The Mad Chatter

Meet Josephine Kwan. She's a powerhouse entrepreneur and advisor. What many people don't know about Josephine is that both of her parents had cancer diagnoses at the same time and what's so inspiring about Josephine's story is that she not only speaks to the reality of the process behind the cancer journey but she also shares the positivity that can be taken from such an experience. So listen in, this is "When life gives you double the lemons..."

Listen up men because a little short term pain could lead to longer term health gains! We talk all about the prostate with life science smartie, Hannah Sharpe. 

What is the prostate, where is it located and what you can do to prevent prostate cancer.  Also, what's walnuts, green tea and proton radiation got to do with it?  

Share this information with a man you love and encourage him to get checked early!

Glorie Averbach is an entrepreneur, business coach, mentor, founder, women-in-tech advocate and she's just getting started! Glorie started her career plans with the intention of being a lawyer but accidentally fell into tech which led to her owning and selling a successful home tech automation business. Now, Glorie owns a coaching business (my ceo.ca) helping other leaders and entrepreneurs in the process while also making time to develop and mentor people in the tech space. In this episode, Glorie shares with us the must-haves for anyone getting into entrepreneurship (hint: it's a lot more about knowing yourself than you think), what it means to "play-up" by the people you surround yourself with and what changes she has witnessed for women and for leaders in the tech space.   Also, you're going to love her final pieces of advice!

What a ride! 1-year ago I wanted to share the inspiring stories of people I knew who decided to live a life according to their personal rules and standards. Through their stories, I can believe that everything is possible and that people will find a way to accomplish what their heart desires. A year ago, I wanted to do this in the best way I knew how and in a way that respected my guest's stories and allowed them to author their own tales to each person who listened, and so, @the mad chatter podcast was born. To celebrate the end of Season 1, I took my favourite key learnings and put them together for you. I hope there is some wisdom that resonates with you. 

To everyone who has listened to any moment of these episodes, thank you. Thanks for taking the journey with us, I look forward to what stories Season 2 brings. 

 In this episode, I speak with my sister Cindy who alongside our eldest sister Stephanie were diagnosed with early stage breast cancer in 2017. Thankfully to a genetic test, doctors were able to catch the cancer early but both sisters underwent surgery to remove their breasts and ovaries and had both went through chemotherapy treatments. Cindy by coincidence was also the same age that our mother had been when she was diagnosed with Stage 4 breast cancer and we were just children. We chat about her views on most people living a “deferred life of maybes, one day and some time”, on what she remembers from our mother’s cancer diagnosis and finally on the value of self-care. Here is her story.  

In this episode we talk to Cheryl Tansey, a personal and professional development coach about making work be more than just a job. As she embarks on a journey that will take her to conferences in multiple cities across the world, she shares with us her personal story about being a world-wide student, teaches us about finding supporters at your job and the importance of sharing knowledge. But most importantly, Cheryl reminds us that at work as in life, it’s all about taking care of one another.