The UNBLOCK Yourself Podcast: Finding Clarity in Career Paths and Career Pivots

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We are Greg and Whitney Boyd, creators of the UNBLOCK Yourself program and podcast, and the Waypoint Intentional Living Retreat. We’re also former corporate world hustlers who believe life is way too short to live on autopilot. We think it is wild that people are not sprinting toward work and lives that actually light them up. But we get it. We’ve been there too. Most people are stuck or at least feel that way. That’s where this podcast comes in. Every other Thursday, we talk to people who got UNBLOCKED. You'll hear stories about finding clarity, career paths, career pivots and living with intention. Our guests tell us how they realized something had to change, made bold moves, and built lives that feel more aligned, more alive, and more intentional. We’ll share some of our own stories too, because we’re right here, figuring it out like everyone else. Some guests you’ll recognize. Others you will meet for the first time. But all of them will help you take the next right step toward a life that feels authentically yours. One that is off autopilot and intentionally lived.

  1. Sep 24

    From Mabel’s Labels to Mentoring Founders with Tricia Mumby

    Tricia Mumby has spent more than 20 years building businesses, studying customers and figuring out what actually makes people buy. She co-founded Mabel’s Labels in 2003 with three friends, starting with one leased piece of equipment, a tiny budget and a simple idea: create labels that could actually survive kids, daycare, dishwashers and laundry. What started in a basement grew into an eight-figure direct-to-consumer business before being acquired in 2016. Today, Tricia works with founders and entrepreneurs, helping them sharpen their brands, understand their customers and, perhaps most importantly, stop overthinking and start moving. In this episode, we talk about: The unlikely beginnings of Mabel’s Labels and what it took to turn a simple idea into an eight-figure businessWhy partnership helped Tricia take the leap into entrepreneurshipWhat she’s learned from working with entrepreneurs and micro-business owners around the worldWhy so many founders get stuck perfecting instead of launching, selling and learningThe importance of understanding your customer and communicating exactly why they should careWhy some businesses play it too safe with their brand, and how you can stand outThe lessons Tricia now shares with founders after more than 20 years of building, selling and mentoring businesses One of our favourite lines from the conversation: “You aren’t really in business until a stranger has coughed up a credit card.” Tricia is (always) direct, practical and refreshingly uninterested in making entrepreneurship sound more glamorous than it is. This conversation is packed with lessons for anyone trying to build something, launch something or finally stop fussing with it long enough to put it in front of real people. We hope you enjoy this conversation with Tricia Mumby. EPISODE LINKS & REFERENCES Tricia Mumby on LinkedIn Accelerator Centre Mabel’s Labels We’d love to connect with you. Here’s where to find us:  Vienna Waits Website Subscribe to Vienna Five Newsletter UNBLOCK Yourself™ Program Corporate Programming Waypoint Retreat Vienna Waits on Instagram Greg’s LinkedIn  Whitney’s LinkedIn  On this podcast, we explore what it means to get UNBLOCKED. You’ll hear stories about finding clarity, navigating career pivots, and choosing to live with intention. Sometimes that’s through conversations with guests who made bold moves and changed direction. Other times it’s just the two of us unpacking the books, ideas, and lessons shaping our own journey. We’re not experts looking down from a stage. We’re in it too. Building, questioning, adjusting, and trying to create lives that feel more aligned, more alive, and more intentional.

