Neighbourly is a warm, story-driven podcast hosted by Shannon Steeves. Every two weeks, Shannon sits down with a guest to share honest stories of ordinary people offering extraordinary care. Each episode also includes a short Neighbourly Headlines reflection, highlighting a Canadian story of neighbours showing up in meaningful ways. You’ll leave encouraged, grounded, and equipped with one simple step you can carry into your own life.
Journey With Care
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Podcast Overview
Neighbourly is a warm, story-driven podcast hosted by Shannon Steeves. Every two weeks, Shannon sits down with a guest to share honest stories of ordinary people offering extraordinary care. Each episode also includes a short Neighbourly Headlines reflection, highlighting a Canadian story of neighbours showing up in meaningful ways. You’ll leave encouraged, grounded, and equipped with one simple step you can carry into your own life.
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7/14/2022
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Recent Episodes
June 24, 2026
Summer Speedos | History Field Notes: Endurance
<p><strong>Partner with work of CareImpact and Neighbourly!</strong></p><p><a href="https://careimpact.ca/donate" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://careimpact.ca/donate</a></p><h2>Description</h2><p><strong>Summer Speedos</strong> is Neighbourly’s short in-between-season series while Shannon takes a break from regular interviews. Hosted by producer Johan Heinrichs, these episodes mix outdoor field notes and story-driven reflections that help us notice the ordinary ways care, faith, courage, and community show up around us.</p><p>In this Story Field Note, Johan takes us into the frozen world of Ernest Shackleton’s Endurance expedition, a journey that did not unfold the way anyone expected.</p><p>What happens when the plan changes, the way forward disappears, and the only thing left to do is keep going?</p><p>This episode reflects on endurance as more than survival. It is about courage, community, and the steady kind of care that helps people hold on when life becomes uncertain.</p><h2>Other Links</h2><p><strong>Join The CareImpact Podcast Group on Facebook: </strong><a href="https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1PgzJWfkq9/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1PgzJWfkq9/</a></p><p><strong>Reach out to us! </strong><a href="https://neighbourly.ca" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://neighbourlypodcast.ca</a></p><p><strong>Email:</strong> <a href="mailto:podcast@careimpact.ca" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><u>podcast@careimpact.ca</u></a></p><p><strong>About the CarePortal:</strong> <a href="http://careimpact.ca/careportal" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><u>careimpact.ca/careportal</u></a></p><p><strong>DONATE!</strong> Help connect and equip more churches across Canada to effectively journey well in community with the most vulnerable: <a href="http://careimpact.ca/donate" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><u>careimpact.ca/donate</u></a></p>
June 10, 2026
Summer Speedos | Field Notes: Empty Chair
<p><strong>Partner with work of CareImpact and Neighbourly!</strong></p><p><a href="https://careimpact.ca/donate" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://careimpact.ca/donate</a></p><h2>Description</h2><p><strong>Summer Speedos</strong> is Neighbourly’s short in-between-season series while Shannon takes a break from regular interviews. Hosted by producer Johan Heinrichs, these episodes mix outdoor field notes and story-driven reflections that help us notice the ordinary ways care, faith, courage, and community show up around us.</p><p>In this first field note, Johan reflects on an empty chair he notices while walking through the neighbourhood. It may mean nothing, but it also raises a gentle question: who used to be part of our rhythm, and now seems to have quietly disappeared?</p><p>This episode is an invitation to notice the people who have gone quiet, stepped back, or faded from view, not with suspicion, but with care. Sometimes a simple check-in can remind someone that their absence was noticed and their presence still matters.</p><h2>One Small Step</h2><p>Think of one person who has been less present lately, then send a simple, no-pressure message to let them know they are noticed and not forgotten.</p><h2>Other Links</h2><p><strong>Join The CareImpact Podcast Group on Facebook: </strong><a href="https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1PgzJWfkq9/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1PgzJWfkq9/</a></p><p><strong>Reach out to us! </strong><a href="https://neighbourly.ca" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://neighbourlypodcast.ca</a></p><p><strong>Email:</strong> <a href="mailto:podcast@careimpact.ca" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><u>podcast@careimpact.ca</u></a></p><p><strong>About the CarePortal:</strong> <a href="http://careimpact.ca/careportal" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><u>careimpact.ca/careportal</u></a></p><p><strong>DONATE!</strong> Help connect and equip more churches across Canada to effectively journey well in community with the most vulnerable: <a href="http://careimpact.ca/donate" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><u>careimpact.ca/donate</u></a></p>
