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Grow My GRIT
by Haze Schepmyer
Here on Grow My GRIT, our intention is to engage with guests and listeners who are ready to know, grow, and show their GRIT, perhaps best described as one's default settings in the face of obstacles.
Episodes
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49 - Acting on Aha Moments with GRIT and Grace
Some aha moments can change the course of your day while other aha moments can change the course of your life. In this candid conversation, Lynn McLaughlin shares three life-altering aha moments that occurred in less than a decade. For each one, she provides experiential insights which may help...
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48 - Bewitched by GRIT
How do you show up when it’s time to navigate competing priorities and there’s no clear answer but there is a clear deadline? That’s the context for this conversation with Megan Mary, a recently self-published Mystery Author and an established Dream Analyst. Maybe you’ve been pondering some of…
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See You in September!
Grow My GRIT podcast is on hold for the summer. You can find haze @growmygrit and https://www.growmygrit.com/events/
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47 - GRIT Gets the Job Done!
Candice Lee MacAulay is a Creativity Facilitator whose life and work are guided by four pillars: get it done, resolve to complete whatever you've started, bring high intensity to everything you do and don't be afraid to try then try then try again. Does her motto sound exhausting? Can you guess…
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46 - Never Say Never When You’ve Got GRIT
Masterpiece Mario is a self-professed people pleaser, a proud information hoarder and a gifted Yoga Teacher even though he swore he’d never become a Yoga Teacher! In a record-setting 15 minutes, Mario opens up about his ongoing struggles with anxious thoughts and how his GRIT helps him tune them...
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45 - Channel Your GRIT and Nail It!
In this extraordinary episode, Lena L takes us on a deep dive into the world of mental preparation that allows her to show up and stand tall in the face of challenges. For Lena, literally standing on a bed of nails is the most effective way to remind herself that her GRIT is all she needs when…
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44 - Get Visibelle with GRIT
What stops YOU from stepping into possibility? What’s your biggest fear about being seen? Since 2019, Danielle Joworski has been a disruptor who is dedicated to sharing #visibilitytruths and normalizing the journey from hiding and playing small to accelerating growth and impact. When Danielle...
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Hold For The Holidays
Grow My GRIT podcast will be on hold until late-January while I continue to channel my GRIT into my new YouTube channel. Tune in today! https://www.youtube.com/@growmyGRIT
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43 - Forged by Fire and GRIT
With her eyes set on individual transformation as the destination, Monica D reliably finds her feet and takes a stand each time she’s thrown into the proverbial fire. In this highly visual episode, she makes it clear that being shaped by fire instead of consumed by fire is all about the…
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42 - GRIT Takes Two to Tango
How do you describe your relationship with time? Do you always lose track of it? Is there ever enough of it? Are you a hostage to it? For Deb Taylor, founder of MYndful Movement Programs, time management used to be one of her biggest obstacles. In the last few years, she’s made the incredible…
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41 - GRIT Gets You in Gear!
Piers Marsden is a self-proclaimed petrol head, universal sports fan and human ice breaker whose GRIT is the driving force behind his personal and professional success. By day, he is a Management Consultant who specializes in the somber work of helping companies that are going through significant...
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40 - Look Through the Lens of GRIT
GRIT! Camera! Action! Art Commisso readily admits that he spends a lot of time in his head and each one of his GRIT words (Gamble-Resourcefulness-Introspection-Test) offers us a chance to look through the lens he chooses when it’s time to navigate challenging situations and relationships. Two...
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39 - WOW Them with GRIT
Time is one of the most important currencies for Ben Grieve, Project Consultant at WOW 1 Day Painting’s Mississauga/Oakville location. Time is such a priority that it’s the sole focus of all his GRIT words! He used to put big problems off until they were bearing down on him but, after a few years...
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38 - A Firm Foundation Needs GRIT
After a decade in the real estate business, Dani Marino launched Dani Homes Realty in 2021 which currently ranks in the Top 10 Small Teams Residential (Canada) and Top 25 Small Teams Residential world-wide for RE/MAX! While she grows her brand, her business and her two young girls, Dani relies on...
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37 - Grow Your GRIT, Then Commit
How often do you lose sight of your strengths and talk yourself out of accepting a challenge? How often do you minimize what’s possible once you rise above the challenge because you’re not quite sure if you’ve got what it takes to get there? Hina Sajid, a Product Marketer, Strategic Problem…
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36 - This Iron Man is Fueled by GRIT
Neil Burness is a lot of things to a lot of people! As Chief Marketing Officer at the DNA Company, he creates road maps for sharing crucial insights that will affect our health, our wellness and our evolution. As someone who grew up with severe asthma then went on to become a 13-time Iron Man…
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35 - Standing Strong in Her Circles of GRIT
Meet Jasmine Virginia, a.k.a. Jumpin’ Jasmine, an incredibly talented visual artist who followed the promptings of a lucid dream that was clear in its message to start creating light-filled art. When she’s not creating transformative pieces, she’s writing music and rocking stages across Canada as...
