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Motivational Moments
by Linda Ockwell-Jenner
The Podcast From Motivational Steps
Episodes
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Episode 191: Conversation with Neil Leslie
Linda introduces Neil Leslie, who discusses Serenity Renewal for Families, an organization that supports families affected by addiction. Neil explains that the biggest challenge remains stigma, which limits government funding and public awareness. The two emphasize the critical need for community...
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Episode 190: A Shock
Linda Ockwell-Jenner discusses the shock of learning her sister suffers from advanced dementia. She stresses that taking proactive measures for health—like monitoring blood pressure—is vital for all people. Linda emphasizes that knowing the facts rather than being fearful of diseases is critical....
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Episode 189: Just Do It
Linda Ockwell-Jenner discusses the common habit of procrastination and its impact on our lives. She emphasizes the importance of addressing tasks, like checking emails or making decisions, promptly to seize opportunities and avoid regret. Linda shares her own experience with delaying office...
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Episode 188: Conversation with David Kuhn
Linda Ockwell-Jenner interviews David Kuhn, who discusses his work advocating for students and promoting accessibility in the Waterloo region. David emphasizes that advocacy is crucial for improving life for everyone, not just people with disabilities. He shares his personal journey, noting that...
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Episode 187: Conversation with Mike Morrice
Mike Morrice, Deputy Leader of the Green Party of Canada, discusses his path to politics, starting with a focus on local environmental issues and community engagement. He emphasizes the importance of holding elected officials accountable through active participation and informed feedback,...
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Episode 186: Conversation with Eldon Sprickerhoff
This compelling interview with Eldon Sprickerhoff reveals a profound philosophy for entrepreneurship centered around authenticity and generosity – his core message is simply, “be a nice person.” Drawing on a remarkably long and diverse career, he emphasizes the importance of proactive help…
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Episode 185: Conversation with Philip Mills
Philip Mills powerfully argues that the housing crisis is a significantly larger, evolving issue than many realize, drawing parallels to post-war Britain’s rapid housing construction. He advocates for urgent community action, primarily through engaging with local government to demand systemic...
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Episode 184: A Phishing Scam
Linda Ockwell-Jenner discusses a recent phishing scam attempt she received disguised as an email from Best Buy’s Geek Squad. The email requested money, a tactic common in phishing scams that use urgent language and fake logos. She emphasizes the importance of verifying email senders, avoiding...
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Episode 183: Resilience & Inspiration
This podcast episode addresses inspiration and resilience amid today’s overwhelming global challenges—war, natural disasters, homelessness, and violence. The host argues that constant exposure to negative news harms our mental health and encourages listeners to become agents of change rather than...
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Episode 182: Woman of the Year
Linda Ockwell-Jenner was nominated for the Rogers Oktoberfest Woman of the Year award – at the 50th anniversary of the event. This was a tremendous honour, but recognizes not just me, but all the nominees who devote themselves to helping people in our community. Thank you to the Canadian Western...
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Episode 181: What goes up must come down
During slow times, don’t give up, instead build strong foundations and be ready for when things pick up again.
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Episode 180: Conversation with David Peduto
Linda is joined by David Peduto, Senior Manager Public Sector Intelligence Services at leading intelligence company Recorded Future. David shares his fascinating journey, inspired by a tragic event, that led him to learn about new cultures and perspectives. Taken from discussion with David Peduto...
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Episode 179: Conversation with Richard LaTulip
Linda Ockwell-Jenner is joined by Richard LaTulip, Field CISO of Recorded Future, the leading threat intelligence cloud platform. Richard is a past serving member of the United Stated Secret Service and shares some of this back story in today’s engaging conversation. We’ll hear how Richard’s…
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Episode 178: Resilience
Linda stares her thoughts on resilience, and how she’s pivoted and adapted to challenges to continue her successful life as a motivational speaker.
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Episode 177: Interview with Dr. Lacey Pitre
Linda Ockwell-Jenner is joined by Medical Oncologist, Dr. Lacey Pitre, FRCP(C) from Health Sciences North for a deeply personal conversation about Metastatic Breast Cancer (MBC) also known as Secondary Breast Cancer, or Stage 4 Breast Cancer. There is a lot of research into the reasons that...
