t-shirt as well as other merchandise at www.resilientpeople.ca.

The RESILIENT PEOPLE podcast is available everywhere you listen including Apple Podcasts and Spotify. 

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RESILIENT PEOPLE is hosted by Janet Fanaki and features conversations with EXTRAordinary people from around the world who are admired for their resilience. They have overcome a major challenge, created a purpose from it and now help others to be resilient too. 

The  aim is to show that your negative experience does not define your future. It can also be a platform to help you find new meaning, to build a positive and resilient mindset.

This episode features tips and advice for single people to find joy on Valentine's Day. Typically focused on romance, attitudes are finally starting to change around it. 

We now hear more about spending the day with our 'galentines' and 'palentines' - thanks to companies like Walmart, Edible Arrangements and Jack Astors - celebrating with family and friends and even our pets. 

And there's also nothing wrong with practicing self care and locking the world out to be alone. 

This episode will share some terrific insights from other single people as well as from host Janet Fanaki who has been a widow for three years and learned ways to really enjoy Valentine's Day. 

If you are someone with a story to tell, or know someone who does, please record a voice memo or type a message and send it to: info@resilientpeople.ca. 

Find all interviews from the podcast, information about Janet Fanaki, hiring her for speaking opportunities and order a RESILIENT t-shirt as well as other merchandise at www.resilientpeople.ca.

The RESILIENT PEOPLE podcast is available everywhere you listen including Apple Podcasts and Spotify. 

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Rae Ann Gruver is a mom, wife, former NICU nurse and the founder of The Max Gruver Foundation. 

Learn more about their work in creating awareness, education, policy and laws to prevent hazing across the United States. Attention to drugs, alcohol, and bullying are part of the education and awareness measures, as they are often used in hazing events.

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RESILIENT PEOPLE is a podcast created by Janet Fanaki. Each episodes introduces listeners to regular people from around the world who are inspired for their resilience. They have experienced a major life challenge, found a purpose from it and now help others to be resilient too. 

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In this episode of the RESILIENT PEOPLE podcast, I interview Toronto psychiatrist and sleep expert, Dr. Cara Ooi. 

To learn more about her, please visit www.decodeinsomnia.com and on Instagram.

RESILIENT PEOPLE features conversations with regular people admired for their resilience. They have lived through a major life challenge, found a purpose from it and now help others to be resilient too. 

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Order a newly redesigned RESILIENT t-shirt from the website. All proceeds support The Adam Fanaki Brain Fund which provides financial aid to charities that help brain tumour patients and their caregivers. Learn more at www.theadamfanakibrainfund.com

Contact Janet either by going to the contact page on the website or email info@resilientpeople.ca

In this episode I interview celebrated parenting and now midlife author, Ann Douglas. 

Her new book, "Navigating the messy middle: A fiercely honest and wildly encouraging guide for midlife women" is out now. 

Follow Ann Douglas on social media including Twitter and Instagram. 

RESILIENT PEOPLE features conversations with regular people admired for their resilience. They have lived through a major life challenge, found a purpose from it and now help others to be resilient too. 

Created and hosted by Janet Fanaki. 

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The focus of this short episode of RESILIENT PEOPLE is on my takeaways from the book by Dr. Sanjay Gupta, "Keep Sharp: Build A Better Brain At Any Age". 

This episode offers Janet Fanaki's own personal views of the book's recommendations and building a positive mindset. 

Topics include:

• building resilience 
• the importance of movement, sleep, hydration and finding purpose to having a positive mindset
• self awareness

The book is available at all bookstores and online sellers. 

To learn more about RESILIENT PEOPLE visit www.resilientpeople.ca

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Katie Clark is a travel blogger living in Paris. Learn more about Katie Clark on Instagram at: @theadventuresofnursekatie

RESILIENT PEOPLE features conversations with host Janet Fanaki and guests from around the world who are admired for their resilience. They have overcome major challenges, created a purpose from it and now help others to be resilient too. 

Season 3 of the podcast features conversations with midlife women. 

If you are midlife woman with a story of resilience to tell, or know someone who does, please go to the RESILIENT PEOPLE website and fill out the form on the Contact page. Click here.

