The Leader’s Navigator Podcast
I want to welcome you to the Leader’s Navigator podcast with David Irvine and Hayley Irvine. The premise is simple: The podcast will provide you with insights for living and leading the authentic way, so you will be better equipped to amplify your positive impact as a difference maker in any area in your life.
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Episodes
Tuesday Jun 24, 2025
Tuesday Jun 24, 2025
Episode 74 - Embracing Uncertainty And The Hero’s Journey
Marin McCue, a former nationally ranked basketball star who had a full-ride basketball scholarship at a Division 1 University in California, shares her journey to realize that happiness and well-being cannot be fulfilled by external accomplishments. Thrust into the cauldron of existential terror, dissociation, and dangerous compulsions, Marin shares how she used the breakdown as an opportunity to rebuild her foundation, discover her buried authentic self, and find purpose and meaning in her life.
Monday Jun 09, 2025
Monday Jun 09, 2025
Episode 73 - Remembering Your Why, Deferring Ego and Responsibility, and Accepting Good Enough
Thursday May 15, 2025
Thursday May 15, 2025
Episode 72 - Embracing The Darkness, The Three Aspects of Life, and Listening to the Unwelcome; with Dr. Allan Donsky
A former Pediatrician and now retired child and adolescent psychiatrist, Allan Donsky is a Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Calgary. He is a consultant psychiatrist developing mental health programs at The Canadian Institute of Natural and Integrative Medicine (Cinim.org) where he is also Board Chair. He also sat on the Core Committee of the Alberta Health Services Addiction and Mental Health Strategic Clinical Network (SCN). Allan dedicates himself to community outreach and capacity building, facilitating workshops in academic settings, international conferences, not-for-profit agencies, and leading community groups. Allan addresses mental health challenges and languishing by encouraging deep inner transformative change to promote. His current research interests lie at the interface of psychiatry, contemplative practices, and secular spirituality. He says there is no mental health or wellbeing without spiritual health. Allan is finishing up a book about inside conversations he had with his patients and how we can all bring heart and soul to life.
Monday May 05, 2025
Monday Apr 28, 2025
Monday Apr 28, 2025
Episode 70 - Fatimah Elhamad: An Authentic, Touching Story of Perseverance, Faith, and Compassion
Thursday Mar 27, 2025
Thursday Mar 27, 2025
Episode 69 - Lighthouse Leadership and Lazy Parenting: Lessons From the Playpen
Monday Feb 10, 2025
Monday Feb 10, 2025
Episode 68 - Leadership in the Home with a New Baby : Matrescence and the Resurrection of our Podcast
Tuesday Jan 21, 2025
Tuesday Jan 21, 2025
Episode 67 - Curiosity, Play, and Embracing the Journey with Jeremy Amyotte
The Leader's Navigator with David Irvine & Hayley Irvine
We’ll cover a variety of topics related to authenticity and what it means to bring humanity into the world.
What is uniquely special about this podcast is that I’m doing it together with my daughter, Hayley. I am excited about the opportunity to work jointly on this project we are both so passionate about.
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