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The Happy Soul Podcast

Sammi and Melissa

We are about loving, encouraging and empowering others to share their journeys. Most of all, we are about celebrating the overcoming that each one of our guests has gone through. A podcast about life. We share inspirational stories about facing life"s challenges. Stories about rising through the shit that life hands us to find & create happiness, success, abundance and love. Disclaimer: The opinions and views of our guests, do not necessarily reflect the opinions and views of the

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01:00:29

Season 3. Ep 26: Sam Daley-Harris - Cynicism is...

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2025/09/25

We needed to release this episode as soon as possible!Did you know that less than 3% of e-mails that you send to your politician are actually read?There is so much going on in the world right now, climate change, famine, physical wars, wars on human rights, illness, domestic violence, book bans, gun control, over-stepping governments - you name it, it's happening in the world and it's heavy.We feel it too!In this episode with Sam Daley-Harris, we talk about his book Reclaiming Our Democracy

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01:06:38

Season 3. Ep 25. Elsine Van Os - Doubt Is Part of the...

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2025/09/18

Have you ever wanted to leave everything you own and travel the world?Are you afraid of something that you couldn't even imagine surrounding yourself with?Have you ever wondered what it might be like to live on a boat?Elsine and her family did ALL of these.Elsine and her family are from the Netherlands. Her husband Ronald, always wanted to sail around the world but Elsine was desperately afraid of the water. But one day, she said "Why not?!"They bought a sailboat, and left their life

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Season 3. Ep 24: Christine Blosdale - Claiming Your...

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2025/09/04

Christine Blosdale is THE Expert Authority Coach.What does that mean? She specializes in helping entrepreneurs, thought leaders, and business owners develop and amplify their Expert Authority and hone in on their craft so that they can become the go-to leaders in their industry.In today's episode with Christine we chat all things overcoming when it comes to believing in yourself and starting your own business, project or life calling.Christine shares with us how broadcasting found her, and

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01:09:44

Season 3. Ep 23: Deanna Christopher - The Salty Life

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2025/08/21

Have you ever met someone who's had a lung transplant? How about a double lung transplant? How about a double lung transplant and was told as a baby that she likely wouldn't make it to grade school?Meet Deanna. Deanna was diagnosed around one year old with Cystic Fibrosis all because her Mom accidentally tasted her tears and the locum doctor she was seeing in their small town, happened to know a lot about Cystic Fibrosis. What are the chances?Back in the 80's, babies were not commonly

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01:14:10

Welcome Back - Summer Break

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2025/08/07

We're back!As you know, we always take our summer break in July and come back to bring some fun and stories sometime in August.Today Melissa and Sammi are just having a banter about some Taboo topics that really, most people don't like to deep dive into!Join us as we talk about these and have a few laughsWith love, Sammi and Melissa

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Season 3. Ep 21: Peter Samuelson - I Constantly...

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2025/06/10

First and foremost: This episode is being released on the DAY Peter Samuelson's book is released. Stop what you're doing now, and go find his book.Here's a quick link:https://www.samuelson.la/Peter Samuelson is a Producer and Executive Producer of 25 motion pictures, a Philanthropist and Founder of 7 different charities and an author. He has made a massive difference in the lives of extremely sick children, foster children, those experiencing homelessness and many others over his

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Season 3. Ep 20: Local Love Co. - Embracing Community

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2025/06/05

Have you ever wondered how the newest of owners of Local Love Co ended up taking over? Have you been curious about the inner workings of a small business?Perhaps you are wondering what it would be like to work side by side with your best friend and neighbour?Tune in as we chat with Nicole and Amanda from Local Love Co in the Okotoks Area about how and why they decided to jump when Local Love first went up for sale, some of the inner workings of how the navigate (and embrace) the fact that they are

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01:07:54

Season 3. Ep. 19: Cynthia Marks - Scars Don't Make Us...

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2025/05/29

Have you heard of the transformative power of love? Have you heard of Dr. Bernard Bail? Have you ever heard someone speak about the imprinting of our dreams?Listening to Cynthia Marks speak about how falling in love with the most unexpected person, at the most unexpected time, in the most unexpected way; taught her all about the transformative power of love. She shares with us how this kind of love completely changed the way she viewed herself and all the relationships she had around her. The most

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Season 2. Ep. 18: Rebekah Higgs - Make it Happen

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2025/05/22

Rebekah is the creator of DIY Mom.Renovating, Redecorating and Restoring homes and teaching you how.Rebekah was told 'no' more times than she can count when she first started to pursue the idea of DIY Mom. But she knew this was going to make an impact. She knew this was going to add a huge amount of value to the world. And boy was she right. Coming from a music background, an abusive relationship (more on that in October), and a single Mom in her 30's, Rebekah shows up for herself and

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00:57:08

Season 3. Ep. 17: Kijuan Amey - Hurt, Heal, Let It Go

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2025/05/15

Join us today as we dive into Kijuan Amey's mindset, that he speaks about in his book. Teaching others the difference between forgiving, forgetting and letting it go. There are so many incredible little pieces of advice that Kijuan gives in our conversation today that can have a really big impact in someone's life that is struggling to move forward into the next chapter. Life if FULL of setbacks and, as Kijuan reinforces; it's all about how we handle those setbacks.Working with the air