Find all interviews from the podcast, information about Janet Fanaki, hiring her for speaking opportunities and order RESILIENT merchandise at www.resilientpeople.ca.

Learn about our family's fundraiser The Adam Fanaki Brain Fund at www.theadamfanakibrainfund.com

The RESILIENT PEOPLE podcast is available everywhere you listen including Apple Podcasts and Spotify. 

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For this episode of RESILIENT PEOPLE, I was joined by Toronto divorce and family lawyer Leanne Townsend. 

Learn more about her at: www.leannetownsend.ca

RESILIENT PEOPLE features conversations with host Janet Fanaki and guests from around the world who are admired for their resilience. They have overcome major challenges, created a purpose from it and now help others to be resilient too. 

Season 3 of the podcast features conversations with midlife women. 

If you are midlife woman with a story of resilience to tell, or know someone who does, please go to the RESILIENT PEOPLE website and fill out the form on the Contact page. Click here. 

Find all interviews from the podcast, information about Janet Fanaki, hiring her for speaking opportunities and order RESILIENT merchandise at www.resilientpeople.ca.

Learn about our family's fundraiser The Adam Fanaki Brain Fund at www.theadamfanakibrainfund.com

The RESILIENT PEOPLE podcast is available everywhere you listen including Apple Podcasts and Spotify. 

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In this episode of the RESILIENT PEOPLE podcast, Janet Fanaki introduces listeners to Audrey Guth, a Toronto entrepreneur and founder of the non-profit organization Nankind. 

Audrey is a mother, grandmother, two-time cancer survivor and creator of multiple businesses. Her point-of-view to inspire  women to make a pivot in midlife is very inspiring. 

Janet and Audrey spoke about:

• the moment when it seemed right to leave her business and start a not-for-profit agency
• advice that she shares to help midlife women who are seeking a change
• the importance of having an external focus in your life - a purpose that takes attention away from yourself and helps others
• what she credits her resilience to

To learn more about Nanny Angel Network, please visit www.nankind.com

If you are a midlife woman with an inspiring story to tell, or know someone who does, please send me a note on the contact page of the RESILIENT PEOPLE website at www.resilientpeople.ca 

On the website you can also find: 

• archived episodes from the podcast
• background information about Janet Fanaki including media and speaking engagements
• order a RESILIENT t-shirt as well as other merchandise
• get more information on The Adam Fanaki Brain Fund

RESILIENT PEOPLE is available everywhere you listen including Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Google Podcasts.

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Looking forward to having you along and sharing these stories of resilience. 

Sincerely,

Janet Fanaki

Tara MacIntosh had just discovered that she was pregnant with twins when, only hours later, her husband was diagnosed with Stage 4 Esophageal Cancer.

It was during the pandemic and a very stressful time to be a patient or caregiver receiving any medical intervention.

As her belly grew, Tara supported Gregor for all of his needs and was learning on the fly how to be a caregiver. She quickly learned the toughness that it takes to care for a loved one as well as the comfort that was missing for many who are in this role.

Gregor passed away in December 2021. To give herself something positive to focus on she created Gregor's Gift to help the caregivers in her community of London, Ontario. The charity has provided them with comfort kits while at St. Joseph's Hospice and Dr. Bob Kemp Hospice as well as respite treatments like facials.

We spoke about:

• her husband's Esophageal cancer journey
• the challenges of caregiving
• the importance of caring for caregivers
• building resilience and finding purpose
• the purpose she found in creating Gregor's Gift
• her passions including writing
• finding gratitude during tough times
• positive choices to start and end the day (bookending)

If you are a midlife woman with a story to tell, or know someone who does, please record a voice memo or type a message and send it to: info@resilientpeople.ca

Go to www.resilientpeople.ca for:

• archived episodes from the podcast
• background information about Janet Fanaki including media and speaking engagements
• order a RESILIENT t-shirt as well as other merchandise

RESILIENT PEOPLE is available everywhere you listen including Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Google Podcasts.

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Looking forward to having you along and sharing these stories of resilience. 

