The Courage Wolf: Recent Episodes
Terry Oliver
The Courage Wolf podcast brings you stories of courage and inspiration from people just like you who have managed adversity and fear and now live successful lives of courage and freedom. Welcome to the podcast that brings you inspirational stories from people who have fed the courage wolf, and about the lives they now lead.
Cheryl Ilov is an author, dancer, martial artist, and physical therapist. She's also a former chronic pain patient who began a journey of self-healing after she was told by medical professionals that she would never recover.
Well recover she did. And more! Cheryl began training in the ancient martial art of the Ninja after she was sexually assaulted by her doctor. Cheryl was 47 at the time and became her sensei's only female black belt at the age of 57 when she attained her second degree black belt.
This is an amazing conversation with a fascinating person who does not quit!
John Chartier and his wife Rhonda were on vacation in the Bahamas celebrating their 30th wedding anniversary.
John was swimming, when a rolling wave hit him from behind instantly turning him into a quadriplegic.
After two major operations, 7 months in acute care, and 4 hours per day of physiotherapy, John managed to find purpose in his life and is now a mentor, public speaker and the author of his upcoming book: Embracing the Waves!
Stephanie and Paul Miller had just celebrated their 26th wedding anniversary and were preparing for life as empty nesters.
Life was good. They both had good jobs, they had two beautiful children, they loved each other and spent time hiking and being outdoors with each other and as a family.
What could possibly go wrong?
On Friday the 13th of July 2018 the unthinkable happened. Paul went missing while on a hike in Joshua Tree National Park in California.
Join me on this episode of The Courage Wolf podcast as I talk with Leah Gater, who is an extremely knowledgeable physiotherapist who specializes in vestibular rehabilitation and the treatment of vertigo!
In this episode we take a deep dive into dizziness, imbalance, vertigo and specifically how to diagnose and successfully treat and fix BPPV.
You'll be glad you did!
Ashley Orr is a certified instructor in the Wim Hof Method which combines breathwork, cold immersion and mindset training practices to help us with fear, disease, mental challenges and many other obstacles. The Wim Hof Method has been proven in university studies to strengthen our immune systems, lower systemic inflammation and many other benefits.
Join us today for a deep dive into the method and find out how simple, inexpensive and helpful it can be for you.
And, it doesn't take long to do!
The 100th episode of The Courage Wolf podcast is dedicated to a fallen hero: Police Service Dog Troy!
Join us for this replay of our 100th episode where we spoke with Paul Johnston and honoured the memory of his fallen police K9 Troy!
On the 25th of February 1992 Constable Paul Johnston was dispatched to a domestic violence call involving a firearm.
Another officer was in an adjoining yard with no cover. Troy saved the officer by engaging the gunman, but Troy paid the ultimate sacrifice that night.
Paul Johnston has worn Troy's police service badge around his neck ever since.
Join us on this podcast to pay tribute to Troy.
Randy Papple was a paramedic for 42 years, ending his service in 2019 as Deputy Chief of Brant County EMS. Randy has seen Post Traumatic Stress takes its toll on many first responders. He has made it his passion to bring resources together so first responders can deal successfully with the challenges that they face with their own mental health doing the incredibly difficult job they do day after day.
We talk about a number of things, including how an incident from 25 years ago came back to haunt him until he got the counselling he needed to resolve the trauma.
Al Romano was a 26 year veteran police officer who by his own admission did not take care of himself physically or by eating properly. When he and Debbie got married and he retired, their lifestyle packed 50 lbs on Al’s already unhealthy frame.
Al’s wake up call came in the form of a near fatal cardiac event followed by quintuple bypass surgery.
Al said his goodbyes to his family because he truly did not believe that he was going to wake up from that surgery.
But wake up he did, in more ways than one. Actually both he and his wife Debbie woke up to a healthier way to live, proving once again that it’s never too late to start.
Keep listening to find out how you can start living a healthier life no matter where you are in your journey or how old you are!
Have we got a great guest for you today! Dave Muller spent over 33 years in policing with Peel and Guelph Police and he retired almost 5 weeks ago today.
Dave’s story’s is nothing short of a miracle in that he fully recovered from a head on collision in 2007 in which he should have died. The accident forced him away from policing for over 10 years while he explored his own recovery through various treatment modalities.
In Dave's recovery journey he received his Master’s in medical Qi Gong therapy, and if you don’t have any idea what that is make sure you stay tuned because that, in and of itself is a game changer.
A certification in traditional Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture
And a Master’s of Reiki
And he is teaching some of these powerful tools to new and veteran police officers to help them in their policing journeys.
David Richman used to be a sedentary, overweight smoker who transformed himself into an ultra endurance athlete.
David lost his beloved sister to terminal brain cancer in 2007 and he’s hosted a number of fundraisers in her memory to raise funds for various cancer organizations.
Over the past 10 years David’s completed over 50 triathlons and more than 50 ultra distance runs. His most recent adventure was a nearly 5,000 mile solo bike ride across the United States. He did this to meet the people who stories he tells in his award winning book called: Cycle of Lives, 15 people’s stories, 5,000 miles and a journey through the emotional chaos of cancer.
This is a powerful book that touches us all!
Just a very, very short message wishing all of our listeners a very happy end of 2022 and all the best in 2023!
Terry Oliver, Host and Producer
I’d like to dedicate this episode of the podcast to all of our listeners who’ve lost someone special and are feeling it more as these holidays draw near.
May this episode help you in some way and make it just a little easier for you, for us, to make it through.
The podcast you’re about to hear is a story about love and about grief and about creating her own way back to happiness and ultimately empowerment.
Since the death of her husband Rob, Marie Alessi has founded a movement with the same title as her book: “Loving life after Loss”. A movement that now ripples with massive impact on a soul level around the world.
A few months ago I was honoured to have been asked to be a guest on a podcast called Live your SPA life with Diane Halfman who is a former police officer and who is now a successful entrepreneur.
Diane and I had a great conversation and we talked about a number of things including mindset, personal safety and protection, life after policing. It was a lot of fun!
Next week’s guest is Marie Alessi from Australia. Marie lost her husband of 13 years suddenly, on the 12th of June 2018. Since that fateful day, Marie has created a world wide soul movement called Loving Life after Loss, which is helping thousands of people world wide reframe and move past their grief while still honouring the loved ones they’ve lost.
This episode of The Courage Wolf podcast is a very short update on the next two episodes, what we're doing over the holiday season, and more.
This episode of The Courage Wolf podcast is a very short update on the next two episodes, what we're doing over the holiday season, and more.
We’ve been honoured on past episodes of having paramedics, police officers, firefighters, correctional officers, military personnel and civilians on the podcast, as well as a number of people from the healing professions who help us to heal from our traumas.
But we’ve never had an emergency communicator, or dispatcher as they used to be called, as a guest on the podcast.
I’d like you to join me in welcoming Nadine Leduc to the show and to listen to what she, and her research have to say about the problems that face our emergency communicators. Problems that largely arise from the toxic environments that their leaders and consequently their organizations have created.
On today's short solocast I'm going to talk about something that makes us older prematurely, and, what to do about that.
And I'm also going to introduce our guest for next Monday. Nadine Leduc was an emergency service communicator and recently completed her Master's thesis on toxic environments within first responder organizations and how they relate specifically to emergency services communicators.
Even though today's episode is short, it may be one of the most impactful episodes that you might listen to, especially if you think that YOU are old.
This episode’s going to be fun. To be honest, I hate board games. I haven’t always been this way and when today’s special guest approached me about doing a podcast on board games, my first thought was “I don’t think so!”
But, Diana Indries has changed my thinking about board games and I’m glad she did and I’m glad she contacted me. Who knows, I might even become a better person because of her game called Better Topics.
Stay tuned for a great conversation!
In this short solocast I want to tell you about a world renowned Canadian artist who I had the privilege of meeting last month.
And, I want to tell you about a few changes to the podcast over the next three months.
Terry Oliver here with this edition of The Courage Wolf podcast.
We’ve got a knockout of an episode for you today as you’ll probably be able to tell when you start listening to the podcast.
Today I am going to be talking with 4 people who are living their best lives in spite of having Parkinson’s disease, and their coach in a workout that’s helping them far beyond what anyone initially hoped, and that is boxing. Rock Steady Boxing to be exact.
On the 22nd of April 2006 Cpl Matthew Dinning made the ultimate sacrifice for his country.
Matthew was killed along with 3 other Canadian soldiers when a roadside bomb exploded, killing all four instantly.
The Courage Wolf podcast and myself are honoured to bring you our first podcast honouring a fallen Canadian soldier.
Please join us as I speak with Laurie and Lincoln Dinning, Matthew’s mother and father, and a surprise guest, as we remember not only a soldier, but a very special human being.
Today I’ll be talking with Diane Halfman, who among other things is a former Seattle police officer and a current consultant, trainer and podcaster herself.
This is going to be a very interesting conversation in which we’ll unpack some great advice from Diane that she learned in policing and brought over to the private sector.
