The Authentic You Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

My interview with award-winning author Joseph Kakwinokanasum. In this episode, Joseph talks about the anchors of life, the worst jobs he's ever had, writing tips for new or emerging authors, and why everyone on this planet should write. We also get into Cree Time, how to overcome past traumas, ways to avoid past mistakes, the difference between a job and a career, and why both matter. For links to learn more about Joseph and his book club and his upcoming events visit https://starblanketstoryteller.ca or www.the-inspired.com

Joseph Kakwinokanasum is a member of James Smith Cree Nation. He is a graduate from Simon Fraser University’s “The Writer’s Studio.” Kakwinokanasum’s manuscript Woodland Creatures was shortlisted for the 2020 CBC Nonfiction Prize. In 2022, he was selected by Darrel J. McLeod as a Writers’ Trust ‘Rising Star’, and his debut novel, My Indian Summer, was the winner of the 2023-2024 First Nations Communities READ Awards, and it was shortlisted for the 2023 ReLit Award for fiction. Kakwinokanasum was the 2024 Storyteller in Residence at the Vancouver Public Library and the 2024 Writer’s Trust Fiction Mentor. He lives and works on Vancouver Island.

Ola Szczecinska was born in Warsaw, Poland, and moved to Canada with her family in 1984. She earned an MA in History from the University of Toronto and is a graduate of the Writer’s Studio at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver. She’s been published in Narrative Magazine, Geist, SFU’s Emerge, and most recently her short story “Pulled Pork, Brisket, Polish Ham” has been published nationally in “BETTER NEXT YEAR: An Anthology of Christmas Epiphanies,” which hit Amazon’s Top 10 Best Sellers List for Canadian Literature in December 2023. During the interview Ola gives a reading and we talk about her incredible true story of what it means to fall vs live free. Ola shares the time she was homeless in Vancouver, living in her car over Christmas. How a chain of events, from all her possessions in her car being stolen, to almost dying in a car accident, and a chance encounter with a police officer in a stolen car she'd bought by mistaken, changed her perspective in life. Ola’s story is about what happens when our lives get turned upside down. And what it takes for us to find a way to rise, and try again.

Hi everyone, Goran Yerkovich here, and just a quick note to say we’re taking a Canadian thanksgiving interlude this week, and we’ll be back to our regularly scheduled programing next monday, including a look inside the real Montreal and just how this great, resilient city has been impacted by the global pandemic, and what that might mean for your next visit. Plus we look at The best restaurants to visit in Montreal. I’ll explain the 5 Russian woman on our fight home, and the lesson in life they provided. The top 10 happiest and most satisfying jobs in the world. We’ll also talk about the intriguing and slightly mysterious story of coffee’s origins … And last but not least, I have the honor of interviewing the owner of an extra-ordinary Ethiopian restaurant in Montreal to learn how he walked away from his corporate job to follow his dream! This is also an immigrants story, and a human story, about the great journey called life, the obstacles we face, and how despite it all, we can each find a way to thrive.

*In this episode we rewrite a missing piece of Canadian Olympic History!* "Sound Mind. Sound Body." This was the late Chun Hon Chan. A Chinese Canadian immigrant who arrived in Montreal, Canada at the age of 19 with little money, he took whatever jobs he could, cleaning bathrooms in restaurants. Years later, learning the business, he'd become a restaurant owner himself, get married, raise a family, and then one day, become an unlikely but fully deserving and pioneering competitor in the Olympics, representing Canada in the 1968 & 1972 Summer Olympics in weightlifting. Chan set five Canadian weightlifting records, breaking stereotypes and barriers placed in his way. This is my interview with his daughter, Debbie Chan, who shines bright in her family's tribute to her late father. Chun Hon Chan is a Canadian who hasn't been recognized yet, but he was the FIRST Chinese-Canadian to represent Canada in the Olympics in mens weightlifting, and the First Chinese Canadian to represent Canada in the Olympics (I did some digging)!  This podcast is all about bringing to light a piece of Canadian history that must not be forgotten and something more...because this is not just a Montreal story about loving life and living it to the fullest. It's a Canadian story in being welcomed into a nation, a sport, and community without racial biased. It is a fathers story, a family's story, and also an underdog story in unwavering determination, despite all odds.  But ultimately this is a human story which proves, the improbable is possible. This is a story about setting big audacious goals, staying true to yourself, and finding a way to shine.  

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The London Warehouse of Horrors Conclusion, plus why careers fail, the top 5 biggest career mistakes to avoid, and how, by avoiding these mistakes, we can turn a stagnating career into to your next career miracle. Thanks and don't forget to subscribe! New episodes Mondays!

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1. Ryan Gosling Saves Jazz – Top 5 Questions to Accept A Great Job Opportunity & The Conclusion of London Unilever Part 1.

2. Should you Quit your Job? – How to understand where your job satisfaction comes from & if it's time you leave?

3. London Warehouse of Horrors – How do we take a really bad situation in life and make something good?

4. Lord of the Flies Part 2 – The surprise ending, facts, and ridiculous truths left out from this incredible true story from Part 1.

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1. How Six Schoolboys survived alone on an island for 15 months! - The Real Life Lord of the Flies!

2. Do you Get Enough Respect at Your Job? And if Not what are the Surprising Ways to Get More Respect?

3. We Go into Story mode with a True Personal Story of the Time I turned Down a Dream Job in London - Unilever, Pit bulls & Cliffhanger Endings

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1. How do I start doing the things you've always wanted to do In Life?  The Tragic True Story With an Urgent Warning For us All.  

2. How do I leverage my personality to live my best life?   

3. How do I unlock my strengths & reduce weaknesses & avoid unhealthy triggers? 

4. What's the most surprising thing when it comes to personality?  

5. Assertiveness Career Training! - For those who struggle to say ‘no’ – it’s time you know more of your RIGHTS…  

6. Elon Musk Top Secret Scooby-doo Ending - The question to listeners, did you like this lecture format or was it too boring?  

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1. How Do We Overcome an Impossible Situation?  We can look to the Hidden Truth of Venice.

2. What "Hard Lessons" Are Actually A Symptom of HINT: It's not good news.

3. How Self-Evaluation Leads To Unstoppable Personal Growth.

4. Seneca The Stoic - What Stoic Advice REALLY is: Spoiler alert – it’s NOT about putting up with a bad situation.  

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1. Who were the Lost Stone Age Tribe of cave dwellers that fooled everyone in the world’s greatest lie? 

2. What is Your Greatest Fear? And how is Fear holding you back in your life? 

3. What is the ONE key Principle required to bring more Passion and Purpose to Life? 

4. What are the 12 Essential Questions to Overcome Your Greatest Fears?

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