It’s been a wild three years. It’s hard to fully process all that has happened and the changes we’ve gone through as a team and an organization - it feels like our first episode launched forever ago AND that it’s only been a moment. We are eternally grateful to every human that has listened to this show, followed and engaged with us online, come to…

In this episode of The Maker’s Collective Podcast we talk with one of our favourite humans, Ren Navarro of Beer Diversity. Ren keeps it real about what growth means and how this last year has expanded her focus and business, including a new business venture called: Do Better, Be Better.Learn more about Ren Navarro, including her story, how we all m…

In this episode of The Maker’s Collective Podcast we talk with one of our closest friends, Jordanna (Judy!) Errey. Throughout this past year we’ve watched her become a mum for the first time, navigate parenthood through a pandemic, advocate and negotiate a promotion and step into becoming a partner at the company she has been working with and helpi…

In this episode of The Maker’s Collective Podcast we catch up on what’s new in our lives since the holidays, and we share a little bit about the future of The Maker’s Collective, the future of this podcast, and what you can expect to see from us as we continue to grow and change as a company. 2021 has a lot of change in store and we're excited to c…

In this episode of The Maker’s Collective Podcast we’re talking all about planning for a new year, and share the ways that we plan and the things that are important to us when we’re thinking about the year ahead. We also give a snapshot into our Side Hustle 101 course, we have a new cohort kicking off at the end of January - planning a big part of …

In this episode of The Maker’s Collective Podcast, we hang out and shoot the shit with each other, catch up on the year that has been 2020, and just connect. As you all know, connection has been incredibly hard this year as we continue to live through a global pandemic, and sometimes for us, it has taken creating space for ourselves through this po…

In this episode of The Maker’s Collective Podcast, we sit down again with one of our very good friends, Amit Mehta, Founder of Good Co. Productions. 2020 has been a hard year for everyone - full stop. Things have been changing quickly and in big ways with huge consequences for people, communities, and businesses, and for many of our fellow business…

In this episode of The Maker’s Collective Podcast we sit down with Digital Strategist, Charmaine Jennings, and talk all things social media. She’s smart, funny, and knows her shit, so grab your favourite fall drink, get cozy, and get ready to learn something.Enjoy!More from Charmaine:Website - http://www.strategiccharmboutique.com/Instagram - https…

In this episode of The Maker’s Collective Podcast we bring you the next chat in our 44 Gaukel series - this one is with local Indigenous visual artist, Luke Swinson. We’re both huge fans of Luke and his work and it was incredibly special for us to get this opportunity, plus he’s a sweet and gentle soul, so talking with him was a true pleasure. Here…

In this episode of The Maker’s Collective Podcast we chat with local artist, Pia Braza, as we kick off a series of episodes we recorded at 44 Gaukel, which is a creative workspace in Downtown Kitchener. Pia is a wife, mother of five, and a totally self-taught artist who specializes in minimal line art. We love her, because she’s so real and relatab…

In this episode of The Maker’s Collective Podcast we’re back with part two of our ‘Grow Where You Are Planted’ series - which, if you didn’t listen to part 1, is a series of compilation episodes we’re doing to highlight some of our favourite downtown Kitchener creatives and to breathe new life into past episodes of the show. This compilation eppy f…

In this episode of The Maker’s Collective Podcast we share some big news with our Maker’s Co fam - Laura’s getting married! It’s been a long time coming and now Laura & Jeff are making the walk down the aisle in a week and we’re feeling all the feels.We also take some time to share where we’re at on our leadership journey, the real-real on building…

In this episode of The Maker’s Collective Podcast we’re doing things a little bit differently. It’s the end of the Summer and we thought it might be fun to dig into our archives and refresh some episodes we did wayyyyyyyyy back - we’re talking BEFORE we started working with our amazing editor, Francy. As we continue down the path of stage three re-…

In this episode of The Maker’s Collective Podcast we decided to have our pal and fellow Maker’s Co partner, Jeff Mitchell, on to catch up and shoot the shit. We get into the things that have been on our minds recently, the things we’ve been working on, working toward, and building/releasing right now, and we share some gratitude and love for having…

This week, we give you another session from Lacey's "Wild Women Mastermind" program and the kind of topics the group covers inside. As we explore alternative methods of taking care of ourselves, doing that inner discovery and transformation... we bring on different experts from each modality to teach us a little on how to get started and/or dive de…

In this episode of The Maker’s Collective Podcast we’re doing things a little bit differently. Over the past 12 weeks our very own Lacey J Heels has been running a Mastermind group for women, digging into topics such as intuition, spirituality, energy management, sex, cannabis and money. We decided to pull the audio from a couple of those sessions …

