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Safe Brave Stories

Greg Smith and Anna Petosa

Education

Frequency: 1 episode/83d. Total Eps: 21

This series shines a light on what it takes to create spaces that are both safe and brave — places where people can show up authentically, speak honestly, and lean into growth. The stories — like the guests themselves — are unique, but they share a common thread of leadership, courage, curiosity, growth mindset, and resilience. Each conversation reveals how safe brave spaces can unlock potential, strengthen connection, and spark ripple effects that inspire change.

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🇨🇦 Canada - selfImprovement
09/10/2025
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Nina Purewell - Founder - Pure Minds Inc. | Mental Health Advocate

Season 2 · Episode 2

Wednesday, October 8, 2025 • Duration 52:50

Nina is the Founder of Pure Minds Inc., a social enterprise that conducts mental wellness and mindfulness workshops for the corporate and public sector. She is the co-author of the International Bestseller Let That Sh*t Go, a no-filter, practical approach on how to find peace of mind and happiness in the everyday.

Nina has been studying mindfulness for over 20 years and practicing meditation for over a decade. Wanting to take her search for mindfulness more seriously, in 2010, she took a year sabbatical and moved to Northern California. There she took a 1-year course studying ancient wisdom and meditation. During that year, she lived in an ashram in the Redwood forest and completely unplugged.
She now follows her passion and educates on mental well-being and mindfulness across various platforms. Coming from a corporate background, she is especially passionate about bringing wellness to the workplace, to help employees find calm amid the chaos.

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Safe Brave Stories Returns

Season 2 · Episode 2

Wednesday, October 8, 2025 • Duration 31:14

Anna and I provide a bit of background of who we are and what are our hopes for this podcast and a broader commitment to helping curate a community to enable safe brave spaces within ourselves, our relationships and our broader communities.

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Season 1: Episode #11 - Interview with Zak Hemraj - CEO of Loopio

Tuesday, September 28, 2021 • Duration 45:15

Loopio is one of Canada’s fastest-growing tech startups. It ranked twice as one of the fastest-growing companies on the Deloitte Technology Fast 50™ list and was selected twice as one of LinkedIn’s Top Startups in Canada. At the heart of their success is enabling safe brave spaces through their culture. Loopers believe that culture is a product of every day behaviours that are celebrated and amplified. Guided by their values of Curiousity, Candor, Grit, Mastery and Support they are creating something special. Zak Hemraj shares some great insights on his personal journey to discovering and releasing his 'safe brave space' and helping to enable this same environment within Loopio and beyond.

For more information about the cool things happening at Loopio reach out to Zak on linkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/zakirhemraj/ or check them out at https://loopio.com/careers/

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Season 1: Episode # 10 - Interview with Rob Catalano - WorkTango

Saturday, August 28, 2021 • Duration 54:50

Powerful, rich and practical insights and ideas from a leading thinker and creator within the workplace engagement space. Over his career, Rob has lived and breathed his commitment to improving lives at work. He has brought his vision to life at WorkTango, as Chief Engagement Officer; through co-founding InnovateWork and as Chair of Enterprise Engagement Alliance. I (Greg) personally experienced the impact of InnovateWork, as Rob's invitation to speak, was the foundation for activating my work in Safe Brave Spaces. We are so grateful for Rob's participation in our podcast and know you will enjoy both the conversation and the ideas shared.

For more information about the great work and opportunities at WorkTango you can go to www.worktango.com or reach out directly to Rob on LinkedIn athttps://www.linkedin.com/in/robcatalano/

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Season 1: Episode #9 - Interview with Carolyn Swora

Monday, August 9, 2021 • Duration 01:04:41

Carolyn is a leadership and culture consultant, Dare to Lead facilitator who believes that many of us wake up and face our lives, our workplaces, and we hold back. We hold back for fear of disrupting the status quo; for fear of upsetting people; for fear of being wrong; for fear of being right. She believes we put on a mask and play this game of work and life. She is commitment to calling BS on this game and helping individuals to be exactly who they are and breathe life into their talents every day. Carolyn is the owner of Pinnacle culture, a certified coach and podcast host of PWE & ME. She is a speaker and the author of Amazon best settler Rules of Engagement: Building a workplace culture to thrive in an uncertain world.

In this episode we discover insights from loss, pathways for growth and the importance of energy and learning to pause. Such a deep and impactful conversation to help equip each of us as we emerge from these strange and challenging times. For more information about her Carolyn and her work go to www.carolynswora.com.

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Season 1: Episode # 8 - Interview with Paul Burns, Managing Director - Twitter Canada

Monday, July 26, 2021 • Duration 55:06

Paul shares many great insights around his journey to enable safe brave spaces within himself and the communities that he leads. The importance of creating the environment for folks to bring their full selves to work by reminding them who they are verses telling them what to do and remembering that people care more about you being real than being right.

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Season 1: Episode # 7 - Interview with Richard Ayuen - GM Surewerx Canada

Tuesday, July 13, 2021 • Duration 58:53

One of my favourite people and leaders, as authentic as you can get! Such a beautiful conversation modeling the importance of being curious and courageous and how to lead with heart during challenging times! Thank you, Richard, for being you and sharing some great examples of how to lead in today's complex times!

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Season 1: Episode #6 - Interview with Rena Nickerson, GM Sodastream Canada

Saturday, June 19, 2021 • Duration 44:58

Purposeful organizations led by 'heart & head led' leaders enable safe brave spaces within and beyond their companies. In this episode we hear some powerful ME stories of others who created safe brave spaces for Rena. From this place of strengthened personal, safe and brave, Rena shares some practical and impactful insights and ideas to enable it within her team and across the organization. A final treat is hearing about the amazing things SodaStream is doing to release potential and build bridges through a commitment to coexistence and safe brave spaces!

If you are interested in opportunities at SodaStream you can you www.sodastream.com/career

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Season 1: Episode # 5 - Interview with Tim Huff; Author, Social Activist, Speaker and Creative Lead for the Compassionate Series

Sunday, June 6, 2021 • Duration 01:06:19

A must listen episode with powerful and practical insights for activating safe brave spaces in ourselves, our relationships and in our communities. Tim's experiences and person lessons spark a deep conversation and easily accessible ideas and actions for each of us to consider. For more information about the amazing work that Tim is championing, go to www.compassionseries.com.

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Season 1: Episode #4 Interview with Esther De Wolde CEO Phantom Screens

Friday, May 21, 2021 • Duration 01:04:11

A powerful interview with Esther De Wolde where she shares her personal journey and insights around releasing individual and collective potential through safe brave spaces within her organization. Outstanding examples of leading with vulnerability, creating trust and the power of values. Guided by values, a safe brave mindset and a commitment to continued growth and learning has resulted in an impactful culture and amazing results. To check out more about Phantom Screens go to https://www.phantomscreens.com/

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