Sincerely,

Janet Fanaki

For more information on Sherry Dunlevy and the Graduating Grief Academy, click here. 

RESILIENT PEOPLE is hosted by Janet Fanaki and features conversations with EXTRAordinary people from around the world who are admired for their resilience. They have overcome a major challenge, created a purpose from it and now help others to be resilient too. 

The  aim of this podcast and the stories on the website is to show that your negative experience does not need to define you. It can also be a platform to help you find new meaning and purpose.  And to build a positive and resilient mindset.

If you are someone with a story to tell, or know someone who does, please record a voice memo or send a message to: info@resilientpeople.ca. 

Find all interviews from the podcast, information about Janet Fanaki, hiring her for speaking opportunities and order a RESILIENT t-shirt at www.resilientpeople.ca.

The RESILIENT PEOPLE podcast is available everywhere you listen including Apple Podcasts and Spotify. 

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PROMOTIONAL PARTNER:

Leanne Townsend - www.leannetownsend.ca

RESILIENT PEOPLE is hosted by Janet Fanaki and features conversations with EXTRAordinary people from around the world who are admired for their resilience. They have overcome a major challenge, created a purpose from it and now help others to be resilient too. 

The  aim is to show that your negative experience does not need to define you. It can also be a platform to help you find new meaning.  And build a positive and resilient mindset.

If you are someone with a story to tell, or know someone who does, please record a voice memo or type a message and send it to: info@resilientpeople.ca. 

Find all interviews from the podcast, information about Janet Fanaki, hiring her for speaking opportunities and order a RESILIENT t-shirt as well as other merchandise at www.resilientpeople.ca.

The RESILIENT PEOPLE podcast is available everywhere you listen including Apple Podcasts and Spotify. 

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Meet Caitlin Starr. When we spoke for the RESILIENT PEOPLE podcast, she was a high school student in Toronto. Now she’s studying at university in Montreal.

Caitlin is a competitive dancer and skier, intelligent and a vivacious young woman who also happens to be living with Type 1 Diabetes. 

But she is adamant on not being known foremost for her condition. As she says, she is not the label but so much more. 

We spoke about her role models and how she feels about being one to those who don’t have T1D as well as those who do.

This was one of my favourite conversations that was originally done for Youtube. I resurrected it from the archives and reworked it for the RESILIENT PEOPLE podcast. 

For more information on Caitlin Starr, you can find her on Instagram. 

RESILIENT PEOPLE is hosted by Janet Fanaki and features conversations with EXTRAordinary people from around the world who are admired for their resilience. They have overcome a major challenge, created a purpose from it and now help others to be resilient too. 

The  aim is to show that your negative experience does not need to define you. It can also be a platform to help you find new meaning.  And build a positive and resilient mindset.

If you are someone with a story to tell, or know someone who does, please record a voice memo or type a message and send it to: info@resilientpeople.ca. 

Find all interviews from the podcast, information about Janet Fanaki, hiring her for speaking opportunities and order a RESILIENT t-shirt as well as other merchandise at www.resilientpeople.ca.

The RESILIENT PEOPLE podcast is available everywhere you listen including Apple Podcasts and Spotify. 

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PROMOTIONAL PARTNER:

Leanne Townsend - www.leannetownsend.ca

RESILIENT PEOPLE is hosted by Janet Fanaki and features conversations with EXTRAordinary people from around the world who are admired for their resilience. They have overcome a major challenge, created a purpose from it and now help others to be resilient too.

The  aim is to show that your negative experience does not need to define you. It can also be a platform to help you find new meaning.  And build a positive and resilient mindset.

If you are someone with a story to tell, or know someone who does, please record a voice memo or type a message and send it to: info@resilientpeople.ca.

Find all interviews from the podcast, information about Janet Fanaki, hiring her for speaking opportunities and order a RESILIENT t-shirt as well as other merchandise at www.resilientpeople.ca.

The RESILIENT PEOPLE podcast is available everywhere you listen including Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

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PROMOTIONAL PARTNER:

Leanne Townsend - www.leannetownsend.ca

In this episode of RESILIENT PEOPLE, I welcome caregiving expert Donna Thomson.