We going to talk about a number of things that are very important right now in this somewhat post pandemic world. The first being fear and how to deal with it! The second being intuition. How to listen to it and develop it so that we can choose the right path in life.
And to find out the third topic, you're just going to have to keep listening!
Sometimes all the cosmic tumblers in the universe align and something magical happens. And sometimes that something magical is a person’s life being saved, or your own life being saved.
Today you're going to hear how a number of things happened, one right after another to save Charlene Madden's life, and then you’re going to hear how she payed it forward and saved a life herself.
And she continues to work towards saving just one life, and then another and then another.
So stay tuned folks, you’ll be glad you did.
When you become a first responder you don’t know how you’ll react in a real situation until it happens. And for the most part, first responders do not get very much training to handle what they’ll experience, if any at all.
So that means that the great majority of first responders are not prepared for the things that will inevitably happen to them. Some make it through just fine. Some don’t.
Our guest on the podcast today experienced some traumatic events in her police career but it was an event on the 5th of April 2018 that pushed her out of policing and into her journey of healing.
Hello everyone. Just a short and sweet podcast to thank everyone for listening for the past two years and hopefully for listening to us over the next year and beyond.
Today’s guest is the Director of Sales and Affiliate Marketing for the Inspired Performance Institute. Mark Aylward is part of a team that is dedicated to helping people heal from post traumatic stress and other OSI’s.
We’re going to start with finding out more about Mark and his story and we’re going to end with finding out about this ground breaking program offered by the IPI that supposedly has a 95%+ success rate in healing OSI’s!
About three months ago I had the pleasure of being a guest on The Femininja Project podcast.
The host is Cheryl Ilov who was my guest on episode 145 of our podcast.
Cheryl is a great host and I thought that I would publish this episode for your listening pleasure.
You might find out more about me that you ever cared to know.
We had a great conversation about a lot of things including mindset, awareness, humility and courage.
I hope you enjoy our conversation. Here goes!!!
About three months ago I had the pleasure of being a guest on The Femininja Project podcast.
The host is Cheryl Ilov who was my guest on episode 145 of our podcast.
Cheryl is a great host and I thought that I would publish this episode for your listening pleasure.
You might find out more about me that you ever cared to know.
We had a great conversation about a lot of things including mindset, awareness, humility and courage.
I hope you enjoy our conversation. Here goes!!!
Derek Davis was a 16 year paramedic who has been affected by post traumatic stress. Join us to hear about Derek's resiliency plan and the innovative program he went through at Project Trauma Support. And, we talk about how his wife of 15 years "pulls the ripcord" to let Derek know that he needs take a step back and care for himself.
Then we'll talk about how Derek will be raising funds for Project Trauma Support by "Everesting" this September!
Dr Wood is the founder of the Inspired Performance Institute and is the author of two books about eliminating your trauma from your life entirely!
I know so many people who’ve been traumatized in their lives and so many of them go from treatment modality to modality searching for a way to make the pain go away.
As Dr Wood says, the trauma that you’ve experienced has created error messages and glitches in your brain, body and nervous systems and by resetting your system they can be gone, forever.
Join us today to find out how the trauma that’s been plaguing you for years may be able to be eliminated entirely!
Rob Leathen is a career firefighter of 28 years. In 2019 Rob was diagnosed with severe Post Traumatic Stress and severe depression and has been off work since April of 2019.
One of the things that Rob told me in one of our conversations is that he was currently in the process of working on his Post Traumatic Growth.
Not only is Rob a firefighter, but he is a vocal advocate on mental health issues for first responders as well as being a mental health educator.
And, as if that is not enough for any one person, Rob Leathen is also a speaker, a writer and an artist.
Rob Leathen is a career firefighter of 28 years. In 2019 Rob was diagnosed with severe Post Traumatic Stress and severe depression and has been off work since April of 2019.
One of the things that Rob told me in one of our conversations is that he was currently in the process of working on his Post Traumatic Growth.
Not only is Rob a firefighter, but he is a vocal advocate on mental health issues for first responders as well as being a mental health educator.
And, as if that is not enough for any one person, Rob Leathen is also a speaker, a writer and an artist.
Fire Chief Michael Seth has been open and honest about his mental health challenges because he sees this as a way to help other first responders come forward to ask for, or to seek help.
We talk about how the traumatic calls that Michael experienced on the job manifested as post traumatic stress.
We also talk about the journey that set Michael on the path to helping other first responders with their own physical and mental health, and how that journey has molded him into a unique leader.
4-1/2 years ago this month Ashley Wurth gave up drugs and alcohol altogether and started a new life. She says: I swear the world just wasn’t this pretty before.
What a great quote!
Ashley told me that her bike saved her. She said that it changed her perspective and gave her the outlook that she needed. And she told me that it’s her “go to” coping skill.
I think these words resonate with a lot of us who ride bikes.
Keeping listening as Ashley shares her story about how she got up one more time than she was knocked down. And she was knocked down a lot.
This episode is all about journeys. The journey of a mother through her 17 year cancer experience. The journey of a daughter who was with her every step of the way, and the 25 year long journey of a very special book. A book that was started by Marilyn Anne Hughes when she was first diagnosed with ovarian cancer, and the 8 year journey to finish the book by her daughter Emily Hughes Johnson.
Come along with Emily and me in a very special conversation about her mother, her life, and about this amazing book, Bird of Paradise, and how it came to be.
My guest on the podcast today is Ashley Michelle who narrowly escaped being murdered in 2016 in London, Ontario.
Ashley’s story is incredible for any number of reasons.
She managed to keep her wits about her and get away from the person who was going to kill her. She got through the trauma and the trial and the aftermath and is now on a mission to help as many people as she can, get through their own traumas.
Please join me today for a special conversation with an incredibly brave young woman.
This episode is Part 2 of the two part series that I did with Daryl Elliott Green, who along with his partner Constable Sharnelle Cole and his sergeant were shot at close range while responding to a call for service involving firearms.
Miraculously, all three officers survived but spent years recovering physically and emotionally.
Please join us for an in depth look at how one man regained his life and is now teaching others how to regain theirs.
My special guest is a Brother police officer from Australia who was shot twice after responding to a call involving firearms in the wee hours of the 1st of May 2000.
Daryl Elliott Green was with his partner Constable Sharnelle Cole and his Sergeant Chris Mulhall. All three were shot at close range with a .22 rifle by the gunman who then fled the scene.
Even after being shot, Daryl went after the gunman before being taken to hospital.
Miraculously, all three officers survived their injuries but were left to deal with the aftermath: years of physical rehabilitation and years of ongoing emotional trauma.
Please join Daryl and I on the podcast today to find out how one man survived the years of recovery and has now made it his life’s mission to talk about how you can survive your own trauma, whatever that may be.
On the 14th of June I was honoured to be asked to be part of a panel discussing post traumatic stress and other occupational stress injuries at the PTSDx event held at the beautiful venue: Centre in the Square in Kitchener.
Ron Sonoda, who’s a former paramedic who struggled with post traumatic stress, and his brother Rob Sonoda, who is the Director of Operations for Centre in the Square, put together this event with the purpose of helping to de-stigmatize PTSD and other occupational stress injuries and provide education around the possible avenues towards healing.
This topic is so important that I would like to present to you a replay of the episode that I did with Boots on the Ground Founder, Dave McLennan and with Rob Leathen who volunteers with the organization. In this episode we talk about the importance of battling the stigma that still surrounds mental health injuries in the first responder professions.
This episode is just a little different because the guest is me. Julie Jones was our guest a couple of weeks ago and she asked me to be her guest on her Get Shit Done podcast.
What a treat. This was the first time that I have ever been a guest on a podcast.
Julie knew that I had a training company and a podcast and she wanted to talk with me about life after policing and also she wanted to know if I had any advice to people thinking about starting a business for when they retire from their main career.
And, lo and behold, I did. And this advice applies to everyone. Not just police officers.
Chris Thomas was an Air Force brat who developed his love for cycling after high school. Chris quickly fell in love with road cycling and became an avid cyclist and racer. But, as with a lot of people, alcohol got the best of Chris and almost destroyed him.
10 days before his 50th birthday Chris had a dream job and a dream life, but he was also drinking 2 - 3 bottles of vodka a week with a bottle of scotch thrown in for good measure.
Somehow, Chris found the strength to stop drinking altogether, and he found the strength to get back on his bike again.
And, somewhere in his journey, Chris found the one person who believed in him and the last person who believed in him and he started a new story.
Keep listening folks. We’re going on a little ride!
Julie Jones is a former police officer and a former SWAT officer and, she’s much more than that!
She’s an award winning international speaker, she’s the author of the internationally best selling book: Stop Waiting and Start Living. She’s an amazing coach and she’s the Chief Inspiration Officer with her Get Shit Done Platform and podcast.
As a former police officer Julie knows that there’s no promise of tomorrow for any of us and she uses that knowledge to coach individuals to face their fear and live in the moment.
Kimberly Anne Bell is the author of The Epitome of Kimmy, which is an inspirational story of finding resilience, embracing your destiny and overcoming adversity. Kimberly has had to overcome a lot of traumas in her life, one of which was being abandoned by her biological parents at the age of 5 years old.
