PARLAY Podcast Hosted by Kelly McGuire

Walt Bleser isn't one for titles, although he has a few - President, CEO, athlete, but the most important to him are father, husband, leader, and survivor. A few years ago, Walt narrowly avoided an almost always fatal type of heart attack called the “widow maker” – he was a competitive cyclist and barely into his 40s at the time. Walt was also Type A, in a demanding job with an equally matched travel schedule, and had just welcomed his first child. Needless to say, there were warning si...

Sometimes the most brilliant ideas originate from the most unlikely places. This happens to be the case with B Yoga, or the B Mat to be precise. A long-time lover of yoga after discovering the practice while obtaining her MBA in Australia, Andrea had spent several years in marketing and business development before joining her family’s fifth generation manufacturing and technology business. A chance encounter with product they were reviewing ignited a spark that led to that start o...

For a woman who “…never thought I would be an entrepreneur – ever!” Kristi Stuart has most definitely proved herself wrong several times over. A competitive dancer as a child, Kristi had planned to travel the world dancing on cruise ships until a car accident majorly altered her course.Fast forward to a degree in molecular biology and biochemistry, a successful career in pharmaceutical sales, marriage, and motherhood, which leads to Barre Belle Studios's creation. “Lightening in a...

After immigrating to Canada, via Fiji and Australia, Saawan Logan quickly fell in love with the land and an idea started to percolate after drinking from a natural spring during a hike. That idea is now North Water, a Canadian company bringing fresh, clean, alkaline spring water to the rest of the country, as well as a message of sustainability and responsibility. Going “all in” just prior to the start of the pandemic, Saawan shares a refreshingly positive account of how they not ...

Ginny Barker is an East Coast girl, living in a Western Canadian world who is simultaneously killing it in the corporate communications world while pursuing her passion of becoming a certified Herbalist. Growing up on an organic farm in small-town New Brunswick, Ginny didn’t realise how much of an impact this would have on her. She left for the beckoning “city lights” and has built a successful career in advertising and corporate communications. Like many of us, Covid brough...

This episode has been in the making since essentially before the podcast began. My dear friend, Adam Hoffman, is President of Vesta Wealth Partners Ltd., a single-family office, and an Investment Fund Manager democratizing access to private equity. Based in Calgary, his mission is to empower entrepreneurial families to thrive for generations.We sit down to discuss many things, but mainly his passion for finding your purpose. With interests in business, law, tax law to be exa...