Through years of being a family caregiver to turning to advocacy work and research in the area, Donna shares a wealth of knowledge and personal experience. 

We spoke about: 

• her essentials for being a better caregiver
• how to avoid failure within the healthcare system
• ways that she maintains her positive mindset and resilience
• avoiding caregiver burnout
• finding a community that you can really laugh with
• learning to say no but also the power in saying yes 

LINKS:

www.donnathomson.com

Facebook: @thecaregiverslivingroom

Twitter: @thomsod

McMaster University - Caregiving Essentials 

RESILIENT PEOPLE is hosted by Janet Fanaki and features conversations with EXTRAordinary people from around the world who are admired for their resilience. They have overcome a major challenge, created a purpose from it and now help others to be resilient too. 

The  aim is to show that your negative experience does not need to define you. It can also be a platform to help you find new meaning.  And build a positive and resilient mindset.

If you are someone with a story to tell, or know someone who does, please record a voice memo or type a message and send it to: info@resilientpeople.ca. 

Find all interviews from the podcast, information about Janet Fanaki, hiring her for speaking opportunities and order a RESILIENT t-shirt as well as other merchandise at www.resilientpeople.ca.

The RESILIENT PEOPLE podcast is available everywhere you listen including Apple Podcasts and Spotify. 

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PROMOTIONAL PARTNER:

Leanne Townsend - www.leannetownsend.ca

Learn more about Susan Mintz at: www.susanmintz.com

RESILIENT PEOPLE features conversations with host Janet Fanaki and guests from around the world who are admired for their resilience. They've overcome major challenges, created a purpose from it and now help others to be resilient too. 

If you are someone with a story to tell, or know someone who does, please record a voice memo or type a message to: info@resilientpeople.ca. 

Find all interviews from the podcast, information about Janet Fanaki, hiring her for speaking opportunities and order a RESILIENT t-shirt as well as other items at www.resilientpeople.ca.

The RESILIENT PEOPLE podcast is available everywhere you listen including Apple Podcasts and Spotify. 

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PARTNERS:

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Learn more about Starlings Community at: www.Starlings.ca

RESILIENT PEOPLE features conversations with host Janet Fanaki and guests from around the world who are admired for their resilience. They've overcome major challenges, created a purpose from it and now help others be resilient too. 

If you are someone with a story to tell, or know someone who does, please record a voice memo or type a message to: info@resilientpeople.ca. Find all interviews from the podcast, information about Janet Fanaki, hiring her for speaking opportunities and order a RESILIENT t-shirt at www.resilientpeople.ca.

The RESILIENT PEOPLE podcast is available everywhere you listen including Apple Podcasts and Spotify. 

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Chris DT Gordon is a special education teacher, runner, husband, father and a survivor of flesh-eating bacteria. 

When a small scrape to his hand led to months in the hospital and a near amputation, Chris took stock of the important people and things in his life.  

He launched the Scar Bearers podcast and committed to doing something kind for someone everyday. He also developed The Attitude of Gratitude and began preaching the merits of kindness and being grateful to his students, aiming to instill a sense of gratitude in them. 

Chris lives in New Ulm, Minnesota. 

To learn more about Chris DT Gordon, visit his website www.chrisdtgordon.com

RESILIENT PEOPLE features conversations with host Janet Fanaki and guests from around the world who are admired for their resilience. They've overcome major challenges, created a purpose from it and now help others be resilient too. 

If you are someone with a story to tell, or know someone who does, please record a voice memo or type a message to: info@resilientpeople.ca. Find all interviews from the podcast, information about Janet Fanaki, hiring her for speaking opportunities and order a RESILIENT t-shirt at www.resilientpeople.ca.

The RESILIENT PEOPLE podcast is available everywhere you listen including Apple Podcasts and Spotify. 

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LINKS:

https://www.webmd.com/skin-problems-and-treatments/necrotizing-fasciitis-flesh-eating-bacteria

PARTNERS:

Leanne Townsend - www.leannetownsend.ca

If one of your new year's resolutions is to shake up your life, this conversation with Susan may be the nudge you need. Learn more about Susan Heinrich at www.midlifeglobetrotter.com.