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Episode 176: Marli Pinnau Cline
Today’s podcast is taken from my recent Conversations video series. I sit down for a chat with Marli Pinnau Cline, a Physical Therapist at A Body In Motion. With her message to “keep moving” she helps many diverse people lead a healthy and active lifestyle.
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Episode 175: How to Become a Motivational Speaker
Linda Ockwell-Jenner takes us back to when she first became a Motivational Speaker, and some of her fond memories of how that journey began. She shares some of the strategies that worked for her in launching her speaking business… that might work for you!
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Episode 174: Interview with Mark Bingeman
Everyone in the Kitchener-Waterloo area where I am located knows the family fun destination: Bingemans. I recently had the opportunity to talk with Mark Bingeman, at the helm of an experience company that’s created family memories for decades. Taken from my recent discussion with Mark Bingeman as...
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Episode 173: Have you ever wanted to be someone else?
Let’s face it, from time-to-time we’ve all wondered what it would be like to be someone else. There’s no harm in wondering, but we often don’t see other’s lives as they really are, and downplay the greatness of our own.
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Episode 172: Helen Fishburn
Taken from my recent discussion with Helen Fishburn as part of my Conversations video series. In today’s conversation, Linda is joined by the CEO of the Canadian Mental Health Association Waterloo-Wellington (CMHA WW) Helen Fishburn. A recent survey ‘How Mentally Healthy Is Your Community’ gave…
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Episode 171: Jason Cassidy
Taken from my recent discussion with Jason Cassidy as part of my Conversations video series. Listen as the CEO of Shinydocs joins me to talk about Artificial Intelligence and how his company has been leveraging it to solve real business challenges.
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Episode 170: Marc-François Ferrazzano
This episode of Motivational Moments features an interview with Marc-François Ferrazzano, Manager Service Operations for global air transport company SITA. The audio is taken from Linda’s Conversations video series.
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Episode 169: Kevin Marcus Miller
In today’s show, Linda chats with Kevin Marcus Miller, who is a twelve-time Sudden Cardiac Arrest Survivor from Seattle. You read that right. Kevin explains how he forged his way to success despite living with constant fear.
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Episode 168: Robert Pardi
Today’s episode is taken from my Motivational Steps Conversations series. We hear from Personal Growth Retreat Leader, Keynote Speaker, Author & Life Coach Robert Pardi. New-York born and now living in Italy, Robert talks about some of the impactful moments in his life.
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Episode 167: LinkedIn Tips
Linda Ockwell-Jenner shares some of her thoughts on using LinkedIn in an impactful way. What does your headline say about you? Are you using LinkedIn to the best of your ability? Use your time effectively when you’re using social media platforms.
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Episode 166: Don’t Fear Networking
As many of you know, I’m passionate about networking… but why? It’s a the perfect way to promote my brand, and for people to connect with who I am, and how I can help them.
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Episode 165: Living with Stage 4 Metastatic Breast Cancer (Part 4)
Our very special guest, Melissa Day, returns to discuss more of her fight against incurable metastatic breast cancer. This chronic disease may be terrible, but it hasn’t dented Melissa’s determination to not let it stop her from living her life.
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Episode 164: Living with Stage 4 Metastatic Breast Cancer (Part 3)
Linda’s Daughter, Melissa, returns to share her personal journey with Stage 4 Metastatic Breast Cancer and her experiences so far with the treatments she’s having. Melissa shares facts about this terrible disease and the path she’s taking to battle it along with her tremendous support system.
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Episode 163: Living with Stage 4 Metastatic Breast Cancer (Part 2)
Linda is once again joined by her Daughter, Melissa, who is living with Stage 4 Metastatic Breast Cancer. In today’s episode, Melissa bravely shares more of her story, including hearing those horrible words “you have Breast Cancer”. Please note: some listeners may find portions of today’s episode...
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Episode 162: Living with Stage 4 Metastatic Breast Cancer
Today’s episode is very special. We welcome Melissa Day, an amazingly strong and wonderful human being to talk about living with Stage 4 Metastatic Breast Cancer. I should share, Melissa is also my Daughter.