In this episode of The Maker’s Collective Podcast we take a trip down memory lane and rehash the story of how The Maker’s Collective came to be - our love story. We also look back on the last 2.5 years and walk through the evolution this community and business has gone through, and where we’re at today. It’s been a wild ride and we couldn’t be more…

In this episode of The Maker’s Collective Podcast we chat with the delightful Danielle Green, owner of Artisanal Design Co. We’re so excited to have this wonderful woman on the podcast - not only is she the recipient of the first round of funding we gave out through The Maker’s Co Fund back in the Spring, but she’s also so smart, so funny, and so r…

In this episode of The Maker’s Collective Podcast we chat with the magical Ryan Antooa. He’s a writer, musician, dancer, designer, and on and on - he’s the epitome of a creative and we’re so grateful that he made space to join us on the show. We have a real, honest conversation in this episode (he asks us lots of questions too!), and touch on every…

Last week (on June 3rd) we came together, along with 30,000+ people from across the Waterloo region, to march in solidarity with our local Black Lives Matter organization, in protest of police brutality. As we're sure you are aware, these marches and protests have been happening all over the world, even in the midst of COVID-19, and today, we want …

In this episode of The Maker’s Collective Podcast we talk about selling in the time of COVID-19 and social distancing that we’re living in right now. Over the past several weeks we’ve had a lot of people reach out to us with questions around how to sell, which at the best of times is a hard thing to do, so it’s completely understandable that in thi…

In this episode of The Maker’s Collective Podcast we chat remotely with Imposter Syndrome Expert and Coach, Jillian Parekh. Woooooooo, this conversation is timely and cuts right to the core of how these productivity and mindset killers actually work. There’s so much happening inside our brains at any given moment, and so much that we have very litt…

In this episode of The Maker’s Collective Podcast we talk about everyone’s favourite topic right now, tips and strategies for working from home. It can be incredibly difficult to work from home and we know that a lot of people are struggling with it, so we thought we’d do a quick episode to share some of the tips and strategies we’re using to help …

In this episode of The Maker’s Collective Podcast we talk about, well, the shit hitting the fan. The COVID-19 pandemic has hit fast and hard and we’re all left trying to process, cope, and manage. We know how fortunate and privileged we are to still have work and to have safe homes to live in, so we also know that in this time it’s important for us…

In this episode of The Maker’s Collective Podcast we chat with one of our favourites, the incredible Kelly Broocks of Pretty By Her! It’s been a little over a year since we last had her on the show (check out episode 26 to listen to her first interview) and we’re so excited to have her back on to talk about the growth she has experienced, the chang…

By Lacey Heels & Laura Hart

By Lacey Heels & Laura Hart

By Lacey Heels & Laura Hart

By Lacey Heels & Laura Hart

In this episode of The Maker’s Collective Podcast we sit down with Trudy Koen, a brand and marketing specialist, who has worked with global brands, like BlackBerry. Most recently, she’s started sharing her brand and marketing knowledge with various companies in a freelance capacity, and helped launch Lady Glaze Doughnuts in her spare time - living …

In this episode of The Maker’s Collective Podcast Laura interviews Lacey about her mindfulness journey. If you’ve ever struggled with starting your own meditation practice, we’ve got some tips for you:Start with yogaYou have to learn how to breathe properly and you have to focus on your breath to be able to do the posesTry a meditation classIf you’…

In this episode of The Maker’s Collective Podcast we Get. Into. It. 2019 has been a WILD year so far, so we’ve decided to kick December off by: Touching on how we feel about this time of year Looking at how each of us plans for the year aheadTaking a trip down memory lane and celebrating our big wins from 2019Launched Shop TalkHeld our first worksh…

In this episode of The Maker’s Collective Podcast we sit down with Jeff Mitchell, educator, entrepreneur, and consultant who helps businesses and people to grow and become more adaptable. We listen in as he shares his journey from traditional teacher to entrepreneur, and then we dive into some real ways you can apply the consulting exercises he did…

In this episode of The Maker’s Collective Podcast we walk you through the journey we went on this Fall, when we were each feeling out of alignment with ourselves and our work. This particular type of life journey is hard and uncomfortable, but if you understand what’s happening and why you can work through the fire and, ultimately, change your life…

In our first episode since August (HOLY Smokes!), we take a moment to catch up AND share some vulnerable stories about what we've been going through personally and together. We had to go through the fire, and inner work required to create more space and clarity for our vision and dreams for our work, for our life and for the Maker's Collective. Thi…