    From Mabel’s Labels to Mentoring Founders with Tricia Mumby

  2. Sep 10

    Jim Moss on Reinvention, Trust and the Physics of Care

    Jim Moss spent more than a decade playing professional hockey and lacrosse, represented Team Canada, captained teams at nearly every level he played, and built much of his life and identity around being an athlete. In 2009, Jim developed Guillain-Barré syndrome, a rare autoimmune condition that attacked his nervous system. His athletic career came to an abrupt end, and he found himself facing a very different kind of challenge: recovering physically while figuring out who he was without sport at the centre of his life. During his time in the hospital and rehab, Jim started noticing something. The mood of the people caring for him mattered. The way they interacted with each other mattered. And the gratitude and care he showed them seemed to change the experience for everyone involved. That curiosity eventually led Jim back to university and into the study of happiness, workplace well-being and culture. He went on to build Plasticity alongside his wife, Jennifer Moss, and today his work has led him somewhere new: exploring what he calls the physics of care. At the heart of Jim’s thinking is a simple idea: care isn’t just something that feels good. It builds trust, changes how willing we are to take risks with one another, and can create real value in our relationships, communities and businesses. In this episode, we talk about: • Jim’s career playing professional hockey and lacrosse • Representing Team Canada and returning to coaching • Developing Guillain-Barré syndrome and having to rebuild his life • Losing the identity that came with being an athlete • The unexpected role gratitude played in his recovery • Building Plasticity Labs with his wife, Jennifer Moss • What Jim learned studying happiness, workplace culture and well-being • Why trust matters so much in healthy communities • Transactional trust vs. relational trust • Jim’s idea of the physics of care • The three Cs: caring, careful and careless • Why care can be a competitive advantage in business • How small moments of carelessness can create much bigger problems • Why, once you start looking for care, you begin to see it everywhere Jim will also be joining us at Waypoint Retreat this September for a session called The Entrepreneur’s Edge: How Care Can Be Your Competitive Advantage, where we’ll get to take these ideas even further. This conversation gave us a whole new language for something we’ve always believed: the little things really are the big things. And maybe the reason they matter so much is actually pretty simple. Because they show people we care. EPISODE LINKS & REFERENCES Jim Moss: The SMILE CEO Jim Moss on Instagram Jim Moss on LinkedIn We’d love to connect with you. Here’s where to find us:  Vienna Waits Website Subscribe to Vienna Five Newsletter UNBLOCK Yourself™ Program Corporate Programming Waypoint Retreat Vienna Waits on Instagram Greg’s LinkedIn  Whitney’s LinkedIn  On this podcast, we explore what it means to get UNBLOCKED. You’ll hear stories about finding clarity, navigating career pivots, and choosing to live with intention. Sometimes that’s through conversations with guests who made bold moves and changed direction. Other times it’s just the two of us unpacking the books, ideas, and lessons shaping our own journey.  We’re not experts looking down from a stage. We’re in it too. Building, questioning, adjusting, and trying to create lives that feel more aligned, more alive, and more intentional.

    Jim Moss on Reinvention, Trust and the Physics of Care

  3. Aug 27

    Lessons From What To Make Of A Life by Jim Collins

    If you’ve listened to the podcast lately, you’ve probably heard us mention What to Make of a Life by Jim Collins. We’ve talked about this book A LOT. Or, more accurately, Greg has talked about this book a lot. So we figured it was finally time to dedicate an episode to it. In this conversation, we unpack three of the biggest ideas from the book: cliffs, fog, and encodings. We start with cliffs. The moments in life that change the direction you were heading. A career change, a loss, retirement, a move, or something completely unexpected. Some cliffs we see coming and others we don’t, but they create a before and after in our lives. Then comes fog. That uncertain period after a cliff when the life you knew has changed, but you haven’t quite figured out what comes next. We talk about why fog is a natural part of change and why some periods of it last much longer than others. But the idea we spend the most time on is encodings. Collins describes encodings as the unique combination of natural gifts, capabilities, and attributes we’re each born with. When the way we’re living allows us to use those encodings, we’re “in frame.” We feel energized, engaged, and more like ourselves. When we spend too much of our lives outside of them, we can start to languish. We also get into: why being good at something doesn’t necessarily mean you’re encoded for itwhy your encodings can only really be discovered through action and trying new thingswhat it means to be “in frame” versus “out of frame”how the frame around our lives changes, even when our encodings don’tthe idea of “flipping the arrow of money”and how understanding what energizes you can help you build a life with more of it This isn’t about quitting your job, blowing up your life, or turning everything you love into a career. It’s about understanding yourself a little better and asking whether the life you’re building gives you enough opportunities to use the things that are already inside you. There’s a reason this book keeps finding its way into our conversations. We hope you enjoy this one. EPISODE LINKS & REFERENCES What to Make of a Life by Jim Collins Jim Collins — Official Website Designing Your Life by Bill Burnett & Dave Evans “There’s a Name for the Blah You’re Feeling: It’s Called Languishing” by Adam Grant We’d love to connect with you. Here’s where to find us:  Vienna Waits Website Subscribe to Vienna Five Newsletter UNBLOCK Yourself™ Program Corporate Programming Waypoint Retreat Vienna Waits on Instagram Greg’s LinkedIn  Whitney’s LinkedIn  On this podcast, we explore what it means to get UNBLOCKED. You’ll hear stories about finding clarity, navigating career pivots, and choosing to live with intention. Sometimes that’s through conversations with guests who made bold moves and changed direction. Other times it’s just the two of us unpacking the books, ideas, and lessons shaping our own journey. We’re not experts looking down from a stage. We’re in it too. Building, questioning, adjusting, and trying to create lives that feel more aligned, more alive, and more intentional.