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Season 3. Ep. 16: In Loving Memory of Kyla Dawn Boruck

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2025/05/08

Three things we need you to know about this episode:1.) Dammit. There are people we forgot to mention or didn't mention enough. Or stories that are on our hearts that we forgot to share, but they will be in episodes to come.2.) We definitely cried while editing this and re-listening to Kyla's song. If you didn't know her, it might not have made sense to you.3.) We need to give a huge shout out to Dana who may never see this, but is due the credit behind all the photos we pulled and threw

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Season 3. Ep. 15: Johnathon "Scooter" Clark - Love...

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2025/04/30

First and foremost, we have to express our gratitude for this episode. Scooter is in a crazy busy season of tree planting and, on very short notice, made some time to hope on a call and record this podcast episode. As of Aug 2024, Johnathon "Scooter" Clark has overseen the planting of over 147 MILLION trees being planted, right here in Canada. He works alongside big logging companies, to help replant those trees that are being logged and cut down. AND with replant.environmental, they are

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00:45:56

Season 3 Ep. 14: Earth Month: Talayna Zacharias - I...

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2025/04/24

Talayna is an advocate for sustainable living with kids, she has an e-book, is advocating for the 7 R's and is determined to help the world raise earth loving kids. In this beautiful conversation with Talayna we talk about how she learned so much of her adult behaviour as a child, growing up out to play in the fields. She is helping anyone who follows her account, learn how to make more eco conscious choices AND speaking out about how each choice is different for each family and each families

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Season 3. Ep 13: Earth Month - Shawn Cable: Did You...

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2025/04/17

Earth month is bringing us so many incredible guests and THIS is another one to make sure you gather information from.If you didn't know; mattresses and car seats ARE recyclable! You just need to find the right location and ReMatt is one of those locations, right here in Calgary, Alberta.Our guest today, Shawn Cable, started ReMatt in 2014 when he learned just how many mattresses were ending up in landfills and learning just how much space they take up. His approximate guess is that, not including

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Season 3. Ep. 12: Earth Month - Sarah...

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2025/04/10

Bringing on a burning desire to help educate and make an impact with her voice is Sarah Robertson-Barnes. We are so honoured to share this space with Sarah today. Sarah, Melissa and Sammi speak about what we can do as individuals to make a difference in the world around us. Sometimes, looking at what's going on with climate change, waste and the environment can be daunting and overwhelming. Sarah is here to help us all navigate that. How we can take it just one step at a time. With her bold

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Season 3. Ep 11 Earth Day Intro: Melissa & Sammi Banter

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2025/04/03

We are SOOO excited about this month's mini series!Perhaps today we went a little too far into the rant-y side of our love for the planet and doing better things to make a difference but hey, come join us anyway. If you don't know us, we love a good laugh and a good rant about something that's deep in your heart. That's us today. Join us as we start off our Earth month mini series with why Melissa and Sammi wanted to do this whole mini series, what things are important to us, how we

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Season 3 Ep. 10: Lauren Woodley - I Finally Felt Free

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2025/03/27

Did you know that 1 in 4 women and 1 in 6 men, experience domestic violence?34% of people in Canada who have experienced domestic violence have never even spoken to someone else about it, let alone reported it to the police.This episode with Lauren starts the opening up of our topic on Domestic Violence. We are highlighting this topic for the month of October, but let todays episode be just one example of how domestic violence can show up in a relationship. Part 1 of Lauren's story puts the spot

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Season 3. Ep. 9: Melissa & Sammi Movie's & Gitter's...

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2025/03/20

Alright, we just like to do these every now and again. Usually just full of some laughs and a good time. This episode is some opinions about movies as a "hang out", reminiscing on Gitter's good ol' times and a tiny bit of advice at the end. Really, we're just a couple of girlfriends who run a podcast, just having a good time.Join us!With love, Sammi & Melissa

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Season 3. Ep 8: Bryan Saint-Louis - Everything is...

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2025/03/13

In our last episode with Bryan, we spoke about Radical Empathy and his mission to spread and teach Radical Empathy to everyone who crosses his path.During that conversation, Bryan shared with us a moment in his career that helped him realize just how powerful Radical Empathy can be. In today's episode though, Bryan shares the story of his daughter Korneliah and how, during the loss of her, an act of Radical Empathy saved his life. This full circle story about how a student, whom Bryan had shown

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Season 3. Ep 7: Francois Busque - Celebrating Rare...

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2025/02/28

Do you know someone who lives with a Rare Genetic Condition? Do you live with a Rare Genetic Condition? In todays episode, Francois is allowing us to ask any and all questions about his son Benjamin and what life looks like for them, with their son Ben, living with CASK MICPCH (ponto cerebeller hypoplasia)What we learned about in this episode that was mind boggling? There are less than 200 people living with this condition and most males who are born with this condition, die during infancy. Ben is

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