Unleash Your Voice with Priya Sam
Priya Sam is a Story Architect who helps people unlock their confidence and define their career paths through their Power Stories. In Unleash Your Voice, you'll find a combination of solo episodes and guest interviews around topics related to professional storytelling, networking, personal branding, and job interviews.
Episodes
72 episodes
Why Everyone Needs a Power Story
A Power Story is your unique story - it highlights how you're different. Your Power Story should include your passion, values, the themes from your life and career, and micro-stories. You don't just need this story in job interview...
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Season 3
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Episode 68
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17:26
Turning Point: Dr. Chika Oriuwa on inclusion in healthcare & her new book Unlike the Rest
If you've been listening to the pod for awhile - you'll remember Dr. Chika Stacy Oriuwa from episode 24. She's the first repeat guest we've had!Chika was the only Black medical student in her class at the University of Toronto in 2016 a...
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Season 3
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Episode 67
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54:02
4 Styling Tips to Elevate Your Professional Presence with Stephanie Dervishi
You have 7 seconds to make a first impression and what you wear is a big part of that.In professional settings like conferences, events, and job interviews, dressing the right way for YOU can help calm your nerves and support your confi...
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Season 3
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Episode 66
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45:50
An announcement about the pod
Hey friend! If you've been a loyal listener here - you know we've been going through a transition at Turning Point in the past few months and I so appreciate you bearing with me. I can now officially tell you that we're rebranding!...
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4:33
Becoming Unforgettable: 3 tips for building your confidence at work
Everyone deserves to have self-confidence and to believe in their own unique value. When you have that, you can ask for what you deserve and advocate for yourself in professional settings. If you're anything like the average person...
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Season 3
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Episode 65
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41:02
Becoming Unforgettable: 3 Tips for Ditching Hustle Culture
In this episode, I speak with my guest Jennifer Trask about how hustle culture affects women and three steps we can take NOW to get out of it. I'll be honest, I struggle with this one. It can be hard to set time boundaries around w...
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Season 3
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Episode 64
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37:41
Becoming Unforgettable: The four step self-advocacy framework
In this week's episode, I'm joined by the lovely Joyel Crawford. Joyel is a leadership consultant and the author of the best selling book “Show Your Ask”. On our IG Live, Joyel shared her proven 4-step framework for advocating for yourself and ...
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39:26
3 tips for answering "tell me about yourself..." in a job interview
We all know that interviews start with some variation of, "tell me about yourself..." or "give us an overview of your career..." This is NOT a throwaway question - in fact, it is a HUGE opportunity to make a meaningful connectio...
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17:58
Becoming Unforgettable: How to Maximize Your Personality with Jennifer Maxwell
Hello friend! It's been awhile and I have an update on the future of Turning Point in this episode. A huge thank you to all of you who have been with me for the past three years of Turning Point interviews. The content will be shif...
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Season 3
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Episode 63
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48:25
Musician Dondréa Erauw on success, burnout, and following her own path
Dondréa Erauw is an award-winning Music Supervisor who worked on shows including Degrassi and Netflix’s Spinning Out.After 10 years in that industry, she left after experiencing severe burnout. After taking some time fo...
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53:06
Mamta Chail on postpartum anxiety & her journey to mental health advocacy
Mamta Chail is a results driven mental health advocate and the President/CEO of Youthdale Treatment Centres.Mamta’s biggest turning point happened after she gave birth to her daughter. She experienced severe postpartum anxiety ...
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Season 3
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Episode 61
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48:16
Haviah Mighty on paving her own path & the rap cypher that changed everything
Based out of Brampton via Toronto, Haviah Mighty is a songwriter, vocalist, producer, and performer. Her music is complex and unique with rap, song, and instrumentals transitioning seamlessly from hip-hop to soul to Afrobeats. &n...
