OV Boss Babes Holly Molenaar

For over 17 years, Adrienne Carfagnini, Founder, Clinical Director and therapist at Connected Counselling Services has been working with individuals, couples and families to assist them in their healing and recovery journeys.

This isn't your typical couch therapy session though, as Adrienne shares how she uses holistic and alternative approaches in her therapy, counseling, and healing sessions.

We switch positions as we learn about a therapist's point of view, how awkward it can be when a fighting couple enters a session, Adrienne's thoughts on personal self-sharing with clients, how she implements self care to prevent therapist burnout, why listening fatigue is a real thing, and why she values mentorship from other therapists.

During this podcast "session" Adrienne speaks out to entrepreneurs in hopes to inspire them to seek out therapy to battle life’s perpetual challenges, especially those working in isolation, seeking validation in business decisions and dealing with unexpected curveballs!

Looking to shift away from the field of Social Work, Kaitlin decided to return to school to become a Registered Massage Therapist (RMT).
After the magical home birth of her daughter in 2018, Kaitlin was inspired to support women and families through their transformative perinatal journeys and became a birth doula and it was during her second pregnancy Kaitlin decided to expand her perinatal education and began the process of becoming a Licensed Childbirth Educator.

Now, Kaitlin is putting her passion into practice, opening Flourishing Families in Perth, a holistic heart-centred clinic designed to support individuals and families through pregnancy, birth, and beyond.

Kaitlin is a trailblazing boss babe as she brings a unique revolutionary approach in the way she approaches business and builds her team, demonstrating how she is clearly a leader in her field and credits her education, skillsets, core values and life experiences to the various series she and her team provides.

In this episode,

🤱🏼We hear how Kaitlin's vast career journey and home birth experiences contributed to her opening her multi-disciplinary family centre

🌸 We dive into why everyone's pregnancy and postpartum experiences are different why lost birth recovery is so important

👑 Kaitlin shares how she secured financial funds to build her business, the bones of creating her centre and building her team

🫱🏼‍🫲🏻 We talk about the importance of asking for help, utilizing your village and why "mom / parent shaming" is NOT okay

Maven Catering has been a staple in the Deep River community for quite some time now and I'm sure many of my listeners have sampled Carolyn Arnold's delicious meals at one point or another.

But how did this seasoned world traveller who left home to explore restaurants in Australia, Cambodia, and Thailand, bring back sharpened skills, new recipes and seasoned flavours and wind up working... for an insurance agency?! Well that 9-5 corporate job didn't last long, as Carolyn's entrepreneurial spirit finally emerged as she gave her boss 3 month's notice and began the shift from employee to employer, launching Maven Catering and building a team of folks with a passion for providing great food to their local community.

In this episode, we chat all about:

👩🏽‍🍳 How this Deep River local went from world traveller, to working in insurance to launching a successful catering biz

🤌🏼 Carolyn's award-winning catering strategies, from curating her menu to setting prices to offsetting overhead costs

🤦🏽‍♀️ Mixed up orders, too much food, customer complaints and dealing with price negotiations

🤔 How Carolyn (unintentionally and unconventionally!) landed huge corporate catering contracts with CNL and at the Hexagon Restaurant

Originally from India, Aneeta Jacob knew that she wanted to study abroad and study social services in Canada, coming to Canada in 2018 and landed on Algonquin College Pembroke Campus' Social Services Worker Program after reading that it was one of the top colleges to attend in Canada, relocating to the Ottawa Valley and graduating from the SSW program in 2020.

Aneeta was one of Algonquin College Pembroke's first international student graduates and she reflects back on her time at school and in the Ottawa Valley fondly, reflecting on the skillsets she developed from her professors, the friendships she made and the community that embraced and welcomed her the minute she landed.

Aneeta is now enrolled in the Bachelor of Science in Nursing program at Mount Royal University in Calgary, Alberta and is eager to share her story for how she wants to become a driving force for change in rural health care and is eager to make a difference in social services and in the health care field.

Stacy Taylor's entry into entrepreneurship was an interesting one that just happened to come at the right time with a once-in-a-lifetime contest opportunity that she didn't want to miss out on.

This former government worker turned business owner took a chance on herself and her business and left it all to go all in.... and was successful in winning the City of Pembroke's Win this Space contest in downtown Pembroke, securing her first location, courtesy of Sleepwell Property Management.

Stacy shares her personal journey of leaving her records management job and going all in with her canning and home cooked meals business, expanding and growing her team after a short period of time, becoming involved in the community and taking on the role as Board Chair of the PBIA Board - and all the ups and downs of entrepreneurship!

This month on our Babe Beyond the Brand Series, we are diving into the fascinating world of adult ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder), which is a neurodevelopmental condition that seems to be affecting more and more adults, many in which are women.

Having ADHD affects how you pay attention, your sense of self control, simple forgetfulness, among other traits. And women specifically with adhd tend to not be diagnosed until later in life and end up with diagnoses of depression or anxiety for years before ADHD is ever part of the conversation.

But in 2024, we have more access to information than we’ve ever had. And People are more willing to share their experiences with ADHD, which is helping lessen the stigma around mental health. Traditional ADHD therapy often involves assignments to complete between sessions - leading to disappointment when it doesn’t get done (because HELLO, ADHD!)

I sit down with Jenna Free, certified ADHD therapist who sheds light on the often-overlooked world of ADHD, providing valuable insights and guidance for anyone navigating this complex condition.