Karen Shopsowitz's guest appearances

Karen Shopsowitz

UpTalk Podcast

Finding Your Bliss

Moment of Truth

Kristen Bell

Rob Mitchell

Donald Robertson

Mike Hart

Riley Cote

Theo Fleury

Derek Davis

Gary Goodridge

David Brown

Jody Carrington

Elena Breese

Shelly MacInnis-Wynn

Clint Malarchuk

Michael Landsberg

Natalie Harris

OwlTail

Victoria Lorient-Faibish

This week on Finding Your Bliss, Life Coach and Bliss Expert Judy Librach is joined once again by Peabody-award-winning producer, director, editor and cameraperson Karen Shopsowitz! Karen is here to talk about her passion for indoor virtual cycling and her incredibly well-written blog Grownupdiabetes.com.Karens work as a producer and director has been screened nationally and internationally. Her most recent credit is as director of Magic Shadows: Elwy Yost A Life in Movies, produced by Firestarter Productions and airing on TVO. She also co-produced and edited Mudders Hands, a short documentary which is currently on a festival run that includes FIN Atlantic International Film Festival, the Montreal Independent Film Festival, and the Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival, Vermont.Karen is also the producer/director/editor and second cameraperson of The Other Side of the Hero, a documentary about first responders and PTSD (co-produced with Enrico Colantoni and Diana Warme), which aired on CBCs documentary channel and has been screened across North America at several festivals and events. Other documentary highlights include director/editor and co-writer of My Father's Camera (produced by the NFB and winner of the prestigious Peabody Award), and series producer, director/co-editor of Canada's War in Colour (YAP Films, for CBC and SRC); producer, director and editor of GrandParenting (TVO); One Summer at Camp Winston (CBC documentary), and producer, director, writer, editor of the award-winning My Grandparents Had a Hotel, which has screened globally.Karen has worked as a director and editor on dozens of productions, ranging from stand-alone documentaries to documentary series for television, fiction (including Angel Light starring Sheila McCarthy and screened at the Montreal World Film Festival), educational works, and music videos.Karen has a Master of Fine Arts in Film and Video from York University, a Bachelor of Journalism (Honours) from Carleton University, and a Certificate in Feature Film Writing from UCLA Extension, Writers Studio. She was also a participant in the Women in the Directors Chair program (2012).Also on the program, we have Registered Psychotherapist, Author, and Speaker Victoria Lorient-Faibish back on the program, to give everyone some great tips on how to start off 2023 with a bang!Victoria Lorient-Faibish MEd, RP, CCC, BCPP, RPE is a Registered Psychotherapist and a legacy professional with over 25 years of experience. Her influences include Eastern Philosophies, Person Centred Therapy, Reiki, Visualization, Polarity Therapy, Meditation, as well as modern and traditional psychotherapy. She is a relationship expert, life coach, author of 2 books, &amp; an award-winning inspirational dynamic, kickass keynote speaker. Her focus is to disrupt multi-generational family and organizational BS!For more on Finding Your Bliss, you can follow us @theblissminute on Instagram and Facebook. Or you can visit our online magazine at findingyourbliss.com and take one step closer to finding your bliss.Listen live every Saturday at 1pm on Zoomer Radio

This week on Finding Your Bliss, Life Coach and Bliss Expert Judy Librach is joined once again by Peabody-award-winning producer, director, editor and cameraperson Karen Shopsowitz! Karen is here to talk about her passion for indoor virtual cycling and her incredibly well-written blog <a href="http://Grownupdiabetes.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Grownupdiabetes.com</a>. Karens work as a producer and director has been screened nationally and internationally. Her most recent credit is as director of Magic Shadows: Elwy Yost A Life in Movies, produced by Firestarter Productions and airing on TVO. She also co-produced and edited Mudders Hands, a short documentary which is currently on a festival run that includes FIN Atlantic International Film Festival, the Montreal Independent Film Festival, and the Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival, Vermont. Karen is also the producer/director/editor and second cameraperson of The Other Side of the Hero, a documentary about first responders and PTSD (co-produced with Enrico Colantoni and Diana Warme), which aired on CBCs documentary channel and has been screened across North America at several festivals and events. Other documentary highlights include director/editor and co-writer of My Father's Camera (produced by the NFB and winner of the prestigious Peabody Award), and series producer, director/co-editor of Canada's War in Colour (YAP Films, for CBC and SRC); producer, director and editor of GrandParenting (TVO); One Summer at Camp Winston (CBC documentary), and producer, director, writer, editor of the award-winning My Grandparents Had a Hotel, which has screened globally. Karen has worked as a director and editor on dozens of productions, ranging from stand-alone documentaries to documentary series for television, fiction (including Angel Light starring Sheila McCarthy and screened at the Montreal World Film Festival), educational works, and music videos. Karen has a Master of Fine Arts in Film and Video from York University, a Bachelor of Journalism (Honours) from Carleton University, and a Certificate in Feature Film Writing from UCLA Extension, Writers Studio. She was also a participant in the Women in the Directors Chair program (2012). Also on the program, we have Registered Psychotherapist, Author, and Speaker Victoria Lorient-Faibish back on the program, to give everyone some great tips on how to start off 2023 with a bang! Victoria Lorient-Faibish MEd, RP, CCC, BCPP, RPE is a Registered Psychotherapist and a legacy professional with over 25 years of experience. Her influences include Eastern Philosophies, Person Centred Therapy, Reiki, Visualization, Polarity Therapy, Meditation, as well as modern and traditional psychotherapy. She is a relationship expert, life coach, author of 2 books, &amp; an award-winning inspirational dynamic, kickass keynote speaker. Her focus is to disrupt multi-generational family and organizational BS! For more on Finding Your Bliss, you can follow us @theblissminute on Instagram and Facebook. Or you can visit our online magazine at <a href="http://findingyourbliss.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">findingyourbliss.com</a> and take one step closer to finding your bliss. Listen live every Saturday at 1pm on Zoomer Radio

Karen Shopsowitz and Victoria Lorient-Faibish

Erin Alvarez

Enrico Colantoni

Kevin Davison

In this episode we learn about the Tema Conter Memorial Trust with Erin Alvarez. We also talk to Karen Shopsowitz and Enrico Colantoni about a new documentary called "The Other Side Of The Hero". Kevin Davison stops by to chat about all the stuff he has going on. I get to reconnect with my Project Trauma Support brother, Rob Mitchell. Enjoy!

UpTalk Podcast S2E2: Erin Alvarez, Karen Shopsowitz, Enrico Colantoni, Kevin Davison, Rob Mitchell