Thinkspace Podcast

Feeling the weight of being the only woman of colour in the room?

Aneka Gets Real About:

• What a DEI hire is
• How she navigated leadership in her early career
• What it means to meaningfully include women in the conversation
• Her approach to building a women-lead law firm
• Working with her husband as a mother
• Parental roles and boundaries
• The power of having a book of work
• Opportunities that lead to real confidence in the work place
  
  

  & so much more!

  
  

  If you love themes of personal development, mindset, navigating ambition, self love, endurance and entrepreneurship then this podcast is for you.

  
  

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  THE THINKSPACE PODCAST IS PRODUCED BY SELF HIRED.

  
  

  The thinkspace podcast is a home for the passionately curious. I’m your host Summan Kandola & We aim to dig deep and learn as much as possible by connecting the right questions with the right people. We bring in some of the best minds from around the world, regardless of their industry, to gain wisdom and value from their stories and experiences.

  
  

  CONNECT FURTHER:

  
  

  Summan: https://instagram.com/iamsummankandola/ 

  Self Hired: https://instagram.com/selfhired/

  
  

  SUPPORT THE SHOW:

  
  

  Please Subscribe, Rate, and Review over on Apple Podcasts to help support the show! Share to your IG stories & send this to a friend, it’s one of the best ways to go deep with someone you love. As always if you have some thoughts, leave us a review and take the conversation to the next level by DMing me on instagram @iamsummankandola + @selfhired. 

  
  

  Thank YOU for supporting thinkspace, I love & appreciate you!

What happens when you are performing your life?

On this episode of the thinkspace podcast, your host Summan Kandola chats through the real experience of high-functioning burnout and how she’s working through it.

Summan gets real about:

• Questions to ask yourself before consuming content
• What is / is not high-functioning burnout
• How to fuel your spirit
• The difference between performance and capacity
• How burnout shows up in your day to day life
• The power of boredom
• What’s the cost of your wellbeing?
• Building a foundation for truth

 

& so much more!

 

If you love themes of personal development, mindset, navigating ambition, self love, endurance and entrepreneurship then this podcast is for you.

 

📹WATCH FULL EPISODES ON YOUTUBE

🎧LISTEN ON SPOTIFY

🎧LISTEN ON APPLE PODCASTS

 

THE THINKSPACE PODCAST IS PRODUCED BY SELF HIRED.

 

The thinkspace podcast is a home for the passionately curious. I’m your host Summan Kandola & We aim to dig deep and learn as much as possible by connecting the right questions with the right people. We bring in some of the best minds from around the world, regardless of their industry, to gain wisdom and value from their stories and experiences.

 

CONNECT FURTHER:

 

Summan: https://instagram.com/iamsummankandola/ 

Self Hired: https://instagram.com/selfhired/

 

SUPPORT THE SHOW:

 

Please Subscribe, Rate, and Review over on Apple Podcasts to help support the show! Share to your IG stories & send this to a friend, it’s one of the best ways to go deep with someone you love. As always if you have some thoughts, leave us a review and take the conversation to the next level by DMing me on instagram @iamsummankandola + @selfhired. 

Thank YOU for supporting thinkspace, I love & appreciate you!

 

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👉🏼Zach Berman On Longevity In Business, Pivoting & Having A Sales Mindset 🔥

In this episode, @iamsummankandola sits down with Zach co-founder of @juicetruck, Canada’s first Cold Pressed Juice bar 🧃

 In 2011, Zach and his business partner Ryan Slater launched Canada’s first Cold Pressed Juice bar out of a Food Truck at Water & Abbott in Gastown.

The Juice Truck has opened and closed cafes, and experienced many pivots throughout its journey, eventually finding its current North Star - Wholesale. The Juice Truck has 4 cafes and sells to over 500 cafes, grocery stores, markets and restaurants throughout BC.

🎙️Zach gets real about:

👉🏼Consuming less content and getting creating

👉🏼Pivoting in business again and again

👉🏼What it takes to have a long-term business partnership

👉🏼Looking at your business differently when the world pivots

👉🏼How his perspective shifted on faith & religion 

👉🏼The mindset required to be successful in sales

👉🏼What sales teaches you about life

👉🏼How to gamify the process of business

👉🏼How getting “no” always leads you closer to a “yes”

 

& so much more! If you love themes of personal development, mindset, navigating ambition, self love, endurance and entrepreneurship then this podcast is for you 🫶🏼

 

Thinkspace is produced by @selfhired

This episode is available on all platforms.

What does wellness look like when you’re the instructor? What does Identity mean to you when you no longer do what you’ve done?

This week on the thinkspace Podcast Summan sits down with Pei Chai - Pei is a movement teacher, yoga teacher, sound healer, and the founder of Immerse Retreats.

