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8 Billion Gifts

by Soheil Var

We believe that every single person on our planet has a unique gift that they can offer to make the world a better place. Everyone’s gift comes in different shapes and sizes. On this show, we talk to all kinds of people to discover their stories, their mindset, and their unique gift.

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Episodes

  1. Mo Ali: Training the Top Professionals in the World

    Mo Ali Heydarpour is the owner of @MoAliFC , a soccer content producer & trainer. Mo travels around the world working with brands and professional soccer players to create highly engaging content for brands and companies. He has trained with soccer players at the highest clubs including…

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  2. The Mindset You Need to Unleash Your Potential with Fouad El Boustani

    Fouad El Boustani (FLB) is the host of MentallyGreat, the #1 personal development platform in the world, aiming to bring the viewer/listener a step closer to their best version possible by interviewing the most influential, inspirational, and successful people of this world and sharing...

  3. Andrew Istefanos: Revolutionizing the Physiotherapy and Wellness Industry

    Andrew Istefanos is the owner and founder of Vitality Physiotherapy and Wellness Centre. The rehabilitation industry has been around for years, however, it has not progressed and evolved to keep up with patients’ needs. Vitality Physiotherapy and Wellness Centre has patient needs, quality…

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  4. Why You Need to Bet on Yourself Now with Sydney Rey

    Sydney Rey is a freelance journalist and copywriter for over 3 and a half years. On top of this, she also does modelling and brand ambassador work for several brands like Foot Locker, Nike, and Adidas. Having completed journalism school, Sydney has a strong understanding of what it takes to...

  5. The Keys to Becoming a Great Creative Leader with Kevin Calamari

    Kevin is the Director of Creative Solutions at FTF Canada, a digital media company that focuses on exposure and opportunities for Canadian soccer players. His role includes discovering and executing on creative solutions to various problems in the digital media and marketing space for everything...

  6. Priya Sam: A Journalist Sharing Incredible Life Stories and Turning Points

    Priya is an experienced television journalist who is now using her presentation and research skills as a solutions consultant at Hootsuite. As a journalist, she was a reporter, anchor and co-host with a demonstrated success in broadcast media moving from a local market to the national stage in…

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  7. Diego Tonatiuh: The Journey is the Destination, Living with a Life Complex

    Diego Tonatiuh Garcia-Leal is a footballer/content creator based in Vancouver BC documenting his process and the adventures that come with living the life of an aspiring professional athlete. He is the host of the LiveLifeComplex podcast where he provides various perspectives on maintaining...

  8. Just Keep Learning to Achieve your Big Dreams with Justin Nolan

    Justin Nolan is an educational leader by trade, but has always viewed himself as a learner first and a teacher second. He has focused his teaching and coaching in working with Marginalized Youth which includes teaching in jails, hospitals, addictions facilities, group homes, and a centre for teen...

  9. How to Effectively Process Emotions with Dr. Lauren Cook

    Dr. Lauren Cook is a therapist, speaker, and author. She has traveled the country sharing how we can cultivate a life in accordance with our values. Lauren is passionate about bringing mental health and wellness to people of all ages as she recognizes that wellness is a lifelong journey and...

  10. What It Takes to Play at the Next Level with Kasy Kiarash

    Kasy Kiarash is the founder of Final3rd Soccer, a platform providing professional soccer training and knowledge to all players. He is a UEFA-B Licensed and National Team coach with experience including the Guyana women's national team, Toronto FC academy, as well as being the lead assistant coach...

  11. Uncover Who You Really Are to be Happier & More Joyful with Teresa Greco

    Teresa Greco is a happiness coach, the radio host of The Steps to Happiness Show, co-author and author of 3 self-help books, editor and senior writer at two Canadian magazines, motivational speaker, educator, educational technologies consultant, and reiki master. She is the founder of a personal...

  12. Emelia Dermott: Team Canada Boxer

    Emelia is a Team Canada boxer, NextGen athlete, several time national champion, and a silver medalist at the youth continentals. As well as being a full time olympic-style boxer, she is also a human kinetics student at the University of Ottawa. Emelia is an advocate for mental health and actively...

