Episodes
The Girl Locked Upstairs: Surviving Captivity and Finding Freedom
Episode Summary In this powerful and deeply moving episode, Melanie Wakelin sits down with Tanya Kach, whose story captured international headlines and inspired the Lifetime movie The Girl Locked Upstairs. At just 14 years old, Tanya was groomed by a school security guard, abducted, and held captive...
Listening Beyond Words with Sheridan Ripley
Listening Beyond Words with Sheridan Ripley In this deeply thought-provoking episode, Melanie Wakelin sits down with energy worker, author, and podcast host Sheridan Ripley to explore the extraordinary world of nonspeaking children, telepathic communication, spirituality, and the unseen ways humans ...
Learning to Live in Two Worlds After Loss With Gail
Episode Summary In this deeply emotional and powerful episode of Activate and Illuminate, Learning to Live in Two Worlds After Loss Provenzano joins Melanie Wakelin for a raw conversation about grief, healing, resilience, and community. After losing her 15-year-old son Brett to suicide in 2010, Gail...
A Face Frozen In Time: Carrie's Story Of Medical Injury
Episode Summary In this emotional and deeply personal episode of the Activate & Illuminate podcast, host Melanie Wakelin sits down with Alberta advocate Carrie Sakamoto to discuss her life-changing health journey following her 2021 COVID-19 vaccinations. Carrie shares how her symptoms escalated ...
Suicide Awareness: Just Stay For Another Day With Sachia Tasz
In this deeply raw and powerful episode, Sachia Tasz shares the story behind her movement "Just Stay For Another Day", born from the tragic loss of her partner to suicide. What began as a vulnerable TikTok post during one of the darkest periods of her life has grown into a global community offering ...
Small Town, Big Data: The Hidden Cost Of AI Infrastructure In Canada
Small Town, Big Data: The Hidden Cost of AI Infrastructure in Canada Episode Summary In this eye-opening episode, host Melanie Wakelin sits down with Bek McIntosh to unpack the rapidly emerging reality of hyperscale data centers in small Canadian communities. What begins as a local issue in Olds, Al...
What If This Could Save The Bees... And Maybe Us Too
Join us in this fascinating episode as Brent Knudsen, a visionary leader with a background in quantum physics, sacred geometry, and financial technology, shares his journey into frequency healing and its remarkable applications for humans, animals, and the planet. Discover how innovative geometric f...
Still Listening: New Insights From The Telepathy Tapes Families With Caroline Coleman
Episode Summary In this deeply thought-provoking episode, Melanie Wakelin sits down with Caroline Coleman, one of the original mothers featured in The Telepathy Tapes. Caroline shares her journey raising her non-verbal autistic son, Kyle, and the intuitive realization that their connection would ext...
The Telepathy Tapes: The Mom's Perspective
Episode Summary In this powerful and perspective-shifting episode, we sit down with Laura Hirsch, author and advocate, to explore her son Trevor's extraordinary journey with autism. Diagnosed before age three and minimally speaking into adulthood, Trevor's world changed through Spelling 2 Communicat...