This week we share a SUPER insightful chat we had with a PR Specialist, KJ Blattenbauer. She tells us about her journey to leaving the corporate world to create her own firm... YUSSSSS! KJ is a multi-passionate gal who also created a dress company (because she wasn't seeing what she wanted in the market) AND has a helpful PR centric book that will …

In this episode of The Maker’s Collective Podcast we do a big catch up and share a lot of really exciting things that we’ve been working on and launching both together and separately:The Maker’s Collective is working on a big new project that has the potential to help us provide even more support for our community. If you haven’t had the chance to …

In this episode of The Maker’s Collective Podcast we sit down with Jessa Glover, and get real about the toxic culture that has been created around what it means to be “successful” and a true entrepreneur, and how automation can help restore some much needed balance. We also cover topics like:What is automation?Why does automation matter?The most co…

In this episode of The Maker’s Collective Podcast we share what we’re working on and towards both with the Collective and with our own coaching practices. We also get real about the fact that building business is messy and hard, and doesn’t always feel on the inside what it can often look like on the outside. We also each do a little of what we do …

In this episode of The Maker’s Collective Podcast we sit down with Ren Navarro, the incredibly bad ass owner of Beer. Diversity. This episode is FULL of tactical goodness, so put your headphones in right now and LISTEN UP.Topics covered: Meet Ren - her journey into the beer industryWhy she started Beer. Diversity. and how it beganHow it feels to be…

In this episode of The Maker’s Collective Podcast we talk about how we handle it when social media fatigue sets in, give tips on how to write a great bio, provide a bit of a formula around approaching selling, and, of course, we leave you with some great podcasts/reads to help you get your head in the game. Enjoy! Topics covered:Raps WIN! WE ARE TH…

In this episode of The Maker’s Collective Podcast we sit down with Heather - aka House Hunter H - to talk about all things related to sales and selling. Does this woman ever have a story! From investing in her first piece of real estate with her partner when she was 21 and pregnant, to becoming a real estate agent, to who she looks to for business …

In this episode of The Maker’s Collective Podcast we recap May, go deep and share what’s been happening in our personal lives recently, and intro what’s to come in June. Get after it!Topics covered:May recapWe did our first workshop!We’ve done 1 year of meetups!We talked all about mental health with some kick ass podcast guestsOur first group coach…

In this episode of The Maker’s Collective Podcast we sit down with Kelly McDonnell-Arnold, a clinical sexologist and sex & relationship therapist and owner of Bliss Counselling. This woman and this conversation are ev-er-y-thing. Sex is normal. Experiencing issues in your sex life is normal. It’s all NORMAL. We hope this conversation will get you t…

In this episode of The Maker’s Collective Podcast we sit down with Lo Koehler, a Yogi, fitness professional, and outspoken mental health advocate. It seems she’s lived a million lives, but everything she has accomplished and been through has lead her to exactly where she is right now, and thank God, because we all need to hear some real talk about …

In this episode of The Maker’s Collective Podcast we recap our incredible experience at our last Shop Talk Series event in April and introduce our theme for May and what’s coming up for The Maker’s Collective. There’s a lot to take in here, so we’ll let you get to it!Topics covered:April recapWe did our second Shop Talk Series panel eventOur next o…

In this episode of The Maker’s Collective Podcast we sit down with Maddie Kennedy. We love this girl, and we think you’ll understand why once you listen to this episode. It’s rare to find people who really, genuinely care - Maddie is one of those people. She wants to help the world and you can see that in her journey from teacher in the classroom t…

In this episode of The Maker’s Collective Podcast we sit down with the team behind Secret Level Entertainment and the creators of the tabletop game, Survival of the Fixest. Here’s the deal, they’ve put together a rad Kickstarter to test this idea and they NEED OUR HELP. Listen in, fall in love with them, and then go buy the game and tell everyone y…

In this episode of The Maker’s Collective Podcast we sit down with Sarah White, the owner of lifestyle and floral shop, The Girl Floral. We cover a lot of ground in this chat, but if you get nothing else from this, we hope that you will walk away with the message that life is too short to waste your time working in a job you hate. Of course it’s im…

In this episode of The Maker’s Collective Podcast we introduce our theme for April, which is all about taking big leaps, and share all of the events and resources we have coming up to help you prepare for a big leap of your own. It may be short, but it’s packed with tons of juicy content, so listen up! Topics covered:It’s our BIRTHDAY MONTHThis mon…