
"Take massive imperfect action every day," with non-profit founder and multipreneur Tamara Doerksen
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Episode · 1 Play · 47:56 · Dec 7, 2022
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This week’s guest is Tamara Doerksen, multi-preneur, published author, yoga and meditation and mindfulness teacher, and a career transition and entrepreneur coach. She’s also the founder of the non-profit organization, Lonny’s Smile.I chatted with Tamara from her home in Toronto, Canada. She started her career at a global consulting company where she spent 25 years. Around 2010, an initiative of the company around community contribution and responsibility, along with some personal circumstances with ailing parents, set Tamara off on her path to founding her own non-profit. You’ll hear the entire story around Lonny’s Smile which helps kids with congenital heart defects including the absolute synergy that led to choosing Camp OKI, the benefactor of the non-profit.Through her work with Great Big Sea’s Murray Foster, Tamara ended up working in film production and then collaborating with Darren Portelli at Crazy D’s Prebiotic Sparkling Sodas. In talking through Tamara’s career transitions, we delve into having faith in oneself, transferable skills and our abilities to pursue various occupations within our careers. Tamara uses yoga and meditation to ground herself and give her space. And, she is certified to teach both! Some just practiced these things during the pandemic, others like Tamara got certified!Main topics:Having multiple facets to your careerProcessing grief over timeNon-profit work and founding a non-profitYoga and mindfulness practicesSaying “yes” and pursuing what you loveNote from Rabiah (Host): I have had a chance to speak with quite a few people and sometimes I have a different connection with them. In this case, Tamara and I both lost a sibling though at very different times in our lives under different circumstances. (TW: we talk about the death of a sibling.) Her honouring her brother through a non-profit organization is something I really wanted to chat with her about and then we had a lot more to talk about too! Enjoy! +++++ Find TamaraTamara’s Website: https://www.tamaradoerksen.com/Twitter: https://twitter.com/tdoerksen Insight Timer: https://insighttimer.com/tamaradoerksen Lonny’s Smile Website: https://lonnyssmile.org/ Lonny’s Smile Twitter: https://twitter.com/lonnyssmile Lonny’s Smile Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lonnyssmileLonny’s Smile Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lonnys.smile/  +++++ Mentioned in this episode:Murray Foster: http://www.murrayfoster.ca/about/ Darren Portelli: https://twitter.com/darrenportelli City of Toronto: https://www.toronto.ca/ Salvation Army Canada: https://salvationarmy.ca/ Paul Newman - Hole in the Wall Gang: <a href="https://www.holeinthewallgang.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer"...
47m 56s · Dec 7, 2022
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