  13. Master Your Athletic Performance with Paul Oneid

    Paul Oneid is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist, Certified Exercise Physiologist and Certified Olympic Weightlifting Coach who holds Master of Science Degrees in both Exercise Science and Sports Management. With 14 years of experience as a Strength and Conditioning Coach in varying...

  14. Lindsay Mitrosilis: LinkedIn Coach & Strategist

    Lindsay Mitrosilis is a LinkedIn Coach + Strategist. She supports entrepreneurs and business owners leverage the power of LinkedIn to connect with qualified leads and win their dream clients. Through her various products and services, Lindsay helps small business owners go from confused and bored...

  15. Succeed in Family and Work Life with Jeff Lopes

    As a proud father of two, Jeff has built an impressive resume with over 24 years as an Entrepreneur. His passion for brand building has led to globally known brands like Kimurawear from his home basement to a multi-million dollar corporation that has sold well over a quarter million pairs of…

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  16. Discover the Science to Happiness with Dr. Gillian Mandich

    Dr. Gillian Mandich is a happiness researcher who has a PhD from Western University in Health Science, with her primary areas of research being happiness and health. She is the founder of The International Happiness Institute of Health Science Research; The co-lead investigator of The Canadian...

  17. Natalie Allport: Former Team Canada Snowboarder and Lifelong Entrepreneur

    Natalie Allport is a former national team snowboarder, athlete, and lifelong entrepreneur. She runs a marketing agency called 93 Agency, and has over a decade of experience in social media marketing and personal branding in the athlete, sports, and active brand space. Connect with Natalie:...

  18. Brain Hacks to Become More Productive while Avoiding Burnout with Alex Lianne Carter

    Alex Lianne Carter is a Master Certified NeuroCoach, Productivity Coach, and Business Mentor, with 10 years of extensive classroom and online teaching experience. She works with ambitious women to help them fulfill their true passion, purpose, and potential, while not ending up over-stressed,...

  19. Human Behaviour Strategies with Brian Bogert

    Brian Bogert is a passionate human behavior and performance coach, speaker, business strategist, top sales professional and philanthropic leader. Brian’s revolutionary strategy—embrace pain to avoid suffering—has helped individuals and companies break beyond their normal to achieve the success in...

  20. Build Healthy Habits to Feel Stronger, Happier & Confident with Tara Laferrara

    Tara Laferrara is a fitness & health coach as well as the owner of the TL method, a fitness platform that provides the efficiency and accountability of personal training in a virtual space. She is the co-owner of multiple gyms where she helps people reach their fitness and health goals. On her...

  21. Shift Your Paradigm and Discover 100 Million Possibilities with Marc Jospitre

    Marc Jospitre is a Success Coach from Quebec City, Canada, who is living in Los Cabos, Mexico. He is mentored and trained by the legendary Bob Proctor from the hit movie "The Secret.” With more than 15 years of experience in the Tourism and Hospitality Industry, Marc has collected the…

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  22. Create a Life You Love with Tori Ganahl

    Tori Ganahl is the co-founder of SheFactor, a brand that inspires young women to live life with greater authenticity, empowerment, and joy. She is also the host of the SheFactor podcast where she encourages women to live their best life. With her team at SheFactor, her goal is to give women the...

  23. Marcus Smith: That Motivated Kid

    Marcus Smith is a content creator and motivator who is all about living life with happiness and energy. He’s known as That Motivated Kid and consistently provides content to help uplift your mood and get you on track to achieving your goals. On his podcast Lost + Found, he helps redirect your...