RESILIENT PEOPLE features conversations with host Janet Fanaki and guests from around the world who are admired for their resilience. They've overcome major challenges, created a purpose from it and now help others be resilient too. 

If you are someone with a story to tell, or know someone who does, please record a voice memo or type a message to: info@resilientpeople.ca. Find all interviews from the podcast, information about Janet Fanaki, hiring her for speaking opportunities and order a RESILIENT t-shirt at www.resilientpeople.ca.

The RESILIENT PEOPLE podcast is available everywhere you listen including Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Follow RESILIENT PEOPLE on Instagram (@resilientpeopleca) and Twitter (@resilientpeopl).

Nathan and Dana Schmidt of the Mountain Seed Foundation are my guests on this episode of the RESILIENT PEOPLE podcast.

Mountain Seed Foundation helps build resilience in children and families impacted by war with some of their biggest work being done in Ukraine.

Nathan is a former Marine who completed three tours in the Iraq war. He and Dana met there when she went as part of the Foreign Service.

Both are very open about the effects that war has on individuals and their families. Nathan spoke about openly about his post-traumatic stress disorder and his transparency on needing to talk about it with others and get help.

Dana honestly spoke about the challenges it presented to their marriage and the tools - as well as people - that helped them.

Mountain Seed Foundation offers children impacted by war the opportunity to learn climbing to help overcome their fears while also offering the mothers of these children therapy in various forms and the opportunity to build a peer-to-peer community.

Learning to climb helped Nathan to battle the demons he lived with after Iraq and he instinctively knew that it could do the same for others impacted by war.

We spoke about:

• helping those suffering from PTSD
• finding love in unlikely places
• the Russian invasion on Ukraine
• mental health awareness
• the value of professional therapy
• finding simple joys in life
• mountain climbing for building a resilient mindset

To learn more about Mountain Seed Foundation, visit this link. 

If you consider yourself to be resilient, or know someone who you admire for their resilience, please share your story with me. Go to the RESILIENT PEOPLE contact page 

For more information on Janet Fanaki and RESILIENT PEOPLE, go to www.resilientpeople.ca

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David A. Grant lives with a traumatic brain injury after being hit by a teenage driver while cycling. 

People who have a TBI face many issues that in some cases are permanent. Headaches, dizziness, fatigue, depression, irritability and memory problems to name a few. 

Living with difficulties like these can cause the people around them to disappear, leaving the affected person with a sense of despair and loneliness. 

When David found himself wanting to connect more often with others who were living with a brain injury, he created an online Facebook group that was accessible 24/7 by users. It is a safe space to share their feelings, a quick check-in and to research information. 

Today, this group has over 30,000 members worldwide. David A. Grant took a challenge that he was living with and created a purpose from it to help himself and others in building a community for brain injury survivors. He talks about The Brain Injury Hope Network, how it has benefited him and many others and what he attributes his resilience to. 

To learn more about David A. Grant visit www.tbihopeandinspiration.com

For more episodes and conversations with people around the world who are admired for their resilience, information about the RESILIENT PEOPLE podcast, host Janet Fanaki, expert advice and to purchase a RESILIENT t-shirt go to www.resilientpeople.ca or on socials @resilientpeopleca. 

Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher and everywhere you get your podcasts. Please leave a 5-star rating & review. 

If you think that you have a story to tell or know someone who is admired for their resilience, please email Janet at info@resilientpeople.ca 

RESOURCES:

 www.tbihopeandinspiration.com; 

www.tbiguide.com. 

PARTNERS:

www.ilovebiko.com use promo code 'RESILIENT' for a 10% discount;

Leanne Townsend  www.leannetownsend.com

Theme song: 

Sundays by R.LUMS.R 

Learn more about Janette Fennell at www.kidsandcars.org. 

