My first guest is 42-year-old Ivan Mishchenko, a Supreme Court judge of the Commercial Cassation Court in the capital of Ukraine. When Russia launched its full-scale invasion of the country, he exchanged his judicial robes for camouflage and joined the infantry.

Photo of Judge Mischenko in combat fatigues and walking away from a blown-up tank is courtesy of Ivan Mishchenko.

Even after the sexual abuse, harassment and a successful class action lawsuit, RCMP Constable Agata Purcell stuck with the Mounties for 15 years. That is, until they targeted her therapeutic side hustle of flower-arranging. Tune in to hear her story and the catalyst that prompted her to take a beautiful new path.

Photo is courtesy of Agata Purcell, it features a close-up of an open purplish-green Helleborus blossom.

The Children’s Aid Society of Toronto asks visitors to their web site, “Do you have room in your heart for one more?” Ten years ago, Julie Bays and Adam Growe, along with their three children, answered that question with a huge YES! Since then, the family has loved, cared for and said goodbye to seven children who arrived in their home as newborns.

Photo is courtesy of Adam Growe and Julie Bays. It shows the couple posed together in front of a wall of greenery.

Meet Marjorie Malpass, founder and CEO of Nerve Strategic in Toronto. She and her seven associates focus on building business presence. The business is a success and it was the result of a Catalyst that Marjorie fondly calls, “an act of desperation.”

Photo of Marjorie Malpass by Jackie Brown. The photo shows Marjorie smiling and looking off-camera in a black polka-dotted copper-coloured dress.