    Lessons From What To Make Of A Life by Jim Collins

  4. Aug 13

    Luke Anderson on Mountain Biking, Choice and Building an Accessible World

    Long before he was the co-founder of StopGap, Luke Anderson was the guy at Boyd Sports blasting Nirvana from the back of the shop, the cool older employee at the store owned by Greg’s dad, and someone who inspired a young Greg to get on a mountain bike in the first place. This episode is as much a reunion as it is an interview. In 2011, that choice helped lead to the creation of StopGap, an organization that builds brightly coloured ramps and raises awareness about the importance of accessibility. What started with 13 business owners in Toronto’s Junction neighbourhood has since grown into a movement reaching communities all over Canada. This is a conversation about resilience, choice, accessibility, and what can happen when we take the hardest parts of our story and use them to make things better for someone else. In this episode, we talk about: • Growing up in Stouffville and working at Boyd Sports • Studying civil engineering and falling in love with the West Coast • The 2002 mountain biking crash that led to Luke’s spinal cord injury • Grief, loss, and learning to navigate a very different way of life • Hitting literal barriers as a wheelchair user in downtown Toronto • Co-founding StopGap with Michael Hopkins in 2011 • Why accessible design benefits everyone • Choosing action over frustration • Meeting Rampman, StopGap’s colourful mascot • How to get involved with StopGap’s mission We laughed, we got emotional, and we walked away with a whole new appreciation for how much of our world still isn’t built with everyone in mind, and how much can happen when one person decides to do something about it. EPISODE LINKS & REFERENCES StopGap Website StopGap on Instagram StopGap on Facebook StopGap (and Rampman!) on Youtube Donate to StopGap Luke Anderson on LinkedIn We’d love to connect with you. Here’s where to find us:  Vienna Waits Website Subscribe to Vienna Five Newsletter UNBLOCK Yourself™ Program Corporate Programming Waypoint Retreat Vienna Waits on Instagram Greg’s LinkedIn  Whitney’s LinkedIn  On this podcast, we explore what it means to get UNBLOCKED. You’ll hear stories about finding clarity, navigating career pivots, and choosing to live with intention. Sometimes that’s through conversations with guests who made bold moves and changed direction. Other times it’s just the two of us unpacking the books, ideas, and lessons shaping our own journey. We’re not experts looking down from a stage. We’re in it too. Building, questioning, adjusting, and trying to create lives that feel more aligned, more alive, and more intentional.