RESILIENT PEOPLE is a show that profiles regular people around the world who are admired for their resilience. They have overcome a major life challenge, found a purpose from it and now help others to be resilient too. If you are someone with a story to tell, or know someone who does, please drop a line to: info@resilientpeople.ca Find more stories of resilience and learn more about host Janet Fanaki at www.resilientpeople.ca The RESILIENT PEOPLE podcast is available everywhere you listen including Apple and Spotify. 

Follow RESILIENT PEOPLE on Instagram @resilientpeopleca and Twitter @resilientpeopl.

To learn more about The Tempest Two visit www.tempesttwo.com or on socials @thetempesttwo. 

RESILIENT PEOPLE is a show that profiles regular people around the world who are admired for their resilience. They have overcome a major life challenge, found a purpose from it and now help others to be resilient too.

 If you are someone with a story to tell, or know someone who does please drop a line to: info@resilientpeople.ca 

Hear more inspiring conversations of resilience at www.resilientpeople.ca. 

To support the annual Adam Fanaki Brain Fund Online Auction visit www.32auctions.com/adamfanakibrainfund

The RESILIENT PEOPLE podcast is available everywhere you listen including Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Catch up with host Janet Fanaki and RESILIENT PEOPLE on Instagram and Facebook using @resilientpeopleca and on Twitter @resilientpeopl.

Learn more about her at www.lindsaywalz.com.

RESILIENT PEOPLE is a show that profiles regular people around the world who are admired for their resilience. They have overcome a major life challenge, found a purpose from it and now help others be resilient too. If you are someone with a story to tell, or know someone who does please drop a line to: info@resilientpeople.ca.

Learn more about past episodes, expert articles on resilience, my passion project, The Adam Fanaki Brain Fund, and purchase a RESILIENT t-shirt at www.resilientpeople.ca.

The RESILIENT PEOPLE podcast is available everywhere you listen including Apple and Spotify. To follow on socials, go to Instagram and Facebook using @resilientpeopleca and on Twitter @resilientpeopl.

Learn more about Kyle White at www.fitfrom400.com and on Instagram @kylewhite92. 

RESILIENT PEOPLE is a show that profiles regular people around the world who are admired for their resilience. They have overcome a major life challenge, found a purpose from it and now help others to be resilient too. If you are someone with a story to tell, or know someone who does please drop a line to: info@resilientpeople.ca Hear more inspiring conversations of resilience at www.resilientpeople.ca The RESILIENT PEOPLE podcast is available everywhere you listen including Apple and Spotify.

Catch up with host Janet Fanaki and RESILIENT PEOPLE on Instagram and Facebook using @resilientpeopleca and on Twitter @resilientpeopl.

Welcome to Season 2 of the RESILIENT PEOPLE podcast. It's great to be back and I'm so happy to have you along with me.

This season, we'll be hearing more from regular people around the world who are admired for their resilience. As we heard from previous guests, the power of purpose will continue to be a central theme in the upcoming season. We've learned some terrific lessons for building resilience and these will continue as we move forward. 

All of the episodes will demonstrate that, with the right tools and resources, it is possible to find a purpose from life's challenges. 

If you are someone with a story to tell, or know someone who does, please drop a line to: info@resilientpeople.ca. Learn more about RESILIENT PEOPLE and host Janet Fanaki at www.resilientpeople.ca.

The RESILIENT PEOPLE podcast is available everywhere you listen including Apple and Spotify. Please rate, review and share this podcast with your community. Follow on Instagram and Facebook @resilientpeopleca and on Twitter @resilientpeopl.

Emily O'Brien made one bad decision that landed her in prison. While spending time with other inmates watching television and making popcorn, Emily also developed a business idea. A gourmet popcorn company called, Comeback Snacks. It not only satisfies cravings but also helps former inmates by giving them a second chance - a comeback. 

Emily chatted with Janet Fanaki, the host of RESILIENT PEOPLE about her experience and why this purpose is so important to her. 

To learn more visit www.comebacksnacks.com and on socials @comebacksnacks.

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Like any special day in the year, Father’s Day can be happy and terribly sad for many people. Losing one’s dad, husband or father-like figure can make this day very difficult to navigate alone. 