One of the books main teaching points is to encourage us to embrace and accept it all, rather than to fight everything.
Join us today to hear how one powerful woman turned the traumatic events in her life into a life’s purpose of inspiring others to overcome the trauma in their lives.
Cheryl Ilov is an author, dancer, martial artist, and physical therapist. She's also a former chronic pain patient who began a journey of self-healing after she was told by medical professionals that she would never recover.
Well recover she did. And more! Cheryl began training in the ancient martial art of the Ninja after she was sexually assaulted by her doctor. Cheryl was 47 at the time and became her sensei's only female black belt at the age of 57 when she attained her second degree black belt.
This is an amazing conversation with a fascinating person who does not quit!
In today's episode I have the pleasure of talking with Lily Walford who is an expert in dealing with narcissists, in relationships and in the workplace.
We have all had terrible experiences working with co-workers and supervisors who believe that they can bully us and treat us without respect on their way up the corporate ladder.
Join us today for a sneak peak at what we can do, covertly and overtly, to make sure that we are not victims of these cowards.
Bill Cohen cared for his lovely mother Sheila for 10 years as she went through her journey with Alzheimers.
Bill's mother passed 9 years ago but his experiences with her care led him into what he calls his encore career, the first career that he has been truly passionate about.
Join us and find out how Bill Cohen of Cohen Caregiving Support helps caregivers advocate for their loved ones and themselves throughout a sometimes overwhelming journey!
Our guest on the podcast today is a fellow Hamiltonian who suffered greatly at the hands of people, and I use that term very loosely, who sexually assaulted her.
But, Mindi has also suffered just as much, if not more, from the secondary trauma she was subjected to by organizations and individuals who did not support her in her times of need.
Mindi Hood is the author of the awarding winning memoir: Hear Me Roar, and is my guest on The Courage Wolf podcast this week.
On this replay episode of The Courage Wolf podcast I talk about how important it is to find our purpose in life, at whatever stage of our lives that we are. And, how we can go about doing just that.
And I tell a story about how I met two of our listeners on my bike ride yesterday!
On this replay episode of Coffee with The Courage Wolf I talk about how my guest, Kristen Elliott, put in the work to overcome her eating disorder and be in recovery now for more than 7 years.
You have to put in the work! No one can do it for you!
Listen in! I think you will find this a very interesting, and short podcast. And it just might get you started doing your own work!
On today's short episode of Coffee with The Courage Wolf, I talk about attaining the proper mindset, on the job and in life, mental toughness and the most important component for a life well lived: Faith!
On today's episode of The Courage Wolf podcast I talk about one of the most powerful tools that I have used to develop a positive and empowering attitude. I have used this tool quite a lot to banish negative thoughts that do not serve my ultimate purpose.
And you can too!
This replay episode is with 20 year paramedic Ron Sonoda. Ron left the job 10 years ago because of his post traumatic stress, depression and thoughts of suicide.
Over the course of Ron’s journey, he’s lost everything materially, but what he’s gained is priceless.
This podcast dispels some of the rumours surrounding Ron’s disappearance from his profession, and his life!
Join us to find out that it is possible to recover and be happy, even after losing everything.
On Tuesday of this week I will be interviewing Lily Walford for a second time. We'll be talking about how to deal with narcissists and bullies in the workplace. This is something that affects us all.
The first episode that I did with Lily talked about how to detect narcissists so that we don't get involved in relationships with them, and how to get out of a relationship with a narcissist.
I thought that I would replay that first episode with Lily because it was brilliant!
The episode about narcissists in the workplace will be coming up either next week or the week after. Stay tuned for that because I think it will be just as good, if not better that the first one that we did.
John Tsentouros was a correctional officer in Kenora, Ontario in 2018 when he was taken hostage by prisoners for five hours. John survived, but not without scars: physical and emotional scars.
But there is life after trauma. John and his wife Daniela made the joint decision for John not to return to his career in corrections.
Instead he chose to follow his passion for fitness and community to become part owner of a very successful Crossfit gym in his hometown of Kenora, Ontario.
There is life after trauma! Life can actually get better! It may be different, but it can be better and richer than before!
My guest on the podcast today is a lifestyle, fitness and nutrition mentor for hundreds, if not thousands of people.
He’s the author of: The Whole Life Fitness Manifesto: 30 Minutes a Day for a Healthier Body, Mind and Spirit. He’s done a very popular Ted X talk about his life story and about vulnerability.
He’s overcome an addiction to alcohol, saved his marriage and how he’s helping a lot of people live their best lives.
And if that wasn’t enough, Dai Manuel runs virtual men’s groups worldwide to help men become more authentic.
Today I am talking with a man who was a police officer for 43 years and is still a legendary police and civilian trainer in the use of firearms and the judicious use of lethal force to defend yourself.
Former Captain Massad Ayoob, has been called, and quite deservedly so, an American treasure.
I credit Massad Ayoob for providing me with the inspiration to take the leap into policing, and what a leap it was!
Please join me for a long overdue talk with one of the world’s foremost experts in the use of, and the legalities surrounding the use of lethal force to defend your life, and a man who I have the utmost respect for!
Our special guest on The Courage Wolf podcast this week is Ron Worley who, among other things, is a proud father and dedicated husband. And he’s also a self made millionaire and professional speaker who’s opened a number of successful businesses including one that I think is extremely cool.
Ron wasn’t always this successful though. He’s battled addiction, he’s been homeless, he lost access to his children, he survived a suicide attempt and then, according to Ron, he wised up.
Dr Don Wood is the founder of the Inspired Performance Institute and is the author of two books about eliminating your trauma from your life entirely!
Dr Wood has worked with thousands of trauma victims including survivors of the Boston Marathon bombing, the Las Vega mass shooting incident, veterans, first responders and civilians.
Join us today to find out how the trauma that’s been plaguing you for years can be eliminated entirely!
Today's episode is a solocast because we had two guests cancel because of emergency family issues.
This is to be expected though, so today we are letting you know what we had planned, and what we have coming up, which is an interview with a Doctor in the U.S who is eliminating the ramifications of trauma. Forever!
If you’ve ever wondered what happens to NFL players after they leave the game, you’ll be very surprised to hear that it’s not all sunshine and roses when they hang up the helmet and the cleats.
Today we’re going to talk about what happened to Mark Rodenhauser mentally and physically after leaving the game he loved and what he’s doing now. And I’ll give you a little hint.
He wears a badge.
Jenna Ashlyn is a survivor of domestic abuse and wants everyone listening to know that there is hope, and that life is infinitely better on the other side of abuse.
In 2020, Jenna released her debut novel, "Within the Gray" and her second novel “Sheila’s Men” has just been released today.
Join us today to hear a story of hope and to hear how one woman travelled back to light and to love and to the other side.
The message that my guest and I would like to bring to you today is early detection for everyone, but especially for men because sometimes we men are downright stupid when it comes to getting checked for any health issue.
Mathew Charters is our special guest and even though he ignored the signs, his cancer was caught early and he’s now been in remission for 3 years.
Heather Hutchison is an award winning singer / songwriter with 3 albums to her credit and she's also the author of: Holding on by letting go: A Memoir.
Heather’s been blind since birth and she’s struggled with mental illness from a young age.
Today we’re going to talk about a lot of things: music, travelling, mental health, what it’s like to grow up with a disability, how to treat someone appropriately who has a disability, and more.
On today's episode we talk about all the great guests and stories that we have in store for you in 2022!
Thank you all for listening in for the past 15 months and 125 episodes.
And, we just found out that we are in the top 10% of all the podcasts in the world! In the world!! Ya, I said that twice!!
Today's episode of The Courage Wolf podcast is short and sweet.
I look forward to bringing you more inspirational stories from people just like you from all around the world.
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays. All the best in 2022!
Caroline Rose's life before she was diagnosed with lymphoma was perfect and curated and scheduled down to the minute so that she could squeeze everything out of life on her way to becoming a surgeon, just like her father.
Caroline’s life after diagnosis is a story of hope, for her and her family and ultimately for each and every one of us who’ll take the time and listen.
There is hope, and we have to keep that idea in our thoughts and in our hearts no matter what we’re hit with in our life’s journey.
Three years ago 16 year police veteran Keith Harrison contemplated ending his life. He had a plan and the note at the ready. Thankfully he did not go through with it and just recently returned to work after successfully going through his trauma recovery journey.
During his healing journey, Keith started a company called Tier Response Apparel company that seeks to help other first responders by donating 20% of the proceeds of sales to the Wounded Warrior organization to help others in need.
Daniela and John Tsentouros came through the trauma of John being held hostage by prisoners at the correctional institute that he worked at.
Daniela became his primary supporter and the "gatekeeper" as she put it. But trauma doesn't happen only to the survivor, it happens to the partner / spouse as well as the rest of the family.
Join Daniela and I as we talk about what got her through this journey, including her self care.
