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Calm after the storm: Survivorship and other stories, with Amy Syed

Calm after the storm: Survivorship and other stories, with Amy Syed

Amy Syed

Welcome to Calm After The Storm: Survivorship and Other Stories, the podcast that shares intersectional stories of trauma, survivorship, and triumph. Join us every week as Amy Syed interviews inspiring people to discuss how they moved through challenging times in their lives to determine what the true definition of ‘thriving’ is. Our goal is to share stories that resonate with you and spark hope for those in need. Find us anywhere you listen to podcasts.
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Calm after the storm: Survivorship and other stories, with Amy Syed - Everything you need is inside of YOU

Everything you need is inside of YOU

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09/21/20 • 80 min

Welcome to Calm After The Storm, this is your host Amy Syed. I am Founder and CEO of FindyourHCP, 15minuteaday.ca and an activist. I am a survivor of domestic violence, terminal cancer and Grief. Thanks for joining us on this journey through other’s declarations. In this episode of Calm After The Storm: Survivorship and Other Stories with Amy Syed, we speak with Laura Tucker, Leadership Coach at Free Your Inner Guru.

Tune in as we tackle topics like:

  • 2:01 - Laura’s background
  • 4:08 - Being the eldest and the only daughter
  • 7:26 - Becoming rebellious outside her home
  • 11:20 - College life
  • 15:56 - Embarking on her mental health journey
  • 20:22 - Reflecting on what life is “supposed to look like”
  • 21:36 - The difficulty of pursuing a teaching career
  • 28:49 - Training, Sales and Antidepressants
  • 32:46 - Getting a morality check
  • 36:16 - Life in Kelowna, BC
  • 40:25 - The Secret
  • 45:26 - “From peak to pit”
  • 1:00:12 - Life after Sedona
  • 1:04:10 - Discovering new therapeutic methods
  • 1:13:59 - The biggest lesson she learned
  • 1:18:22 - Laura’s dedication

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Calm after the storm: Survivorship and other stories, with Amy Syed - Head Injury and Finding a New Meaning to Life

Head Injury and Finding a New Meaning to Life

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07/27/20 • 37 min

Welcome to Calm after the Storm, this is your host Amy Syed. I am Founder and CEO of FindyourHCP, 15minuteaday.ca and an activist. I am a survivor of domestic violence, terminal cancer and Grief. Thanks for joining us on this journey through other’s declarations. In this episode of Calm After The Storm: Survivorship and Other Stories with Amy Syed, we speak with Allison Venditti, a return to work expert, about her experience going through numerous head injuries, concussions, seizures and navigating a changing healthcare system. Tune in as we discuss topics such as navigating the healthcare system, transitioning to self-employment and finding new meaning to life.

Allison Venditti has spent over a decade in Human Resources, coaching and consulting and in a super niche specialty as a return to work expert. She has interviewed over 2000 applicants for jobs, helped over 800 people return to work after maternity leave, injury and illness and coached individuals into more senior roles, new careers and new businesses. She has worked with companies ranging from 5 – 10,000 employees in industries ranging from consumer packaged goods, marketing, banking, tech, startups, engineering, non-profit, health care and government.

  • 1:30- A little about Allison
  • 4:32- “Just take Tylenol”
  • 9:32- Confronting the hard truth
  • 15:02- Navigating through short and long-term disability
  • 16:46- Joining a Brain Injury Program
  • 23:49- How Allison felt through behavioural therapy
  • 27:36- Hiring and becoming an advocate for yourself
  • 32:13- Allison’s dedication

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Calm after the storm: Survivorship and other stories, with Amy Syed - Declarations of Resistance: Healing through Advocacy

Declarations of Resistance: Healing through Advocacy

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06/29/20 • 57 min

Welcome to the third episode of Calm After The Storm, a podcast that explores various themes of survivorship and how each speaker has thrived. This podcast is hosted by Amy Syed, Founder and CEO of Findyourhcp.com. In today's episode, we chat with Nneka MacGregor and Shalleena about violence against women, how they overcome it and the important work they’re doing now.

  • 1:35 - A little bit about Nneka and Shellina today
  • 3:42 - Deep diving into Nneka’s childhood
  • 11:31 - Dealing with Abuse (Nneka)
  • 14:19 - Modelling what love is for Nneka’s children
  • 19:06 - Shellina’s upbringing
  • 24:40 - Seeking shelter (Shellina)
  • 27:29 - the healing continuum
  • 36:16 - post-traumatic growth and consent
  • 46:21 - declarations, not stories
  • 51:00 - dedication for trans folx, Black and indigenous peoples

Nneka MacGregor is Executive Director of the Women's Centre for Social Justice, better known as WomenatthecentrE. She is a survivor and started the organization as a way to channel her anger, disappointment and energy at systems that were fundamentally broken. She and Shelleena, mobilize survivors, who are the true experts, to use their lived experience to bring about change, so that others don't experience the trauma they have endured.