Her work is rooted in the belief that true well-being begins by reconnecting with ourselves—through movement, stillness, breath, and sound. Through her retreats, classes, and workshops, Pei inspires others to slow down, cultivate balance, and live with greater intention.

Pei gets real about:

• The wellness industry in Vancouver
• Finding herself after heartbreak and hardship
• The power of movement
• Why we need both activating and resting activities for wellbeing
• Integrity behind the mic (all instructors should have!)
• What retirement looks like six months in
• How she made one of the hardest decisions of her wellness journey
• Identity after pivoting and letting go

& so much more!

If you love themes of personal development, mindset, navigating ambition, self love, endurance and entrepreneurship then this podcast is for you.

📹WATCH FULL EPISODES ON YOUTUBE

🎧LISTEN ON SPOTIFY

🎧LISTEN ON APPLE PODCASTS

 

THE THINKSPACE PODCAST IS PRODUCED BY SELF HIRED.

The thinkspace podcast is a home for the passionately curious. I’m your host Summan Kandola & We aim to dig deep and learn as much as possible by connecting the right questions with the right people. We bring in some of the best minds from around the world, regardless of their industry, to gain wisdom and value from their stories and experiences.

 

CONNECT FURTHER:

 

Summan: https://instagram.com/iamsummankandola/ 

Self Hired: https://instagram.com/selfhired/

 

SUPPORT THE SHOW:

 

Please Subscribe, Rate, and Review over on Apple Podcasts to help support the show! Share to your IG stories & send this to a friend, it’s one of the best ways to go deep with someone you love. As always if you have some thoughts, leave us a review and take the conversation to the next level by DMing me on instagram @iamsummankandola + @selfhired. 

 

Thank YOU for supporting thinkspace, I love & appreciate you!

What if getting “No” gets you closer to your next “YES”?

This week on the thinkspace Podcast Summan sits down with Zach Berman - Zach Berman is the co-founder of The Juice Truck. In 2011, Zach and his business partner Ryan Slater launched Canada’s first Cold Pressed Juice bar out of a Food Truck at Water & Abbott in Gastown.

The Juice Truck has opened and closed cafes, and experienced many pivots throughout its journey, eventually finding its current North Star - Wholesale. The Juice Truck has 4 cafes and sells to over 500 cafes, grocery stores, markets and restaurants throughout BC.

Zach gets real about:

• Consuming less content and getting creating
• Pivoting in business again and again
• What it takes to have a long-term business partnership
• Looking at your business differently when the world pivots
• How his perspective shifted on faith & religion 
• The mindset required to be successful in sales
• What sales teaches you about life
• How to gamify the process of business
• How getting “no” always leads you closer to a “yes”

 

& so much more!

 

If you love themes of personal development, mindset, navigating ambition, self love, endurance and entrepreneurship then this podcast is for you.

 

📹WATCH FULL EPISODES ON YOUTUBE

🎧LISTEN ON SPOTIFY

🎧LISTEN ON APPLE PODCASTS

 

THE THINKSPACE PODCAST IS PRODUCED BY SELF HIRED.

 

The thinkspace podcast is a home for the passionately curious. I’m your host Summan Kandola & We aim to dig deep and learn as much as possible by connecting the right questions with the right people. We bring in some of the best minds from around the world, regardless of their industry, to gain wisdom and value from their stories and experiences.

 

CONNECT FURTHER:

 

Summan: https://instagram.com/iamsummankandola/ 

Self Hired: https://instagram.com/selfhired/

 

SUPPORT THE SHOW:

 

Please Subscribe, Rate, and Review over on Apple Podcasts to help support the show! Share to your IG stories & send this to a friend, it’s one of the best ways to go deep with someone you love. As always if you have some thoughts, leave us a review and take the conversation to the next level by DMing me on instagram @iamsummankandola + @selfhired. 

 

Thank YOU for supporting thinkspace, I love & appreciate you!

 

How do you slow down when you’re burnt out, going to the hospital but crushing your business goals?

Celine Bacani is a dynamic Vancouver based entrepreneur who has turned her enterprising spirit into meaningful community success. 

As the co-owner of the celebrated and expanding Lee’s Donuts, she's helped transform a modest mom-and-pop shop into one of British Columbia’s most iconic brands. 

Celine gets real about:

— What mentorship really means and how to find a mentor everywhere you go

— What it takes to be a powerful leader (personally and as a parent)

— Building a healthy relationship with your body

— Navigating through cultural leadership

— Navigating community and collective tragedy with resilience

— Entrepreneurship, motherhood, and balancing both

— Finding your anchor audience and why it matters for business growth

— How Gen Alpha is navigating the world differently than Millennials

— Why perfectionism is one of the biggest catalysts and threats to success

— The power of leverage in business and life

— Recognizing the signs of career burnout before it's too late

— How to confidently ask for mentorship and open new opportunities

 

& so much more!

