Podcast

Martin Reader is an outspoken advocate for sport and living a healthy & active lifestyle. He is a Five time Canadian Champion, Two time Continental Champion and a 2012 London Olympian in beach volleyball.

Martin is a master coach of mind, body and life who helps elite athletes develop systems and practices to maximize their potential outside of sport.

We discuss the power of mindset, breathwork and awareness in reducing stress, improving sleep and other tools to become a ‘better human being’!

Jason’s Instagram profile reads; Husband to a wife. Father to 3 children. Hero to myself!

Jason Lee is a super Dad. We have been discussing a Fatherhood based Podcast for months. It seems now was the perfect time during the uncertain times of Covid 19 to compare notes on the associated challenges of Fatherhood during quarantine and in everyday life.

We discuss the power of Mindfulness and the importance of a growth mindset for kids and how these practices did not exist during our own childhood.

Sandro is a leading breathwork and human enhancement coach, helping clients to better their lives through mind, body & spirit. Sandro was born and raised in Brazil and now lives in New Zealand. He has helped thousands of people heal and release trauma through his unique breathwork practice derived of several disciplines and teachings – myself included! I recently joined him for an anger release session that was nothing short of remarkable. In this podcast Sandro shares his wisdom of the power of the breath and cold in healing, reducing stress, anxiety and improving sleep.

Dr. Macdonald has been practicing as a family physician for over 30 years. She has been on staff at the University of Toronto Health and Counselling Center for over 20 years.

Through her exposure and experience she came to appreciate the limitations within the health care system. This awareness led her to become a mindfulness teacher to help people improve their lives through awareness of our attitudes, thoughts, beliefs, emotions and relationships.

Dr. Macdonald’s meditation experience began almost 2 decades ago with Dr. Treyvaud at the Mindfulness Centre in Oakville, when she took the introductory Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program. Since then she gone on to study with some of the top thought leaders and teachers across various disciplines. Leaders such as Jon Kabat-Zinn and Saki Santorelli, Zindel Segal, Dr. Jean Kristeller, Jack Kornfield and Daniel Siegel, Kristen Neff and Christopher Germer to name a few.

At the Mindfulness Centre in Oakville Ontario, she leads most of the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction programs currently.
I must add that she is one of the most authentically kind people I’ve ever met!