Nneka and Shelleena can be reached at [email protected] and www.womentatthecentre.com

CONTENT WARNING:

Information shared in Calm After The Storm podcast can be graphic in nature. We recommend you review the details of our podcast before tuning in. We appreciate you tuning in and we hope that the story shared with you today is inspirational and helps to get through tough times that you may be facing. For additional information or support, please visit 15minutesaday.ca

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Calm after the storm: Survivorship and other stories, with Amy Syed - From Refugee Survivor to Real Estate Mogul

From Refugee Survivor to Real Estate Mogul

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12/04/20 • 31 min

A self-made millionaire, Tahani Aburaneh came from extremely humble beginnings. After being born to Palestinian parents in a refugee camp in Amman, Jordan, and is supported by international aid groups, Tahani was married against her will at age 15 to her cousin and sent to Canada without speaking a word of English. Determined to not be defined by her circumstances, she finished high school and managed to complete a business diploma from Conestoga College. Eventually, Tahani managed to leave her marriage and went on to build several successful businesses and a thriving real estate empire. Today she is also the author of Real Estate Riches: A Money-Making Game Plan for the Canadian Investor, and is one of the country’s leading experts on real estate investing.

Show Notes:

1:40- Tahani talks about life in her refugee camp felt like

2:18- Tahani talks about her childhood. Emphasis on her relationship with her dad

2:55- Tahani’s arranged marriage

5:40- Tahani explains the “why” behind moving to Canada and how she reconciled with the decision. (To support her family in the refugee camp)

7:00- Tahani’s Dad's letters

7:13- Tahani’s life when she came to Canada + her husband

8:03- Excitement over going to school + learning English

10:20- How Tahani balanced her wife and home duties with school + her part-time job

11:17- Numbness wore off and Tahani starts questioning her life and decisions

12:12- Tahani talks about her marriage

13:04- Amy’s first reflection

13:42- Rock bottom

14:97- Tahani’s brother passed away + mom suffering from illness

15:45- Tahani talks about her real estate career starting + her first home purchase with no down payment

17:06- Gratitude and mindset shift

18:09- Tahani talks about her new “why” her two kids being her inspiration behind her hustle

19:07- Amy's second reflection

22:49- Her inspiration to help women

24:25- disadvantages of not promoting women at the forefront of investing

29:23- Tahani dedicates the episode to her parents

30:06- Amys conclusion

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Calm after the storm: Survivorship and other stories, with Amy Syed - Adoption and Identity in Adulthood

Adoption and Identity in Adulthood

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01/15/21 • 37 min

When Leigh Mitchell was three months old, she was given up for adoption. Her adopted parents divorced when she was only a year hold, causing disruption to the stability she felt from an early age. In school, Leigh struggled to find her stability, suffering from learning disabilities and constantly moving from place to place. Eventually after finding her footing in high school, Leigh watched her father buy a resort and suffer from a nervous breakdown that changed the course of his life. As a business owner herself today, Leigh has spent years helping both herself and others heal from similar traumas. In adulthood, Leigh managed to reconnect with her biological parents, putting together estranged pieces of her identity and began counselling to better understand how her traumas had affected her life. Today, Leigh is a thriving entrepreneur as the founder of Women in Business Network, a group of 30K+ women created to support female business owners.

1.41 - Leigh’s adoption and childhood

4.30 - Leigh moves back in with her mom

5.10 - Leigh’s learning disabilities

6.20 - Leigh’s stepfather has a car accident, family moves to Mississauga

7.20 - Leigh’s relationship with her biological parents

8.05 - Leigh starts hanging out with older crowd

9.10 - Leigh’s weekends with her adoptive father

10.14 - Leigh’s adoptive father buys a resort, sees her father have a nervous breakdown

11.52 - How Leigh’s trauma affected her

12.57 - Amy’s reflection on Leigh’s story

13.57 - Leigh goes to college instead of university

14.44 - Leigh gets her driver’s license

16.21 - How Leigh found and met her biological parents

18.55 - Leigh gets an explanation for her adoption from her father

21.55 - Leigh experiences postpartum depression after having her first child

22.17 - Amy’s second reflection

23.17 - Leigh starts seeing a psychiatrist

24.59 - How Women in Business Network was born

25.42 - How our businesses are often reflections of ourselves

26.21 - How to deal with rough days in business

29.58 - Self care for entrepreneurs

32.50 - Making decisions

33.56 - Leigh’s dedication

35.21 - Amy’s takeaways

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Calm after the storm: Survivorship and other stories, with Amy Syed - Surviving grief, domestic violence and terminal cancer

Surviving grief, domestic violence and terminal cancer

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06/03/20 • 49 min

Welcome to the first episode of Calm After The Storm, a podcast that explores various themes of survivorship and how each speaker has thrived. This podcast is hosted by Amy Syed, Founder and CEO of Findyourhcp.com, a technical platform that matches healthcare practitioners to employers on demand. In today's episode, Amy shares her experiences in grief, domestic violence, and terminal cancer with her sister Mehvish Syed, an animal and nature enthusiast who spends her day job cultivating support for cancer research and care at The Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation.