Ian Smith is one of the coolest people that I've talked to on the podcast. He and his wife Kat are the owners of an axe throwing bar and they've been living a life of freedom: their way!
Ian and Kat took their two children out of school and have been home schooling them on their 18 month freedom journey across the United States in a 43 foot 5th wheel trailer.
Join me on the podcast today for a conversation with a man who decided to quit the rat race and live his life, his way!
Our guest this week on The Courage Wolf podcast is an incredibly interesting man who played 12 seasons in the NFL for 7 teams.
Mark Rodenhauser retired from the National Football League at the age of 38 after playing four times longer than the average NFL player.
After the NFL Mark took his success mindset and applied it to a successful career in policing.
Parul Shah is the founder of Embracing Empowerment Counselling Services.
On today’s episode of The Courage Wolf podcast you’re going to find out what’s really going on with the mental health care of our first responders. You’re also going to find out how catastrophic this pandemic has been to everyone’s mental health but especially for those people on the front lines who come to help us when we dial 911.
Today I welcome JL Keez to The Courage Wolf podcast.
Join me for a great conversation with a wonderful person from Australia who has overcome a number of struggles which led to a decades long challenge with an eating disorder.
Jennifer found freedom with two treatment modalities that I’ve never heard of before but could very well work for you and whatever challenges you find yourself going through.
A lot of people go into the helping professions after going through some sort of trauma themselves, and Rachel West is no exception.
Rachel is a personal growth coach, a Breakthrough Expert, a best selling author and so much more.
If you’ve experienced trauma and suffer from anxiety, PTS, limiting beliefs, self doubt, self esteem issues and self sabotage in any form, join us on today’s podcast.
You just might find some solutions!
On this episode of Coffee with The Courage Wolf I discuss some of the issues that Morgan Jones Phillips and I discussed on Monday.
I talk about how we can best share our experiences as a first responder with our life partner in such a way that we don't traumatize them. And in a way that they feel included and can help support us through our trauma!
Our guest this week on The Courage Wolf podcast is Morgan Jones Phillips. Morgan is a veteran paramedic of 17 years and has a story of courage like most first responders due to the trauma he's had to deal with.
He's also the creator of the highly successful one person play called The Emergency Monologues, which is absolutely brilliant!
Welcome to this week’s replay of episode 69: How to be happy. In a tent. I’m on vacation until November the 1st when we’ll bring you a new episode of The Courage Wolf podcast.
In today’s replay I talk about the mindset involved with being happy wherever you are and in whatever circumstances you find yourself in.
This week is a replay of episode 64 with Kim Jones who is an amazing and award winning psychotherapist who seeks to empower everyone that she interacts with in her practice. It’s a great episode!
I’m still on vacation. We’ll be back with a new episode on November the 1st.
This is a replay of episode 39 where I talked about mindset, mental toughness and faith!
This is a replay of episode 38 of The Courage Wolf podcast. We speak with Captain Brandon Rollins (retired) of the Lancaster County Sheriff's office.
Brandon was shot on duty and survived. Please join us for a powerful episode that exemplifies a "Never Give Up" mindset!
On this episode of Coffee with The Courage Wolf I discuss how the telling of one’s story helps a number of people. The people who hear it, the people who help to share it and the person who tells it.
And, I introduce our guest for the Monday episode in which we will take a deep dive into vertigo and how to find help for the problem.
The 17th of June 2018 was Father’s Day. On that day I was a very active man, mentally and physically. I was riding my bike about 6000 kms per year. I was lifting weights and training in the martial arts.
Life was good!
In a microsecond, I went from the man above to a shaky, senior citizen who could barely walk. A year later I was cured.
In my life I got pretty good with dealing with fear after being involved in hundreds of violent situations.
But, I did not become very good at dealing with the fear of health issues.
Winston Churchill said: "If you're going through hell, keep going!"
Listen in to find out how I dealt with fear well in some areas, and not so well in one other area of my life!
In 2009 Gerry Bartlett was at the top of his game doing what he loved, when he wanted to do it and in a job that he loved!
On a beautiful Wednesday evening in May of 2009 Gerry was out for a ride with his bike club when in an instant his life changed forever!
Join us this episode as we ask Gerry how he survived and how he got through the tough times of the past 11 years and how he plans on getting through his future.
I'm taking a vacation for 5 weeks but the podcast will still be going every Monday with a guest and every Thursday with me.
For the next 5 weeks I will be replaying some of our most popular episodes for your listening pleasure. Have a listen! I'm sure there have been a few that you've missed.
We will be back with a new episode on Monday the 1st of November. We have a lot of guests lined up for you until the end of the year and into next year.
On the 22nd of April 2006 Cpl Matthew Dinning made the ultimate sacrifice for his country.
Matthew was killed along with 3 other Canadian soldiers when a roadside bomb exploded, killing all four instantly.
The Courage Wolf podcast and myself are honoured to bring you our first podcast honouring a fallen Canadian soldier.
Please join us as I speak with Laurie and Lincoln Dinning, Matthew’s mother and father, and a surprise guest, as we remember not only a soldier, but a very special human being.
Today's episode is a short introduction to our first ever podcast about a fallen military hero. That podcast will be released on Monday.
On the 22nd of April 2006 Corporal Matthew Dinning and three other soldiers were killed in Afghanistan by a roadside bomb.
They were returning from a goodwill mission.
Corporal Dinning was the youngest ever member of the MP Close Protection Unit assigned to then Brigadier General David Fraser.
Christina D has a Masters in Physiotherapy and a Bachelor’s degree in Kinesiology. She’s a registered pelvic floor physiotherapist who treats men, women and children who are suffering from pelvic pain and bowel and bladder dysfunction.
Today we’re going to hear about Christina’s unusual journey to the profession that she loves and we’re also going to talk about pelvic health, something that no one wants to talk about but that everyone who has pelvic issues want to hear about!
Monday's episode of The Courage Wolf podcast was with retired police officer Paul Johnston. Paul and I started in policing on the same day in January 1987.
Paul's police service dog, and partner and friend Troy, was killed on the night of the 25th of February 1992. Join us as we remember and have a few laughs about some of the calls that Paul and Troy did together.
And, we also reveal the more personal "off duty" side of Paul and Troy.
The 100th episode of The Courage Wolf podcast is dedicated to a fallen hero: Police Service Dog Troy!
On the 25th of February 1992 Constable Paul Johnston was dispatched to a domestic violence call involving a firearm.
Another officer was in an adjoining yard with no cover. Troy saved the officer by engaging the gunman, but Troy paid the ultimate sacrifice that night.
Paul Johnston has worn Troy's police service badge around his neck ever since.
Join us on this podcast to pay tribute to Troy.
On the night of the 25th of February 1992 Constable Paul Johnston and his police service dog Troy were dispatched to a domestic violence call involving a firearm.
Troy was killed that night by the gunman who eventually surrendered.
I wanted the 100th episode of The Courage Wolf podcast to be special. I wanted to honour a heroic police service dog and also honour the special bond that still exists between Paul Johnston and his friend and partner Troy.
Our guest today is a successful executive and career coach and the author of the amazon best seller Winning the Game of Work.
Terry McDougall grew up in an environment that was anything but stable, but it was these early experiences that planted the seeds of adaptability and molded her attitude of embracing change.
Join us to find out how the lessons she learned growing up can help you remove the obstacles that are keeping you stuck.
On this episode of Coffee with The Courage Wolf I talk about the conversation that Tammy Arbour and I had on Monday and then.....
I introduce our next guest Terry McDougall who is the author of the amazon best seller Winning the Game of Work: Career happiness and success on your own terms, and then.......
I introduce our special guest for our 100th episode of The Courage Wolf podcast: Paul Johnston. Paul and I will talk about his police service dog Troy who was killed protecting another officer.
7 years ago Tammy Arbour's daughter Alyshia was murdered.
This podcast is a tribute to Alyshia, and the human spirit, and is a gift to our listeners from Tammy Arbour.
Tammy would like everyone listening to know that there is hope, that no one ever really dies and that our loved ones are safe and happy on the other side.
The Thursday episode of Coffee with The Courage Wolf is the continuation of Monday's episode with former 20 year paramedic Ron Sonoda.
In this episode we talk about a couple of excellent books for developing mental toughness and mindset, and Ron talks about what paramedic organizations need to do to truly take care of their medics mental health and well being.
This is part one of a two part episode with 20 year paramedic Ron Sonoda. Ron left the job 10 years ago because of his post traumatic stress, depression and thoughts of suicide.
Over the course of Ron's journey, he's lost everything materially, but what he's gained is priceless.
This podcast dispels some of the rumours surrounding Ron's disappearance from his profession, and his life!
Join us to find out that it is possible to recover and be happy, even after losing everything.
In this episode of Coffee with The Courage Wolf I talk about the 24 hour streaming fundraiser that Joe Amero is doing on the 31st of August to raise funds for 14 major Canadian harm reduction organizations.
And to emphasize that the opioid and overdose crisis is everyone's problem, I play that audio of a new police officer who got too close to fentanyl and overdosed.