    Luke Anderson on Mountain Biking, Choice and Building an Accessible World

  5. Jul 30

    Nancy Corcoran: Building Whispering Springs and Turning Pain Into Purpose

    Nancy Corcoran has never been afraid to chase an adventure. Years ago, she and her husband John sold their dream home, bought a sailboat, and spent the next twelve years splitting their time between the Bahamas and a 200-acre property in rural Ontario. That property would eventually become Whispering Springs Wilderness Retreat, one of Canada's most unique glamping destinations and the place where we now host our annual Waypoint Retreat. But this conversation is about much more than building a beautiful business. Nancy shares the heartbreaking story of her granddaughter, Ayla, who suffered a severe brain injury at birth, forever changing the course of their family's life. Rather than allowing tragedy to define them, Nancy and their family have dedicated themselves to creating hope for other families through Camp Moonlight, the We Love Joy Foundation, and Ask Ayla—the world's first AI companion built from the lived experience of raising a child with cerebral palsy. It's a conversation about adventure, entrepreneurship, grief, resilience, advocacy, and the incredible things that can happen when you choose to turn pain into purpose. In this episode, we discuss: Why Nancy and John sold everything to buy a sailboat and chase adventureThe story behind building Whispering Springs Wilderness RetreatCreating spaces that help people disconnect, reconnect, and slow downWhy entrepreneurs often need to trust intuition more than certaintyThe life-changing birth of Nancy's granddaughter, AylaWhat it's really like for families navigating a birth injury and cerebral palsy diagnosisHow Camp Moonlight is creating community for families raising children with disabilitiesThe We Love Joy Foundation and its mission to spread kindness, empathy, and inclusionThe creation of Ask Ayla, the world's first AI companion built from lived experienceHow AI can transform caregiving and support families around the worldWhy Nancy believes our greatest pain can become our greatest purposeThe importance of creating a more compassionate and inclusive world for children with disabilities Enjoy this conversation with Nancy Corcoran.  EPISODE LINKS & REFERENCES Whispering Springs Glamping Resort We Love Joy Foundation Ask Ayla Camp Moonlight Book: I’m Who I’m Meant To Be Waypoint Retreat We’d love to connect with you. Here’s where to find us:  Vienna Waits Website Subscribe to Vienna Five Newsletter UNBLOCK Yourself™ Program Corporate Programming Waypoint Retreat Vienna Waits on Instagram Greg’s LinkedIn  Whitney’s LinkedIn  On this podcast, we explore what it means to get UNBLOCKED. You’ll hear stories about finding clarity, navigating career pivots, and choosing to live with intention. Sometimes that’s through conversations with guests who made bold moves and changed direction. Other times it’s just the two of us unpacking the books, ideas, and lessons shaping our own journey. We’re not experts looking down from a stage. We’re in it too. Building, questioning, adjusting, and trying to create lives that feel more aligned, more alive, and more intentional. During the conversation, Nancy referenced a statistic that may sound like "1 in 4 births." The correct statistic is 1 in 400 births.

