RESILIENT PEOPLE

Janet Fanaki
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RESILIENT PEOPLE

Ever wonder what makes people resilient? How some can manage tough times with a great perspective and strong mindset? RESILIENT PEOPLE is an original podcast hosted by Janet Fanaki. A self-described Resilience Explorer, Janet speaks with regular people from around the world who are admired for their resilience as well as experts in fields like sleep, fitness, education and nutrition. RESILIENT PEOPLE guests have lived through a major life challenge and found a purpose from it to help others. From forming a charity to writing a book, starting a fundraiser and becoming popular public speakers. It's the way that they took a negative experience and turned it into something positive that Janet is drawn to and wants to share their journey with listeners. For season 3 of the podcast, Janet is shifting her focus to stories from midlife women. Counting herself in this group, she is learning from the women who have turned this sometimes scary and lonely time in their lives, to one that is bringing them joy and fulfillment. Listen to the RESILIENT PEOPLE podcast to get introduced to the people you wish you always knew, and now do.

  1. 4D AGO

    Building resilience through grief: Misery is optional

    RESILIENT PEOPLE is a podcast hosted by Janet Fanaki. It started as a forum to share conversations with regular everyday people who are admired for their resilience and are helping others to be resilient too.  In season 5, I have shifted the narrative to give those who have lost someone special in their life an opportunity to talk and share advice about getting back to living again. Recognizing that grief is complicated, hard and sometimes seemingly never ending, I am bringing inspiration, a new mindset and motivation to those who feel stuck in not being able to let go. Since 2020, I experienced the passing of many loved ones: my 51 year old husband Adam to glioblastoma; dad to congestive heart failure; mom to aggressive lymphoma; and most recently my 25 year old daughter to heart failure. Now more than ever I've embraced the idea that life is too short for some and that its vital to run with the happy opportunities that live between the tough ones.  In this episode, I share my friendship and the inspiration that Beverley Burke has brought to my life. Every widow or widower should know someone like her who has not only experienced the passing of a spouse but who has also continued to build a happy and fulfilling life on their own. We all need to know inspiring people like her who can help us to move forward.   Topics included in this episode include: spousal lossgriefsetting healthy boundariessingle lifeTo learn more about Janet and RESILIENT PEOPLE, go to www.resilientpeople.ca Beverley Burke is not on social media but if you'd like to share your thoughts with her, please email Janet at info@resilientpeople.ca Theme song is Day Ones by Kyler Slater.  Follow Janet Fanaki on her social media channels: Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn

    42 min

  2. MAR 19

    The power of music

    Bruce Springsteen once said, "The best music is essentially there to provide you something to face the world with".  I can personally say that my music has been helping me face the world over and over again.  This episode of RESILIENT PEOPLE covers the important place that music has had in my life. From singing to going to concerts, there's a renewing energy that comes from it.  And I believe that any music can help to build our resilience, especially when we are faced with challenges. From the many grief experiences that I've had with the loss of my parents, husband and daughter, music has always offered the hug that I so desperately needed.   This episode covers: spousal losschild lossparental lossgrief supportmusic as therapy and motivatorbuilding resiliencecommon traits of resilient peoplea quote from Bruce Springsteenmy night at the Boyz II Men concertmy theme song, Day Ones, by Kyler SlaterRESILIENT tshirtsTo learn more visit RESILIENT PEOPLE Buy a RESILIENT t-shirt On social media, Instagram and LinkedIn

    7 min

  3. FEB 28

    Welcome to Season 5: Living in the in-between moments

    RESILIENT PEOPLE is a podcast and digital space created by Janet Fanaki. She is a public speaker, patient and care partner engagement consultant and podcaster. Having grieved the care and passing of her husband Adam to glioblastoma, her mom and dad to declining health and most recently the sudden death of her 25 year old daughter, Janet has embraced living life in the “in-between moments”. To learn more about her visit www.resilientpeople.ca and Instagram @janetfanakiofficial

    5 min

  4. 10/30/2024

    Tara MacIntosh of Gregor's Gift

    Tara MacIntosh had just discovered that she was pregnant with twins when, only hours later, her husband was diagnosed with Stage 4 Esophageal Cancer. It was during the pandemic and a very stressful time to be a patient or caregiver receiving any medical intervention. As her belly grew, Tara supported Gregor for all of his needs and was learning on the fly how to be a caregiver. She quickly learned the toughness that it takes to care for a loved one as well as the comfort that was missing for many who are in this role. Gregor passed away in December 2021. To give herself something positive to focus on she created Gregor's Gift to help the caregivers in her community of London, Ontario. The charity has provided them with comfort kits while at St. Joseph's Hospice and Dr. Bob Kemp Hospice as well as respite treatments like facials. We spoke about: her husband's Esophageal cancer journeythe challenges of caregivingthe importance of caring for caregiversbuilding resilience and finding purposethe purpose she found in creating Gregor's Gifther passions including writingfinding gratitude during tough timespositive choices to start and end the day (bookending)

