Meet Successful Change Leaders from Around the World
Change leaders are the modern world’s adventurers, architects and alchemists who have an unyielding desire to continually improve themselves, their communities and society. Watch or listen as they share their stories, inspiration and wisdom.
Calling all change leaders, community visionaries
& social entrepreneurs!
Join our interview series to inspire you to realize your Vision!
Our biggest challenge as Change Leaders is maintaining
the drive, passion, and creativity over a long period of time.
Inspiration comes in fits and spurts and then it peters out.
Time pressure, daily commitments and priorities keep us
from focusing on manifesting our dreams. This robs us of
our own brilliance and the world of our greatest gifts.
That is why the Inspire Show was created…to help
us all do what inspires us most, each day.
“Leadership is about creating change you believe in.” – Seth Godin
Your Host – Lianne Bridges
Lianne Bridges is an author, international speaker and coach. Her passion is to inspire others to follow their dreams and live happier and more fulfilled lives, and in so doing, create a ripple effect of positive change in the world. She believes that when connected to our purpose, we harness the power to transform our lives. In her memoir, Love Will Keep Us Alive, Lianne recounts her own journey of awakening to her life’s mission, sharing the details which are deeply moving and inspirational.
In 1999, Lianne caught the entrepreneurial bug when she launched a successful marketing business. When her husband died of cancer, she closed her business and went on a journey of healing and self-discovery, immersing herself in personal development teachings and spiritual practices. She sensed that her time on Earth was about more than being successful in her own right.
Lianne decided to put her MBA and 35-year track record working for multinationals in service for others. In 2009, she founded Designing Transformation, which supports individuals, business owners and leaders to awaken to their potential through vision, self empowerment and alignment with their purpose.
Other Highlights
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Author: Love Will Keep Us Alive, A Journey of Awakening through Heartbreaking Loss and the Alchemy of Love
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Founder of the Human Potential Network: a community designed to help individuals, entrepreneurs and leaders shift into higher states of performance, innovation, impact and fulfillment.
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Finalist – 2020 International Book Awards
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Featured on: “On With Rhonda” on Jewel Radio 106.7. On this segment, she provides career tips and advice to live with passion and purpose.
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Featured on Conscious Millionaire Podcast (#1 rated podcast with 12 million listeners).
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Speaker at the International Wisdom 2.0 conference on living with greater mindfulness, meaning and wisdom in the modern world (San Fransisco).
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Co-host of international transformational retreats Magical Soul Adventures with Sharon Cohen, Holistic Naturopath.
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Guest lecturer at McGill and Concordia universities.
Here are Some of Our Past Episodes
Bernier’s Brave and Brazen Stand Against the Canadian Political Establishment
In this interview, we discuss the upcoming Canadian election and the PPC’s role as the ONLY party standing up for Canadians’ rights and the protection of our constitution. He explains why his stand against the political establishment is in the best interest of all Canadians, not just a fringe minority.
About:
He founded the PPC in 2018. Maxime Bernier is known as a dependable politician who speaks his mind. A man of ideas, his belief in personal responsibility and freedom is at the heart of his political vision. Before founding the party, he was a Conservative MP and Cabinet Minister in Stephen Harper’s government. Prior to politics, Maxime had a long-standing career in business and law. He is the father of two girls, and he lives and represents the Beauce region of Quebec.
Patricia Cori – Best Selling Author, Earth Activist and Public Speaker.
In our discussion we talk about what it means to be a “change leader” in these times of great awakening and what each one of us can do to midwife this birthing process.
About:
Patricia has been dubbed a “real life Indiana Jones” by fans and the media – an inspiring icon of truth and a living model of the adventurer within us all. Internationally acclaimed author Patricia Cori is one of the most well-known and established authorities on the realms of the mystic, whose views of the world challenge the status quo and confront the issues that concern us all today.
She’s a pioneer of the alternative thought community. She loves to “stretch the imagination” with visions of what might very well be, as science fiction becomes reality every day in our rapidly changing world. With fourteen books, published in more than twenty foreign languages, she has been a key voice in the alternative media for decades, bringing paradigm-busting information to the public since 1996.
