Discover how silence costs more than we realize, and how stepping into courageous, compassionate conversation can restore trust, connection, and legacy in leadership, family, and life. Through heartfelt dialogue, this episode explores the hidden emotional toll of unspoken words - the missed opportunities for healing, understanding, and growth. Carolyn and Elizabeth reveal how silence, while sometimes a space for reflection, can also become a barrier that breeds fear, distance, and disconnection when left unchecked. Together, they uncover how intentional truth-telling, listening with empathy, and mastering the pause can transform relationships, strengthen families, and reawaken the kind of leadership that heals from the heart.

What You’ll Hear:

• How silence creates disconnection in our homes, workplaces, and hearts, and why bravery in communication is the antidote.
• Elizabeth’s journey from educator to communication mentor, turning pain into purpose.
• The "collective PhD in avoidance" and how to unlearn it through invitation-based dialogue.
• The 5 strategies of dedicated listening for parents, teams, and leaders.
• Practical rituals and mantras to enter difficult conversations with courage and respect.
• The ripple effects of open-hearted communication, healing families, strengthening workplaces, and creating legacy.
• A call to all leaders and parents: choose love, truth, and dialogue over silence.

Resources Mentioned

www.theinspiredconnection.ca/21days - Carolyn’s 21-Day Sacred Insight Journey

www.courageousnetwork.com - Elizabeth’s site and "Five Strategies of Dedicated Listening" guide (for families & workplaces)

Featured Guest: Elizabeth Bennett

Elizabeth transforms communication challenges into opportunities for growth. As Founder of Courageous Network Inc., she equips leaders, teams, families, and youth to build trust, collaboration, and meaningful relationships. Through open, honest dialogue, she inspires change and empowers others to step into conversations with courage—using words that heal, not hurt.

Follow Elizabeth Bennett:

• Website: www.courageousnetwork.com
• Facebook: http://facebook.com/CourageousNetwork
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elizabeth-bennett-942a862b/

Meet the Host: Carolyn Cooper

Carolyn Cooper is the visionary guide behind the AIM High System and Love Inspired Leadership Podcast. With four decades of expertise, she empowers leaders and visionaries to boldly unleash their authentic power. Her work ignites transformation, guiding others to let love lead, honour their truth, and create legacies with energy, purpose, and unapologetic courage. Choose love. Embrace the power of possibility.

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Website: https://www.theinspiredconnection.ca/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/inspiredconnectioninc/

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What if your body is holding onto the stories your mind has forgotten? In this empowering episode, Haleh Houshim, Healthspan Coach, two‑time bestselling author, and radiant leader of holistic wellness, shares her remarkable journey from being bedridden to becoming a beacon of vitality. Through vulnerability, science, and spirit, Haleh shows us how self‑love and conscious healing open the path to limitless energy, deep purpose, and courageous living.

What You’ll Hear:

• Haleh’s personal story of healing from chronic illness, trauma, and emotional burnout and how she reclaimed her power without medication at 56
• The decisive moment she stopped living in survival and stepped into self‑belief and higher awareness
• How silence, stillness, and “space for grace” ignite inner wisdom and create transformation
• Why health is a mirror of love and how compassion toward self heals more than the body
• The link between emotional pain and physical symptoms, “Your issues are in your tissues,” and how to release them through awareness and intention
• Simple daily rituals for building vitality, resetting energy, and nurturing alignment
• The invitation for leaders to receive more so they can give more from a place of wholeness

Resources Mentioned

• Carolyn’s 21-Day Above the Line Living Gift: **https://www.theinspiredconnection.ca/21days**

Featured Guest: Haleh Houshim

Haleh Houshim is a visionary Healthspan Coach and two‑time bestselling author whose mission is to help humanity live with vitality, purpose, and love. She overcame domestic violence and illness that left her bedridden, reclaiming her health through self‑love, nutrition, movement, and energy alignment. Her transformative work bridges science and spirituality, guiding clients to longer, more joyful, meaningful lives.

Follow Haleh Houshim:

Website: https://healthspanwithhaleh.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HealthspanwithHaleh

Instagram: https://www.linkedin.com/in/healthspanwithhaleh

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/healthspanwithhaleh

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@HealthspanwithHaleh?sub_confirmation=1

Meet the Host: Carolyn Cooper

Carolyn Cooper is the visionary guide behind the AIM High System and Love Inspired Leadership Podcast. With four decades of expertise, she empowers leaders and visionaries to boldly unleash their authentic power. Her work ignites transformation, guiding others to let love lead, honour their truth, and create legacies with energy, purpose, and unapologetic courage. Choose love. Embrace the power of possibility.

Connect with the Host:

Website: https://www.theinspiredconnection.ca/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/inspiredconnectioninc/

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What happens when a powerhouse government leader turns healer? Jean Border, intuitive energy expert and mentor, shares her bold journey from migraines and burnout to holistic healing—helping business owners release what no longer serves, reclaim their energy, and create thriving lives with soul. If you've longed for clarity, courage, or a practical path to transformation, this episode is your invitation.

What You’ll Hear:

• Jean’s remarkable leap from 36 years of federal leadership into intuitive healing and entrepreneurship
• How healing began with her quest to end chronic migraines and reclaim vitality—when medicine couldn’t help
• The pivotal choice to let go, honor family, and step into the unknown, forging a purpose-driven new career
• The “3 A Step” process: Awareness, Awesome Focus, and Strategic Action—and how it sparks rapid personal and business breakthroughs
• Honest conversation about honoring energy, letting go of old stories, and the courage to begin again
• Insightful stories on building a life and business aligned with the heart, and the rituals that help leaders and business owners rise
• Jean’s practical tips: muscle testing for subconscious beliefs, clarity rituals, and not traveling the growth path alone
• The power of legacy: guiding clients to reclaim their power, make conscious choices, and live and lead with freedom

Resources Mentioned

Carolyn’s 21-Day Above the Line Living Gift: https://www.theinspiredconnection.ca/21days

Jean’s Free Muscle Testing Guide: https://jeanborder.com/muscle

Featured Guest: Jean Border

Jean Border is an intuitive, holistic healer, coach, mentor, author, speaker, and popular podcaster. She specializes in helping business owners and healers shed emotional baggage and harness energy work for true transformation, using her unique 3-A Step Process (Awareness, Awesome Focus, Strategic Action). Jean’s personal journey from migraine sufferer to energetic entrepreneur fuels her passion for supporting others on their path to vitality and empowered living.

Follow Jean Border:

Website: https://jeanborder.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JeanBorderHealing/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jean-border-4075bb8/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jeanborder.energy/

Meet the Host: Carolyn Cooper

Carolyn Cooper is the visionary guide behind the AIM High System and Love Inspired Leadership Podcast. With four decades of expertise, she empowers leaders and visionaries to boldly unleash their authentic power. Her work ignites transformation, guiding others to let love lead, honour their truth, and create legacies with energy, purpose, and unapologetic courage. Choose love. Embrace the power of possibility.

Connect with the Host:

Website: https://www.theinspiredconnection.ca/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/inspiredconnectioninc/

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