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34 - GRIT: Unleashed and Unabashed
With his signature mix of enthusiasm, encouragement and enlightenment, Joseph Iannicelli draws on decades of personal and professional experiences to teach us how to access all of the abundance that the world offers and each of us deserve. Listen in as Joseph, a former CEO who now serves on…
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Grains of GRIT - 13
What’s The Best Way Forward for Me? Composer, Cartographer and Thought Adventurer, 44, Found in the Mountains. Friendly when approached. Likely to deliver hugs. Lucky Dad. Lucky Husband. GRIT: Goofy, Resilient, Intimate and Tempted
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Grains of GRIT - 12
Who loves a challenge? I do! Works hard to give her dog a great life, 44 years old. Loves to find the perfect GIF. GRIT = Genuine, Resonate, Ignite, Truth.
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Grains of GRIT - 11
Who am I to say I’ve ever known or grown my GRIT? I am creative and love making things! 40 years old. I was quite young when I first needed to call upon my GRIT (even though that’s not what I called it then)! I enjoy being outside with nature, and sitting on a huge rock near any form of water is…
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Grains of GRIT - 10
What's missing? Broken-hearted; frozen at 36, chronological age is 41. Nanny to 3 angels. Loves books, archery and music. I define my internal GRIT by Guts, Reverence, Reinforcers, Integrity and Tapestry. The external GRIT I need and value in others is Generosity, Reinforcers, Integrity and...
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Grains of GRIT - 09
How has my love of football helped personify my GRIT? Professor and Institute Director, 48, Mom to Draven. My very own sweet sixteen kidlet. Loves football, gardening, and collaborating with Haze! www.thewrightecotheologian.com GRIT = Gregariousness, Rules-orientation, Intensity in...
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Grains of GRIT - 08
Intimacy Is Real Truth and Discovery in All My Relationships Composer, Cartographer and Thought Adventurer; Lucky Dad and Lucky Husband. GRIT = Goofy + Resilient + Intimate + Tempted
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Grains of GRIT - 07
How Does My GRIT Help Comfort Me Outside of My Comfort Zone? An effervescent, happy-go-lucky foodie behaviourist grateful for all the blessings life brings. GRIT = Go + Resourceful + Integrity + Trust
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Grains of GRIT - 06
How Did I Make It from That Life to Here? Creative soul whose most happy place is sitting on a huge rock near any form of water! GRIT = Grounding + Resist + Inhale + Trust
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Grains of GRIT - 05
Whose Responsibility Is It? Busy Mom of two active boys who loves Coffee dates, Zumba and hot summer days in the park. GRIT = Gratitude + Responsibility + Insight + Thoughts
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Grains of GRIT - 04
How Does GRIT Help Me Walk that Fine Line Between Confidence and Stubbornness? Scottish Viking, Dad to the amazing Kraken, and husband to Dr. Viking who loves travel and food. GRIT = Go-To + Reassess + Instinct + Tenacity
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Grains of GRIT - 03
Is There a Method to the Way I Approach Obstacles? A fifty-something young Christian woman who is guided by faith and family. GRIT = Gather (information) + Respond + Intention + Trust
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Grains of GRIT - 02
Sometimes the Human Soul Can Only Take So Much Wife, daughter, sister, friend; Virginia girl who moved to Canada for love, with GRIT. GRIT = Grace + Resilience + Influence + Thought
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Grains of GRIT - 01
What Came to Light as I Chose My GRIT Words? Mother, sister, daughter, partner, teacher, friend who loves Drake and old school Hip Hop. GRIT = Giving + Respect + Integrity + Tenacity
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33 - Leila Lives, Learns and Leads from GRIT!
In this episode, we caught up with 18-year-old Leila Rehan one week before she packed up her GRIT and moved from Canada to Australia for six years of medical school! Leadership is Leila’s top value but public speaking was her worst nightmare until she took an online course through Harvard. By the...
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32 - Heal Thyself with GRIT
Dr. Patricia Mills is a Medical Doctor with a different spin on women's health! She works with individuals who want root-cause solutions for their health concerns so they can look, feel and BE their best every day. Dr. Patricia’s GRIT words are Growth–Resolve–Intention–Tenacity and it’s…
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31 - Can a Mirror Help Students Hear Their Own Voices?
Listen in as we catch up with Kim Alexander, extraordinary educator, whose latest adventure with GRIT was launching the inaugural Black Voices in Literature course at her high school. Driven by the same focus on mental health that we heard about in episodes 6 and 19, Kim’s latest endeavour was…
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30 - Making the Case for GRIT
Have you ever heard of a Lawyer who uses word games to simplify things and get to the truth instead of choosing language that complicates things? Meet Vahn D’Amelio, LL.B. Lawyer and Notary, whose R in GRIT is for Re-Silence, a play on resilience. It’s his word for the continuous effort to hear…
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29 - Growing through Grief with GRIT
“As death was happening around me, I could feel life happening around me. My senses were really, really heightened.” In this courageous conversation, Katty Douraghy shares her experiences as an adult orphan and she offers some of the insights captured in her moving memoir, The Butterfly Years: A...
