Blake Elrich, an urban explorer with a haunted past, travels the country in an old RV with his partner and producer Lazari. At every stop along their journey, they encounter an inexplicable occurrence—something that could not be happening. What’s more, they’re beginning to suspect that someone is leading them to each strange case. Events intensify when an enigmatic figure emerges, terrorizing whole communities. Blake and Lazari must now race to undo the damage that's already been done and pr ...
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Canadian singer-songwriter Christina Martin started a podcast to hold sacred conversations with friends, family, and colleagues, gathering resources to help people navigate their own life, with expert tips and tricks on how to support a path with heart and personal growth. Authentic, playful and free from regulations, A Chat with Heart gives listeners an opportunity to call the Heartbeat Hotline, help shape future episodes and be featured on the podcast.
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Lisa MacIsaac: Juno nominated musician and multi-instrumentalist
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Christina sits down with Lisa MacIsaac for a chat about making room for what you love, surviving a plethora of bad jokes, meeting your heroes, and chasing your dreams. You don't want to miss this one! Lisa MacIsaac, hailing from Creignish, Cape Breton, is one half of the acclaimed duo Madison Violet, alongside Brenley MacEachern. Known for their ev…
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Rankin MacInnis: Nova Scotia Entertainer of the Year
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In this episode Christina chats with Rankin MacInnis about growing up in Mabou, Cape Breton, meeting Dolly Parton, and you’ll never guess what Rankin is addicted to. Music Nova Scotia's Entertainer of the Year, Rankin MacInnis, is known for his super fun, electrifying and eclectic performances. Leading the charge with his band, the Broken Reeds, Ra…
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The Green Reflectors: Canadian Surf/Instrumental Band
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Christina chats with two brothers, Kyle and Aaron Furlotte, who make up the band The Green Reflectors. For this episode Kyle and Aaron brought show and tell to Chrisitina's home. They chat with heart about decluttering, the origin story behind The Green Reflectors, and Kyle shares about his very personal experience with cancer. These are two grown …
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Michael S. Ryan: Musician, Podcaster, Songwriter, Studio Owner and Author
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Christina chats with Michael S. Ryan about The Town Heroes new album Singin, why Inverness Cape Breton is so awesome, Uncle Jimmy, punctuality, an incredible secret album release show and far more. Michael S. Ryan is an award winning professional musician, songwriter, studio owner, and co-author of “You and Me” — a book with his wife, Kristen Herri…
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Kristen Herrington: Award-winning painter, podcaster and writer
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Packed with soul candy, between meeting the Queen, colonoscopies, and finding The Artist's Way, Christina and guest Kristen Herrington cover a lot of shared experiences in this ultra-inspiring chat with heart. It's no wonder these two became fast friends, and only at Kristen's 100 year death will they part. Plus these two share a really BIG announc…
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DeeDee Austin: Canadian Indigenous Pop Powerhouse
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Christina chats with acclaimed singer and songwriter DeeDeeAustin about the challenges she's experienced on her path with heart, but also the immense gratitude she has for the music community in Atlantic Canada. DeeDee is not afraid to tackle difficult subject matter, and strives for love and connection with her work. Find out something that even h…
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Manuel Krass: German Pianist, Actor, Arranger and Composer
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Christina chats with her wildly talented friend Manuel Krass about getting his start in music on a beat up piano in his basement, reinventing yourself as a creator, working with fear and PTSD, and how the pandemic led him to find joy in lego. Manuel Krass, born in 1988, is a pianist, actor, and creative mind in the space between art forms. After co…
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Shari Ulrich: Award-Winning Canadian Singer-Songwriter and Multi-Instrumentalist
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Christina chats with award-winning Canadian singer-songwriter Shari Ulrich about living on a commune, the role that solitude plays in creativity, life lessons from being in bands, gaining confidence as a front person, listening to your instincts, and a heck of a lot more! For over four decades, accomplished singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentali…
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Louise Triance: British Recruiting Expert and Customer Service Manager
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Louise Triance interviews A Chat with Heart Podcast host Christina Martin. They chat about her start in music, meeting Her Majesty the Queen of England, and her upcoming tour in the UK. There are fun British quiz in the mix to help prepare Christina for her upcoming tour dates. Louise Triance runs a community for recruiters, she is an accidental cu…
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Jessica Rhaye: Award-Winning Canadian Singer-Songwriter and Visual Artist
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Christina chats with her friend, New Brunswick-based singer/songwriter and graphic designer Jessica Rhaye about her insanely successful viral video for her rendition of Bob Dylan's 'Blowin' in the Wind', finding her musical family, growing up in the country, and songwriting. Jessica's songs have twice been a finalist in the Canada Music Week Nation…
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Stephanie Purcell: Founder & Agent, VOX Agency
