Made For This
103 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 4 years ago - ★★★★ - 3 ratingsConversations with people discovering and doing what they're made for.
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How To: Crush Your Inner Critic (part 1)
February 05, 2019 12:00 - 30 minutes - 41.8 MBWhat does your inner critic sound like? Does it tell you you’re not smart enough to do this? Does is highlight the risk involved in everything? Does is compare you to others? Does is remind you of your failures? Whatever it is saying to you, we know that it’s holding you back from doing what you’re made for! Today’s conversation is hyper-focused, homing in on one pin point strategy that I think will bring immense value to you as you try to do the things you’re made to do in this life. ...
Evan is Made for Barbering
January 29, 2019 12:11 - 1 hour - 83.7 MBToday, I have a great opportunity to host a conversation with a good friend of mine, someone I’ve known for a long time and have been able to watch go through a long journey of discovery to the point he’s at now. I’ll be in the barber’s chair today, talking with Evan McGilvray, owner and operator of Burrow Barbering Co in Stouffville, Ontario. Evan is cutting hair, yes, with all the skills and talent you can imagine are necessary to go with that. But Burrow Barbering Co is about so much mor...
Andrea is Made to Be Courageous
January 22, 2019 12:00 - 53 minutes - 77.1 MBIs there anyone that could use a little bit more courage in their life? (hands up!) Andrea is living a courageous life, trying to put all the pieces together and do what she’s made for in this world. As the host of the CourageCast - a podcast you should download and subscribe to immediately - and a life coach empowering women to live courageously, she has put all she is learning to the test. if you are looking for a spark to ignite your courage today, listen in. If you are wondering what i...
Jordan is Made for Conversation
January 15, 2019 12:00 - 54 minutes - 75.6 MBJordan Berta, host of The Unspoken Conversation podcast, believes we need to be talking about Mental Health as much as we talk about Physical Health, and instead of waiting for someone else to start the conversation he got to work and created it. His main work in this world is giving a safe place and platform for voices to be heard that would otherwise stay silent. This episode is as much about opening up space for conversations about Mental Health as it is about Jordan discovering and doin...
How To: Make Goals That Tell A Better Story
January 08, 2019 12:00 - 31 minutes - 43.4 MBToday I’m giving you a proven process to work through so you can finally make goals for yourself that will make a difference, so you tell a better story. Storytelling is a marvelous thing, it’s what our society is built on and what drives our attention to buy, believe, and belong in this world. If you are making goals for yourself this year it is undoubtably so you can tell a better story about your life. So, when you’re making your goals why would you not do the work to better understand t...
BONUS: Reading More Than Ever
January 04, 2019 17:17 - 26 minutes - 36.6 MBSome tricks on how you can read more this year than ever before (based on what I did last year), my top five books that made a difference for me, and top five that will surely make a difference for you
How To: Discover Your Passions
January 01, 2019 12:03 - 38 minutes - 52.1 MBYour passions drive you forward. What have you loved through your story? You can’t just wait for passions to show up, you need to discover them and embrace them. The question is, do you know what your passions are? Today on the Made For This podcast we’re going to talk about discovering your passions and embracing them so you can plan your next step with clarity. We all look for something to drive us forward, something that matters enough to actually WANT to do it. If you're like a lot...
How To: Discover Your Skills
December 25, 2018 12:50 - 32 minutes - 47.8 MBToday on the Made For This podcast we’re going to talk about discovering your skills and give you some super practical steps to take, along with a brand new freebie download, to help with the process. We all wonder what sets us apart; what makes you different from the person next to you trying out for the same job, or raising a similar family, or living in the same neighbourhood, graduating from the same program? Your unique set of skills you have learned through your life will surely get ...
Adam is Made to Travel
December 18, 2018 12:30 - 48 minutes - 68.3 MBHe began this business on the couch with his laptop and it has now grown to a team of over 240 agents, with the goal of 500 in the near future and becoming the largest Disney travel agency in the US. Not too shabby. Many of us want to have a thriving business like TravelMation, but where do you begin? How do you start something like that? Where does that drive come from? How do you learn to manage a team that large? Adam brings us into his journey of discovery over 18 years in the local...
Cathryn is Made to Nurture
December 11, 2018 12:30 - 1 hour - 87.3 MBWhether you’re a stay-at-home parent, a child and youth worker, or are dealing with deep emotions of pain and grief in your world right now, you’re going to love Cathryn’s candid storytelling and invitation into the life of her family. Cathryn brings us through her journey of growing in empathy for others since she was in grade 1 living in Africa, to discovering the work she wants to bring to this world, to becoming a mom and adjusting life with all the challenges of work, home, and chronic ...