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Season 3
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Episode 60
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47:53
Mike Shoreman on finding hope, advocating for mental health programs & his new documentary
In 2018, Mike Shoreman was thriving. He had a successful paddle boarding business in Toronto and he had just returned from a trip to California full of new ideas for excursions he could add to his business offerings. Everything cha...
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44:55
Singer Tara MacLean on healing childhood trauma through music
Tara MacLean is a singer and songwriter known for her hit songs, “Evidence” and “If I Fall”. She was discovered singing on a BC ferry (more on that in the episode!) and has toured with Dido, Tom Cochrane and performed at Lilit...
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Season 3
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Episode 58
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43:00
Emm Gryner on touring with David Bowie, motherhood & new beginnings
Emm Gryner is an award-winning singer, songwriter, actor and best-selling author. Emm sang and played keyboard in David Bowie’s band, and appears on numerous recordings with him. In this episode, we take a trip through Emm's bigges...
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Season 3
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Episode 57
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48:49
Journalist Meera Estrada on being Dalit & the consequences of casteism
Meera Estrada is a radio host and the founder of Fusia Media, a company engaged in digital lifestyle publishing catered to South Asian Canadian Women.Her biggest turning point happened when she shared publicly that her family were part ...
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34:35
Speaker Slam co-founder Dan Shaikh on experiencing body dysmorphia & overcoming toxic shame
Dan Shaikh is the co-founder of Speaker Slam, a speaker development agency and the organization behind North America's largest speaking competition. When Dan was a teenager, he developed a condition known as gynecomastia whic...
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Season 3
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Episode 55
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32:35
Julie Lawrence on addiction, misogyny & seeing everyone as a teacher
Julie Lawrence is the editor of the newly launched DEFY magazine. The publication focuses on validating the experiences women have with misogyny in the workplace and offers tips and tools from professionals for how to deal with it. ...
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Season 3
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Episode 54
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45:28
Leroy Hibbert on identifying and interrupting racism
Leroy Hibbert is a speaker, workshop facilitator and community educator. He delivers messages of anti-racism, anti-bullying, and cross-cultural conflict and understanding to community and civic organizations, police services, schools and busine...
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Season 3
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Episode 53
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46:57
Global National's weekend anchor Farah Nasser on prioritizing mental health
Farah Nasser was named Global National's weekend anchor in June, 2022. Shortly before that she was co-anchor of Global Toronto's 6:00 news. Towards the end of her time at Global Toronto, Farah ended up taking a leave of absence. She spent a lar...
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Season 3
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Episode 52
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39:26
Author Bridget George on the importance of sharing language, culture, and art
Bridget George is an an award-winning children’s book author and illustrator. Their debut book is a dual Language, English and Ojibwe children’s book, called “It’s a Mitig.”In this episode, Bridget opens up about taking an unco...
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Season 3
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Episode 51
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57:45
Mary Berg on surviving tragedy and her passion for cooking
Mary Berg won Masterchef Canada Season 3 and has since written two cookbooks, hosted two cooking shows (Mary Makes it Easy and Mary's Kitchen Crush), and makes regular appearances on morning shows and talk shows around the country. I'm...
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Season 2
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Episode 50
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40:29
Camille Dundas on diversity, inclusion and betting on yourself
Camille Dundas is a racial equity educator specializing in anti-racism and allyship and she recently released her first online course on inclusive communication. How she ended up doing this work is part of her turning point. It all started with...
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Season 2
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Episode 49
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46:48
Jennie Painter on advocating for open adoption
Jennie Painter was one of the first people to talk about the idea of open adoption in Canada. She has spent her career counselling both birth parents and adoptive parents about the benefits of open adoption. In this episode, we learn about how ...
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Season 2
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Episode 48
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47:43
Journalist Ginella Massa on taking chances and making history
Ginella Massa is the host of CBC's Canada tonight and she is also the first TV reporter and anchor to wear hijab in Canada. She made history after her biggest turning point; leaving a full-time job behind the scenes to pursue her dream of being...
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Season 2
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Episode 47
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29:33