You arrive with experience, degrees, confidence, a version of yourself that made sense somewhere else… and suddenly, none of it seems to translate the same way.

In this episode of Le Goûter, Sarah and Natalia talk about what it really feels like to start over in a new country, from rebuilding careers and taking jobs they never imagined doing, to navigating a culture that doesn’t immediately recognize who they are or what they’ve done before.

We talk about “Canadian experience,” losing professional identity, financial reality, language barriers, confidence, and the quiet emotional weight of having to prove yourself all over again.

Not dramatically, just slowly, day after day.

A conversation about immigration, adaptation, ambition, and the strange feeling of knowing exactly who you are… while the world around you doesn’t yet see it.

☕ Le Goûter is a conversation series about identity, ambition, and the parts of life we don’t always say out loud.

Motherhood is beautiful.But it can also be confusing, overwhelming, and deeply personal in ways no one prepares you for.In this episode of Le Goûter, Ally sits down with Karen Hoyem and Nilakshi Roy to talk about the part of motherhood we don’t always say out loud:

• Losing parts of yourself
• Feeling disconnected from who you used to be
• Navigating identity, expectations, and guilt
• Trying to find your way back… while still showing up every day

Karen shares her experience as a mom who moved across the world for love and found her place in Vancouver. Nilakshi opens up about motherhood, identity, and the quiet emotional shifts that come with building a life for others while trying not to lose yourself.This is not a “perfect motherhood” conversation.It’s a real one.

If you’ve ever felt this and didn’t know how to say it… this episode is for you.

Am I too old for a dream life?

If you’ve ever Googled that at 11:47pm… this conversation is for you.

In Episode 2 of Le Goûter, I sit down with Emma and Helen, two women who completely reinvented their lives in midlife.

One walked away from her marriage, corporate career, antidepressants, and financial security at 45. The other pivoted her entire business at nearly 60, started a publishing company from scratch, and built it into a global platform.No motivational fluff.

No “just manifest it” energy. Just honest conversations about:

• Identity loss

• Imposter syndrome

• Leaving safety behind

• Starting over during COVID

• Marriage, independence & unconventional choices

• Fear of looking stupid

• Financial anxiety

• Finding passion later in life

• What success really means

This episode is raw, vulnerable, practical and surprisingly hopeful.If you’ve ever felt:

– “I should be further by now.”

– “Did I miss my chance?”

– “Is it too late to pivot?”

The answer might not be what you expect.☕ This is Le Goûter: tea time, but bolder.

Filmed live in Vancouver in front of a small audience.

What happens when your job becomes more than your job?

When it becomes who you are, how you introduce yourself, how you measure your worth, and then one day, it’s no longer there, or no longer enough.

In this first episode of Le Goûter (pronounced goo-TAY, like “hooray”), I sit down with Teri and Alicia for an honest, unfiltered conversation about work, identity, ambition, burnout, and the quiet pressure to always be “something” in a world that rewards productivity over presence.

We talk about building a life around a career, getting addicted to feedback, losing yourself inside a role, and the uncomfortable question that follows: Who am I if I stop doing this?
Not as a crisis headline, but as a real, lived experience many professionals go through without language for it.

This conversation isn’t about quitting your job or finding a perfect next step. It’s about what happens internally when the structure you relied on starts to crack. About grief, ego, reinvention, and the strange mix of fear and relief that comes with slowing down or starting over.

Le Goûter is a live conversation series filmed in front of an audience. Think tea time, but bolder. A space for thoughtful, grounded discussions about modern work, identity, leadership, and the transitions we don’t talk about enough.

If you’ve ever:

• tied your self-worth to your work
• felt lost when a role ended or changed
• wondered who you are outside your title
• felt successful but strangely empty
• or struggled with burnout in silence

this episode is for you.

New episodes will continue to explore work, ambition, identity, leadership, and the cultural shifts reshaping how we live and work, with people who’ve lived it, not just studied it.

Thank you for listening, sharing, and being part of this conversation.