STRONG LIKE a GIRL

About STRONG LIKE a GIRL

STRONG LIKE a GIRL is a podcast hosted by a girl named Tanya LaBuick - an entrepreneur, a powerhouse C-suite leader who's led teams on the world stage, and scaled start-ups into multimillion-dollar companies. From work with the Olympic Games, to Super Bowls, and the FIFA Women's World Cup, Tanya has a thirty year track record of success working with major corporations and betting on herself as the founder of LaBuick & Co. Tanya believes resiliency and perseverance are choices. Tanya champions women; she is driven by the unshakable belief that every woman deserves the right to take up space and play boldly in any arena. Now in her 50s, Tanya is ready to talk about it all. STRONG LIKE a GIRL will explore how we uncover the wisdom gained through adversity—and the tools used to overcome it. Here at STRONG LIKE a GIRL, we’ll unpack it, sit in it, likely cry about it, and hopefully laugh a little—or a lot. Tanya believes we are all STRONG LIKE a GIRL and should wear it with a badge of honour. Connect with Tanya LaBuick: https://www.stronglikeagirlpodcast.ca/ (https://www.stronglikeagirlpodcast.ca/) https://stronglikeagirl.ca/ (https://stronglikeagirl.ca/) https://labuick.co/ (https://labuick.co/)

Publisher

Tanya LaBuick

Category

society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

5 Oct 2025

Latest episode

22 Jul 2026

Latest episodes

21 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   22 Jul 2026

   Tanya Labuick on Nine STRONG Women, Quiet Courage, and Choosing to Begin Again | STRONG LIKE a GIRL Season 2 Finale

   Season two ends where it began. No guest this time. Just Tanya Labuick looking back at nine conversations and asking what actually stayed with her after the microphones were off. Nine women arrived with nothing in common, and every one of them ended up talking about the same thing: choice. Tanya also opens up about her own season for the first time. Stepping away from a business she spent years helping build, relaunching LaBuick & Co., starting executive coaching work, and settling into what she calls the beautiful, messy middle. CHAPTERS 0:00 Welcome back to the kitchen table 1:27 The one word every guest kept coming back to 1:54 The season Tanya's own life changed too 3:47 Strength is a choice, not a trait 4:19 Lyn Radford and the quiet ones who change the room 5:09 Lyndsay Seafoot on trying anyway 6:00 Willie Van Lankvelt on courage and gratitude 7:58 Tami Rae Rourke on anxiety and getting good at looking okay 10:29 Debi Cost-Finn on cancer, music, and keeping her joy 11:51 Shelley Wray on grief that changes shape 15:11 Amy Doerksen on becoming permission 17:02 Treena Innes on joy as fuel 18:23 Angela Heck, the wild heart who tied the season together 21:09 Creeping ageism and the beautiful, messy middle 24:18 Nine women, nine choices 26:43 A message to the women listening 28:26 What it actually means to be STRONG LIKE a GIRL SEASON TWO GUESTS Ep 1: Lyn Radford, community leadership and quiet strength Ep 2: Tami Rae Rourke, entrepreneurship and living with anxiety Ep 3: Debi Cost-Finn, music as medicine and rising after cancer Ep 4: Lyndsay Seafoot, quiet leadership and trying it anyway Ep 5: Willie Van Lankvelt, immigration, family, and building something new Ep 6: Treena Innes, reclaiming fun and solo backpacking Ep 7: Shelley Wray, grief, rituals, and learning to carry loss Ep 8: Amy Doerksen, fierce female hockey and confident girls Ep 9: Angela Heck, creative careers and staying curious MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE LaBuick & Co: https://labuick.co Jazz Winnipeg: https://jazzwinnipeg.com National Film Board of Canada: https://www.nfb.ca CBC: https://www.cbc.ca CONNECT WITH STRONG LIKE a GIRL Website: https://stronglikeagirl.ca Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stronglikeagirl.ca/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/strong-like-a-girl/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/STRONG-LIKE-a-GIRL If this episode resonated, leave a review and share it with a friend. We want more women and more stories to be heard. Chin up, chest out, stay wild.

2. 