 

If you love themes of personal development, mindset, navigating ambition, self love, endurance and entrepreneurship then this podcast is for you.

 

📹WATCH FULL EPISODES ON YOUTUBE

🎧LISTEN ON SPOTIFY

🎧LISTEN ON APPLE PODCASTS

 

THE THINKSPACE PODCAST IS PRODUCED BY SELF HIRED.

 

The thinkspace podcast is a home for the passionately curious. I’m your host Summan Kandola & We aim to dig deep and learn as much as possible by connecting the right questions with the right people. We bring in some of the best minds from around the world, regardless of their industry, to gain wisdom and value from their stories and experiences.

 

CONNECT FURTHER:

 

Summan: https://instagram.com/iamsummankandola/ 

Self Hired: https://instagram.com/selfhired/

 

SUPPORT THE SHOW:

 

Please Subscribe, Rate, and Review over on Apple Podcasts to help support the show! Share to your IG stories & send this to a friend, it’s one of the best ways to go deep with someone you love. As always if you have some thoughts, leave us a review and take the conversation to the next level by DMing me on instagram @iamsummankandola + @selfhired. 

 

Thank YOU for supporting thinkspace, I love & appreciate you!

 

This one's for anyone who’s experienced their blind ambition turn into burnout.

Zoya Khurana is a tech product leader turned content creator and the founder of Techgirldiary, a platform where she talks about tech, AI, ambition, and the real human side of building an aligned career. 

Zoya is passionate about helping women feel more capable and confident in their careers, tech and spaces where they may not have always seen themselves represented.

Zoya gets real about:

• Pivoting your career
• Enjoying your blind ambition
• Navigating early career burnout
• Judgement online and how to navigate it
• What is AI and how to navigate it
• How to use AI for creative expression
• Practical ways to use AI tonight

& so much more!

 

If you love themes of personal development, mindset, navigating ambition, self love, endurance and entrepreneurship then this podcast is for you.

 

📹WATCH FULL EPISODES ON YOUTUBE

🎧LISTEN ON SPOTIFY

🎧LISTEN ON APPLE PODCASTS

 

THE THINKSPACE PODCAST IS PRODUCED BY SELF HIRED.

 

The thinkspace podcast is a home for the passionately curious. I’m your host Summan Kandola & We aim to dig deep and learn as much as possible by connecting the right questions with the right people. We bring in some of the best minds from around the world, regardless of their industry, to gain wisdom and value from their stories and experiences.

 

CONNECT FURTHER:

 

Summan: https://instagram.com/iamsummankandola/ 

Self Hired: https://instagram.com/selfhired/

 

SUPPORT THE SHOW:

 

Please Subscribe, Rate, and Review over on Apple Podcasts to help support the show! Share to your IG stories & send this to a friend, it’s one of the best ways to go deep with someone you love. As always if you have some thoughts, leave us a review and take the conversation to the next level by DMing me on instagram @iamsummankandola + @selfhired. 

 

Thank YOU for supporting thinkspace, I love & appreciate you!

From a pivotal moment in the dark Neely transformed her love for creativity into a thriving bakery business.

Neely Rajput is the founder of The Whiskful Baker, a luxury cake and dessert brand built on the principles of community, connection, and genuine relationships. 

Drawing on her decade-long career as an educator, she has carried the values that guided her in the classroom into her entrepreneurial journey, creating a highly recognizable brand rooted in trust, authenticity, and meaningful client experiences. 

Neely gets real about:

• Judgement and how to navigate it
• How to lean into authenticity even when it’s hard
• Leaning into faith during the pivot
• What true legacy is
• How to find your purpose
• How to try regardless if you have a plan or not 

& so much more!

 

If you love themes of personal development, mindset, navigating ambition, self love, endurance and entrepreneurship then this podcast is for you.

 

📹WATCH FULL EPISODES ON YOUTUBE

🎧LISTEN ON SPOTIFY

🎧LISTEN ON APPLE PODCASTS

 

THE THINKSPACE PODCAST IS PRODUCED BY SELF HIRED.

 

The thinkspace podcast is a home for the passionately curious. I’m your host Summan Kandola & We aim to dig deep and learn as much as possible by connecting the right questions with the right people. We bring in some of the best minds from around the world, regardless of their industry, to gain wisdom and value from their stories and experiences.