How To: Discover Your Strengths
December 04, 2018 12:46 - 39 minutes - 55.3 MBPart two in the discovery series is all about strength. One of the main questions I get asked in coaching is, “What do you think my strengths are?” If you are wondering this too - you’re excited to do what you’re made for but you don’t even know what areas your strongest in - this is going to be a great episode for you to dive into. -- This part in the discovery series has three main chapters to it: 1- intro to discovering your strengths, skills, and passions 2- helpful tools to discover y...
Daryl is Made for Board Games
November 27, 2018 12:07 - 50 minutes - 72.2 MBHave you ever wondered how a board game gets to the shelf? Where do all these obscure ideas come from and who turns them into the games we know and love to play with our families and friends? Daryl brings us into his story of discovering what he’s made for, shifting from Youth Ministry to pitching Board Game designs to starting his own Board Game Publishing company. More than that, Daryl also brings behind-the-scenes of what a Game goes through to get made and the vital importance of play t...
How To: Live Your Dream
November 20, 2018 12:04 - 33 minutes - 47.5 MBToday is a great day because today you could begin to live your dream life. While that may sound like rainbows and unicorn kinda language, I’m serious. Today on the Made For This podcast we’re going to talk about how to start living your dream.
Mike is Made to Brew
November 29, 2017 04:13 - 46 minutes - 43.3 MBOn this episode of Made For This, I talk with chef and aspiring brewmaster Mike Chowns. You might have a solid day job that is paying the bills and isn’t outside of your strengths, talents, and passions…but you know there is something else. Today with Mike Chowns, we explore the story of a man who found himself moving more and more into the where his passions were kindled, in the world of cooking. Now, he’s got bigger dreams and is ready to turn up the heat and get started! You are going ...
Hayley is Made to Build
November 19, 2017 16:51 - 42 minutes - 39.3 MBThis interview with Hayley was recorded back in October 2017, so her story has developed more thoroughly since this moment, but I hope Hayley inspires you to step into a new path, jumping hurdles and holding on to faith as you go. Plus, there is a can’t miss story of Hayley recently bumping into royalty somewhere in the middle of this. Her joy is infectious, her passion is palpable, and her humility is head-shakingly inspirational. But for Hayley, there is no doubt where these qualities come...
Kenny & Elle are Made to Make New Things
November 04, 2017 13:25 - 55 minutes - 27.3 MBThe Campbells are lifelong YouthWorkers and entrepreneurs who want to create things that help other people win. Right now they are focused on developing their own business called Stuff You Can Use which provides all kinds of helpful tools for Youth Pastors, but who knows what kind of products and toys they will come up with in the years to come. We have been internet friends for a few years now and any time we get talking we spend most of the time laughing, so buckle up for a long intro con...
Beneath the Surface
October 28, 2017 18:58 - 21 minutes - 9.94 MBIn the Bible, in the Gospel of Matthew there is a story Jesus tells about a sower - a farmer, scattering some seeds. This idea of the seed can be most helpful as we think about ourselves growing. As you try to learn, discover, explore and grow, ask yourself some questions: Is the environment I'm in encouraging this growth, or inhibiting it? Are the people I'm surrounded by helpful for this growth in my life? How deep have I gone/am I willing to go on this? And Finally, maybe all...
Dallas is Made for the Farm Life
October 21, 2017 14:56 - 53 minutes - 50.3 MBThey have never farmed before, always lived in the suburbs, and now its time for something different. After a few years of saying, “what if?” and going on a sailing adventure they are jumping into this new adventure to create a place where people can gather together to see what is means to have less stuff and schedule but experience more. Listen to this if you’re interested in decluttering your life, dealing with the fear and worry of moving into your dream, or if you’re wondering how family...
Creating Confidence
September 08, 2017 17:33 - 21 minutes - 10.1 MBIn this episode I unload a bunch of the questions I've had recently about confidence. What is it? How do we get it, build it, find it, lose it? I wonder if we don’t believe we’re doing the right thing because we’re looking for the right thing. Our confidence is shaky at best because we have expectations of what the final picture should be and if it’s not going to be that, then why even try? On this journey of discovering and doing what you're made for, maybe you simply need to trust y...