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This is a super fun chat with Christina's friend Stephanie Purcell, founder and agent at VOX Agency in Halifax, about attention to detail when event planning, Newfoundland English, and an exciting event happening in Halifax, Nova Scotia in February. Find out what friends and clients of Stephanie have to say about the kind of person she is. Stephani…
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Bangs: Spin Queen, Personal Development Coach, Studio Bangs
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Christina chats with Bangs about her journey from dancer, to couch potato, to fitness instructor and personal development coach. Bangs offered five fabulous lessons learned from 2023, like stop telling yourself you can't! Hailing from the UK, Bangs is an award winning spin instructor who has guided thousands of people to find their best selves on s…
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Krista Keough: Canadian Children's Author
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Christina chats with her friend Krista Keough about the long process to develop and launch Krista's first children's book. Dear Diary, It’s Me, Stella follows the captivating journey of a courageous dog in search of a place to call home. Illustrated by Gina Stavrou, with illustrations only using the colours that dogs can see. Krista Keough is a dyn…
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Andrew Sisk - Canadian Composer, Songwriter and Arranger
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Christina chats with longtime friend Andrew Sisk about The Passing of the Buffalo by Buckskin, texting before calling, Big Pink, Andrew's songwriting journey, tips for staying the creative course and making time for yourself. Also, Andrew's mama's freezer jam came up, scoring music for film, and how Hermann Hesse's Siddhartha inspired the creation …
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Christina chats with Pilates instructor Stacie Fisher about transformation. Stacie lived with crippling depression for about 10 years and now offers transformative classes with Pilates for Power, an online and in person pilates training. Stacie trained at internationally renowned Merrithew Corporate Training Center in Toronto and is a Stott Certifi…
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Rudie Hayes - UK Radio DJ, Music Nerd and Lover of Nature.
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Christina chats with longtime friend and iconic radio DJ Rudie Hayes. Rudie is an ecologist, environmentalist, and forester, based in the UK, he is an advocate of the health benefits of woodlands. A runner, and football coach he is a total music nerd. Writing on Americana, Folk and Acoustic artists for 20 years, he has been a promoter, drummer, com…
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Ryan MacGrath - Canadian Musician and Visual Artist
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Christina chats with one of her best friends in his home in Dartmouth, Nova Scotion. Ryan MacGrath is the founder of Joy with Honey Artful Living - A decorating and design studio based in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. Ryan combines many artful worlds: as a studied visual artist, he creates graphic, enigmatic figurative and stylized landscape paintings. A…
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Nicole Aline Legault - Canadian Visual Artist
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Christina chats with a longtime artistic collaborator and friend Nicole Aline Legault. Art was ‘the only path forward’ for Nicole Aline Legault. Nicole Aline Legault is a Canadian artist based in Montreal, Quebec. She has worked as a freelance illustrator and artist in print, film, and music. Raised on the east coast of Canada, her work often exami…
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Kristen Martell - Canadian Singer-Songwriter
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Christina chats with Nova Scotia Singer-Songwriter Kristen Martell about trauma being a catalyst that helped Kristen return to music, aging and beauty (as women) in the music industry, planning a good retreat, and all the work that goes into staying on a path with heart . With multiple ECMA and Music Nova Scotia award nominations since her return t…
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In this episode Christina lays down and gets her new finger tattoos touched up by Hilary Wood, the owner of Bliss Tattoo! Hilary has been hand-poking since 2019. After getting tattooed for over 10 years and seeing various artists in different cities, she determined that not all tattoo experiences are positive ones. She was inspired to create a safe…
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Ian Foster - Canadian Singer-Songwriter and Filmmaker
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Christina chat's with one of her funniest friends Ian Foster about the challenges in making a film, staying positive, a healthy dose of rejection, and his relation to David Foster. Ian, native of Newfoundland, Canada, is a storyteller. That music and film are the ways he tells those stories only makes the telling richer still. Once described by CBC…
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Christina chats with Anne Bérubé , a spiritual teacher who has made her life’s purpose about helping individuals remember the happiness within them. Anne has written and published two fantastic books: Be Feel Think Do, and The Burnout Antidote. Check out her website anneberube.com Embodied Spirituality, where you will find links to her virtual and …
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Graven - Canadian Singer-Songwriter
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Christina chats with GRAVEN (Matty McKechnie), an independent folk-rock singer- songwriter from Ottawa, Canada about his latest album Simple Complex, killing people with kindness, and singing and songwriting. As it turns out, Christina and Matty discover they might be the same person. Graven is a passionate wordsmith of song who wears his heart on …
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Carlyn Oswald - Online Dating, Food Science and Austin, Texas!
