I had a chance to visit with two amazing people this past week who just happened to be two of my previous guests on the podcast. If you want to hear one of the most inspirational stories that I have ever heard, check out this week’s replay episode with John Chartier. You’ll be glad you...

Stephanie and Paul Miller had just celebrated their 26th wedding anniversary and were preparing for life as empty nesters. Life was good.  They both had good jobs, they had two beautiful children, they loved each other and spent time hiking and being outdoors with each other and as a family. What could possibly go wrong?...

Join me on this episode of The Courage Wolf podcast as I talk with Leah Gater, who is an extremely knowledgeable physiotherapist who specializes in vestibular rehabilitation and the treatment of vertigo! In this episode we take a deep dive into dizziness, imbalance, vertigo and specifically how to diagnose and successfully treat and fix BPPV....

Ashley Orr is a certified instructor in the Wim Hof Method which combines breathwork, cold immersion and mindset training practices to help us with fear, disease, mental challenges and many other obstacles.  The Wim Hof Method has been proven in university studies to strengthen our immune systems, lower systemic inflammation and many other benefits. Join...

Our 100th episode of The Courage Wolf podcast was dedicated to a fallen hero: Police Service Dog Troy! Join us for this replay of our 100th episode where we spoke with Paul Johnston and honoured the memory of Troy. On the 25th of February 1992 Constable Paul Johnston was dispatched to a domestic violence call...

Randy Papple was a paramedic for 42 years, ending his service in 2019 as Deputy Chief of Brant County EMS. Randy has seen Post Traumatic Stress takes its toll on many first responders. He has made it his passion to bring resources together so first responders can deal successfully with the challenges that they face...

Al Romano was a 26 year veteran police officer who by his own admission did not take care of himself physically or by eating properly.  When he and Debbie got married and he retired, their lifestyle packed 50 lbs on Al’s already unhealthy frame. Al’s wake up call came in the form of a near fatal...

Have we got a great guest for you today!  Dave Muller spent over 33 years in policing with Peel and Guelph Police and he retired almost 5 weeks ago today. Dave’s story’s is nothing short of a miracle in that he fully recovered from a head on collision in 2007 in which he should have died.  The...

David Richman used to be a sedentary, overweight smoker who transformed himself into an ultra endurance athlete. David lost his beloved sister to terminal brain cancer in 2007 and he’s hosted a number of fundraisers in her memory to raise funds for various cancer organizations. Over the past 10 years David’s completed over 50 triathlons...

I’d like to dedicate this episode of the podcast to all of our listeners who’ve lost someone special and are feeling it more as these holidays draw near. May this episode help you in some way and make it just a little easier for you, for us, to make it through. The podcast you’re about...

A few months ago I was honoured to have been asked to be a guest on a podcast called Live your SPA life with Diane Halfman who is a former police officer and who is now a successful entrepreneur. Diane and I had a great conversation and we talked about a number of things including...

This episode of The Courage Wolf podcast is a very short update on the next two episodes, what we’re doing over the holiday season, and more.

We’ve been honoured on past episodes of having paramedics, police officers, firefighters, correctional officers, military personnel and civilians on the podcast, as well as a number of people from the healing professions who help us to heal from our traumas. But we’ve never had an emergency communicator, or dispatcher as they used to be called,...

On today’s short solocast I’m going to talk about something that makes us older prematurely, and, what to do about that. And I’m also going to introduce our guest for next Monday.  Nadine Leduc was an emergency service communicator and recently completed her Master’s thesis on toxic environments within first responder organizations and how they...

This episode’s going to be fun.  To be honest, I hate board games.  I haven’t always been this way and when today’s special guest approached me about doing a podcast on board games, my first thought was “I don’t think so!” But, Diana Indries has changed my thinking about board games and I’m glad she did and...

In this short solocast I want to tell you about a world renowned Canadian artist who I had the privilege of meeting last month. And, I want to tell you about a few changes to the podcast over the next three months.

Terry Oliver here with this edition of The Courage Wolf podcast. We’ve got a knockout of an episode for you today as you’ll probably be able to tell when you start listening to the podcast. Today I am going to be talking with 4 people who are living their best lives in spite of having...

On the 22nd of April 2006 Cpl Matthew Dinning made the ultimate sacrifice for his country. Matthew was killed along with 3 other Canadian soldiers when a roadside bomb exploded, killing all four instantly. The Courage Wolf podcast and myself are honoured to bring you our first podcast honouring a fallen Canadian soldier. Please join...

Today I’ll be talking with Diane Halfman, who among other things is a former Seattle police officer and a current consultant, trainer and podcaster herself. This is going to be a very interesting conversation in which we’ll unpack some great advice from Diane that she learned in policing and brought over to the private sector....

Sometimes all the cosmic tumblers in the universe align and something magical happens.  And sometimes that something magical is a person’s life being saved, or your own life being saved. Today you’re going to hear how a number of things happened, one right after another to save Charlene Madden’s life, and then you’re going to hear...