    Nancy Corcoran: Building Whispering Springs and Turning Pain Into Purpose

  6. Jul 16

    Brie Pointer on Joy, Grief & Living in Colour

    Brie Pointer is one of those people who lights up every room she walks into. She's an independent designer, illustrator, farmer, and community builder living in the Waterloo Region. She's also one of the most authentically joyful people we've ever met. At first glance, this conversation starts with colour. Why Brie wears it. Why it matters. And why embracing who you truly are can give other people permission to do the same. But as the conversation unfolds, we discover that her colourful spirit wasn't something that came easily. After losing both of her parents less than two years apart, Brie found herself navigating unimaginable grief while raising two young daughters, running a business, farming, and trying to rediscover herself. She shares, with incredible honesty, how she slowly found her way back to joy, why community became more important than ever, and what she's learned about living intentionally when life doesn't go according to plan. Brie has a contagious energy that's impossible not to be drawn to, but what makes her truly remarkable is her ability to hold both joy and grief at the same time. This is a conversation about authenticity, resilience, finding your people, and discovering that sometimes the brightest colours come after the darkest seasons. In this episode, we talk about: Why colour became such an important part of Brie's life Finding authenticity in business and personal branding Why confidence comes from embracing who you already are The role community plays in navigating life's hardest seasons Losing both of her parents in less than two years How grief changed her perspective on relationships and life Learning to choose joy again, one small step at a time Why vulnerability creates deeper human connection The importance of reflection and spending time with yourself What to do when you feel stuck or disconnected from who you are We laughed, we cried, and we left reminded that life isn't about avoiding the hard seasons. It's about finding the courage to keep showing up, keep loving people well, and maybe even adding a little more colour along the way. This episode is lovingly dedicated to Brie's parents, Brian and Marion (Gail) Pointer, whose love, kindness, and legacy continue to shine through Brie every single day. EPISODE LINKS & REFERENCES Brie Pointer Website Brie Pointer on Instagram Wayward Farm Website Wayward Farm on Instagram Buy Wayward Roaster Coffee Wayward Roaster on Instagram The Three Wellness Den 1880 We’d love to connect with you. Here’s where to find us:  Vienna Waits Website Subscribe to Vienna Five Newsletter UNBLOCK Yourself™ Program Corporate Programming Waypoint Retreat Vienna Waits on Instagram Greg’s LinkedIn  Whitney’s LinkedIn  On this podcast, we explore what it means to get UNBLOCKED.  You’ll hear stories about finding clarity, navigating career pivots, and choosing to live with intention. Sometimes that’s through conversations with guests who made bold moves and changed direction. Other times it’s just the two of us unpacking the books, ideas, and lessons shaping our own journey. We’re not experts looking down from a stage. We’re in it too. Building, questioning, adjusting, and trying to create lives that feel more aligned, more alive, and more intentional.

    Brie Pointer on Joy, Grief & Living in Colour

  7. Jul 2

    Identity, Recovery & the Long Game with Kyle Ferrigan

    Kyle Ferrigan spends his days helping everyone from professional athletes in the NHL, NFL, CFL, and MLS to weekend warriors and active families recover from injury and get back to doing what they love. But this conversation goes far beyond physiotherapy. We talk about setbacks, identity, resilience, and what happens when life forces you to slow down. Kyle shares the story of failing his national physiotherapy exam shortly after graduation, a setback that felt devastating at the time but ultimately helped shape the career he has today. We also explore what he's learned from working with elite athletes, why recovery is often more mental than physical, and the surprising parallels between injury rehabilitation, entrepreneurship, and personal growth. Whether you're recovering from an injury, rebuilding after a setback, growing a business, or simply trying to make progress toward a meaningful goal, the lessons are remarkably similar: trust the process, focus on the next step, and play the long game. In This Episode We Talk About: • The setback that unexpectedly shaped Kyle's career • How studying psychology influences the way he approaches rehabilitation • Why recovery is often more mental than physical • Identity and what happens when something important gets taken away • Helping athletes navigate long recoveries and major injuries • What elite athletes can teach us about resilience and performance • Why the best performers focus on the process, not the outcome • The similarities between injury recovery, entrepreneurship, and personal growth • Setting short-term goals during long-term challenges • Knowing when to push harder and when to pull back • Building confidence one small win at a time • Why taking a step back can sometimes be the fastest way forward • What it means to play the long game in sport, business, and life There are a lot of parallels between recovery, business, and life, and Kyle does an incredible job connecting those dots. This episode is packed with goodness. We hope you enjoy the conversation. EPISODE LINKS & REFERENCES FP Sports Rehab Kyle Ferrigan on Instagram We’d love to connect with you. Here’s where to find us:  Vienna Waits Website Subscribe to Vienna Five Newsletter UNBLOCK Yourself™ Program Corporate Programming Waypoint Retreat Vienna Waits on Instagram Greg’s LinkedIn  Whitney’s LinkedIn  On this podcast, we explore what it means to get UNBLOCKED.  You’ll hear stories about finding clarity, navigating career pivots, and choosing to live with intention. Sometimes that’s through conversations with guests who made bold moves and changed direction. Other times it’s just the two of us unpacking the books, ideas, and lessons shaping our own journey. We’re not experts looking down from a stage. We’re in it too. Building, questioning, adjusting, and trying to create lives that feel more aligned, more alive, and more intentional.