  • 5:04 - Amy’s childhood, growing up with South Asian descent and losing her father
  • 14:32 - Taking on responsibility and being busy as a coping method
  • 16:38 - Marriage, pregnancy and abuse
  • 23:03 - Navigating through hardship
  • 33:35 - How meditation helped her treatment
  • 37:04 - Starting a new life and thriving
  • 42:43 - Living in the moment, practising gratitude
  • 46:02 - Honouring her father and a friend

Amy Syed is a serial entrepreneur who has created other businesses and currently also coaches people who have no time for self-care to create habits and optimize their daily lives via 15minutesaday.ca. She is a speaker and chair of the board of directors at the Period Purse. When she is not working or volunteering, she has 5 beautiful children and a supportive partner with whom she spends her time and energies to grow the future.

Visit Amy at: 15minutesaday.ca , @amy.syed @calmafterthestormpodcast

CONTENT WARNING:

Information shared in Calm After The Storm podcast can be graphic in nature. We recommend you review the details of our podcast before tuning in. We appreciate you tuning in and we hope that the story shared with you today is inspirational and helps to get through tough times that you may be facing. For additional information or support, please visit 15minutesaday.ca

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Calm after the storm: Survivorship and other stories, with Amy Syed - Success and Overcoming Self Sabotage

Success and Overcoming Self Sabotage

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01/22/21 • 40 min

During her childhood, Karlyn Percil experienced bullying and sexual abuse. Without understanding how to deal with her trauma, Karlyn unconsciously carried it throughout her life, which formed into self-sabotaging narratives that ultimately affected her relationships with other people and herself. Eventually recognizing that she needed to make a change, Karlyn worked towards accepting and loving herself. She developed programs and stayed disciplined until she was able to regain her own power and tap into her full potential. Today, Karlyn Percil is a successful entrepreneur who focuses on sharing the lessons from her journey with women around the world.

1.33 - Karlyn’s childhood

4.10 - Karlyn’s child sexual abuse

5.39 - What self bullying looks like

8.10 - The institutionalization of our lives and breaking free

14.45 - How to create a conscious contract with yourself

17.20 - Amy’s reflection

18.10 - Reflecting on your SIMUs

23.07 - How Karlyn reclaimed her power

29.16 - Karlyn’s businesses evolve

32.09 - How to help others understand the impact of stepping into your healing

35.25 - How to discover your purpose

36.30 - Remember to be audacious

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Calm after the storm: Survivorship and other stories, with Amy Syed - Opening Up About Stillbirth

Opening Up About Stillbirth

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01/08/21 • 33 min

Farah Nasser is an award winning journalist who has dedicated her voice to elevating people of colour. Recently, Farah opened up about her personal experience with the stillbirth of her son Hussain, live on Global News. Throughout this episode, Amy and Farah trade stories about what it was like growing up as children of immigrant parents, and their pregnancies with their twins. Farah talks about the moment she found out that one of her twins had passed away in her womb, and the psychological effects it had on her as she continued to carry both twins. Today, Farah discusses her stillbirth openly to raise awareness on the subject and remembers Hussain fondly with her husband and two children.

1.32 - Farah’s childhood

2.51 - How Farah felt growing up as a child of immigrant parents

6.05 - The first time Farah was called a “paki”

8.21 - When Farah got married and decided to have kids

9.46 - Farah finds out she was having twins

10.32 - How Farah’s pregnancy went

11.12 - Farah lost one of her twins

13.26 - Amy’s reflection

14.43 - The pregnancy build up, Farah gave birth and found out how her twin passed away

16.33 - Farah’s labour

18.02 - The importance of talking about stillbirths

19.22 - Group therapy

21.17 - Why Farah and her husband decided to tell her son about his brother

22.54 - What life looks like now for Farah

24.38 - Amy’s reflection on loss

25.31 - What Farah is seeing in working moms today

28.03 - The need for protectionism

29.35 - Farah’s episode dedication

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Calm after the storm: Survivorship and other stories, with Amy Syed - Growing Pains

Growing Pains

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12/18/20 • 44 min

After Avery Francis was promoted to her dream job, she was sexually assaulted at a work social. Put in a precarious position as part of the company’s HR department, Avery made the difficult decision to come forward and take action. However, although the individual was let go, Avery could not let go of the feeling that she was unsafe at her workplace. Months went by and she slowly became more and more depressed, suppressing her emotions of the incident, rather than dealing with them. After an emotional breakdown, Avery took a leave of absence where she found art therapy and began to move through the trauma that had occured. Upon arrival back to her job, Avery made the decision to leave the company to continue her pathway to thrive. Today, Avery is the founder of Bloom, a full service workplace design consultancy.