Bianca is Made for the Table
August 27, 2017 00:23 - 1 hour - 28.6 MBBianca is a Youth Worker with Light Patrol, a mobile outreach program which seeks to provide whole-person care to young people who find themselves homeless or street-involved in Toronto. She wants to be a consistent presence in their lives, going to places where Youth call home, street corners, city park, under bridges, Bianca and her team have seen the transformation possible as someone chooses to consistently show up in the life of a young person, wherever they are. This is a conversati...
Jared is Made to Tell Your Story
August 19, 2017 14:09 - 58 minutes - 27.1 MBJared finds the most amount of excitement and joy from being a ‘brand therapist’, helping people realize their business’ dreams and goals from deep in their soul. He is married to Alex, she is an incredible human, they have a cat and welcomed me into their home for this interview. As you engage with this conversation, listen for the movement of Jared discovering something unique about himself, and finding ways to turn that into something he can do to help others. Plus in the middle of the c...
Chaos & Order
August 14, 2017 13:19 - 33 minutes - 15.6 MBIs your life in chaos? Is it possible to find order within that? Is it possible, that even when we feel like life is formless and there is a massive void, we can create something of purpose and focus and order? I believe, as we share our stories and ask the right questions we can all begin to peel back the layers we’ve built up and find the core of our selves and then focus on doing that thing for the sake of others. The real art is in being able to find purpose within the chaos. It’s not...
Returning to What You Love
August 03, 2017 19:36 - 22 minutes - 11 MBFor most of us, the thing we’re made to do is already present in our life somewhere, we just need to give it the attention it requires. We’re relaunching this thing with an episode about returning to what you love!
Be Good Everybody
December 27, 2016 18:10 - 22 minutes - 10.8 MBSometimes, when I’m talking with people about what they’re made for I wonder what the conversation would have looked like 150 years ago. This forces me to go deeper than the surface level answers and understand who I’m made to be, beyond the situations I find myself in today. To discover and do what you’re made for you have to search. You have to sift through your story, your have to engage with your circumstances, you have to listen to others, but you have to get down to that thing a...
Sharing the Spotlight
December 21, 2016 06:59 - 40 minutes - 19 MBIs it possible that sharing the spotlight can actually help you in your journey? What if lifting others up was the key to discovering and doing what you’re made for? And more than that, what if it was the key to changing this world? If helping someone else on their journey makes such a big difference all around, why are we so hesitant to have that conversation or ask that question or offer a new opportunity or invite others into our lives? On this episode, Ben Bartosik and I (Alex Street)...
Brady is Made to Communicate With Confidence
December 14, 2016 05:40 - 40 minutes - 18.9 MBBrady Shearer is 25 years old and knows he has a lot still to learn and a whole story still ahead of him, but for now there is nothing he would rather be doing than running his business, ProChurchTools(.com). He has a deep passion for the local church and helping them communicate well. So, when his pastor gave him an opportunity to try something new, he picked up a camera and learned all he could about digital communication products and techniques. A few years later he’s got a growing busines...
Tiff & Dan are Made for Strength
December 07, 2016 06:14 - 51 minutes - 24.9 MBTiff and Dan know that making significant change takes time and a lot of hard work. Dan has been focused on fitness for 20 years, but still knows there is more that can be done. Tiff is just getting started on this journey and is beginning to see the potential within her. Together, they are taking the lessons they are learning and are finding ways to help others on the same rocky road. This conversation is all about the importance of taking care of your body, the value of seeing someone for w...
I'm Choosing to Fail
November 23, 2016 06:58 - 40 minutes - 19.2 MBFailure of course is part of any creative endeavor, whether that is starting a new project, or a new business, or even a new relationship - we all know that there will be points of failure along the way, yet, the fear of failing can cripple us from ever starting out. Maybe you have something you know you are supposed to be doing in your life, but the fear of failing keeps you from taking that first step. Or maybe you know someone else that has failed at something recently and they need yo...
Trev & Trin are Made to Worship
November 16, 2016 06:43 - 45 minutes - 20.8 MBHave you ever wondered what it’s like to record an album? How does one even come to the point of deciding it will be a good idea to begin a massive project like that? Trev & Trin give us an honest take on what the process was like for them, being in the studio for 18 hour days, recording the same track again and again. But the finished product is well worth the effort. Maybe you feel the same way, you’re stuck doing the same thing day after day and you would rather just quit. But, be enco...