Luckily he was saved by his partner and other first responders. This is a problem that affects us all!
Joe Amero is a former heroin addict turned social worker. After overdosing and flatlining 9 times himself, Joe finally got clean. He's been clean for over 15 years and is working as a social worker specializing in addiction and harm reduction.
Joe is raising funds for 14 Canadian Harm Reduction initiatives with his 24 hour telethon called: Drugs - The Musical - The telethon.
Join me for an eye opening conversation about the current overdose crisis in Canada and around the world.
Our guest on Monday's podcast was a paramedic who is an advocate for mental health initiatives for first responders.
The catalyst for Stefanie Davis-Miller's advocacy was when a colleague died by suicide shortly after Stefanie was told by her service that she could not post information on how to access mental health services.
On today's podcast I talked about leadership in first responder organizations. How it is, how it can be made better and why it isn't better already.
Stefanie Davis-Miller was no stranger to post traumatic stress even before she became a paramedic.
Stefanie became an outspoken advocate for first responder mental health until 2019 when she had to take a medical leave to take care of her own mental health.
This is truly an incredible story of one person's journey through trauma to happiness! And Stefanie wants you to know that YOU can be happy as well.
On this episode of Coffee with The Courage Wolf I talk about taking the time to get back into shape so that I can ride the Tour de France. As if!
And I also talk about a phenomenal combative's instructor that I just found out about 8 weeks ago, from the UK: Lee Morrison of Urban Combative's.
On today's episode of The Courage Wolf podcast I speak with Julie Ryan McGue about the twists and turns in her five year journey to find her birth parents and also to uncover hidden health secrets.
Julie and her twin sister Jenny were put up for adoption 3 weeks after they were born in 1959. In 2008 Julie had a breast biopsy done that sent her on a journey to find out more about her birth parents and her health history.
And along the way Julie wrote an award winning book called Twice A Daughter.
On this episode of Coffee with The Courage Wolf I talk about some of the things that Erin McCullough and I talked about on Monday, like how a lot of her well to do clients come to her because they are dissatisfied with chasing the next shiny thing!
And I put out a call to the members of The Courage Wolf facebook group and our listeners to see if they are interested in helping to grow the podcast.
Erin McCullough had what seemed to be a perfect life from the outside, but she was stressed out, anxious and overwhelmed.
An 8 year journey of self development led her to what she is doing now, which is teaching others how to find their joy NOW! In this moment!
If you’re looking for a way to create impenetrable joy and have everything that you've ever wanted, listen in. You’ll be glad that you did!
In today's episode of Coffee with The Courage Wolf I talk about how the leadership style of Fire Chief Michael Seth is vastly different from the typical leader in first responder organizations.
And, I introduce our next guest, Erin McCullough.
Fire Chief Michael Seth has been open and honest about his mental health challenges because he sees this as a way to help other first responders come forward to ask for, or to seek help.
We talk about how the traumatic calls that Michael experienced on the job manifested as post traumatic stress.
We also talk about the journey that set Michael on the path to helping other first responders with their own physical and mental health, and how that journey has molded him into a unique leader.
In this episode of Coffee with The Courage Wolf I talk about how Debbie Ternes created a plan to live the life that she wanted to wake up to. Every day!
And, I introduce next Monday's guest, who is Chief Michael Seth. The Fire Chief of Cape Breton Regional Municipality.
Michael has been very outspoken about his mental health struggles and because of this his staff have reached out for help about their own mental health challenges.
Our guest on The Courage Wolf podcast is a survivor of a 17 year abusive marriage with a classic narcissist.
Debbie Ternes talks about how her life was then, what she had to do to escape it and what her life is like now.
And, she talks about how she's helping men and women to create the life that they can't wait to wake up to!
In today's episode of Coffee with The Courage Wolf we talk about Boots on The Ground which is an anonymous 24/7 peer support service. Boots On The Ground has over 160 trained volunteers serving current and retired first responders, and current and retired civilians who work for first responder organizations.
And we introduce Debbie Ternes who is a survivor of a 17 year abusive marriage with a classic narcissist.
Today I had the pleasure of talking with Mike McLennan, who is a retired police officer and the founder and president of Boots On The Ground.
Boots on the ground is an anonymous 24/7 peer support resource. They have over 160 current and former first responders, fully trained, who field calls from current or retired police, paramedics, firefighters, nurses and civilians of first responder organizations who may be experiencing difficulties.
On Monday's episode of The Courage Wolf podcast I spoke with Eric Zuzack about his decades long addiction to porn and how he overcame this addiction by changing how he talks about himself.
On this episode I talk about how pervasive porn is in our society.
And I introduce next Monday's guest Dave McLennan. Dave is a retired police officer and is the founder of Boots on the Ground, which is an anonymous service for first responders who need help!
Our guest on The Courage Wolf podcast was addicted to porn from an early age. Eric Zuzack tried every 12 step program out there to help stop his addiction but it wasn't until he changed the language that he was using to describe himself that he finally conquered his problem.
Using mindfulness and other tools, Eric now teaches other men how to successfully overcome their addictions and live happy, fulfilled lives.
And, Eric has offered our listeners a free audible copy of his book.
On Monday I spoke with Natsune Oki who is a very talented and grounded young woman from Japan who talked about achieving her goals through self love and mastery of self.
I also discuss how vital it is to do the important things in life now, instead of putting them off until some perfect time in the future.
And I introduce our next guest Eric Zuzack, who overcame his addiction to porn by changing how he viewed himself.
Natsune Oki is dedicated to teaching people how to love themselves first and how to find success through self mastery!
Natsune is the host and producer of Life Up Education TV and is the author of The Game of Self Domination, which is a very comprehensive book about self mastery. The subtitle of the book is: The 15 most practical steps to self mastery and achieving anything you want.
Join me for a special conversation with a special young woman!
My guest on Monday's podcast was JT Wahlberg who almost died when he quit drinking cold turkey almost 7 years ago. As a result of my conversations with JT I re-evaluated and changed my own relationship with alcohol and decided to quit drinking altogether. Just like JT, but hopefully without the bad things that he went through.
And I let you know about our guest on next Monday's podcast. Natsune Oki is the host and producer of Life Up Education TV and she comes to us all the way from Tokyo.
JT Wahlberg was an alcoholic for over 20 years and finally quit drinking 6-1/2 years ago. JT stopped cold turkey and it almost killed him. When he finally checked himself in at emergency at the hospital doctors estimated he was about 15 minutes from death.
Quitting cold turkey worked for JT. He hasn’t had a drink since that day he almost died, but he wouldn’t recommend the way he quit drinking to anyone.
On this episode of Coffee with The Courage Wolf I talk about how Rhonda Chartier has coped with a life that changed in an instant when her husband John was paralyzed by a wave while vacationing in the Bahamas.
And we introduce our next guest: JT Wahlberg, who almost died when he decided to quit drinking cold turkey.
Today we’re going to hear the story of how the accident that instantly made John Chartier a quadriplegic, affected his wife and partner of 38 years, Rhonda Chartier.
Tragedy does affect others in our lives, very deeply!
Join us to find out how John's accident has affected Rhonda and their family, and how she’s coping with a life that’s drastically different than how she and John envisioned it.
Our guest on The Courage Wolf podcast on Monday was Lily Walford, who has graciously offered all of our listeners free training in how to detect and avoid a narcissist and in how to heal from a narcissistic relationship or friendship.
And I talk about our next special guest, who's husband has already been a guest on the podcast. This is a short Coffee with The Courage Wolf but it packs a punch!
Lily Walford teaches advanced level behavioural and profiling skills to teach others how not to be a narcissists next victim, whether that’s in the dating field, the relationship field or in the workplace.
Lily has partnered with one of the leading military and intelligence behaviour experts to create courses that are truly revolutionary in any field where you need to figure out who you are interacting with and, you need to do it quickly!
Today we talk about narcissists and relationships.
On this episode of Coffee with The Courage Wolf I talk about the mindset involved in being happy wherever you are and in whatever circumstances that you find yourself in.
And, I talk about our next guest who is an expert on narcissists. How to detect them, stay away from them and live with them if they are family.
Jillian Brown is the CEO of Camp My Way which is a residential wilderness program for first responders and their families who’ve been affected by PTSD.
Before coming to Camp My Way Jillian was homeless, living in a tent for over 7 months after surviving a 5-1/2 year abusive relationship.
Join us to find out how this incredibly strong person survived domestic abuse, accomplished incredible things, and how this Canadian badass extraordinaire is teaching others to overcome their own trauma!
On this episode of Coffee with The Courage Wolf I thank our listeners in Ireland first and foremost.
And then we talk a little about how we can learn to process our grief, and how we can help others through their loss.
And, I introduce our next guest on the podcast, who is a Canadian badass extraordinaire!!
Grief is not a disorder. It is not something that needs to be fixed. We are a grief avoidance society and because of this, most of us have not learned how to support others or ourselves appropriately through the grief journey.
Join us today as we talk with Marian Boyd, a psychotherapist and grief counsellor and Marina Reed, an artist, educator and writer.