  24. Jamey Lee: Travelling to Every Country in the World

    Having already visited 30 countries across 6 continents, Jamey's ultimate goal is to visit every single country in the world. He is the owner of Better Abroad Media, the co-founder of Deep Social Brands, and a content creator who loves travelling the world. With over 30,000 followers on all…

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  25. Find Long-Term Happiness with Dr. Shannon Connery

    Shannon is a professional psychologist who has a private practice based in Denver, Colorado. Her goal is to treat adults suffering from issues that range from PTSD and depression, to anxiety, obesity, and marital problems. After a huge turn of events in her life, she discovered the true process…

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  26. Taylor Grewe: Unreasonable Enthusiasm for Life

    Taylor Grewe is digital media consultant, human design reader, and podcast host. In 2019, she started Unreasonable Enthusiasm which is a podcast that is centered around the idea that we should all be embracing enthusiasm. Through human design, Taylor helps people tune into their unique gifts. She...

  27. Alleviate Pain & Move Better with Dr. Tom Walters

    Dr. Tom Walters is a board-certified orthopedic physical therapist and kinesiology professor in Santa Barbara, California. He has an informative online platform with over 600 thousand followers called Rehab Science, where he shares musculoskeletal rehab resources based on research. His goal is to...

  28. Rita Houkayem: Diversify Your Life and Make Impact

    Rita is on a mission to make the world a better place by promoting diversity and inclusion while making global impact. She has worked for the United Nations and is currently working for Global Affairs Canada on human rights and gender equality issues. Rita is a correspondent on CTV Morning Live,...

  29. Brian Gatewood: Happiness Through Creativity

    Growing up in El Paso has inspired Brian to be on a mission to make impact in his community. Brian is a Photographer, Creative, Graphic Designer and Peer Mentor based out of El Paso, Texas. He is on a mission to spread creativity, inspiration and freedom of expression, through surrealistic…

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  30. Evolve your Diet and Transform your Health with Linnaea Kiwala

    Linnaea Kiwala is a licensed nutritionist and personal coach who enjoys helping people transform into their healthiest version. Her goal is to optimize key areas of life like your thoughts, your nutrition and your movement routines to result in a healthier body and mind. Linnaea has had her own...

  31. Jesse Marsch: Most Successful American Coach in Europe

    Before coaching, Jesse had a 14 year MLS career and won 3 league titles along with 4 US Open Cup titles. He also capped for the US Men's national team. Jesse then started his coaching career at the New York Red Bulls where he was named MLS Coach of the Year. His next challenge was Europe where he...

  32. Practice Yoga and Build Awareness with Kassandra Reinhardt

    From being a student to teacher, Kassandra Reinhardt is an Ottawa-based Yoga Instructor on a mission to help others feel great with yoga. She has built up her YouTube channel called Yoga with Kassandra to over 1 million subscribers and 90 million views. In this episode, we dive into the basics of...

  33. Max Klymenko: From Ukraine to Making Global Impact

    Max Klymenko is an educator and entertainer. He enjoys educating people through content creation, and that has allowed him to build up a huge TikTok page with over 2 million followers. He has 4 degrees in the areas of law, economics, international business, and sociology. Max works as a…

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  34. Leadership Lessons with Fahd Alhattab

    Fahd Alhattab is a social entrepreneur turned keynote speaker who has spoken to and trained over 50,000 youth across the country on leadership, entrepreneurship, and social innovation. He has founded a camp for underprivileged children and raised more than $1.2M dollars for local charities. His...

  35. Face Everything and Rise with Naila Nazer

    After a difficult childhood, Naila left home and travelled halfway across the world to chase her dreams. She learned to face her fears and that led to achieving some of her biggest goals including becoming a professional skydiver and travelling the world. In this episode, Naila shares her biggest...

  36. Dive into Medical School with Kinza Hussain

    What is medical school like? You can find out by following Kinza's journey as she shares her experiences on her social media and blog. Kinza is currently a second year medical student who enjoys producing content to help other students along their academic journey. Connect with Kinza: @MedKinza...

  37. Start Your Dance Journey with Edmund Gyamfi

    Born in Kumasi, Ghana, Edz was exposed to dance at an early age. His main dance foundations are Hip Hop and Dancehall. Through the years, he's worked with many world renowned Choreographers and has made features on music videos, Netflix, and commercials. Edz is always looking to branch out and...

  38. Maximize Your Performance with Antonios Assaad

    Early in his career, Antonios signed his career away without even knowing it. That was the beginning of an 8 year long career in pro soccer with many big setbacks along the way. In this episode, he shares many of the crazy stories he experienced and you get to hear his insight on what it takes to...