David Freiheit – litigator, turned Youtuber, turned political candidate
In this interview, we discuss the importance of Canada’s upcoming election and the most critical issue at hand. I speak with David about his perspective on the Trudeau government’s performance over the past two years, and the apparent absence of legitimate opposition from the other parties.
We discuss his perspective on protecting the constitution and individual freedoms, uncoupling media and government funding, as well as the truth behind the People’s Party of Canada’s (PPC) stand on the environment and immigration.
About:
David is running for the NDG/Westmount riding of Quebec for the People’s Party of Canada (PPC), which was formed by Maxime Bernier in 2018 after leaving the Conservative Party of Canada. David was born and raised in Montreal. He is a successful Youtuber, with over 375K followers, with almost 100 million views to date. He’s a father, husband and patriot who never thought he would find himself running for political office.
Influencing from the Heart
Imagine yourself jet-setting to exotic locations, taking photographs to promote companies and products, and getting paid for it. Sounds like a dream, right?
Well, meet Montreal-born Mel Vandersluis, Instagram Influencer, who, through a string of circumstances, made it happen, and “grew into” being a content creator and social media maven with over 200 thousand Instagram followers. She urges people to follow their passion and always come back to the “why”. In addition to talking about her career trajectory, her philosophy and misconceptions about the work she does, she offers some great advice on using Instagram, images and hashtags to promote your brand and create a relevant image.
The Consciousness of Money
In this interview with Sarah talks about the creative spirit is in all of us calling us beyond ourselves, our families, businesses and small communities to a broader community to make the world a better place. She discusses the three stages of this ‘gamechanger journey’ (Self Awareness, Self Mastery and Self Expression) and the challenges (ex. health, financial, family, etc.) at each stage. Sarah also explains the consciousness of money and how it plays an integral role in our gamechanger journey.
Sarah McCrum (Sunshine Coast of Australia) is an author and coach who specializes in working with gamechangers and purpose-driven entrepreneurs. She helps people transform their relationship with money. She’s author of two books: Love Money, Money Loves You and Energy On Demand: Master Your Personal Energy and Never Burn Out.
Mindfulness and the Law
Jarrett Green(Los Angeles, California) is a former high-stakes business litigator who left the practice of law to live his passion of helping attorneys, executives, and other individuals in high-stress environments develop greater stress resiliency, higher emotional intelligence, enhanced cognitive functioning, improved career fulfillment, and increased happiness and overall success.
He provides mindfulness, stress management, and performance enhancement consulting services to law firms, law schools, and corporations, including Tesla Motors, Zenith Insurance Company, and several of the premier law firms in the United States.
Neuroscience-informed Approaches to Emotional Resilience
Joshua Smith (London, UK) is Managing Director of Adapt Faster, Ltd, and is a behavioral specialist, trainer and coach specializing in neuroscience-informed approaches to mindfulness and resilience. He currently coaches executives and teams globally, and leads courses in emotional resilience, social intelligence, and authentic leadership.
Joshua has a BA in economics, and has completed studies at the University of Oxford in mindfulness and neuroscience. As well, Joshua has trained as a trauma therapist with Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute, EMDR Centre London and completed a teacher training in Yoga and the Traumatized Body under the supervision of Bessel van der Kolk, a legendary researcher in the field of PTSD.
Joshua is co-author of The Happy Teacher: 11 Rs Every Teacher Should Know. As a result of his work, he was invited to a White House reception to greet Queen Elizabeth II.
Becoming a Change Leader in the Media
Rhonda Massad (Montreal, Quebec) can be seen all over the West Island of Montreal, camera in tow, meeting new people, covering local events, highlighting people, businesses, and charities.
Rhonda retired from her career in retail in 2015 after 16 years and started writing against all odds. Her take charge of her fear philosophy always pushes her to move past the little voice that keeps us from getting where we want to go.
Rhonda has harnessed her passion for writing and now has a successful online blog that has been recognized by the Quebec Community Newspaper Association and seen more than 6 million visitors to the site. She can be seen on Global TV once a month for her segment “The Best of the West”, on Jewel 106.7 every week for her segment “The More You Know” and every Friday on Hits 94.7.