Together they have written a powerful series of books about grief and the process called: Remember it's OK.
I had a great conversation with psychotherapist Kim Jones on Monday. We discussed the traumatic upbringing that led her to a profession in which she helps people get through their own trauma and lead successful and courageous lives.
And I introduce next weeks guests who have written a series of innovative and powerful books on how to heal from grief and how to support someone who is grieving.
Kim Jones is a psychotherapist who cares deeply for the civilians and first responders she treats and serves.
In 2019 Kim was honoured by being presented with the prestigious Nurse of the Year award by the Registered Nurses Association of Ontario. Kim considers herself the tour guide in her clients journeys and nothing makes her happier than to see people flourish and live courageous and successful lives.
Kim has her own story of courage that led her to what she loves to do: help people!
I was asked by the mental health awareness initiative First Responders are Human to provide an audio of a breathing practice that I have taught to first responders and civilians to lower their heart rate and their stress level so that they could perform optimally.
On this episode of Coffee with The Courage Wolf I talk about our recent guest Derek Davis and I introduce Kim Jones who is next Monday's guest. And, you get to enjoy the audio of the breathing practice!
Derek Davis is a 16 year paramedic who's been affected by post traumatic stress. Join us to hear about Derek's resiliency plan and the innovative program he went through at Project Trauma Support. And, we talk about how his wife of 15 years "pulls the ripcord" to let Derek know that he needs take a step back and care for himself.
We'll talk about the mental health initiative First Responders Are Human and how Derek will be raising funds for Project Trauma Support by "Everesting" this October.
On this episode I talk about the mental health initiative from the 3rd to the 16th of May called First Responders Are Human.
And I introduce our guest for next Monday. Derek Davis is a 16 year first responder who has been affected by post traumatic stress.
Derek will be "Everesting" in October to raise funds for Project Trauma Support and to raise awareness about mental health issues among first responders.
Be sure to join us on Monday for the entire podcast with Derek.
In this episode of The Courage Wolf podcast I talk about a great mental health initiative coming up for first responders, as well as introducing to you to our next guest.
And, I talk about a fantastic book I found about two months ago that's a game changer!
Come and join me and let's chat. We'll have fun!
On this episode of Coffee with The Courage Wolf I talk about how my guest on Monday, Kristen Elliott, put in the work to overcome her eating disorder and be in recovery now for more than 7 years.
You have to put in the work! No one can do it for you!
Listen in! I think you will find this a very interesting, and short (only 10 minutes) podcast. And it just might get you started doing your own work!
On this episode of The Courage Wolf podcast I am finally able to get together with my partner Kristen Elliott who is one of the most courageous people that I know.
Kristen has suffered from a decades long eating disorder and is currently 7 years into her recovery. She also deals with chronic fatigue syndrome and chronic pain.
Join Kristen and I to find out how she deals with her challenges, what she does to manage them every day and how her joy in living manages to shine through each and every day!
On this episode of Coffee with The Courage Wolf I discuss some of the things that Paul Carson and I talked about on Monday.
And I talk about the importance of having other interests than your job, other friends than those you work with and other important things to do.
Have something to do, have something to look forward to and have someone to love!
Paul Carson has been a paramedic for almost 28 years and has seen things that no one should have to see.
He's found something incredibly therapeutic for him, which at the same time honours his brothers and sisters in the paramedic field and also honours his chosen profession of paramedicine!
Join me for a conversation with "The Video Guy!"
Just before we start this episode of Coffee with The Courage Wolf I want to let you know about someone who needs a stem transplant and needs our help.
Then I talk about how important it is to find our purpose in life, at whatever stage of our lives that we are. And, how we can go about doing just that.
On today's episode I talk with multi award winning entrepreneur Cathy Nesbitt who 19 years ago took a business course and walked away from her job as a social worker. Cathy started a business that by her own admission was a little creepy, but now has over 10,000 customers across the world.
Not willing to stop there Cathy took on two other business with the intention of solving world hunger and bringing peace to the world.
On this episode of Coffee with The Courage Wolf I talk about how Terry Tucker has managed to survive and thrive, in spite of being diagnosed with a rare form of melanoma and, in spite of a dismal prognosis.
I also talk about Terry's book Sustainable Excellence: ten principles for living an uncommon and extraordinary life.
Terry Tucker has led an amazing life. He's played NCAA Division 1 basketball against Michael Jordan. He has been a SWAT team negotiator and a narcotics investigator for the Cincinnati Police Department and he is the author of Sustainable Excellence: ten principles for leading your uncommon and extraordinary life.
Terry has been battling a rare form of melanoma for the past 9 years and the attitude he brings to his challenge is extraordinary!
This is a conversation you don't want to miss!
On this episode of Coffee with The Courage Wolf we start out by talking about Shannon Adams, who is in dire need of a stem cell transplant. We let you know how you can help and how to spread the word so that we give Shannon a fighting chance!
After that I reflect on some of the things that Betsy Smith and I talked about on the Monday podcast.
On this episode I talk with Sgt Betsy Smith who is one of the pioneers for women in policing and together with her husband Dave Smith has taught officers around the world. Betsy is the spokesperson for the National Police Association and is the creator of the only course of its kind for women in policing called The Winning Mind for Women.
Listen to find out about Betsy's amazing career and about the mindset she is tapping into to survive her latest battle as a cancer warrior!
On this episode of Coffee with The Courage Wolf I talk about some of the guests that we have coming up on the program.
And, a few other things you might be interested in!
Join us!
In 2016 Marce Lamontagne was a young, healthy 35 year old mother of 2 young children when she heard the dreaded words: "You have cancer."
Marce is here with us today because she listened to her intuition and insisted on a mammogram.
Marce is supporting others through her breast cancer support group, Tatas and Tapas, and through her own podcast called: Breast Cancer and The Unknown.
On this episode of Coffee with The Courage Wolf I discuss how equine therapists: the horses, use their intuition to help us with our own challenges.
And, I discuss how intuition saved my life on a number of occasions, and more importantly how we can all develop and use this superpower to help us with our lives!
I was invited out to the farm by Brenda Elkins of Red Horse Sense and Bernie Sibley of Phoenix Rising to do an Equine therapy session and I'm glad I did.
Today we take a deep dive into Equine therapy to find out who it can help, why it works and why it is so effective.
Join us to find out more about Brenda and Bernie's two amazing therapists Sienna and Phoenix, and how they can help you with whatever ails you!!
On this episode of Coffee with The Courage Wolf we talk about what John Tsentouros went through during the 5 hours he was taken hostage.
I delve into the mindset that John tapped into during his incident and how each and every one of us has this superpower, oftentimes buried deep inside us!
On the 14th of September 2018 John Tsentouros went to work for an overtime shift at the Kenora Correctional Institute.
His shift started the same as every other shift that he had worked.
Everything was normal. And then it wasn't!
John was taken hostage for 5 hours and then released. He had physical and psychological scars that he had to deal with and heal.
Join us on this episode for a look into the mind of a victim of extreme violence.
On today's episode of Coffee with The Courage Wolf I talk about one of the most powerful tools that I have used to develop a positive and empowering attitude. I have used this tool quite a lot to banish negative thoughts that do not serve my ultimate purpose.
And you can too!
John Chartier and his wife Rhonda were on vacation in the Bahamas celebrating their 30th wedding anniversary.
John was swimming, when a rolling wave hit him from behind instantly turning him into a quadriplegic.
After two major operations, 7 months in acute care, and 4 hours per day of physiotherapy, John managed to find purpose in his life and is now a mentor, public speaker and the author of his upcoming book: Embracing the Waves!
On this episode of Coffee with The Courage Wolf I talk about Ashley Orr, who is an instructor in the Wim Hof Method.
The Wim Hof Method uses specialized breathwork, cold immersion and mindset training to strengthen the bodies immune system, lower systemic inflammation and a host of other benefits.
Ashley Orr is a certified instructor in the Wim Hof Method which combines breathwork, cold immersion and mindset training practices to help us with fear, disease, mental challenges and many other obstacles. The Wim Hof Method has been proven in university studies to strengthen our immune systems, lower systemic inflammation and many other benefits.
Join us today for a deep dive into the method and find out how simple, inexpensive and helpful it can be for you.
And, it doesn't take long to do!
On this week's episode of Coffee with The Courage Wolf, I talk about attaining the proper mindset, on the job and in life, mental toughness and the most important component for a life well lived: Faith!
Brandon Rollins story is one of strength and survival and a “never give up” mindset. Brandon went through something that all police officers think about from time to time but never really think that it will happen to them.
Brandon was shot on duty!
Captain Rollins recently retired from the Lancaster County Sheriff’s office after spending 22 years as a police officer serving his community.
Brandon has been the recipient of too many awards to mention, including the inaugural “Not Today” award given by PoliceOne and Calibre Press .
On this episode of Coffee with The Courage Wolf I talk about how I found out about the Wolf Moon and what it means.
And, we have a wee bit of fun!
This is a short episode of The Courage Wolf podcast where I take the time to thank our guests that have shared their stories to help and inspire our listeners.