Janet Fanaki, host of the RESILIENT PEOPLE podcast and lead content creator for the RESILIENT PEOPLE blog, lost her 51 year old husband Adam to brain cancer in 2020. Married for 21 years and the father to her two children Isobel and Sam, Father’s Day continues to be a tricky one for her to navigate. 

“The first year without him was really hard,” she says. “The kids and I have had to learn to manage the special days of the year in new ways.”

Janet offers some techniques that have helped her through other trigger days including Valentine's Day and her birthday (which she shared with Adam) along with advice from those with lived experience.

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In this episode of RESILIENT PEOPLE, I had the pleasure of speaking with extreme adventurer Sean Swarner. Sean has scaled the world’s seven tallest summits, hiked to the south and north poles making him a member of the exclusive Explorer’s Grand Slam. He did all of this with only one lung. 

A survivor of 2 children cancers, Sean has proven that anything is possible and aims to inspire cancer patients and others to conquer their own mountains. As someone who has spent his entire life overcoming challenges, I was keen to learn what inspires Sean, where he gets his resilience from and what standing on top of the world is like given everything he’s been through.

 To learn more about Sean Swarner, visit www.seanswarner.com.

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My name is Janet Fanaki and I'm the host of RESILIENT PEOPLE. 

In a new segment called REVELATIONS, I'll be sharing easy tips and takeaways for you to try. These will drop every two weeks and come from my fantastic conversations with guests on the podcast. 

Each episode of REVELATIONS will only be a few minutes and be like a mini workshop in making you more resilient.

I'm looking forward to sharing these ideas with you. 

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The challenges of being a stay-at-home parent are real. There are many rewards but it's a job that is 24/7 and at times very demanding. 

For Dale Allen Berg, being a stay-at-home dad to three active young children under the age of 6, is enough to make anyone run away in fear. On top of the regular chores he does at home: cooking, cleaning, driving for last-minute items, appointments, programs - his three children: Liam, and twins Ethan and Madison all have special needs that require a lot of medical and occupational assistance. In addition, Dale is also living with his own serious health issues. He has said that people call his life a rollercoaster, that he’s been flung from the most exciting highs to the scariest of lows. As a former concert producer and executive chef, these high-pressure jobs may have prepared him for his life now. But it’s still a lot to handle. Dale's resilience comes from sharing his daily experiences on a blog and prior to the pandemic he spoke to groups to share his life story and lessons learned.

 I spoke with Dale from his home in beautiful Kelowna, British Columbia. To learn more about Dale Allen Berg visit daleallenberg.com, or find him on socials @daleallenberg. To learn more about RESILIENT PEOPLE visit www.resilientpeople.ca or on socials @resilientpeopleca.

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Dr. Caitlin Kirby is an environmental science educator and researcher. She successfully completed her doctorate degree in October 2019. Normally 3 years long, there are many struggles in completing a PhD. Stress, funding, work life balance and in Dr. Kirby’s case - rejection.

“Rejection from what?” you may be wondering. For Caitlin she did something unique when challenging her doctoral dissertation that brought the issue of resilience and rejection to light and she hopes that it will help others. I contacted Caitlin after seeing a post she did on Twitter, that was actually originally done on an academic Twitter account, and it got her a whole lot of attention worldwide. Just so you know, her original post read: “Successfully defended my PhD dissertation today! In the spirit of acknowledging and normalizing failure in the process, I defended in a skirt made of rejection letters from the course of my PhD. THANK YOU to everyone involved in my journey.” To learn more about Caitlin’s idea in creating this special skirt, I chatted with her recently over Zoom.

 To learn more about Dr. Caitlin Kirby you can find her @kirbycai on Twitter. 

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My friend Maggie highly recommended that I somehow find Mr. Elly Gotz for RESILIENT PEOPLE. Her daughter attended one of his infamous school presentations. My son also heard Elly speak at his school. Until the pandemic started in 2020, Elly Gotz was doing over 100 speaking engagements a year - and at the time he was 92 YO! 

