Right out of business undergrad Sandra fell in love with the corporate world. She was good at her job and moved up quick, though the business world consumed her - until one day she had to quit.

Overwhelmed by the anxiety she left to find a “cure” and that was in the world of consulting and coaching. Today, she works with entrepreneurs to help them balance work and life while launching new businesses - often while still working a full time job.

Did you ever dream ridiculous careers when you were young? Hockey player, famous actor, or a rock star? Tyler Schwende had that dream too, and lived it. He worked hard as a musician and songwriter and has toured across North America as a music artist. He lived that dream. Now he’s a mortgage agent and loves that dream too.

Today he balances a part time career as a musician under the name BRANT and a career as a mortgage agent in the Greater Toronto Area. He creates music when he has the time and helps people buy houses during the day.

In this episode with host Greg Martin, Tyler discusses his journey through the music industry and creating a business for himself in the mortgage industry.

When you want to learn, school isn’t always the best option. An alternative is to start a business that doesn’t require a lot of capital investment and see what happens.

Brianna Coon lost her job in the fall of 2019 which was hard. She tried to get a new job but quickly decided a better next step was to start a company of her own. Her business today is all virtual, and she helps small businesses with being online through digital marketing, administration, sales and other remote work.

In this episode, host Greg Martin discusses how Brianna started her business along with the current and future world of virtual work and finding the job that’s right for you.

What do we want to leave our children? Definitely things like good lessons, inspiration, knowledge and maybe something to remember you by. We also want to leave them a world that isn’t overly polluted or full of garbage.

Shane Harker is the go-to guy when it comes to recycling your waste and keeping it out of landfill. In this episode, host Greg Martin discusses what Shane had to give up to make the impact he wants and needs in the waste industry and the challenges he faces trying to do things differently.

What happens when you have to give up a career you always wanted? How do you find a new career and the fulfillment you need when it’s time to start something new?

In this episode, host Greg Martin discusses everything careers with EB Sanders. They discuss the experience of finding a job, leaving a job and trying to find your way in life. Part of it is confidence, part of it is understanding where you want to go. In the end we learn sometimes the dream of your career don’t match up with the reality of life.

Joan Fisk is learning a whole lot as a non-profit CEO of the United Way in the Waterloo region. It has given her a unique perspective around the “underbelly” of the community and a chance to see all the people who fall through the cracks differently.

In this interview with host Greg Martin, she describes the state of the charity sector in Canada along with the thirst for talent, money and all the people in need. Joan calls the current job at the United Way as a “giving back” role. What’s best and rewarding - it allows her to have an impact on the community in a completely new way.

Phil Winters began his career trying to change the world. After leaving his work with community and political campaigns and a career in the solar industry he bought a farm with his wife and began to grow hops. Now he brews some of the best beer in Ontario at the family farm in Caledon through a brewery called Goodlot. Their tagline is farm-raised beer.

As Phil and his family try to make a positive dent in the beer world, they’re also promoting organic and local agriculture. On top of this, they’re doing it while challenging the big beer companies and carving a niche and home for themselves in the community. It’s a fun story.

A short solo episode to start the new year where host Greg Martin discusses his new Youtube channel and the start of a multi-part series on the experience of starting a new business.

There is lots to say and tell around owning a restaurant amid covid-19, this is the start of telling that story. In the episode he also talks about the art of storytelling and some of the inspiration for starting the series

Andrew Poje is a 3 time Canadian champion, 3 time world medalists and 2 time Olympian in ice dancing with his partner Kaitlyn Weaver. After spending decades in the figure skating world, he’s working towards a new career. A next step.

The two discuss how the emptiness Andrew was feeling made him decide he wanted to pursue a second career. Despite all the opportunities and doors that his past can offer him, there are still challenges in defining himself along this new path.

Andrew and Greg talk about what to do next, leaving a career and the opportunity new ideas and future aspirations can bring.

Being laid off from a job you love can be a tough. It especially hurts when it’s in the career field you’ve always wanted and dreamed about succeeding. It’s even worse when it happens twice.

In this episode, host Greg Martin talks with Dyonne Fashina about what she did after losing two corporate jobs in the interior design industry. She now owns and runs her own design firm called Denizens of Design, and in many ways the drive, inspiration and concept was driven out of losing her job.

In this episode, the two talk about what its like to work for a big firm versus your own firm in the design industry, they share stories about being laid off (Greg was laid off too in 2010) and the benefits and challenges of a job done on your own terms, your own way.

Social media began as a way to stay connected with our friends - but now is used to grow businesses, sell brands and sell people as brands.

Ariel Niu went to business school to study marketing. The field has lead her to the world of digital marketing, helping grow other brands while growing her own brand. Her goal - to grow enough of a following to make running her own person brand a full time job. Can she do it?

In this episode, host Greg Martin and Ariel talk about our relationship with social media and all the things it is good and bad for in our lives. The discussion focuses on Instagram, TikTok, Youtube and how Ariel has grown her following to tens of thousands of people in a short time.

How do you take the career path of an accountant and make it your own?

Shalini Dharna began her career in the way many accountants do, at a big firm. The problem was she didn’t like it enough to work in big firm audit her whole life. Today she runs her own business. Yes, it’s an accounting business but because she has made it her own, Shalini has the opportunity to work with and help many other small businesses and entrepreneurs every day.

In this episode, host Greg Martin and Shalini talk about what its like to love and hate your job, the ins and outs of the accounting world and how Shalini found the best place for her, as an accountant.