1.34 - Avery’s childhood

5.04 - Dropped out of school and had to pay her parents back. Ended up in recruiting.

7.02 - How Avery started her career after university

7.40 - Avery became the Director of Talent at Rangle.io

8.58 - Started to distance herself from her colleagues

9.27 - Avery’s promotion

10.05 - The work social, celebrating her promotion

10.57 - Avery’s sexual assault

16.15 - Avery turns blame inwards, how the assault affected Avery’s sense of self

17.56 - The dinner after the assault

18.27 - What action Avery took afterwards

19.04 - The action Rangle took

20.57 - How Avery felt at work after her assault

21.43 - Avery’s rock bottom

24.08 - Amy’s reflection

25.10 - Tools Avery used to heal

27.52 - Avery’s take on art therapy

29.50 - Sexual assault is often not a one-off situation

30.15 - Why Avery came forward

31.16 - Amy’s second reflection

32.32 - What happened next?

34.10 - How Bloom was born

35.18 - What thriving means to Avery

37.05 - Avery’s advocacy for BLM

42.40 - Who Avery honours on the website

43.00 - Amy’s final reflection

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Calm after the storm: Survivorship and other stories, with Amy Syed - Learning To Love Yourself

Learning To Love Yourself

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12/11/20 • 35 min

Fortunate to have several parents due to divorce, Jodi Kovitz came from a large family that shaped her view on making lemonade out of hard situations. As Jodi grew up, she adopted the mindset of always trying to find the positive out of pain. After having her daughter Lilly, Jodi and her husband divorced. A family lawyer at the time, Jodi hit a breaking point where she recognized that the life she was living was not the right path for her. This sparked a metamorphosis, where Jodi recognized the negative behaviours she was manifesting and began to see that their impacts were bigger than herself. After realizing the behaviours were happening, Jodi focused on her self development to heal the wounds that would change her life and create a bigger impact. Today, Jodi Kovitz is the Founder and CEO of #MoveTheDial, the host of the Joyful Sundays podcast, and a certified meditation instructor.

1.32 - Jodi’s childhood, first experience with her parents

2.57 - How Jodi’s parents' divorce impacted her

6.24 - Jodi’s advice for anyone going through divorce.

7.55 - Jodi’s co-parenting relationship with her daughter’s stepmom

9.30 - Why Jodi became a family lawyer

12.00 - Jodi asks for a business development budget to build a collaborative family law practice

12.50 - Jodi realizes that the life she was living was not the right path for her

15.34 - Jodi’s life changing experience in Arizona

19.12 - How to hold space for people with severe mental health issue

19.43 - Amy’s first reflection on self love and physical manifestation of disease

21.19 - The start of #MoveTheDial

23.40 - Pausing operations of #MoveTheDial due to COVID-19

24.22 - Jodi’s meditation process

27.49 - Jodi’s grieving process for #MoveThe Dial

29.26 - Joyful Sundays

33.43 - Jodi’s dedication for the episode

34.32 - Amy’s final reflection

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How many episodes does Calm after the storm: Survivorship and other stories, with Amy Syed have?

Calm after the storm: Survivorship and other stories, with Amy Syed currently has 19 episodes available.

What topics does Calm after the storm: Survivorship and other stories, with Amy Syed cover?

The podcast is about Human Trafficking, Domestic Violence, Grief, Thrive, Podcasts, Inspiration, Self-Improvement, Education and Alcoholism.

What is the most popular episode on Calm after the storm: Survivorship and other stories, with Amy Syed?

The episode title 'Success and Overcoming Self Sabotage' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on Calm after the storm: Survivorship and other stories, with Amy Syed?

The average episode length on Calm after the storm: Survivorship and other stories, with Amy Syed is 42 minutes.

How often are episodes of Calm after the storm: Survivorship and other stories, with Amy Syed released?

Episodes of Calm after the storm: Survivorship and other stories, with Amy Syed are typically released every 13 days, 18 hours.

When was the first episode of Calm after the storm: Survivorship and other stories, with Amy Syed?

The first episode of Calm after the storm: Survivorship and other stories, with Amy Syed was released on Jun 3, 2020.

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