Bruxy is Made to Bring People Together
November 02, 2016 04:49 - 39 minutes - 18.1 MBBruxy is the teaching pastor at the Meeting House in Oakville, Ontario. He is leading a movement in the Canadian Church and is loving every minute of it. Yet, what I love about this interview is his humility in the process, he’s simply been interested in taking the next step in front of him along the way. He takes what is given him and makes the most of it while he’s in it. Throughout this conversation we talk about Bruxy’s homelife, we dig into his current ministry and career as teaching ...
Sharing Your Dream
October 26, 2016 11:34 - 35 minutes - 16.9 MBEpisode 23 is all about Sharing Your Dream. Why do we have trouble sharing our dreams with others? What is keeping you back from talking about your ideas for your future? In this episode, Ben Bartosik and I discuss what could happen if you open up and reveal your ideas to some people you trust - doing so might just be the spark that begins to turn your dream into reality. We talk about Blair’s story from episode 2, we talk about the development of this podcast, we talk about sports, mus...
Blair is Made to Meet People Over Food
October 19, 2016 02:40 - 45 minutes - 21.9 MBWhat does it feel like to see a dream become reality? Blair is living the dream…slowly. Amazing things can happen when people come together around a great big idea. We’re all sitting here with dreams, ideas, hopes, plans for the future. Some os us are afraid to let those dreams get out into the open for fear the balloon might get popped. For Blair and his family, this journey of opening a small town bakery began when they took the step of connecting with another couple, that amaz...
Find Your Tribe
October 12, 2016 06:07 - 34 minutes - 22.5 MBEpisode 21 is all about Finding Your Tribe. You need people around you, you can’t do this alone, it is not good for you to be alone. And the good news is, there are people that want to be a part of your journey. they want to encourage you and challenge you, and help you discover and do what you’re made for.
Brendan is Made to Be Different
August 03, 2016 17:34 - 32 minutes - 45 MBBrendan Wilkinson is now 19 years old, he recently completed his first year at University at St.FX in Nova Scotia, and he is still trying to figure out what he’s made for. I love this conversation because it brings me back to when I was just finishing high school and all the questions of identity and the pressure of knowing what I’m going to do with my life…as much as you may not want to revisit those times, I invite you to listen because you will be pushed to make a tough decision today beca...
Made For This, Again
July 27, 2016 15:46 - 26 minutes - 36.4 MBThis week is based off a sermon I recently delivered at a church. The ideas are foundational for what we're doing with this podcast. This episode will truly help you lay out some groundwork as you try to discover and do what you're made for.
Stephanie is Made for Life Coaching
July 19, 2016 19:20 - 57 minutes - 77.5 MBStephanie Jackson and I talk about coaching. As you listen you will feel like you’re getting a free session with Stephanie. She outlines her method and asks some powerful questions to get you thinking about your values. Then, we talk about the key moments that lead someone to rethink they’re path completely. Stephanie’s story has elements of finding love, keeping secrets, doing what you enjoy, then finding a deeper purpose to attach that joy to. She is just starting out on a new venture ...
Why I'm Laughing
July 13, 2016 15:08 - 20 minutes - 28.3 MBLet's talk about laughter. Do you ever picture Jesus laughing? Do you think God knows your 'tickle spot'? Laughter is explosive, it comes unexpectedly, it changes the atmosphere in any space, it changes the chemistry in your body, it is the song we can all sing in worship to God. Laughter is contagious, whether you’re home putting the kids to bed or on stage teaching a crowd, laughter was invented by God and is the one thing we can all bring to this world to make a tangible difference. This i...
Dr. Jon is Made for Chiro
July 06, 2016 17:09 - 44 minutes - 60.4 MB“I’m way in the process, I’m deep in the process.” Dr. Jon Saunders is a Chiropractor, but he isn’t interested in a quick solution to the problems of life. His journey to where he is now has been a long, difficult, and exciting path of discovery and learning and leaping. Dr.Jon knew that he saw things a little differently than those around him as a teenager, but it didn’t become clear until university when he discovered he could match his values with a possible career. He believes that ...
Ivanna is Made to Care & Teach
June 29, 2016 17:55 - 51 minutes - 67.4 MB"I wanna pull out the gold in people that they don’t see about themselves.” I feel like Ivanna is one of ‘those people’ that could probably do anything if she decided to put all her efforts towards it. She is an incredibly hard worker, with one year left on her double major at Teacher’s College, and at the time of this interview was working part-time in Youth Ministry (which really means full-time). We talk about why she wants to be a teacher, or a youth pastor, and it all boils down to th...
What Do You Want?