May 27, 2026
Curious Instead of Furious | With Alicia Freeman
<p><strong>Partner with work of CareImpact and Neighbourly!</strong></p><p><a href="https://careimpact.ca/donate" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://careimpact.ca/donate</a></p><h2>Curious Instead of Furious: Creating Safety in Overwhelming Moments</h2><p>What does it look like to care for someone well when their emotions feel bigger than the moment?</p><p>In this episode of <strong>Neighbourly</strong>, Shannon sits down with <strong>Alicia Freeman</strong>, a CareImpact trainer whose journey through foster care, adoption, and trauma-informed learning has shaped the way she understands safety, presence, and compassion.</p><p>Alicia shares why trauma care is not only for foster and adoptive families, but for everyone, everywhere, especially those who want to care well in their homes, churches, and communities.</p><p>Together, Shannon and Alicia talk about what it means to stay curious instead of furious, how to respond when someone is overwhelmed, and why sometimes the most loving thing we can offer is not a solution, but our steady presence.</p><p>In this conversation, Alicia reflects on a recent training at a pregnancy resource centre, where a moment of disagreement became a deeper opportunity for listening, humility, and shared learning. She also offers practical ways to help children, youth, and adults feel safer when they are dysregulated or overwhelmed.</p><p>This episode is a gentle reminder that care does not have to be perfect to be powerful. It just has to be present.</p><h3>In This Episode</h3><ul><li>Why trauma-informed care matters beyond foster and adoptive families</li><li>How curiosity helps us move from defensiveness to empathy</li><li>What it means to create emotional safety in a room</li><li>Why the urge to fix can get in the way of true care</li><li>Practical ways to support someone who is overwhelmed</li><li>How churches can care well without rushing people toward easy answers</li><li>Why presence, patience, and dignity matter in the messy middle</li></ul><br/><h3>A Small Step This Week</h3><p>Think of one person in your life who may be carrying more than you can see.</p><p>Before offering advice, try starting with curiosity. Ask a gentle question. Listen a little longer. Resist the urge to fix it too quickly.</p><p>Sometimes the most neighbourly thing we can offer is simply to stay present.</p><h2>Time Stamps</h2><p>04:17 Starting foster care and adoption journey</p><p>07:41 Training at the Pregnancy Resource Center</p><p>10:57 Navigating overwhelming emotions workshop</p><p>14:25 Staying confident and calm during discussions</p><p>17:27 Helping people find their personal why</p><p>23:13 Importance of Curiosity and Empathy</p><p>27:16 The power of just being present</p><p>29:43 Role of Church in Trauma Care</p><h2>Guest Links</h2><p><a href="https://careimpact.ca/alicia" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">careimpact.ca/alicia</a></p><h2>Other Links</h2><p><strong>Join The CareImpact Podcast Group on Facebook: </strong><a href="https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1PgzJWfkq9/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1PgzJWfkq9/</a></p><p><strong>Reach out to us! </strong><a href="https://neighbourly.ca" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://neighbourlypodcast.ca</a></p><p><strong>Email:</strong> <a href="mailto:podcast@careimpact.ca" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><u>podcast@careimpact.ca</u></a></p><p><strong>About the CarePortal:</strong> <a href="http://careimpact.ca/careportal" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><u>careimpact.ca/careportal</u></a></p><p><strong>DONATE!</strong> Help connect and equip more churches across Canada to effectively journey well in community with the most vulnerable: <a href="http://careimpact.ca/donate" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><u>careimpact.ca/donate</u></a></p>
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