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In this episode I chat with my friend Carlyn Oswald as we try to lend some online dating tips to my listeners about setting up your profile, first impressions, red flags and background checks. I even share my limited experience using Tinder. My first Aupair gig landed me in Austin, Texas when I was twenty years old. I had never written a song, and …
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Jeff Douglas - Canadian Actor and CBC Radio Host
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Christina chats with Jeff Douglas - the host of CBC Radio One's Mainland Nova Scotia's afternoon show Mainstreet - about acting, making mistakes, imposter syndrome, and his role keeping Atlantic Canadians company during the aftermath of Hurricane Fiona in Fall 2022. He's a born storyteller with a background in theatre. Born in Truro, N.S., Jeff Dou…
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Estelle Thomson - Spiritual Teacher
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Christina chats with the magical Estelle Thomson about some of the plethora of gifts she shares with the world - like yoga and spiritual retreats, grief work, and Tommy Tinker Forever, a 30-minute documentary about Estelle's journey with grief and love. Estelle Thomson has her Masters in Counselling Psychology, she is a leading yoga teacher and edu…
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Matt Mays - Canadian Singer-Songwriter
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Christina chats with Canadian road warrior, singer-songwriter and Juno winner Matt Mays about protecting the song, life's ups and downs, mental and physical well being and the hard work that goes into being human. Since departing seminal alt-country collective The Guthries in 2002, Matt Mays has alternated between solo projects (his self-titled deb…
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Jeff Sammut - Sirius XM and Podcast Host
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Christina chats with her buddy Jeff Sammut about loosing a parent to Alzehimer's disease, Jeff Sammut is a 28 year radio veteran and host of “Canada Now with Jeff Sammut” on Sirius XM Canada Talks Channel 167, Monday to Friday from 1-3pm ET. Check out his website, www.jeffsammut.com, follow him on Twitter @jeffsammut and Instagram @sammutjeff. Jeff…
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Nathan Wiley - Canadian Singer-Songwriter
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Christina chats with fellow Atlantic Canadian musician about unusual hobbies, sustaining a career in music, songwriting, and horror movies. Summerside, PE’s Nathan Wiley first earned acclaim for his 2002 debut Bottom Dollar, which won the East Coast Music Award for Alternative Album of the Year, and was chosen by Billboard Magazine as one of the to…
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Nance Ackerman - Canadian Storyteller and Filmmaker
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Christina chats with friend, photographer and filmmaker Nance Ackerman about her wild ride as a storyteller and artist. Nance Ackerman has been making images and film around the world for over 30 years. Her work has been featured in Time, Newsweek, Canadian Geographic, New York Times, and Canada's national newspaper, the Globe and Mail and she was …
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Christina chat's with Austin Singer and Songwriter BettySoo about her brilliant Work Play Every Day personal planner, their obsession with office supplies, songwriting , burnout and more. BettySoo’s vocal prowess is a thing of wonder. A world-class instrument of deft phrasing and purity, a voice that knows when to hold back and when to dive in. At …
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Christina chats with author Brienne Hicks about her favorite time of year, taking risks in business and life, and her experience living with a mental variation. BipolHER, the first book by Brienne Hicks, is a gripping memoir about the reality of living with mental illness. Her frank and honest style chronicles not only her personal struggles but al…
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Special Episode featuring Matt Epp and House Concert Hosts
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Christina chats with the hosts of a very special kind of music venue. What makes house concerts so special, and why are they so important to an artists and music lovers? In this episode Christina chats with fellow musician Matt Epp and house concert hosts from North America and Europe about why house concerts are awesome. Guests on this episode inc…
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Michael S. Ryan and Kristen Herrington - Artists and Podcast Hosts
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Christina chats with Mike and Kristen about their book 'You and Me' and life as full-time artists. Michael S. Ryan — award-winning musician and songwriter — and Kristen Herrington —prolific abstract artist — have been adventuring as a couple for the past decade. They began creating art together in 2019 with Herrington developing a painting for ever…
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Nancy Regan - Canadian Author, Storyteller and Teacher
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For the Season One finale of A Chat With Heart Podcast, Christina chats with friend and author Nancy Regan about imposter syndrome, showing up and calming the fuck down! Nancy built her reputation as the highly rated host of CTV Atlantic’s 'Live at 5' for fifteen years. She was the national host of Good Morning Canada and That News Show on TVtropol…
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Haley Gillen - Christina's Childhood Friend
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Christina chats with Haley Gillen, a best friend from her childhood, about the effects of the pandemic on marriage, their time as kids at the Pony Club, pivotal life experiences, Canada's Serial Killer Allan Legere also known as the Monster of the Miramichi, and how friendship and laughter have positive lasting magic. Support the Show. Got a questi…
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Louise Renault - CBC Radio Host and Storyteller