    Identity, Recovery & the Long Game with Kyle Ferrigan

  8. Jun 18

    Building Big Dreams with Drew & Sarah

    What happens when two ambitious entrepreneurs fall in love, start a family, and build separate businesses at the same time? In this episode, we sit down with Drew and Sarah (Matton) Butterworth to talk about entrepreneurship, marriage, parenthood, intentional living, and pursuing work you love. Drew is the founder of goodvibes juice co., Ontario's fastest-growing cold-pressed juice brands. After leaving a successful corporate sales career, he followed a passion for health and wellness and spent the last decade building a business from the ground up. Along the way, goodvibes juice co. appeared on Dragon's Den and has grown into a nationally recognized brand. Sarah is the founder of 10 Talent Management, one of Canada's leading talent agencies representing performers in film, television, commercials, and theatre. Before becoming an agent, Sarah spent years as a professional dancer and performer, including performing with Drayton Entertainment and working throughout the musical theatre industry. Together, they are raising two young boys while navigating the challenges and rewards of building separate businesses under the same roof. We talk about why neither of them took the traditional path, what it's really like being an entrepreneurial couple, how they balance ambition with family, and the advice they'd give anyone who feels stuck in a career that no longer feels aligned. In This Episode We Talk About: How Sarah and Drew first met (and why Sarah had to track Drew down afterwards)Leaving the security of a corporate career to start a businessBuilding goodvibes juice co. from a single storefront into a growing brandSarah's journey from professional dancer to talent agentWhy passion matters more than chasing a paycheckThe reality of entrepreneurship behind the scenesRaising young children while building businessesThe advantages and challenges of being an entrepreneurial coupleWhy failure is often the fastest path to growthAdvice for anyone feeling stuck in their career or life From entrepreneurship and marriage to young kids and big dreams, this conversation feels less like an interview and more like sitting down with friends who are figuring it out alongside you. We hope you enjoy it. EPISODE LINKS & REFERENCES Connect with Drew goodvibes juice co. Websitegoodvibes juice co. Instagramgoodvibes juice co. pitch on Dragon’s DenConnect with Sarah 10 Talent Management Website10 Talent Management Instagram We’d love to connect with you. Here’s where to find us:  Vienna Waits Website Subscribe to Vienna Five Newsletter UNBLOCK Yourself™ Program Corporate Programming Waypoint Retreat Vienna Waits on Instagram Greg’s LinkedIn  Whitney’s LinkedIn  On this podcast, we explore what it means to get UNBLOCKED.  You’ll hear stories about finding clarity, navigating career pivots, and choosing to live with intention. Sometimes that’s through conversations with guests who made bold moves and changed direction. Other times it’s just the two of us unpacking the books, ideas, and lessons shaping our own journey. We’re not experts looking down from a stage. We’re in it too. Building, questioning, adjusting, and trying to create lives that feel more aligned, more alive, and more intentional.

    Building Big Dreams with Drew & Sarah
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We are Greg and Whitney Boyd, creators of the UNBLOCK Yourself program and podcast, and the Waypoint Intentional Living Retreat. We’re also former corporate world hustlers who believe life is way too short to live on autopilot. We think it is wild that people are not sprinting toward work and lives that actually light them up. But we get it. We’ve been there too. Most people are stuck or at least feel that way. That’s where this podcast comes in. Every other Thursday, we talk to people who got UNBLOCKED. You'll hear stories about finding clarity, career paths, career pivots and living with intention. Our guests tell us how they realized something had to change, made bold moves, and built lives that feel more aligned, more alive, and more intentional. We’ll share some of our own stories too, because we’re right here, figuring it out like everyone else. Some guests you’ll recognize. Others you will meet for the first time. But all of them will help you take the next right step toward a life that feels authentically yours. One that is off autopilot and intentionally lived.

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