What's Your Why

Equestrian sport is a weird and wonderful world, and the art of judging competitive hunters and jumpers is a unique skill that only comes with hard work determination, and a whole lot of what some would call "Je ne said quoi" Many try to master it though not everyone does, and for those that think it might be easy, you are sadly mistaken. It's anything but easy.

I've been lucky enough to find space for myself in this niche market o...

In this episode, we talk to Jeff Morgenstern, the founder of Perfect Products a specialized and dynamic nutraceutical company dedicated to the comfort, well-being and performance of top equine athletes. We talk to Jeff about his inspiration to develop his first product and hs path to get there.

Perfect Products is a specialized and dynamic nutraceutical company dedicated to the comfort, well-being and performance of top equine...

Thank you so much for joining us today for another episode of What's Your Why. I'm not sure if you've had a chance to tap into our latest episode launch just last week, the brainchild of an exciting collaboration between What's Your Why? and Saratoga Horse Shows, which supports an event aptly named the Women in Business Spectacular.

The Women in Business Spectacular is an equestrian competition, which happens from July 13th to 17th...

The Saratoga WIB (Women In Business) Spectacular is the first ever horse show created by women, operated by women, benefitting women’s health and showcasing women in business. Open to all competitors, both men and women, in the equestrian community, this one-of-a-kind extraordinary event is one you will not want to miss. 

Please enjoy the first in a series of 6 podcast episodes for the WIB. Heather Briggs starts off the series!...

In this episode, we were fortunate to interview Jayne Pritchard, a news anchor at CTV News in Barrie and an author. Jayne talks about her journey through breast cancer and her recent book After the Diagnosis - One Woman's Story of Overcoming Setbacks

An excerpt from Jayne's book:

My name is Jayne Pritchard. You might recognize me as one of the news anchors from CTV News in Barrie. I was diagnosed with Breast Cancer and have written a...

Hi, everyone. Thanks for joining me again for another episode of What's Your Why. Over the past few weeks, I had the wonderful opportunity of sitting down with a gentleman named Charlie Moorcroft, a name that may be familiar to some of you, but for others, maybe not - so please allow me. Charlie is a wonderful soul, who is most prominently known as an equestrian trainer to the stars, most notably their kids. He also has a "not so ...

And we are back! In today's episode, Helen sits down with long-time friend Meaghan Douglas, M.Ed.

More about Meaghan Douglas, M.Ed.

Meaghan’s experience living on both the east and west coasts throughout her life introduced her to the amazing country that is Canada. She brings 15 years of experience as an educator and 10 years as a counsellor in both the private and public sectors. Her previous role as vice president of a health and...

Welcome to another episode of What’s Your Why, where we sit down with the esteemed Lenore Phillips. Lenore is known for many things, but most widely, being the current president of a little company called Phelps Media Group. PMG is an International leader in sports media renowned for and specializing in sports branding, public relations, event coverage, media strategy web design and social media.

I start out our conversati...

What’s Your Why is a passion project for us and one that we are so excited to keep bringing you. Our stories are very different, but our What’s Your Why story is similar to that of our next guest. It's similar, in that we will continue to serve our passion project with fingers crossed that our hard work and effort pay off and we continue to gain ground doing something we love. Fame and fortune wouldn’t be bad additio...

Hi everyone, thank you for joining me for another episode of What’s your Why.  As you know, we launch a new episode every month.  And we’re continuing to connect with inspirational, motivational people to hear more about their life stories.  We use those stories to tap into our own thoughts and feelings for personal and professional success and growth.  Our goal is to share these with you, our listeners, in an effort and hope that ...

Thank you for joining, and lending us your ears, hearts and minds for another episode of What’s Your Why.

Heather and I were recently given the opportunity to remotely catch up with the amazing ladies of C-6 Equestrian.  A collaboration of inspirational women, designed to foster a community of like-minded individuals.

Dr. Jenny Susser, an acclaimed Sport & Performance Psychologist, Mette Larsen, USDF Silver Medalist and accomplishe...

We are beyond excited to share today's guest with you! In this episode, she speaks of her incredible journey of self-discovery towards her own unique abilities, abilities that can be considered controversial, but in my opinion are welcome tools to finding, achieving, and sustaining direction in life balance. 

Sheila Trecartin is internationally renowned and specializes in animal communication, mediumship...