The Real Van City

If there's anything we learned following the pandemic, it's just how much we value real human connection.

In the age of 'digital connections', it seems our ability to connect deeply with other humans seems to be deteriorating.

How do we become more approachable and reestablish meaningful connections with others?

In this episode, Devon O'Brien Ash breaks down the lost art of authentic human connection.

In this episode cover:

Essentials for any healthy relationship
- How single men can confidently approach women
- The one thing single women are looking for when being approached
- How we all wear social masks and how we can remove them
- Tangible steps to become more charismatic

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Devon O’Brien Ash is the founder of Social Fluency, an advanced social skills training company.

He has spent the last 15 years focusing on body language, conversational agility, assertiveness and humour to help individuals become more socially engaged and connected.

Devon helps men and women get better jobs, develop better plutonic and romantic relationships.

Devon has been featured on several large podcasts including Art of Charm w/ Jordan Harbinger and Capitalism.com.

Devon has spoken on stages all over the world for MindValley and YPO (Young Presidents Organization) and has taught at companies like YouTube, Google, and Deloitte.

Social Fluency has garnered several million views across various social media channels.

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►The Real Van City shares inspiring conversations with Vancouver's Most Influential Leaders.

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Kevin Vallely is a world-class explorer and leadership mentor. In this episode we discuss Kevin's upcoming expedition to Ellesmere Island and the challenges he will face in the extreme cold. Kevin shares the inspiration behind his expeditions and the importance of finding meaning and purpose in his adventures. He also talks about the collaboration with his Inuit teammates and the training involved.

The conversation highlights the creativity and design involved in planning and executing expeditions, as well as the importance of embracing a childlike sense of play and exploration.

Kevin discusses the similarities between the creative process in architecture and adventure. He emphasizes the importance of getting down to the details and the satisfaction of seeing a finished product or completing a challenging expedition. Kevin also highlights the need to love the process and be willing to go through the tedious tasks in order to achieve the larger mission.

Takeaways:
- The creative process in architecture and adventure involves both the creative side and the need to drill down to the details.
- To achieve a larger mission, it is important to love the process and be willing to go through the challenging and tedious tasks.
- Surrendering to the unknown and being committed to the journey can lead to incredible experiences and stories

Biography:

Kevin Vallely is a world-class explorer, leadership mentor, author, and an award-winning architect. He is a member of the esteemed Explorer's Club and was honored as an Explorer's Club Flag recipient for his expedition to the Northwest Passage in 2013. In 2009 he and two teammates broke the world record for the fastest unsupported trek to the Geographic South Pole.

As a Lead Facilitator, Keynote Speaker, and Expedition Manager at The AIP Group, Kevin helps organizations develop their leadership potential through the power of adventure. For a decade, Keven has been working with a team of world-class adventurers, speakers, and trainers who deliver engaging and impactful learning experiences that bridge business and the adversity of adventure.

Kevin is also the Principal Architect at Vallely Architecture, an architectural design studio that specializes in contemporary single-family homes.

Kevin is the co-author of Wild Success: 7 Key Lessons Business Leaders Can Learn from Extreme Adventurers and Rowing the Northwest Passage: Adventure, Fear, and Awe in a Rising Sea.

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From the time she was born until eight years of age, Cea lived an unconventional life, raised by her grandparents and single mother, in the wilderness of Alberta and British Columbia.

It was her grandfather, Papa Dick, who had the vision to escape the confines of a fear-based society and live off the freedom of the land.

Cea spent her formative years sleeping in canvas teepees in free-spirited communities full of sex, drugs and partying. All Cea wanted was to be normal.

As a young teenager her quest for normalcy led her to a career as an international model, which only brought a new set of challenges. She succeeded in escaping the wilderness and travelling the world, but her strained relationship with her mother persisted.

At the age of thirty-seven, Cea found herself making another escape: this time from her second marriage. Now a single mother and under the additional stress of a failed business, Cea again summoned the courage to choose a better life and start over, again.

It was then that she felt the pull into another journey: a six-year commitment, through endless letters of rejection, to write her unconventional story and publish what would go on to become a bestselling book (over 14,000 reviews on goodreads) that is now an award-winning film streaming across all major platforms.

Now living the dream of a normal life with her husband and three kids, Cea has leaned into cultivating self-worth while pausing on the next achievement and focusing on her family. Through it all she has repeatedly applied the one fundamental lesson imparted by Papa Dick ...

To enter a draw for a chance to win a signed copy of her second memoir, Nearly Normal, share this episode on your social media today and tag both Cea & Michael.

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Cea is the author of North of Normal: A Memoir of My Wilderness Childhood, My Counterculture Family, and How I Survived Both and Nearly Normal: Surviving the Wilderness, My Family, and Myself (HarperCollins), which chronicle her counterculture wilderness childhood and dramatic move into an international modeling career at age thirteen.