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Episode 161: The Challenge of Limb Loss
Linda talks about one of the challenges that life has thrown her way this year. But as always, we hear how Linda’s outlook helps her through the challenges presented by her son’s amputation.
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Episode 160: Regrets
Linda looks back and encourages us to think about our regrets. They are not something to make us feel bad, more opportunities to re-evaluate how we approach challenges in the future.
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Episode 159: Your Brand Matters
How important is your brand? It’s critically important, as Linda Ockwell-Jenner explains. Having built successful brand strategies for her own businesses as well as her clients, we understand some of the magic that goes into building a great brand.
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Episode 158a: October Breast Cancer Awareness
Due to some unforeseen technical issues, some listeners may have not received the correct show for episode 158. We’re republishing the episode here. October is breast cancer awareness month. Linda shares a little of her personal breast cancer journey.
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Episode 158: October Breast Cancer Awareness
October is breast cancer awareness month. Linda shares a little of her personal breast cancer journey.
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Episode 157: Self-Esteem
Linda returns to share her thoughts on self-esteem and how we can better accept who we are. Life is about how we feel, and how others feel about us.
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Episode 156: Thinking of Starting a Small Business?
Strong foundations, putting yourself in your clients place, knowing how people will find you, and what is it about your brand that’s memorable? These are some of the things you should think about in order to build a strong foundation for your business.
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Episode 155: The Future is Unknown
There’s a lot that’s changing in life and business due to COVID-19 and our return to a life with fewer restrictions. Linda Ockwell-Jenner returns to share her thoughts on how we can navigate this transition.
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Episode 154: The Importance of Routine
COVID-19 has been tough for us all. In today’s episode, I share the importance of having a routine to help us keep balanced and ensure we are keeping focus on the things that matter.
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Episode 153: COVID Broke Me
I’ve been missing in action since November 2020. Now I’m back to tell the story of ‘why’.
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Episode 152: Grow Your Network
Have you ever had someone want to connect with you on LinkedIn to “grow their network”? Maintaining a good business network is similar to caring for a plant. Find out how with Linda Ockwell-Jenner.
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Episode 151: Keep Calm & Carry On
Linda Ockwell-Jenner is back with a candid take on the value of assessing whether a challenge needs your immediate attention, or if it can wait whilst you focus on your business.
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Episode 150: One-on-One With Brenda Halloran
Linda’s guest today is Brenda Halloran, former Mayor of Waterloo, Ontario and now a successful small business owner. This was originally featured as part of Linda’s One-on-One video series.
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Episode 149: One-on-One with Lynda Murray
Linda’s guest today is Chief Marketing Officer from Guelph-based ShipperBee, Lynda Murray. #Covid19 has created chaos for many organizations, ShipperBee has collaborated with many community organizations as well as created job opportunities. This was originally featured as part of Linda’s...
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Episode 148: One-on-One with Kathryn McGarry
Linda Ockwell-Jenner is joined by the Mayor of the City of Cambridge, Kathryn McGarry, to discuss some of the changes brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic. This was originally featured as part of Linda’s One-on-One video series.
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Episode 147: To Wear a Mask, or Not Wear a Mask. That is the Question
COVID-19 has impacted us all, in today’s episode Linda discusses one of the issues that many of us are now facing: the wearing of face masks.
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Episode 146: Knowing When It’s Time For You
Now is the time to find yourself, who you are, and what you want. Linda rediscovered herself after realizing that putting boundaries up and not solely focusing on helping others, was in fact, helping herself.
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Episode 145: Don’t be Fearful to Say No
Whether we are networking virtually, or face-to-face, people want to sell to us… and you to them. However we also need to not be fearful of saying ‘no’.
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Episode 144: Virtual Networking With No Fear
Linda Ockwell-Jenner shares some brief thoughts on virtual networking. We’re all doing it these days! Know that when others see you on camera, it’s just the same as when you walk into a room. Smile and enjoy it.
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Episode 143: 8 Motivational Steps for Working From Home
Many of us are working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic. Linda shares some of her tips via 8 Motivational Steps for ensuring you are effective when working from your home.
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The Podcast From Motivational Steps
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Linda Ockwell-Jenner
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The Podcast From Motivational Steps
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