    50 min

  5. 10/10/2024

    Nathan & Dana Schmidt of Mountain Seed Foundation

    Nathan and Dana Schmidt of the Mountain Seed Foundation are my guests on this episode of the RESILIENT PEOPLE podcast. Mountain Seed Foundation helps build resilience in children and families impacted by war with some of their biggest work being done in Ukraine. Nathan is a former Marine who completed three tours in the Iraq war. He and Dana met there when she went as part of the Foreign Service. Both are very open about the effects that war has on individuals and their families. Nathan spoke about openly about his post-traumatic stress disorder and his transparency on needing to talk about it with others and get help. Dana honestly spoke about the challenges it presented to their marriage and the tools - as well as people - that helped them. Mountain Seed Foundation offers children impacted by war the opportunity to learn climbing to help overcome their fears while also offering the mothers of these children therapy in various forms and the opportunity to build a peer-to-peer community. Learning to climb helped Nathan to battle the demons he lived with after Iraq and he instinctively knew that it could do the same for others impacted by war. We spoke about: helping those suffering from PTSD finding love in unlikely placesthe Russian invasion on Ukrainemental health awarenessthe value of professional therapy finding simple joys in lifemountain climbing for building a resilient mindsetTo learn more about Mountain Seed Foundation, visit this link.  If you consider yourself to be resilient, or know someone who you admire for their resilience, please share your story with me. Go to the RESILIENT PEOPLE contact page  For more information on Janet Fanaki and RESILIENT PEOPLE, go to www.resilientpeople.ca Follow on social media:  X Instagram Apple podcasts Spotify

    1 hr

  6. 09/04/2024

    Kelli Gastis: Fabulous in flats with MS

    To learn more about Kelli Gastis and to purchase her book, Fabulous In Flats, please visit: www.kelligastis.com The RESILIENT PEOPLE podcast is produced and hosted by Janet Fanaki. It features conversations with regular people from around the world who are admired for their resilience. They have experienced a major life challenge, found a purpose from it and now help others to be resilient too.  To learn more about Janet Fanaki and RESILIENT PEOPLE, bookings for speaking engagements, media interviews and to order a RESILIENT t-shirt go to www.resilientpeople.ca On social media: X @resilientpeoplInstagram @resilientpeopleca

    29 min

  7. 08/07/2024

    Raymond Chhun: No one gets out of mud on their own

    RESILIENT PEOPLE profiles regular people from around the world who are admired for their resilience. They have experienced a major life challenge, found a purpose from it and now help others to be resilient too.  To learn more about Janet Fanaki and RESILIENT PEOPLE visit www.resilientpeople.ca References: RESILIENT PEOPLE To contact Raymond Chhun, visit him on Instagram @_raymond_5328 American Psychological Association Instagram  @resilientpeopleca Twitter @resilientpeopl

    48 min

  8. 07/05/2024

    Wellness Expert Sharon Summerfield: 'Project Me'

    For this episode of RESILIENT PEOPLE, Janet Fanaki speaks with Wellness Coach Sharon Summerfield.  She is the founder of The Nourished Executive and counsels clients on dealing with burnout, stress management and building healthy daily rituals.     Sharon was once a busy executive assistant and project manager for various engineering firms. She made a pivot to create the Nourished Executive by identifying a need and what was working for her in her own personal wellness journey. After suffering debilitating pain from two accidents, Sharon created ‘Project Me’ and built her own team of experts who helped her to get on the right track. She encourages others to follow the same course. She also credits daily practices like meditation, journaling, incorporating joyful activities and micro changes as ways to build resilience. As she said during our conversation, "We forget how far we've come" as a way to reward ourselves for our small self improvements. Our conversation touches on: burnout, stress management, wellness practices, self-care, support from community and building resilience.

    41 min
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Ever wonder what makes people resilient? How some can manage tough times with a great perspective and strong mindset? RESILIENT PEOPLE is an original podcast hosted by Janet Fanaki. A self-described Resilience Explorer, Janet speaks with regular people from around the world who are admired for their resilience as well as experts in fields like sleep, fitness, education and nutrition. RESILIENT PEOPLE guests have lived through a major life challenge and found a purpose from it to help others. From forming a charity to writing a book, starting a fundraiser and becoming popular public speakers. It's the way that they took a negative experience and turned it into something positive that Janet is drawn to and wants to share their journey with listeners. For season 3 of the podcast, Janet is shifting her focus to stories from midlife women. Counting herself in this group, she is learning from the women who have turned this sometimes scary and lonely time in their lives, to one that is bringing them joy and fulfillment. Listen to the RESILIENT PEOPLE podcast to get introduced to the people you wish you always knew, and now do.

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  • Creator
    Janet Fanaki
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2025
  • Episodes
    60
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2020 Resilient People
  • Show Website
    RESILIENT PEOPLE

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