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28 - Who’s Got GRrrrrrrrrrIT?
Have you ever noticed that you can’t spell hooray without HR? Most people don’t pair HR with excitement but Carm Aita’s story will change your mind. In the span of just 2.5 months, Carm went from imagining her pipe dream to living it full-time as the Principal at HR4You.ca! Along the way, she...
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27 - Who Goes from Math Major to Music Maker?
Jim Spirou! That’s who! Try to keep up as Jim explains how his GRIT laid the foundation for his extraordinary journey from Actuary to Music Store Franchisee to Night Club Owner to Music Maker and Educator. Along the way, he went from dropping ‘shoulds’ and ‘should haves’ to dropping beats with a...
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26 - How Can Mentoring Move Mountains?
Over the last 30 years, Erica Hollingdrake-Weir has called on the same GRIT which carried her from a 5’ 4” guard on the basketball court to a community leader with an unwavering heart for activating the potential in others. In this inspiring GRIT chat, she offers solid advice and encouragement…
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25 - Get Out of Your Own Way Today!
In this eye-opening and heart-opening conversation, Johnny Sirpilla gives us insights into the invisible full-time job he holds. His ongoing challenge is managing his thoughts so he can stay out of his own way every single day. Throughout this episode, he offers practical strategies that other...
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24 - Peter Drops the GRIT Mic
As Peter sets his sights on a new journey, GRIT and deep gratitude shine through in this collection of his thoughts and his thanks. For the first time in his life, he’s learned how to slow down, get steady and be ready when navigating obstacles along his path!
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Podcast Club!
Join Haze online for up to 4 weeks of powerful, unconventional conversations about navigating life's obstacles with GRIT! This new podcast club offers a unique opportunity for listeners to connect with each other as we know, grow and show our GRIT. During our times together, we'll focus on…
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Summer Break!
Hi everyone! The Grow My GRIT podcast is on hold for July and August. We'll be back in September with some really exciting conversations about some interesting people who are knowing, growing and showing their GRIT. See you soon!
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23 - Filter It with Your GRIT!
As an extension of our chat in episode 22, Haze invited both Peter and Renata to identify the ways in which their go-to books with advice to artists reflect some of the themes captured in their individual GRIT. In other words, how are the authors we admire telling us to do more of what we’re...
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22 - Let Your GRIT Guide You Home
Artist Renata Chubb shares how her first-hand experience with the Flow Your GRIT program was an integral first step for her long-awaited return to herself. The challenges associated with trusting her body then listening to it with GRIT led to confidence that spilled over into her newest...
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21 - Go the Distance with GRIT!
Meet Hunter George! Hunter is a professional Paddling Coach who fell in love with Sprint/Flatwater canoe kayaking and the paddling community at 10 years old. He began coaching in the Summer Youth Programs as soon as he was old enough! Hunter has been a full-time Coach for over a decade and his...
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20 - Back to the Future with GRIT?
During our chat with Dana Downey, Mother of 3 children and Calgary School Board Trustee, we explored the powerful link between GRIT and personality type. Dana is a self-proclaimed introvert and our conversation highlighted the ways in which her approach to navigating obstacles (i.e., GRIT) is...
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19 - Creating a Safe Space for GRIT in the Classroom
Kim Alexander, our resident expert on students’ mental health, stopped by to share some of the insights and opportunities available in her new book Creating a Safe Space in the Classroom: A Guide for Educators. While Kim’s focus is primarily on the classroom, the wisdom she shares applies to...
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18 - Does GRIT Evolve?
What do you get when someone whose work explores the evolution of humanity accepts an invitation to explore the evolution of his individual GRIT??? In our chat with Anthony (Tony) Wall Jr., Founder and President of the Noēsis Project, we get a rare opportunity to hear someone grasp the power and...
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17 - What’s the Source of Your GRIT?
Literally and figuratively, this is one of the most enlightening episodes so far! Our discussion is firmly rooted in physics, photosynthesis and philosophy. Guest Udo Erasmus reminds us that our GRIT, our power and our peace all stem from the indestructible light energy of nature (a.k.a. the...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Here on Grow My GRIT, our intention is to engage with guests and listeners who are ready to know, grow, and show their GRIT, perhaps best described as one's default settings in the face of obstacles.
HOSTED BY
Haze Schepmyer
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Here on Grow My GRIT, our intention is to engage with guests and listeners who are ready to know, grow, and show their GRIT, perhaps best described as one's default settings in the face of obstacles.
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