I also talk about some of our future guests and what they will bring to our listeners in upcoming episodes.
Join me on this episode of Coffee with The Courage Wolf as I discuss why Mike and Sue actually got covid-19.
It's because they were too polite!! It's because they were Canadian and didn't want to offend or embarrass their host.
And, I explain about the morning practice that I have used for over a year now, that keeps me from getting overwhelmed and keeps me on track.
My guests on today's episode of The Courage Wolf podcast are two real people who got the covid-19 virus. Both got very sick and Mike almost died!
I asked Mike and Sue on the podcast to let people know that this is not the flu, that this is very serious!
In today's episode, you're going to hear in plain language, that this virus is real, and dangerous and is something we all have to be concerned about!
In my life I got pretty good with dealing with fear after being involved in hundreds of violent situations.
But, I did not become very good at dealing with the fear of health issues.
Winston Churchill said: "If you're going through hell, keep going!"
Listen in to find out how I dealt with fear well in some areas, and not so well in one other area of my life!
Join me on this episode of The Courage Wolf podcast as I talk with Leah Gater, who is an extremely knowledgeable physiotherapist who specializes in vestibular rehabilitation and the treatment of vertigo!
In this episode we take a deep dive into dizziness, imbalance, vertigo and specifically how to diagnose and successfully treat and fix BPPV.
You'll be glad you did!
On this episode of Coffee with The Courage Wolf I discuss how the telling of one's story helps a number of people. The people who hear it, the people who help to share it and the person who tells it.
And, I introduce our guest for the Monday episode in which we will take a deep dive into vertigo and how to find help for the problem.
The 17th of June 2018 was Father's Day. On that day I was a very active man, mentally and physically. I was riding my bike about 6000 kms per year. I was lifting weights and training in the martial arts.
Life was good!
In a microsecond, I went from the man above to a shaky, senior citizen who could barely walk. A year later I was cured.
The 17th of June 2018 was Father's Day. On that day I was a very active man, mentally and physically. I was riding my bike about 6000 kms per year. I was lifting weights and training in the martial arts.
Life was good!
In a microsecond, I went from the man above to a shaky, senior citizen who could barely walk. A year later I was cured.
In today's episode of Coffee with The Courage Wolf I talk about Paul Hood who was told by a lawyer for his facility that it was cheaper to pay out the occasional lawsuit rather than to provide staff with proper counselling services.
This was 27 years ago. I also pose the question of whether much has changed with our organizations?
In today's episode of Coffee with The Courage Wolf I talk about Paul Hood who was told by a lawyer for his facility that it was cheaper to pay out the occasional lawsuit rather than to provide staff with proper counselling services.
This was 27 years ago. I also pose the question of whether much has changed with our organizations?
Paul Hood has done a number of things in life, including being a pastor at a church in Shreveport, Louisiana.
Paul left his sheltered college and church pastor environment to became a security specialist in the maximum security unit of a facility for the criminally insane in Lincoln Nebraska.
Paul struggled with the issues that arose as a result of working at that facility for the next 27 years before he finally decided to seek counselling.
Paul Hood has done a number of things in life, including being a pastor at a church in Shreveport, Louisiana.
Paul left his sheltered college and church pastor environment to became a security specialist in the maximum security unit of a facility for the criminally insane in Lincoln Nebraska.
Paul struggled with the issues that arose as a result of working at that facility for the next 27 years before he finally decided to seek counselling.
On this episode of Coffee with The Courage Wolf I discuss some resources for our listeners and a contest to win a digital copy of our last guest, Penny Casselman's book, How to get a free boob job!
I also introduce our guest for Monday's episode of The Courage Wolf podcast.
On this episode of Coffee with The Courage Wolf I discuss some resources for our listeners and a contest to win a digital copy of our last guest, Penny Casselman's book, How to get a free boob job!
I also introduce our guest for Monday's episode of The Courage Wolf podcast.
Penny Casselman is a breast cancer survivor and the author of How to Get a Free Boob Job!
At the age of 45 Penny decided to stop being a corporate ladder climber and leave the pressures of the corporate world behind.
One week after she started her coaching business Penny received her breast cancer diagnosis.
Listen with us as we discuss the mindset that helped her through her challenges and helped her begin walking a brand new path.
Penny Casselman is a breast cancer survivor and the author of How to Get a Free Boob Job!
At the age of 45 Penny decided to stop being a corporate ladder climber and leave the pressures of the corporate world behind.
One week after she started her coaching business Penny received her breast cancer diagnosis.
Listen with us as we discuss the mindset that helped her through her challenges and helped her begin walking a brand new path.
Captain George Burk, United States Air Force (retired), was in the ICU and the burn unit for over 18 months recovering from multiple injuries and from being burned over 65% of his body.
George's family was told on 10 separate occasions that he was within hours of death.
On today's episode of Coffee with The Courage Wolf I discuss the fear of death and how George's two near death experiences took away that fear altogether.
Captain George Burk, United States Air Force (retired), was in the ICU and the burn unit for over 18 months recovering from multiple injuries and from being burned over 65% of his body.
George's family was told on 10 separate occasions that he was within hours of death.
On today's episode of Coffee with The Courage Wolf I discuss the fear of death and how George's two near death experiences took away that fear altogether.
In this second episode with Captain George Burk we learn about how his will to survive and his purpose in life have kept him going for 5 decades after being the only survivor of a military plane crash in 1970, where he was burned over 65% of his body.
George describes the crash and then we delve into the mindset that helped him to survive 90 days in the ICU, 18 months in the hospital and then thrive for 50 years as a survivor!
George a nationally recognized motivational speaker and is the author of 4 books.
In this second episode with Captain George Burk we learn about how his will to survive and his purpose in life have kept him going for 5 decades after being the only survivor of a military plane crash in 1970, where he was burned over 65% of his body.
George describes the crash and then we delve into the mindset that helped him to survive 90 days in the ICU, 18 months in the hospital and then thrive for 50 years as a survivor!
George a nationally recognized motivational speaker and is the author of 4 books.
On this episode of Coffee with The Courage Wolf I discuss some of the topics that came up in my conversation on Monday with Stephanie Miller, including what we thought was the greatest good that could come from the podcast.
On this episode of Coffee with The Courage Wolf I discuss some of the topics that came up in my conversation on Monday with Stephanie Miller, including what we thought was the greatest good that could come from the podcast.
Stephanie and Paul Miller had just celebrated their 26th wedding anniversary and were preparing for life as empty nesters.
Life was good. They both had good jobs, they had two beautiful children, they loved each other and spent time hiking and being outdoors with each other and as a family.
What could possibly go wrong?
On Friday the 13th of July 2018 the unthinkable happened. Paul went missing while on a hike in Joshua Tree National Park in California.
Stephanie and Paul Miller had just celebrated their 26th wedding anniversary and were preparing for life as empty nesters.
Life was good. They both had good jobs, they had two beautiful children, they loved each other and spent time hiking and being outdoors with each other and as a family.
What could possibly go wrong?
On Friday the 13th of July 2018 the unthinkable happened. Paul went missing while on a hike in Joshua Tree National Park in California.
On this episode of Coffee with The Courage Wolf I discuss some of the therapies and strategies that Rob Leathen used to go from post traumatic stress to Post Traumatic Growth, one of which was, managing the ego!
On this episode of Coffee with The Courage Wolf I discuss some of the therapies and strategies that Rob Leathen used to go from post traumatic stress to Post Traumatic Growth, one of which was, managing the ego!
The Courage Wolf podcast welcomes our first firefighter to the podcast.
Rob Leathen is a career firefighter of 28 years and was referred to the podcast by The Trauma Centre because they thought that Rob could help a lot of people by the telling of his story.
Rob and I had a great conversation. I learned a lot and I was truly impressed by Rob's insights into his mental health challenges of Post Traumatic Stress and major depression.
The Courage Wolf podcast welcomes our first firefighter to the podcast.
Rob Leathen is a career firefighter of 28 years and was referred to the podcast by The Trauma Centre because they thought that Rob could help a lot of people by the telling of his story.
Rob and I had a great conversation. I learned a lot and I was truly impressed by Rob's insights into his mental health challenges of Post Traumatic Stress and major depression.
Join me for this weeks episode of Coffee with The Courage Wolf as I discuss the creation of the Monday podcast about The Paramedic Memorial Bell, and some of the thoughts and concepts that I discussed with Norm Robillard and Ian Sudlow.
Join me for this weeks episode of Coffee with The Courage Wolf as I discuss the creation of the Monday podcast about The Paramedic Memorial Bell, and some of the thoughts and concepts that I discussed with Norm Robillard and Ian Sudlow.
The Paramedic Memorial Bell is a tradition that honours paramedics who have passed away on the job as well as those who have died by suicide.
The Memorial Bell is currently on its journey across Ontario visiting each and every paramedic organization in the Province.
Join me on this episode of The Courage Wolf podcast as I speak with two veteran paramedics, Norm Robillard of Ottawa Paramedic Service and Ian Sudlow of Halton Paramedic Service about the evolution and Journey of The Bell.
