In this powerful and deeply personal episode, Cheryl Hickey, the former co-host of Entertainment Tonight Canada, takes us beyond red carpets and celebrity interviews to her journey from a small town to the national spotlight. Cheryl shares stories of rejection, health scares, grief, personal transformation, and her reflections on motherhood. We learn the price you pay to be in the public eye, what happens when a show that you have known for 18 years gets cancelled and what it takes to focus on entertaining what's next.

Bridge Over Troubled Waters: Taylor Cavanaugh’s Journey from Demons to Desire

Some fall and stay broken. Others build a bridge and rise.

Taylor Cavanaugh was a gifted student and elite athlete—but he was also a restless spirit chasing chaos. His journey spirals through addiction, jail, bar fights, and breakdowns. Then, somehow, a way through. He claws his way into the Navy SEALs. Falls again. Reinvents himself through one of the most brutal gauntlets on earth: the French Foreign Legion.

In this powerful episode of Chatter That Matters, Taylor shares how he battled his demons, confronted his darkest truths, and rebuilt himself through pain, purpose, and discipline. He speaks candidly about finding meaning not in titles, but in habits. Not in pleasure, but in purpose.

Taylor’s story is a reminder that no matter how deep the water, you can build a bridge—and cross it.

What if the moment that saves your life isn’t a miracle, or even counselling but a word, scribbled on a napkin? Steve Hershberger had lived a life built on his father’s expectations, chasing achievement like a moth to a flame, versus his artistic passions. But after two decades of following someone else’s blueprint, the façade cracked. His physical and mental health collapsed. He stood at a breaking point—until a friend’s intervention, and a single word on a napkin, cracked open a new path forward.

But life wasn’t done testing him. Just as Steve found his footing, life blindsided him again. A brutal cycling accident left him in the hands of a trauma team, hovering near death. In this episode of Chatter That Matters, we trace the route from accepting pain to chasing purpose, and how a man known for racing ahead finally learned to slow down and confront the truth. This is a story of grit, grace, and the quiet power of a single word.

If you’ve ever questioned your path, worth, or where you are, this show will inspire you to believe in yourself.