Hammock Stories

On this episode, we invited Nate Gerber, a seeker and lover of life onto the hammock. He’s an expert in creating spaces for others to be alive, without fear of judgement. Nate shares his story of how he finds worth by getting into the moment of now. Outside of dancing, playing, and being, Nate is also a design strategist helping organizations large and small through their own jou

After a COVID-19 pause, we're back with our eleventh episode with an incredible multidisciplinary coach who helps people connect to their inner selves. Tiana shares her personal story of how she's used awareness and intuition to shape her identity and shift in her career. Currently, Tiana works as a career placement advisor at Humber College and helps bridges for people to uncover

In our TENTH episode, we meet an emerging dance, choreographer and music artist name Sophie Dow and learn about her life-long relationship with music, busking and adventures into the unknown. Not even three concussions could dampen her creative spirit as it gave her a PhD in Patience over the past two years.She holds a degree in Dance Performance and Choreography from York Universi

In this episode, we meet Gabrielle Messier in the hammock. Currently she’s the creator of podcast called Young Queer, Sick inspired by her own lived experience of wanting to better the quality of life for the disabled, chronically ill queer individuals and bettering the communication with the medical establishment. Gabi shares her story of living with an unknown diagnosis, losing

In this episode, we hear from our co-host, Thu Nguyen. She speaks about her journey which shifted from achievement in Silicon Valley to hosting community events in Toronto that amplify kindness, generosity and connection. She is currently building an inner transformation coaching practice where clients start the engagement with a conversation on a hammock.Hammock Stories are told b

To start our second season, we hear from our very own co-host, Chenny Little and her experiments in slowing down. Chenny helps people access their authenticity in so many beautiful ways. She is the co-founder of Gotcare, a social venture that provides community-based healthcare to Canadians and from time to time she teaches empathy at the Canadian Forces CollegeHammock Stories are

Zach Olesinski is a talented Japanese Acupuncture in Vancouver, BC at Qi Integrated Health.In this episode, Zach gives us a glimpse of his spirit of adventure, search for a simpler way of life and connection to nature. A major jury in rural Vietnam helped lead him to healing himself and others with his hands.Hammock Stories shines a light on everyday heroes who get comfortable on a

Riley Mackenzie is a photographer, actress, artist in Toronto and shows up in the world with lightness, gentle grace and wisdom beyond her years. Seven years ago when she was a teenager, her single mom died of cancer suddenly and her stories of grief, resilience, resourcefulness is awe-inspiring. Hammock Stories shines a light on everyday heroes who get comfortable on a hammock and

In this week's episode of Hammock Stories, we welcome Alex Oosterveen, co-founder and CEO of Caribou, a home care technology startup. From this episode, you’ll get to hear his story of adaptivity and resilience - from a childhood travelling around the world to being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. He’s an expert on reframing life-changing challenges to life-changing opportun

In this episode of Hammock Stories, Chenny and Thu invited an everyday hero, Sienna Che to join us on the hammock. Sienna is a gifted young singer-songwriter, community leader and trained in martial arts (amongst many other super powers). She's an incredibly generous human being involved in communities in Toronto like RISE Edutainment, Karma Kitchen in Moss Park, Building Roots and