Ordinary Courage with Vanisha Breault

Vanisha Breault
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Ordinary Courage with Vanisha Breault

Ordinary Courage is no ordinary podcast. Hosted by social justice advocate & Founder of the Terminator Foundation, Vanisha Breault, this podcast has been created to reveal the courage in all of us. Aimed to explore real stories surrounding issues of addiction, mental health and abuse, we are pushing the boundaries of vulnerability, introspection and everyday courage, and ultimately shifting the paradigm of judgment towards one of compassion. Through open conversations with family, friends, colleagues and experts, Vanisha will look at and dig into the relationships and life events that impact all of us. Vanisha is no stranger to letting her voice be heard and creating space for others to do the same.

  1. 02/10/2021

    My Beautiful Boy, with Host Vanisha Breault OC 21

    In this episode of the Ordinary Courage Podcast I am solo! 'My Beautiful Boy' is about my youngest son, his struggle with addiction and mental health over the past couple of years and it's about digging deeper as a mother, the courage to stay in the fight and to take each day as it comes. (I recorded this episode outside the studio so there are a couple glitches hehe & the sound quality is not our usual top notch, hopefully be back in the studio soon)I also threw in a plug for Termin...

    1h 10m

  2. 02/03/2021

    Losing Maddison; with Guest Jennifer Ann Holleman OC20

    In this episode of the Ordinary Courage Podcast I have the absolute honor of hearing Maddison's story, told through her Mama, Jennifer Ann Holleman. This is a story about loss, Human Trafficking and a mothers fight for justice, for inner healing and to tell the story of Maddison to anyone who will listen. This episode is brutally painful and hard to hear. But we need to hear these stories because this atrocity is far from over. In the words of Martin Luther King Jr, "Our lives begin...

    1h 16m

  3. 12/16/2020

    Transformational Change; with Guest Associate Minister of Mental Health & Addiction Jason Luan OC 19

    In this episode with guest, Associate Minister of Mental Health & Addiction Jason Luan we discuss some of the historic changes that the Government of Alberta has made to the addiction/mental health landscape in the past several months here in the Province of Alberta. Minister Luan also shares some of his personal journey coming to Canada, his early career in Social Work and the life choices that brought him to where he is today, which he calls "A window of opportunity"! Link to Learn more...

    51 min

  4. 12/10/2020

    My Path to Freedom; with Guest David Lewry. OC 18

    In this episode of Ordinary Courage I had the gift of getting to sit down with my friend David Lewry. I have been a guest on David's podcast twice now, so it was pretty neat to be on the other side of the microphone hearing David's story. David's story is tragic in so many ways, sexually abused as a little boy, the shame, secrecy and confusion that came from that and then later in life battling depression coupled with addiction. Finally discovering his path to freedom. Today, David ...

    1h 14m

  5. 12/02/2020

    Addiction Medicine & HOPE (Hold On Pain Ends); with Guest Dr. Rob Tanguay. OC 17

    In this episode of the OC Podcast Dr. Rob Tanguay (just Rob;) ) and I sit down and dig into the great divide between harm reduction and abstinence based recovery and building bridges, reaching the lost and my absolute personal favorite message-having HOPE. We talk about truly optimizing recovery, all forms of recovery. We discuss the prejudice, shame and stigma associated with addiction and mental health- it's jam packed this episode! Rob's Bio:Dr. Tanguay is a Psychiatrist who complete...

    57 min

  6. 11/25/2020

    Internet Child Exploitation (ICE) with Guest; Staff SGT. Dominic Mayhew OC 16

    In this episode of the OC Podcast I sit down with Staff Sgt. Dominic Mayhew and we discuss Internet Child Exploitation. This conversation is not an easy one, it's not easy or comfortable to hear and to know but it's vitally important that we do- and quite honestly "vitally" does not even come close to describing or depicting how absolutely widespread, atrocious and inhuman this issue is. Every single parent should know this information and be mindful of this issue- "I had no idea" a...

    1h 4m

  7. 11/18/2020

    The Man in the Mirror; with Guest Stacey Petersen OC 15

    In this episode of the Ordinary Courage Podcast I have the absolute honor to have my dear friend Stacey Petersen on the show!There is so much goodness in this episode and I'm positive there is something for everyone- whether you struggle with addiction or not, just learning to show up fully and be all that we were meant to be, my friend Stacey takes us through his own journey...and what a ride that's been!Stacey has received national recognition for his leadership in the addiction and the hom...

    55 min

  8. 11/11/2020

    The Silver Lining; with Guest Cst. Stacey McKinnon OC 14

    In this episode of the OC Podcast I speak with my "sister" Cst. Stacey McKinnon of the Calgary Police Service. I first met Cst. McKinnon back in 2015, I clearly did not refer to her as my sister at that time- Stacey had been one of several members of the CPS to respond to a call I had put in to attempt once again to get my beautiful girl Eddy off the streets of Calgary. This is where and how I met Stacey. Little did Stacey and I know that both of our lives would be forever changed through Ede...

    1h 12m
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Ordinary Courage is no ordinary podcast. Hosted by social justice advocate & Founder of the Terminator Foundation, Vanisha Breault, this podcast has been created to reveal the courage in all of us. Aimed to explore real stories surrounding issues of addiction, mental health and abuse, we are pushing the boundaries of vulnerability, introspection and everyday courage, and ultimately shifting the paradigm of judgment towards one of compassion. Through open conversations with family, friends, colleagues and experts, Vanisha will look at and dig into the relationships and life events that impact all of us. Vanisha is no stranger to letting her voice be heard and creating space for others to do the same.

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