Sofoods : Recent Episodes
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Sofoods - The Podcast is series of interviews, personal stories and conversations with leaders, industry experts and entrepreneurs on the topics of lifestyle, health and wellness.
This podcast is intended to provide you with open knowledge, honest conversations and valuable wisdom to experience your best life and live your greatest potential. These weekly conversations with special guests are meant to remind us of the magnitude of wisdom lying within our shared experiences and to help us understand that despite our uniqueness, we are not alone on our journey.
In this episode, we explore how to succeed in owning your own business, the importance of consistency and giving without expectations, and discuss why being of service is one of the most important qualities in the industry with Nat Bastone, co-founder and co-owner of Nat’s New York Pizzeria.
Nat’s loyal clientele includes famous celebrities such as actor Ryan Reynolds, who purchased 385 large pizza’s from Nat’s during the pandemic for the graduating class of his former high-school. Nat officially owns his restaurant with cousin and business partner Franco Bastone, as they continue to serve the community they grew up in and reach 31 years of successful business together.
In this episode, we sit down with Jimmi Karvelis, founder of Expedition Eatery to discuss the importance of cultural preservation through cooking and cuisine, the contrasts between North American and European food systems, and how to maintain a balanced diet and eating delicious meals with a consistently busy schedule. Additionally, Jimmi reveals some of his favorite local restaurants in the city of Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Jimmi founded Expedition Eatery during the pandemic to creatively express his love for cooking and to share some of his favorite and unique recipes with his community.
In this episode, we explore the life story of Monica Anthony, yoga instructor and author of Un Raggio di Speranza (A Ray of Hope). Abandoned at nine months old in South Africa in the 1970’s, adopted by abusive parents and escaping her childhood home at the age of 16, Monica recounts her life-journey of resilience, hope, despair, anger, fear and what she calls, “a thousand resurrections.”
This episode intends to offer valuable wisdom and words of inspiration, as Monica openly recounts her life story and describes how she maintains her inner-light despite years of torment, abuse and suffering in darkness. This episode sheds light on the qualities of endless gratitude, faith, trusting in the universe and fearlessness while navigating through the unique lives we are born into.
This episode contains topics of trauma and abuse. Listener’s discretion is advised.
In this episode, we discuss how Canadian-based entrepreneur and commerce student Chase Bernath’s “business oriented mentality” helped him establish and create his own non-profit organisation, the impacts and dangers of social media on mental-health and the power of music for healing. Chase co-founded Music for Mental Health, a non-profit organisation raising awareness and fundraising for mental health issues through music creation, after finding healing through music while navigating and overcoming his own personal struggles with mental-health.