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Welcome back dear viewers to the Olive You Podcast. Today we extend the olive branch to two young, budding professionals, who are both Full Stack Web Developers, Sarthak and Shakila. We finally had a chance to deviate from healthcare to talk about what its like to establish yourself in a new country, giving back to the community and share social media journeys. It was an amazing conversation that brought much value, and we hope it does the same for you!

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Shakila - https://www.linkedin.com/in/shakila-rajapakse/

Chapters:

00:00 // Introductions

05:04 // Working on the OBM Website

06:41 // Sarthak's Background

10:48 // Shakila's Background

14:44 // Being Mature for Your Age

18:41 // Establishing Yourself In a New Country

21:45 // Birds of A Feather

24:07 // Making a Personal Connection

27:50 // Content Creation Journey

30:45 // Coming to Brantford | Scamming Your Own Community

40:02 // Developing Skills and Getting the Job

48:51 // Finding Productivity

53:26 // Investing in Your Future

56:57 // Deciding to go Into Entrepreneurship

01:04:51 // Advice for Confidence Building

01:10:55 // Giving Back

01:13:37 // Talking Points - Shak - Growing Up

01:18:40 // Talking Points - Sarthak - Family Life

01:20:32 // Talking Points - Shannon - Big Picture

01:24:47 // Being Open About Mental Health

01:28:41 // Connections, Family and Canadian Work Culture

01:35:25 // The Olive and The Pit

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Welcome again to another installment of The Olive You Podcast! Today we're extending the olive branch to the dearest Melinda, who is a Geriatric Mental Health Clinician. She shares her story with us and the discussion delves deep into topics like Mental Health (obviously!), Motherhood, and work life balance. We hope you find the same value we did from this conversation, and of course we hope you enjoy!

Chapters:

00:00 // Introductions

04:57 // Work as A Geriatric Mental Health Clinician

15:43 // Frustrations of a Geriatric Mental Health Clinician

27:07 // Challenges With Poor Leadership

39:01 // Taking Care of Yourself And Listening to Your Own Advice

46:36 // Career Paths and Motherhood/Maternal Feelings

59:42 // The Tightrope of Maternal and Career Life

01:17:43 // Melinda's Original Career Vision

01:27:53 // Talking Points - Support

01:36:23 // The Olive and The Pit

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Welcome back! In this awesome episode of the Olive You Podcast, the olive branch is extended to a board member with OBM, Aleena, who is also a social worker. The girls delve into topics like mental health awareness, schizophrenia, and toxicity in the workplace. We hope you enjoy this discussion and find some value from it!

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In this episode of The Olive You Podcast, we extend the olive branch to an unexpected guest, Jeff Pimentel who is an End-Of-Life Doula and a Funeral Home Director. Shannon and Jeff have a focused conversation about Death, further building on one of Olive Branch Mentorship's primary objectives: getting comfortable talking about the uncomfortable. Its a conversation you don't want to miss, and we hope you enjoy and get some value from it!

Chapters:

00:00 // Introductions

03:37 // Meeting Over a Panic Attack

15:39 // Perspectives of an End-of-Life Dula

27:40 // Normalizing the Conversation Surrounding Death

33:48 // One of Shannon's Deepest Experiences With Loss

46:09 // Staying Alive in Spite of Quality of Life

54:02 // Advice for Having "The Conversation"

01:04:48 // Funerals for Victims of Homicide

01:10:24 // Leaving A Legacy

01:15:20 // Thoughts on the Afterlife

01:23:11 // Talking Points

01:32:49 // The Olive and the Pit

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Welcome back to the Olive You Podcast where in this Halloween themed episode, Shannon delves deep into the various healthcare horrors plaguing the Canadian Healthcare System. Equipped with her trusty friend, Chat GPT, Shannon discuss a wide range of healthcare nightmares from wounds, to racism. Buckle up and enjoy dear friends!

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In this special episode (they're all special) of The Olive You Podcast, a fellow OBM director extends the olive branch over to our CEO and host Shannon. Through a wide range of questions, they discuss Personal and Career successes, earned voices, work experience and healthcare at large. We hope you enjoy this one and be sure to leave us your thoughts down in the comments!

Chapters:

00:00 // Introductions

03:30 // Yash's First Question

17:08 // Why Healthcare?

23:21 // Realizing the Financial Possibilities of A Career in Healthcare

28:06 // Wrestling with Personal and Career Success

37:28 // Important Lessons, The Golden Handcuffs and Discipline

44:30 // Using Your Earned Voice

50:45 // Some More Questions from Yash - Experience, Perspective and Historical Events

58:18 // The Difficulties Faced By IEHPs

1:00:48 // How OBM Will Address a Major Problem With Our System

1:06:05 // Disconnecting Emotionally

1:11:39 // Yash's Final Question and Conclusions

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Welcome back to The Olive You Podcast, in this episode we extend the olive branch to Dr. Syed Hussain Fayaz, CEO/Founder of Oneness Education, and discuss a wide array of topics from leadership and mentorship to what it means to run and operate a non-profit company.

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Chapters:

00:00 // Introductions, The Importance/Significance of IEHPs

11:10 // Dr. Syed's Decision to Emigrate to Canada and The Challenges Faced by IEHPs

19:46 // The Challenges of Starting/Running a Non-Profit

34:20 // Helping Solve the Plight of IEHPs

41:19 // Finding Work-Life Balance for Gen Zs and Millenials

55:53 // OBM's Role in Paving the Way for a Better Future

1:12:40 // Community and Communication

1:22:05 // The Primary Barriers to the Success of IEHPs

1:33:54 // Conversations With Purpose

1:44:24 // Why a Podcast?

1:56:25 // The Olive and The Pit

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