June 22, 2016 08:05 - 30 minutes - 39.1 MBWe can spend all our lives focusing on the things we can do and get. We can be a firefighter, or an actor, or a teacher. We can get a house, some cars, and some great vacations. But none of that matters if we don't know what we want. We're not talking about wanting the new toy, but what is deep down inside you that you want beyond what you can see and touch. When you know what you want to do, you'll begin discovering what you're made to do. But that's not it. After you figure out what y...
Natalie is Made for Midwifery
June 15, 2016 07:08 - 51 minutes - 65.9 MBNatalie catches babies, she’s a midwife. This is the kind of conversation I imagined when we came up with this podcast, getting a glimpse into the lives of people that you typically don’t get to see beyond the work they do. Natalie is gracious with me as she lets me into her world, into her journey and her mind as she goes through the heroic daily grind of coming alongside women in their greatest time of need. Looking back, she sees themes in her life and can remember specific moments that...
Dwayne is Made to Inspire
June 08, 2016 16:40 - 43 minutes - 57.7 MB"People saw things in me that I don't think I would have ever seen in myself." Dwayne has been a Youth Pastor for over a decade. His natural ability to care for others led him down the path of ministry even though he went to school for Mechanical Engineering. Dwayne talks about his journey and his deep desire to inspire others the same way he has been inspired by those before him. "Age is not a limit of potential." If you are in Youth Ministry, this conversation will be a great reminder ...
It's About Time
June 01, 2016 06:17 - 25 minutes - 37.1 MBToday's episode is all about today. This moment carries an importance to it, a weight that we cannot ignore. How is it that we tell stories of summarizing the last 10 years in one sentence but can also talk about a single event for hours. Why do some moments fly by and others slow right down? What if it was possible to live in such a way that all of life slowed down so we could embrace the moment we are in.
Megan is Made to Photograph People
May 25, 2016 11:58 - 51 minutes - 67.6 MB"For the first time in my life I feel like I can say, I'm Megan and I'm a photographer." This is a story of starting out, Meg has a great story of inspiration and friendship and supportive family and discovering a dream then figuring out a way to make it reality in the midst of being a young family in ministry. If you feel like you don’t have enough experience or time or talent to start doing what you’re made for, this conversation will surely help you realize that none of that matters when ...
Bronwyn is Made to Dream Big
May 18, 2016 16:32 - 36 minutes - 47.4 MB"I'm living the dream, but I'm also dreaming of the future". This episode is unlike the others because I take some time to interview Bronwyn, my daughter (so fun!), AND I take some time to talk with you. The whole episode is talking around the idea of dreams: recognizing your dreams, living into those dreams, and realizing when you actually are living the dream.
Jordan is Made for Youth Work
May 11, 2016 08:29 - 50 minutes - 65 MBJordan is the president of Youth One, an organization in Lethbridge, Alberta helping Youth find a place to belong and be loved. He had a dream for a long time, and is now in the place of seeing his dream become reality before his very eyes! He shares the story of discovering what he’s most passionate about, developing a dream idea, and pulling other people in with him to the wild adventure of building YouthOne into a sustainable non-profit youth organization. If you have a dream to do som...
Let's See What You've Got
May 04, 2016 02:55 - 13 minutes - 16.9 MBWhen I was 17 I spoke in front of a crowd for the first time because someone gave me a chance. Some of the biggest moments and movements in our history happened because somebody was given a chance to succeed...or to fail. Today is a great day to take a chance, so let's see what you've got!
Meredith is Made to Paint, or maybe to be a Doctor?
April 26, 2016 12:56 - 38 minutes - 52.9 MBMeredith is made to be an artist...we think. She is such a wonderful conversationalist and talks about her life and the world around her in such a beautiful way. I feel like this episode is a gift to you, like you didn't really know what to expect so when you open it up you're completely surprised with how much you enjoy what's inside. She shares about her journey from healthcare to the arts, and is authentically eloquent in how she describes the in-between stage she is in right now.
Get Back in the Game
April 19, 2016 12:49 - 18 minutes - 24.5 MBSome stories about Peter, Jesus, me, and a few friends that lived through moments of doing something, then stepping away from it, then getting back into it again. Maybe, this could be a key in figuring out what they're made for.
Jesse is Made to Transform His City
April 12, 2016 16:10 - 42 minutes - 58.9 MBJesse works with Youth Unlimited, a not-for-profit organization, in which he is helping lead a revolution in his community. Amazingly enough, he believes that revolution will begin with youth! Jesse knows a lot about his community, the culture around him, and I learned a lot from him about what it means to be called to serve the people around you.