Not only is he a public speaker, but also an author, engineer, business owner, pilot, a husband for more than 60 years and he recently added skydiver to his list of accomplishments - and there are many more! Elly’s presentations on living through the Holocaust and his message of giving up hate to find happiness leaves such an impact on all attendees - teachers and students as well as audiences everywhere young and old. I wanted to learn more about how he found resilience to move beyond the Holocaust, his message to others and where he gets this amazing energy to constantly challenge himself. 

To learn more about Elly Gotz visit www.ellygotz.com or on socials @ellygotz. 

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I’m doing something different for this episode. Instead of bringing you a conversation that I’ve had with someone, I’m going to talk about a topic that I’ve been thinking about for some time and anyone who is facing grief will be able to relate to it. 

We’re a few days away from the biggest and most romantic day of the year - if you’re in a couple. Valentine’s Day. If you’re not in a relationship, it’s most likely a “trigger” day for you where you either don’t care about it, want to skip it or are doing some sort of a pivot with it. 

This Valentine’s Day will mark one year minus a day that Adam passed away at only 51 years old. So as with all other special occasions during the past year, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, our anniversary and birthday (we shared the same day, same year) I’m doing a bit of a pivot.

 I’m here to share some suggestions that will hopefully make the day a little easier for us all. 

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In this episode, I speak with Dr. Jim Swan, an esteemed cardiologist from Toronto. He is one of the most highly-regarded physicians in Canada and a real trailblazer in the field of cardiology. 

In 2019, Jim lost his twin brother George to Glioblastoma (also known as GBM), the most aggressive form of brain cancer. They were 70 years old. As fate would have it, only one year later, Jim would be diagnosed with the same deadly disease. Just as Jim made the practice of medicine a mission in his life, he found a new purpose in searching for the root cause of GBM. With a $3M donation, he established a fund at the University of Toronto to research the genetics of GBM in order to prevent others from getting it. 

We met at his home in Toronto in the early summer of 2020 with his beloved golden retriever Hennessey by his side. We spoke about his love of hockey and the amazing relationships he has built from it, times with his brother and his resilience to look beyond his own terminal brain cancer to help others also living with a brain tumour.

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Elizabeth Verwey had a major shift in her life when she was 56. Her husband whom she had known since she was 17 and married when she was 19 had decided that he wanted out of their seemingly happy marriage. She found herself as a single mom and faced her fear of being alone. I met Elizabeth, pre-pandemic, in her apartment in Toronto where she shared her story with me.

Even as a successful and award-winning business mentor to many clients, Elizabeth found herself having a fear of being alone in her mid 50s. She made a list of all of the things that she feared and decided to tackle them one by one. What she discovered was that it was exciting to do things on her own and she learned a lot about herself. She also started a speaker series called Spoken Lives where like minded women gather together to listen to an empowering speaker share their story of adventure, success and what they learned along the way. Now these events have been taken online and they are just as motivating. 

To learn more about Elizabeth Verwey visit www.spokenlives.com or @spokenlives on social media. 

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Sixty-year old Lee Silverstein has lived with three different cancers in his lifetime including kidney, colon and liver. He created the We Have Cancer podcast to provide information, inspiration and hope.

As Lee sees it, cancer affects everyone. I spoke with him and his wife Linda from their home in Florida. In between the laughs, we talked about his resilience, the valuable life lessons he's learned from his dad and why he started a podcast about cancer and the takeaways from his guests.

To learn more about Lee visit wehavecancershow.com or follow him on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. 

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In this episode, I speak with educational consultant, Jane Kristoffy, in Toronto. Jane is a teacher, guidance counsellor and operates a consulting business to help students, parents and educators everywhere. 

Her goal is to help elementary, high school, university and college students to reach their personal and education goals. She can help you if you’re struggling in certain subjects and need extra support, preparing your applications for post-secondary institutions, or getting your resume ready for a job hunt. But Jane says there’s more to think about when getting our kids ready for the real world and it doesn’t just involve getting high marks. 

Jane and I spoke about building resilience in children, and how this generation of parents may be getting things wrong. She offers some great tips to gently loosen our grip and how our kids will benefit in the long run. 

To learn more about Jane Kristoffy visit www.righttrackeducation.ca or on socials @jane_right_track. 

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