The Paramedic Memorial Bell is a tradition that honours paramedics who have passed away on the job as well as those who have died by suicide.
The Memorial Bell is currently on its journey across Ontario visiting each and every paramedic organization in the Province.
Join me on this episode of The Courage Wolf podcast as I speak with two veteran paramedics, Norm Robillard of Ottawa Paramedic Service and Ian Sudlow of Halton Paramedic Service about the evolution and Journey of The Bell.
On this episode of Coffee with The Courage Wolf I discuss some of the issues that Morgan Jones Phillips and I discussed on Monday.
I talk about how we can best share our experiences as a first responder with our life partner in such a way that we don't traumatize them. And in a way that they feel included and can help support us through our trauma!
On this episode of Coffee with The Courage Wolf I discuss some of the issues that Morgan Jones Phillips and I discussed on Monday.
I talk about how we can best share our experiences as a first responder with our life partner in such a way that we don't traumatize them. And in a way that they feel included and can help support us through our trauma!
Our guest this week on The Courage Wolf podcast is Morgan Jones Phillips. Morgan is a veteran paramedic of 17 years and has a story of courage like most first responders due to the trauma he's had to deal with.
He's also the creator of the highly successful one person play called The Emergency Monologues, which is absolutely brilliant!
Our guest this week on The Courage Wolf podcast is Morgan Jones Phillips. Morgan is a veteran paramedic of 17 years and has a story of courage like most first responders due to the trauma he's had to deal with.
He's also the creator of the highly successful one person play called The Emergency Monologues, which is absolutely brilliant!
The Thursday edition of The Courage Wolf podcast is called Coffee with The Courage Wolf.
Today we discuss how Matt Ray found his bliss by sailing around the world, and how you can you can find the courage to live a life of no regrets!
The Thursday edition of The Courage Wolf podcast is called Coffee with The Courage Wolf.
Today we discuss how Matt Ray found his bliss by sailing around the world, and how you can you can find the courage to live a life of no regrets!
Matt Ray doesn’t think he’s particularly courageous but rest assured he is. He had the courage to ditch the rat race and go after his dreams. He had the courage to live life without regrets.
He had the courage to throw off the bowlines and sail away from safe harbour. Boy, did he ever!!
Matt Ray doesn’t think he’s particularly courageous but rest assured he is. He had the courage to ditch the rat race and go after his dreams. He had the courage to live life without regrets.
He had the courage to throw off the bowlines and sail away from safe harbour. Boy, did he ever!!
On the Thursday edition of The Courage Wolf podcast called Coffee with The Courage Wolf, Host and Creator Terry Oliver discusses some of the advice on recovering from addiction that was discussed on Monday with Daryl Ralph.
On the Thursday edition of The Courage Wolf podcast called Coffee with The Courage Wolf, Host and Creator Terry Oliver discusses some of the advice on recovering from addiction that was discussed on Monday with Daryl Ralph.
Bonds of Mara drummer Daryl Ralph talks with us today about his Road to Recovery from addiction.
In this episode Daryl shares his insights learned from lived experience with addiction to drugs and alcohol.
The Road to Recovery does not have to be hard! Join us on this episode of The Courage Wolf podcast to find out why, and how.
Bonds of Mara drummer Daryl Ralph talks with us today about his Road to Recovery from addiction.
In this episode Daryl shares his insights learned from lived experience with addiction to drugs and alcohol.
The Road to Recovery does not have to be hard! Join us on this episode of The Courage Wolf podcast to find out why, and how.
The Thursday edition of The Courage Wolf podcast is called Coffee with The Courage Wolf.
Host and creator Terry Oliver discusses some of the topics that came up in the conversation on the Monday podcast with Captain George Burk, United States Air Force, Retired.
The Thursday edition of The Courage Wolf podcast is called Coffee with The Courage Wolf.
Host and creator Terry Oliver discusses some of the topics that came up in the conversation on the Monday podcast with Captain George Burk, United States Air Force, Retired.
On the morning of the 4th of May 1970, George Burk was the only survivor of a military plane crash in which 13 other military personnel were killed.
This podcast is the story of what happened on that morning and some of the amazing miracles that had to have happened to keep George alive.
On the morning of the 4th of May 1970, George Burk was the only survivor of a military plane crash in which 13 other military personnel were killed.
This podcast is the story of what happened on that morning and some of the amazing miracles that had to have happened to keep George alive.
On this episode of Coffee with The Courage Wolf, Host and creator Terry Oliver discusses some of the topics that came up in the conversation on the Monday podcast with John McGrinder.
On this episode of Coffee with The Courage Wolf, Host and creator Terry Oliver discusses some of the topics that came up in the conversation on the Monday podcast with John McGrinder.
We don’t need thousands of electronic facebook friends. All we really need is one or two real friends who are there for us when we need them. In 2015 my guest on the podcast, John McGrinder, went to visit an old friend. Because of this visit and more importantly, because he listened to his friend, John is here today to speak to us about his journey.
We don’t need thousands of electronic facebook friends. All we really need is one or two real friends who are there for us when we need them. In 2015 my guest on the podcast, John McGrinder, went to visit an old friend. Because of this visit and more importantly, because he listened to his friend, John is here today to speak to us about his journey.
In this episode of The Courage Wolf, host and producer Terry Oliver discusses some of the topics that came out in his conversation with Bonds of Mara drummer, Daryl Ralph.
In this episode of The Courage Wolf, host and producer Terry Oliver discusses some of the topics that came out in his conversation with Bonds of Mara drummer, Daryl Ralph.
Daryl Ralph is a professional musician and the drummer for the Canadian rock band Bonds of Mara, and the cult carton, and band, Sons of Butcher. Daryl had early aspirations of becoming a rockstar, so a the age of 19 he headed out west to further his music career, but instead became heavily rooted in addiction. This episode of The Courage Wolf will focus on his path into addiction.
Daryl Ralph is a professional musician and the drummer for the Canadian rock band Bonds of Mara, and the cult carton, and band, Sons of Butcher. Daryl had early aspirations of becoming a rockstar, so a the age of 19 he headed out west to further his music career, but instead became heavily rooted in addiction. This episode of The Courage Wolf will focus on his path into addiction.
The Thursday edition of The Courage Wolf podcast is called Coffee with The Courage Wolf. Host and creator Terry Oliver discusses topics that came up in the Monday podcast and also shares how we can help our friends or family who have gone through, or are going through a traumatic incident.
In 2009 Gerry Bartlett was at the top of his game doing what he loved, when he wanted to do it and in a job that he loved!
On a beautiful Wednesday evening in May of 2009 Gerry was out for a ride with his bike club when in an instant his life changed forever!
In a microsecond Gerry Bartlett’s life changed from a life that we all might want, to one that none of us would wish for.
Join us this episode as we ask Gerry how he survived and how he got through the tough times of the past 11 years and how he plans on getting through his future.
In 2009 Gerry Bartlett was at the top of his game doing what he loved, when he wanted to do it and in a job that he loved!
On a beautiful Wednesday evening in May of 2009 Gerry was out for a ride with his bike club when in an instant his life changed forever!
In a microsecond Gerry Bartlett’s life changed from a life that we all might want, to one that none of us would wish for.
Join us this episode as we ask Gerry how he survived and how he got through the tough times of the past 11 years and how he plans on getting through his future.
On our Thursday podcasts, called Coffee with The Courage Wolf, the host Terry Oliver will add his views and will discuss topics that came up on the Monday podcast with his guest Randy Papple.
On our Thursday podcasts, called Coffee with The Courage Wolf, the host Terry Oliver will add his views and will discuss topics that came up on the Monday podcast with his guest Randy Papple.
Randy Papple was a paramedic for 42 years, ending his service in 2019 as Deputy Chief of Brant County EMS. Randy has seen Post Traumatic Stress takes its toll on many first responders. He has made it his passion to bring resources together so first responders can deal successfully with the challenges that they face with their own mental health doing the incredibly difficult job they do day after day.
We talk about a number of things, including how an incident from 25 years ago came back to haunt him until he got the counselling he needed to resolve the trauma.
Randy Papple was a paramedic for 42 years, ending his service in 2019 as Deputy Chief of Brant County EMS. Randy has seen Post Traumatic Stress takes its toll on many first responders. He has made it his passion to bring resources together so first responders can deal successfully with the challenges that they face with their own mental health doing the incredibly difficult job they do day after day.
We talk about a number of things, including how an incident from 25 years ago came back to haunt him until he got the counselling he needed to resolve the trauma.
The Courage Wolf podcast brings you stories of courage and inspiration from people just like you who have overcome adversity and fear and now live successful lives of courage and freedom.
Welcome to the podcast that brings you inspirational stories from people who have fed The Courage Wolf, and about the lives they now lead.
The Courage Wolf podcast brings you stories of courage and inspiration from people just like you who have overcome adversity and fear and now live successful lives of courage and freedom.
Welcome to the podcast that brings you inspirational stories from people who have fed The Courage Wolf, and about the lives they now lead.