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TW: This story contains details of domestic violence and opioid overdose. Christina chats with friend Louise Renault who was the host of CBC Radio One's Daybreak and co-host of CBC Information Morning, about waking up at 3:50 AM , family tragedy, and making space for joy. Louise has an extensive background in theatre, film and television production…
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Lets chat gender with Halifax's premiere dyslexic non-binary musician! Christina (she/her) chats with Burry (they/them), an LGBTQ2A+ artist who has dealt with subjects such as mental health and being openly queer in the music industry. They strive to use their platform to amplify voices of marginalized communities in and out of the music industry. …
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Sarah Witney - Nature Advocate and Yoga Instructor
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In this episode of A Chat with Heart features a snowy hike with Christina and her friend Sarah Witney. Join Christina and Sarah as they venture into the Witney Wilderness to talk about life, love, loss and mother nature. Sarah is many things, including a mother, artist, yoga instructor, pickleballer, birder and a citizen scientist! She is also a de…
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Brendan Henry - Canadian Filmmaker and Visual Artist
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Christina chats with the creator of her latest music videos - Brendan Henry- about creativity, directing music videos, and first times. Born in Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada, Brendan grew up in Nova Scotia, and then grew up some more in Australia. Brendan Henry is heavily trained and experienced in photography, film production, graphic design, an…
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She likes stars, and she is one too! Alt-folk Canadiana artist Kylie Fox spins stories of rolling prairies and the North-Western woods, of hometown fables and flames, and of the clumsy dichotomy of youth and adulthood in sophisticated webs of cynicism, beauty, and wit. The gentle, honey-toast timbre of her voice is also rich with power and directio…
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Dave Carroll - Canadian Author, Storyteller and Singer-Songwriter
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Dave Carroll is a Canadian singer-songwriter and social media pioneer from Halifax. Perhaps best known for creating a viral YouTube video about his bad customer service experience with an airline. United Breaks Guitars became YouTube’s #1 music video in the world for the month of July 2009. This was at a time when social media was beginning to emer…
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Christina chats with longtime friend Karen Belyea who is a Managing Director at Brenan's Funeral Homes & Crematorium based in Saint John, New Brunswick. Karen has helped thousands of individuals and families navigate death. During this chat with heart Karen and Christina have the Talk of a Lifetime. Learn more about Brenan's Funeral Home & Cremator…
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Christina chats with the co-founder of StopGap Luke Anderson about making spaces more inclusive and accessible, and Blues harmonica. StopGap Foundation was registered as a Canadian charity in October 2013. What began as a small one-off project in Toronto to remove barriers to accessing built environments has turned into a global MOVEMENT! StopGap h…
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Milena Khazanavicius - Disability and Human Rights Advocate
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Since losing her sight due to diabetic retinopathy 26 years ago, Milena Khazanavicius has been riding the roller coaster of life dealing with depression, sky diving, volunteering with organizations such as Frontier College, CNIB, Friends of the Public Gardens, and advocating for all pedestrians for safe streets in Nova Scotia. Check out these great…
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Chris Distin - James Bond Expert and Duesenberg Guitars
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Christina and Chris discuss six James Bond movies. This Chat with Heart reveals how a young British boy from Ashburton, England, grows up to become one of Europes' leading James Bond experts and collectors. Chris Distin's impressive James Bond collection includes original props, costumes and production items. Some of Distin's collection is currentl…
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Melissa Churchill - Canadian Travel Expert
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In this episode Christina talks with certified goddess Melissa Churchill - Dartmouth Team Leader at CAA Atlantic - about travelling during the pandemic, and Melissa's incredible journey with loss, love, and living life to the fullest. Since Melissa's partner Shannon died in January 2018 she has kept his spirit and memory alive by sharing his story …
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Christel Seeberger - Sensory Friendly Solutions
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Working in health care as an Occupational Therapist for over 25 years, Christel Seeberger saw how sensory sensitivity and sensory overload caused people to feel overwhelmed and anxious. It made people feel isolated and alone. They stopped doing what was meaningful and important in their daily lives. Families ceased doing things together. Mature adu…
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Matt Epp - Canadian Singer-Songwriter
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In this episode Christina chats with her soul brother, Canadian troubadour and Podcast Host Matt Epp, about living a path with heart. Matt has won the admiration and hearts of an audience that spans the globe. He sings with a tenderness that belies an honesty seldom seen, and a weighty pitch that travels right to the core. His existence has been in…
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Walker and Devon - The Creators of FLUSTER
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Christina chats with two entrepreneurs and longtime best friends Walker and Devon, the creators of the conversation game FLUSTER. FLUSTER is the game that makes friends out of strangers and reveals things you never knew about your closest friends! It was created by two friends, Devon and Walker, after a memorable experience Devon had several years …
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