 

CONNECT FURTHER:

 

Summan: https://instagram.com/iamsummankandola/ 

Self Hired: https://instagram.com/selfhired/

 

SUPPORT THE SHOW:

 

Please Subscribe, Rate, and Review over on Apple Podcasts to help support the show! Share to your IG stories & send this to a friend, it’s one of the best ways to go deep with someone you love. As always if you have some thoughts, leave us a review and take the conversation to the next level by DMing me on instagram @iamsummankandola + @selfhired. 

 

Thank YOU for supporting thinkspace, I love & appreciate you!

Vulnerable real share incoming ❤️‍🔥

In this episode, Summan Kandola shares the advice she'd give every person in their late 20s and early 30s, especially if you're sitting with that uncomfortable feeling of "I just want to understand myself."

Summan dives into:

• Why dabbling in self-awareness isn't enough and what real inner work actually requires
• The mindset shifts that keep you stuck (without you even realizing it)
• Why healing isn't just about processing pain, but expanding your capacity for joy.
• How your thoughts quietly shape the reality you're living in.
• Why "this is just who I am" can become one of the biggest barriers to change.
• How learning to understand the different parts of yourself can completely transform the way you relate to yourself and others.
• Why the depth of your relationships is often limited by the depth of your relationship with yourself.

If you love conversations around personal development, mindset, emotional maturity, self-awareness, healing, ambition, entrepreneurship, and creating a life that actually feels aligned, this podcast is for you.

Feeling swallowed by your circumstances or feelings?

In this episode, Summan Kandola offers a reframe on how to look at your inner world

Summan gets real about:

• Understanding your inner world
• Different parts of your personality
• Understanding your personal reality
• Defining “what are your parts”
• How to work with the dynamics of your inner world

& so much more!

 

If you love themes of personal development, mindset, navigating ambition, self love, endurance and entrepreneurship then this podcast is for you.

 

📹WATCH FULL EPISODES ON YOUTUBE

🎧LISTEN ON SPOTIFY

🎧LISTEN ON APPLE PODCASTS

 

THE THINKSPACE PODCAST IS PRODUCED BY SELF HIRED.

 

The thinkspace podcast is a home for the passionately curious. I’m your host Summan Kandola & We aim to dig deep and learn as much as possible by connecting the right questions with the right people. We bring in some of the best minds from around the world, regardless of their industry, to gain wisdom and value from their stories and experiences.

 

CONNECT FURTHER:

 

Summan: https://instagram.com/iamsummankandola/ 

Self Hired: https://instagram.com/selfhired/

 

SUPPORT THE SHOW:

Please Subscribe, Rate, and Review over on Apple Podcasts to help support the show! Share to your IG stories & send this to a friend, it’s one of the best ways to go deep with someone you love.  As always if you have some thoughts, leave us a review and take the conversation to the next level by DMing me on instagram @iamsummankandola + @selfhired. Thank YOU for supporting thinkspace, I love & appreciate you!

Your emotional landscape is setting the tone for your life.

In this episode, Summan Kandola dives into emotional capacity, emotional availability, and what it really means to navigate hard seasons without abandoning yourself.

Summan gets real about:

• Understanding your emotional landscape
• A vulnerable life update
• What emotional capacity actually is
• Emotional availability and why it matters
• Managing emotions in a healthy way
• Behaviours to avoid during difficult seasons
• Allowing energy and emotions to move through you
• Trusting yourself when life feels uncertain
• Navigating relationship changes while carrying a lot emotionally
• The difference between emotional suppression and emotional regulation
• Why self-awareness alone doesn’t always create change

& so much more!

 

If you love themes of personal development, mindset, navigating ambition, self love, endurance and entrepreneurship then this podcast is for you.

 

📹WATCH FULL EPISODES ON YOUTUBE

🎧LISTEN ON SPOTIFY

🎧LISTEN ON APPLE PODCASTS

 

THE THINKSPACE PODCAST IS PRODUCED BY SELF HIRED.

 

The thinkspace podcast is a home for the passionately curious. I’m your host Summan Kandola & We aim to dig deep and learn as much as possible by connecting the right questions with the right people. We bring in some of the best minds from around the world, regardless of their industry, to gain wisdom and value from their stories and experiences.

 

CONNECT FURTHER:

 

Summan: https://instagram.com/iamsummankandola/ 

Self Hired: https://instagram.com/selfhired/

 

SUPPORT THE SHOW:

Please Subscribe, Rate, and Review over on Apple Podcasts to help support the show! Share to your IG stories & send this to a friend, it’s one of the best ways to go deep with someone you love.  As always if you have some thoughts, leave us a review and take the conversation to the next level by DMing me on instagram @iamsummankandola + @selfhired. Thank YOU for supporting thinkspace, I love & appreciate you!