Imagination Technology
Anne Scott (London, UK) is a speaker, teacher, coach and ultimately an Imagination Technologist. Anne works with individuals and businesses who choose to operate at their highest level of creativity and have a desire to create a better, sustainable, beautiful world. She is passionate about the purposeful application of imagination and collaborating with high level creatives to make ideas real.
Anne’s an expert at change, being a catalyst and ambassador for new possibilities. She has the ability to shape shift into problems to reframe them as creative opportunities and to facilitate others to do the same. She loves traveling the world and exploring the outer edges of consciousness to create new experiences and realities for herself enjoying, savouring and fully inhabiting this life.
Heart Coherence, Creativity and Healing
More and more we hear of the importance of tapping into our creativity, but what if we feel we don’t have a creative bone in our bodies, and fall short in artistic endeavours? Creativity, expression and playfulness can bring people to a point of deeper acceptance when faced with negativity, can result in letting go, and help build resilience.
We have to change our thinking, according to Bruce Cryer (NYC), Founder of Renaissance Human, and former CEO of HeartMath. In his eyes we are all “cauldrons of creativity”, and even if we are not “artists” per se, everyone has the ability to create… from the constant creation of our own cells to being innovative in problem solving. Positive coherence of the heart with the brain could influence thought patterns, energy levels and perspectives.
Interview with International Centre for Conscious Leadership
In this interview, Lianne speaks about her newly published memoir, Love Will Keep Us Alive, which recounts her journey of awakening to her deeper calling through heart-breaking loss and the alchemy of love.
Stéphane Leblanc is Founder and CEO of the International Center for Conscious Leadership. He is a catalyst for the transformation of leaders and the elevation of consciousness in organizations around the world. He is an experienced senior executive with over 25 years of experience in large international organizations.
What is Authentic Leadership
In my interview with Alistair Price we discuss what it is to be an authentic leader and why it is so important in today’s business environment.
Alistair Price of Authentic People Solutions (Montreal, QC) shares his own experience with senior executive teams and the difficulty of being completely transparent in certain c-suite environments. Alistair provides insight on how to improve collaboration and engagement within organizations. He also describes the importance of being accountable for our own learning and development within our careers. Alistair is a senior business and HR professional who helps owners and leaders of SMEs through timely, customer centric and cost- effective HR services to build purposeful, authentic work environments where people can learn, pivot, and grow.
Revitalizing communities after a year of COVID
In this interview, Dan Taylor paints a picture for us of what economic development and tourism looks like today, after a year of the pandemic. He offers strategies that will help revitalize economic development and tourism in the small to medium communities in the coming year or so.
Dan Taylor is an Economic Development and Tourism Professional (Ontario, Canada) is a strategic advisor and guide to professionals in the industry to take their work to the next level and create maximum impact for their communities and businesses. He specializes in rural, small and medium sized towns, counties and regions in North America and across the globe.
The Power of Kindness vs Empathy
Harpal Dhatt (Ikaria, Greece) is an award winning Chartered Occupational Psychologist, founder of Glow at Work since 2011. She is passionate about kindness, compassion, mindfulness and gratitude. She is also an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society and on the Register of Coaching Psychologists. She is accredited in a wide variety of personality psychometrics, and combines her knowledge of organizational culture and diversity to design interventions in the workplace for people to thrive.
She is working on a book about ‘Serving Kindness’ on a Greek island called Ikaria where people forget to die. One of 7 blue zones in the world where people live to 100 and are happy. She is looking to bring people there for kindness coaching and retreats in nature as the Kindness Chef. She helps people to live a life of authenticity, to follow their dreams with kindness and compassion.
How to Move Your Writing Project from a Dream to Reality
Julie Gedeon (Montreal, QC) is a journalist, editor and writing coach. She is passionate about the power of words to communicate important truths. She enjoys helping others to learn how to explore and write their own heartfelt stories – real or imagined – as much she does creating her own stories. She helps others to hone their writing skills as well as powers of imagination in her Writers’ Kitchen through workshop-oriented classes.