She has spoken about her unusual life at a TEDx talk, high school programs for underprivileged students, and a men’s prison, to name a few audiences.

She has also written a romance series for Harlequin, taught memoir writing at Vancouver’s Capilano University and, in 2017, served as the writer-in-residence for the Creative Nonfiction MFA course at University of Kings College in Halifax.

North of Normal has been made into a feature film starring Sarah Gadon, Robert Carlyle and Amanda Fix.

Cea lives in Vancouver with her husband and three children.

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www.ceaperson.com
North of Normal: https://www.amazon.com/North-Normal-Wilderness-Childhood-Survived/dp/006228987X/
Nearly Normal: https://www.amazon.com/Nearly-Normal-Surviving-Wilderness-Family/dp/1443452696/
Film Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72BVtnwqEtE
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►The Real Van City shares inspiring conversations with Vancouver's Most Influential Leaders.

https://www.instagram.com/michael.tranmer/

https://therealvancity.transistor.fm/
https://www.michaeltranmer.com/

New episodes every Tuesday.

In this conversation, Frank Wolf discusses his love for exploration and the wilderness. He shares his passion for creating routes in obscure areas and the joy of the journey itself.

Frank emphasizes the importance of simplicity and living in the present moment. He also talks about the significance of learning from indigenous cultures and preserving oral history. Frank's experiences in the wilderness have allowed him to get to know himself better and find contentment in a simple life.

Frank shares his experiences encountering polar bears, embarking on solo kayaking journeys, and reflecting on the joys of solo travel. He also discusses his upcoming book, Two Springs, One Summer, which delves into his expeditions and personal reflections.

Frank emphasizes the importance of being present in nature and the transformative power of wilderness experiences. He also highlights the love of the cold and the role it plays in his adventures.

Takeaways:
- Embrace simplicity and strip away mental clutter for a clearer and more creative mindset.
- Learn from indigenous cultures and value their generational knowledge.
- Find what you love and make it work, regardless of financial gain or societal expectations.

Biography:

Frank Wolf is a Canadian adventurer, writer, photographer, and environmentalist. He is known for feature magazine articles and films that document wilderness expeditions around the world, with a focus on the Canadian North.

His journeys include being the first to canoe across Canada in one season, cycling 2,000 km on the Yukon River to the Bering sea in winter, skiing across Baffin Island, rowing the Northwest Passage, and circumnavigating Vancouver Island by kayak. He was named One of Canada's 90 Greatest Explorers of All Time by Canadian Geographic Magazine and one of Canada's Top Ten Adventurers by Explore Magazine.

His first book of adventures - Lines on a Map - was published in October 2018 by RMB.

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►The Real Van City shares compelling conversations with Vancouver's most inspiring leaders.

https://www.instagram.com/michael.tranmer/

https://therealvancity.transistor.fm/
https://www.michaeltranmer.com/

New episodes every Tuesday.

In this conversation Lasse Gustavsson, an international environmentalist and CEO of Oceanwise, discusses the progress and challenges in ocean conservation and sustainable development. He highlights the positive developments in the ocean space, the changing role of environmentalists, and the need for knowledge to drive change.

Gustavsson emphasizes the importance of engaging and retaining support for environmental issues, particularly among the younger generation. The conversation explores the challenges of leadership and the need to build a strong network and broaden skills for effective leadership. Gustavsson emphasizes the importance of Oceanwise aspiring to be world-class and the need for hard work, talent, and resilience.

He also discusses the matchmaking exercise of connecting people with money to organizations that align with their values. Gustavsson suggests that individuals can make a difference through small actions like reducing plastic use, making sustainable food choices, and supporting environmental leaders. Overall, the conversation highlights the urgency of ocean conservation and the role that individuals and organizations can play in making a positive impact.

Takeaways:
- There are positive developments in ocean conservation, with international agreements and growing awareness of the importance of healthy ecosystems.
- Leadership in the environmental sector requires a broad base of skills and the ability to build a strong network of trusted individuals.
- Creating a flexible work environment and empowering employees can lead to increased productivity and engagement.
- Individuals can make a difference through small actions like reducing plastic use and making sustainable food choices.
- Supporting environmental leaders is crucial in the fight for ocean conservation and environmental protection.

Biography:

Lasse Gustavsson is an international environmentalist, championing nature conservation and sustainable development worldwide. With decades of international executive leadership experience from Greenpeace International, WWF Sweden, WWF International, and Oceana, he now leads Ocean Wise, an ocean conservation group with global ambitions, based in Vancouver, Canada.

Lasse studied International Relations, Development Science, and Human Ecology at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, and received his Executive Education at the IMD Business School in Lausanne, Switzerland.

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https://ocean.org/

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►The Real Van City shares compelling conversations with Vancouver's most inspiring leaders.

https://www.instagram.com/michael.tranmer/

https://therealvancity.transistor.fm/
https://www.michaeltranmer.com/

New episodes every Tuesday.