OV Boss Babes

14/07/2025

Tickets are NOW ON SALE for our Boss Babes Wine Tour at WhiteWater O'Brien Winery this August 21!

Join Ottawa Valley Boss Babe’s Wine Tour – a one-of-a-kind networking & vendor event to sample Whitewater Winery's wines, explore the vineyard, and take in the beautiful surroundings 🌿🍇

🎫 GENERAL ADMISSION: $35
💎 VIP (BOTTLE OF WINE, CHARCUTERIE / FLATBREAD PIZZA + BOSS BABE SWAG BAG!): $55
💁🏼‍♀️ VENDOR BOOTH: $25

Come join us at the HOTTEST event of the summer! Tickets below 👇🏼🥂🌸💕

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/ottawa-valley-boss-babes-wine-tour-summer-networking-event-tickets-1488964425679?aff=ebdssbdestsearch

14/07/2025

Tickets are NOW ON SALE for our Boss Babes Wine Tour at WhiteWater O'Brien Winery this August 21!

Join Ottawa Valley Boss Babe’s Wine Tour – a one-of-a-kind networking & vendor event to sample Whitewater Winery's wines, explore the vineyard, and take in the beautiful surroundings 🌿🍇

🎫 GENERAL ADMISSION: $35
💎 VIP (BOTTLE OF WINE, CHARCUTERIE / FLATBREAD PIZZA + BOSS BABE SWAG BAG!): $55
💁🏼‍♀️ VENDOR BOOTH: $25

Come join us at the HOTTEST event of the summer! Tickets below 👇🏼🥂🌸💕

Get ready to sip, socialize, and network at Whitewater O'Brien Winery while enjoying a fun-filled wine tour, shop local vendors and more!

12/07/2025

✨NEW EPISODE ALERT✨

Let's talk about why "ANYONE can be a boss but not EVERYONE can be a leader" with Lindsey McGarry of in !

Lindsey McGarry started her career as a domestic violence counselor, but after hitting her stress capacity and experiencing career burnout, she found herself at a crossroads. Just as she began to reconsider her path, a serious car accident left Lindsey bedridden. This life-altering event sparked her determination to dive into research in the construction and landscaping industry, ultimately motivating her to launch ALM Construction and Landscaping, a bhsiness built on integrity and quality.

Lindsey is a visionary entrepreneur with over a decade of experience in construction and landscaping. Her keen eye for detail and unwavering dedication to customer satisfaction have established her as a trusted professional in the industry.

In this episode....

👷🏼‍♀️We discover how this former domestic violence worker went from working in social services to managing a construction and landscaping biz

🦺 Lindsey explains how she educated herself and fully immersed in this field, despite having no prior background in business or construction management – and dominated it!

👏🏼 Lindsey shares what has been like leading a male-dominated team, while also enticing more women to consider a career in construction and landscaping

💸 Lindsey divulges when she started generating enough revenue to finally start receiving a paycheck herself - and why it was worth the wait

🫶🏼🌸 one local that inspires Lindsey (and Holly too!) is 💖

📲 TUNE IN NOW, BABE!

27/06/2025

✨OV BOSS BABES PRESENTS✨:
💖 Babe Beyond the Brand 💜

Meet Ashley Kay – the visionary behind Champagne Collective and your go-to systems and processes guru, with her women led team famously known as “The Girls Who Get S**t Done.” With a background in corporate leadership, a Bachelor of Business, and over a decade of experience working in demanding, high-pressure, and time-sensitive corporate roles, Ashley is all about turning chaos into clarity.

After years of thriving on the corporate world, this boss babe traded the 9-5 grind working in project management for entrepreneurial freedom as a virtual assistant – and she never looked back. Now, with a powerhouse team of 14 Virtual Assistants, she helps entrepreneurs around the world streamline, scale, and succeed.

📱 EPISODE BREAKDOWN: 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼

🥂This visionary boss babe shares how she revolutionized the virtual assistant role, transitioning from the corporate realm to becoming a thriving multiple figure business owner

🥂 Learn when Ashley not only began attracting luxury clients, but started onboarding other virtual assistants, allowing her to step back from providing services herself

😳 Ashley spills the moment that nearly drove jer to walk away from her business, and what led her to ultimately reconsider her decision

💖 Ashley explains how she streamlined her business' services totailor to her client's unique needs, becoming a pillar of virtual suppoort WORLDWIDE!

📲 TUNE IN NOW: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/ov-boss-babes/id1540503068?i=1000714711089

13/06/2025

OV Boss Babes Podcast proudly presents:

✨BOSS BABE CORNER✨
(In partnership with )

Alyssa and Spencer Pearce are a veteran-owned coffee loving couple that embarked on their coffee roasting journey six years ago. They dedicated themselves to learning the art of crafting exceptional and fresh coffee, quickly recognizing the impact of their newfound passion. As their skills developed, they began sharing their hobby with friends and family, igniting a spark of enthusiasm around them.

In 2020, when they both found themselves off work, they decided to transform their hobby into a business. Little did they know that this decision would lead to the creation of , a brand that would grow rapidly and gain recognition within the community.

Throughout their entrepreneurial journey, they encountered numerous challenges and made plenty of mistakes, a journey that many entrepreneurs can relate to. However, these experiences ultimately strengthened their resilience and shaped them into the business owners they are today - and Alyssa is here to talk about how their vision for the perfect cup of coffee came to be, and a community that endlessly supports them.

In this episode...