  39. Aiona Santana: Empowering Others Through Music

    Aiona is a Canadian artist, vocalist, dancer, and songwriter, who is on a mission to empower others through her music and humanitarian work. The second part of her album just came out and you can listen to it here: https://open.spotify.com/artist/66GmDoscCxEGpqdJdgLUOD Connect with Aiona:...

  40. Jessica Long: Russian Orphan to Paralympic World Champion

    Born in Siberia with fibular hemimelia, Jessica was adopted at 13 months old from a Russian orphanage and has since become one of the most decorated Paralympic athletes of all time. In this episode, you get to hear her incredible story along with what it takes to be a top performer in your field....

  41. Keeping a Healthy Body and Overcoming Injuries with Dr. Caleb Burgess

    Being a Doctor of Physical Therapy, and a Strength and Conditioning specialist, Dr. Caleb Burgess gets to have a unique point of view on injuries, rehab, training, and other factors that play into your overall wellbeing. In this episode, some topics we discuss include being proactive about…

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  42. Emily O'Brien: Starting a Popcorn Company in Jail

    What better way to get out of jail than to start a popcorn company? Listen in as Emily shares her fascinating story that got her to start comeback snacks, a popcorn company on a mission to raise awareness for second chances. Comeback snacks: https://www.comebacksnacks.com/...

  43. Hayden Cashion: Athlete to Artist to Business Man

    Hayden is the owner of Cashion Marketing, a digital marketing agency that focuses on using paid social media to drive business results. Having transitioned between multiple career paths to live a fulfilled life, Hayden has a unique perspective on living happy and being successful. Connect with...

  44. Nick Ciaglia: Injury to Founding a Digital Agency

    Nick, a filmmaker and photographer from Toronto, Ontario, takes us through his journey to starting up Creatr, a digital agency that offers both media and design services. We touch on important qualities like high standards and client relationships, that were key in scaling his company to where…

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  45. Unlock Your Wellness Journey with Breanna Leblanc

    Bre is a Wellness Coach and Model who is passionate about helping people feel amazing in their mind, body, and life. She was diagnosed with Celiac Disease at 11 years old and after overcoming many physical and mental battles, she is now sharing her experience with the world. Her goal is to help…

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  46. Travel More and Fully Discover Life with Magalie Kayrouz

    Magalie is a freelance content creator and a local adventure junkie. She is currently on a mission to explore unique places across Canada and take on a variety of experiences. You can follow along with the many places she's exploring by checking out her Instagram and TikTok Page. Connect with...

  47. How to Stay Motivated and Achieve Your Goals with Steve McCollum

    After realizing the severity of his concussion injuries sustained from football, Steve was heart broken to walk away from his childhood dreams of playing professionally. He decided if he could not achieve his dream, he would do everything he could to help others achieve theirs. In 2014, Steve...

  48. Grow Your Network and Make New Connections with Camille Mageau

    Camille is a 22 year old student and influencer from Ottawa who is passionate about connecting with creative souls to create a like-minded community. Through her creative journey, she has gained a lot of experience on growing a supportive network which she shares in this episode. Camille is…

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  49. Create an Empowering Mindset and Make an Impact with Waheed Rahaman

    Waheed is creating a new way of leaders and individuals who want to make an impact. He is currently developing his business team with Generation Rebels and looks to help others become successful in the business world. Connect with Waheed: https://www.instagram.com/rahamanwaheedmindset/

  50. Optimize Your Life with Zak Drake

    Zak loves helping inspired humans conquer the variables in their lives so they can positively influence the world. He is a pro athlete turned life coach who's returned to Toronto, Canada after living his dream of playing pro soccer around the world. Connect with Zak:...

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

We believe that every single person on our planet has a unique gift that they can offer to make the world a better place. Everyone’s gift comes in different shapes and sizes. On this show, we talk to all kinds of people to discover their stories, their mindset, and their unique gift.

HOSTED BY

Soheil Var

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