   7 Jul 2026

   Angela Heck on Creative Careers, Creeping Ageism, and Staying Curious | STRONG LIKE a GIRL

   Angela Heck rolled into Tanya's life in 1995 driving a hand-painted VW bus, and she never stopped moving: the National Film Board, CBC, the Whistler Film Festival, award-winning documentaries, and now the Executive Director's chair at Jazz Winnipeg. Thirty years of friendship later, the two sit down for an honest conversation about building a creative career, the creeping ageism facing accomplished women, resilience as a choice, and why women need to stop apologizing. CHAPTERS 0:00 Cold open 0:58 Meet Angela Heck 2:46 A polka dot VW bus and the 1997 Canada Games 5:35 The storm before opening ceremonies 7:30 An only child in Winnipeg 14:41 From diplomat dreams to arts and culture 16:30 Jazz Winnipeg and the Whistler Film Festival 20:32 Never planned on marriage or kids 22:50 Making films and meeting Ivan 30:02 Gender equity in film and music 36:03 Women in jazz and the power of stories 41:11 Rejection, resilience, and creeping ageism 45:56 A family of nine and motherhood 51:21 A wild heart and Everest Base Camp 56:32 Success, tomatoes, and life after 50 1:00:16 Stop apologizing 1:02:16 Rapid fire MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE Jazz Winnipeg: https://jazzwinnipeg.com Whistler Film Festival: https://whistlerfilmfestival.com National Film Board of Canada: https://www.nfb.ca Folklorama: https://folklorama.ca In the Shadow of the Chief (2003), Angela's first documentary CONNECT WITH STRONG LIKE a GIRL Website: https://stronglikeagirl.ca Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stronglikeagirl.ca/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/strong-like-a-girl/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/STRONG-LIKE-a-GIRL If this episode resonated with you, leave a review and share it with a friend. Chin up, chest out, stay wild

3. 

   23 Jun 2026

   Treena Innes on Reclaiming Fun, Solo Backpacking, and Releasing Guilt | STRONG LIKE a GIRL

   What happens when a woman decides, somewhere around 40, that she is not going to shrink as she gets older? She gets wilder. That is the heart of this episode of STRONG LIKE a GIRL, where Tanya sits down with Treena Innes, the self-described Life Fun Expert, author of Mind Doodles: This Is What I Know, and host of The Finding Fun Experiment podcast. Treena built an entire movement around one idea that sounds simple and turns out to be radical: fun is not frivolous, it is essential. She walks through how a bucket-list book project turned into a calling once women over 40 started asking her how she lived the way she did. Her answer was that she is not special. She just never let go of the thing most of us get trained out of somewhere between summer jobs, mortgages, and the long list of things we are supposed to be responsible for. The conversation goes to some real places. Treena talks about the three things that block women from fun, guilt, judgment, and a lost habit, and the science that connects joy to better sleep, more energy, and aging well. She shares how caring for her dying mother became one of the most fun seasons of her life, not because it was happy, but because fun and happy are not the same thing, and fun is what gave her the resilience to carry the heavy part. Then there are the trips. Treena has been to roughly 55 countries, most of them off the beaten path, often solo, with everything on her back. Japan with her teenage son. Colombia, where she felt safer than she expected. A cooking school in a Tuscan castle. The Amazon, where she got as remote as a person can get. Through all of it runs one message she repeats to anyone who will listen: stay wild, find your people, and stop apologizing for the guilt that is not even yours to carry. If you have been craving more freedom, more spark, or simply permission to begin again, this one is for you. ═══════════════════════════════════ TIMESTAMPS / CHAPTERS ═══════════════════════════════════ 0:00 Cold open 2:53 Welcome and meet Treena Innes 4:45 The book that started a fun movement 8:40 Why women stop prioritizing fun 11:40 Play personalities and fun at work 14:25 Born wild: reclaiming our spirit 15:44 The science of fun, health, and aging 18:49 Find your fun buddy 20:28 Fun vs. happy: resilience in the hard times 24:00 Becoming a backpacker at 40 28:35 Managing risk and a surprising Colombia 33:35 Tuscany and the most remote Amazon 38:43 When the world can't handle a bold woman 48:00 What women need to stop apologizing for 49:50 Rapid fire and closing reflection

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