Deborah Hayward is a mother and grandmother from Kitamaat Village, B.C. who is sharing her story of growing up in a small fishing village surrounded by family and a close-knit community until the day she was suddenly forced to attend a residential school as a teenager. 

As her life memories resurface, Deborah shares them during daily posts to her 20+ thousand followers on the wildly popular social media platform, TikTok.

My goal was to give Deborah the opportunity to tell her story in a longer form.

We talk about the day she was forced to leave her home, how the separation of her siblings affected her family, then and now, and how she's reclaiming and restoring her native culture on her own timetable and in her own way.

• Follow Deborah's journey on TikTok
• Haisla language website
• Explore Kitamaat Village, B.C.
• I love that Deborah inspired her son, Harry, to start his own TikTok account to share his art!

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In addition to her developing skills as a medium, Stephanie is a gifted reiki practitioner and teacher, an akashic records reader and a budding mentor and coach. 

She's also building her business and her brand largely on her own. 

• reiki (distance and in-person)
• akasha
• energy clearing
• talking to dead people
• website design and functionality
• social media
• podcasting
• mentorship/teaching

Anna Harrison has always had an interest in languages, travel and impact. She leveraged her International Studies degree, global ancestry, unique service and travel expertise into a variety of interesting positions after she graduated from college. Now Anna takes advantage of technology to design and deliver customized travel itineraries for clients all over the world.

In this episode, Anna describes her interesting background, how she curates and tailors memorable and meaningful trips for her clients, her business model focused on relationships and customer service and much more. We also talk a little bit about why she served a year in Americorp before applying to the Peace Corps, the benefits of those options and how they changed the trajectory and focus of her career.

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Anna's extensive travel experience, language proficiency, administrative and organizational skills combine perfectly to distinguish her from the typical travel agent. 

• research skills for hard-to-discover opportunities around the world.
• Instagram
• Twitter
• negotiation
• mentorship
• teaching
• marketing
• travel savvy

• Check out Anna's stunning website: Travel Observations
• Anna's Instagram, ​and Twitter.

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Jocelyn Paonita Pearson founded The Scholarship System to share her own experience of graduating from college with ZERO student loans.

When college looked unaffordable for Jocelyn, she sprang into action and secured over $126,000 in college scholarships, even receiving an overage check for expenses. It wasn't an easy process, however. It took her years to figure out exactly what to do to be selected for scholarships.

Now she helps families learn how they can do the same by teaching them her 6-step System. Jocelyn is from Charleston, South Carolina, where she lives with her husband, Donny, and their pleasantly plump dog named Jaffe.

I was fascinated about how she made the jump to turn this unique experience into a thriving business.

Admittedly, this discussion wasn't focused as much on skills as it was on how Jocelyn turner her unique experience into a business that could help solve a monumental problem. Her system helps students develop a mindset and commitment to go to college debt free. 

• recognizing that when people are asking the same question and you're giving the same answer-you might have a business
• writing before work
• figuring out how to self-publish an ebook to share her system
• validation of an idea
• persistence 
• basic use of digital tools that were available at the time
• willingness to test ideas

• The Scholarship System website.
• Check out the Scholarship System ebook-it's a valuable resource.
• The Ultimate College Cost Calculator + Comparison Workbook (I have used other calculators before but none like this.
• The Scholarship Annual Scholarship Opportunity (for members and non-members)
• Jocelyn's Facebook and Twitter. Find her on Pinterest at "The Scholarship System"

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