Her 30-plus years of experience include writing for Canadian Geographic, Cycle, Flare, Home in Canada, Porthole Cruise, The Financial Post, The (Montreal) Gazette, Wine Tidings and dozens of other consumer and trade magazines. She also spent 12 years as a reporter at CBC Radio.
COVID Lessons helped prepare for Retirement
In this interview, Don Rosenthal discusses how overcoming the work challenges from COVID offered new solutions for his retirement, or rather ‘refirement’.
Don Rosenthal (Montreal, QC) is the founder of Elevate Commerce, which guides business transformation projects for a wide variety of companies, across different industries. He specializes in leading technology enabled business programs; including Customer Experience Design and Development, Supplier Selection and Management, Web Portals, Marketing Automation, Enterprise Content Management, Project Management, CRM.
Healing from the Inside Out
Sharon Cohen (Montreal, QC) has been in private Naturopath practice, specializing in holistic services that include emotional and spiritual counseling, balancing hormones, assisting in the healing of digestive challenges and allergy elimination. Her goal is to encourage her clients to hear and act on their inner wisdom so that they can feel energized, inspired and freed up to live a life they love. She has been leading retreats for the last 5 years in Costa Rica as well as facilitating courses and workshops relating to optimum wellness and the nurturing of self-love.
In this episode, Lianne speaks with Sharon Cohen about her work with the ego and how she helps clients release its hold on their health, relationships and work.
The Ins-and-Outs of Self Publishing
Founder of Aaxel Author Services, Alexa Nazzaro (Montreal, QC) helps authors across all genres publish their books. A published writer herself (who also studied at university!), Alexa has given self-publishing workshops for the Quebec Writers’ Federation and also serves as a peer reviewer of self-published applicants for The Writers’ Union of Canada.
Aaxel Author Services is a partner member of the Alliance of Independent Authors. According to Alexa, “In meeting more and more writers, I realized that, despite the hundreds of self-publishing experts out there, there was still a need for guidance. Guidance grounded in fact, not hype. Guidance that was focused on professionalism and excellence—not on finishing the book in thirty days.”
For a Company to Thrive, Their People Must Thrive
As a globally recognized change agent, Corry Robertson (Montreal, QC) provides personal and professional coaching for executives and high level entrepreneurs who seek to improve workplace performance by building a coaching leadership culture. Credentialed by The International Coach Federation (ICF) she is a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) who supports her clients by drawing on an extensive background in corporate coaching, transformational leadership development, leadership and change management, conflict resolution styles, communication skills, personal well-being and leading edge psychometric tools. Her clients are the kind of people who agree that f
Corry discusses her work in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia where she delivered a coach certification program that teaches managers how to use the coaching competencies as a leadership style and supports the entire organization in building a coaching culture.
Moving out of Fear and into Flow
In this interview, Sherry Nash and Lianne discuss strategies to move out of fear and into flow in this next wave of the pandemic. Lianne’s own trauma eleven years ago helped her prepare for these turbulent times. The loss of her husband redefined her life in almost every way — deepening the connection to her inner wisdom and spirituality, learning to find her own independence, and reorienting her compass towards her true North.
Sherry Nash (Montreal, QC) the Love Coach is a certified life coach, naturopath and Wedding Officiant with a mission to help people find their JOY. In this video, Lianne and Sherry discuss and provide practical tips to help people shift into higher levels of consciousness (compassion, forgiveness, gratitude and joy) to become more in flow in their lives.
Round Table: Raise Our Collective Consciousness
In this interview, Sherry Nash and Lianne discuss strategies to move out of fear and into flow in this next wave of the pandemic. Lianne’s own trauma eleven years ago helped her prepare for these turbulent times. The loss of her husband redefined her life in almost every way — deepening the connection to her inner wisdom and spirituality, learning to find her own independence, and reorienting her compass towards her true North.
A bold and uplifting round table conversation with four women whose work focuses on mind, body and spirit wellness and personal transformation. They share a fresh perspective on what is happening on the planet at this special time in our history. And, they provide suggestions on how we can navigate the darker aspects to emerge as a stronger, more evolved society.
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