☕️Alyssa shares how she and her husband dove headfirst into the coffee biz and why quality, freshness and passion is poured into every sip of their freshfly roasted coffee and tea

💸 Alyssa breaks down figures and profits, explaining how they established the pricing of their coffee products to strike a strategic balance between profitability and market competitiveness

⚠️We chat all about mitigating risks associated with fluctuating coffee and tea prices or supply chain disruptions... and how Barron Canyon Coffee Co still comes out on top

📈 Alyssa shares her and Spencer's long-term goals for growth, and how they plan to scale their home based coffee and tea biz

📲 TUNE IN NOW, BABE!

27/05/2025

✨NEW EPISODE ALERT✨

Let's talk neurodiversity with Erin Curtis of Dragonfly Family and Learning Services - a TWO part series!

Erin is a graduate of Toronto Metropolitan University’s Child and Youth Care program with over a decade of experience supporting neurodivergent individuals through ABA. After moving to the Ottawa Valley in 2018, she founded Dragonfly Family and Learning Services to meet the growing need for inclusive, family-focused support. As a Certified ABA Parent Trainer, Erin is passionate about empowering caregivers through collaborative, person-centered plans that honor each family’s unique journey.

In this episode, you're going to learn about neurodiversity, learn about different diagnosis, and therapy, wait lists and more. Erin and her team understand the unique needs of neurodivergent brains, providing you with the understanding and reassurance that they will succeed.

In this episode....

🧩 Erin shares what it means to be neurodivergent, how to explain neurodiversity to both adults and to children and her motivation to provide Home-based Applied Behaviour Analysis therapy to families in County of Renfrew

🤯 We dive into lengthy government waitlists, limited funding options, the desperate need for respite, high therapy costs, and the increasing demand for support for children with autism and ADHD

🧩 Erin shares her perspective around the education system and its improvements towards accommodating supports, such as additional EA's, sensory breaks, skilled inclusionary, and education to educators around supporting students with exceptional needs

🌈 Erin shares how she is creating an inclusive collective space for other mom’s and parents of neurodivergent children, to share common struggles, gain effective strategies in supporting their child, and receive positive, professional support

One local that inspires Erin that she wants you to know about (if you don't know or follow her already), is uplifting, empowering and bad ass WildRoga 💕🌻

📲 TUNE IN NOW, BABE!

13/05/2025

Pose in a dreamy kitchen, talk renovations with Maple & Rose Merrickville as if I know anything about paint colours, and suddenly I think I am Christina Haack 🏠😉
📸 Moments in Glow Photo + Video for always making me look good behind the camera 💕

08/05/2025

OV Boss Babes Podcast proudly presents:

✨BOSS BABE CORNER✨
(In partnership with Small Business Advisory Centre Smiths Falls/Lanark County)

Calling all sweet tooth enthusiasts! If you're located in or around Town of Smiths Falls, there is a boss babe whose delicious handmade fudge, saltwater taffy, and maple hard candies will have your tastebuds exploding!

Gillian Manton's homemade fudge and candy business is quickly becoming a local favourite and is gaining momentum, as she has mastered the art of creating mouthwatering products that has customers coming back for more. This babe is unstoppable, as she has already launched Moose Munchies in Sobeys and Foodland Supermarket across Destination Ontario!

In this episode....

🍫 Gillian shares how she first took a stab at making homemade fudgeand why this kitchen experiment initially went wrong

🍫 Gillian tells listeners the secret tomaking her fudge unmeltable - and why her customers keep coming back for more!

🍫 We chat vendor markets and what it takes to feel comfortable and confident behind your booth to stand out and sell ANY product to customers

🍫 We learn more about 's Starter Company Plus Program and how this program helped Gillian level up in business
... and so much more!

📲 TUNE IN NOW, BABE!

25/04/2025

✨NEW EPISODE ALERT✨

Tegan Mackey is a dynamic force in the world of real estate and property management. Along with her spouse Matt, together they have mastered the art of transforming properties into thriving investments.

After discovering their love for renovating homes, Tegan and Matt quickly realized the potential of rental property ownership, and merged together Matt's construction company and their rental property business together, creating MTM Construction and Property Management in Town of Smiths Falls.

They realized that you need thick skin, quick thinking and in-person meet & greets with potential tenants (not to mention valid reference checks) in order to find success in this business. Tegan not only shares landlord secrets, renter property investing tips, and how to leverage financing opportunities, but she also dives into ...

👉🏼 How Tegan and Matt assess which properties are best suited for rental purposes and how they renovate them into move-in ready homes

👉🏼 Discussing societal discrimination against renters (ie. single mom’s, large families, pet owners) and how Tegan and Matt are changing that narrative for their renters

👉🏼 Tegan and Matt initially financed their first rental properties and various options available for those looking to break into in the rental biz

👉🏼 Horror tenant stories - everything from couch bed bugs, pet ducklings, and accidentally discovering a tenant in a bathtub 🛀

📲 TUNE IN NOW, BABE!

27/03/2025

✨NEW EPISODE ALERT✨

Samantha MacFarlane is a Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying) and nutritionist from Samantha | Psychotherapist + Nutritionist | Ottawa Valley 🇨🇦 who integrates therapeutic modalities with nutrition science. This conversation is dedicated to real talk around mental health and wellness and setting realistic goals that work for busy working professionals, like you listening. As Sam says, "no fancy jargon — just genuine conversations to help empower your wellness and strategies that everyone can implement in their own lives."

In this episode....
🍃 Sam dives into her experience with career burnout from her previous position in social services, discussing how she began to prioritize her mental health and ultimately transitioned into opening her holistic wellness practice

🍃 Samantha discusses common changes in our mental health, exploring how factors like nutrition, weather, and relationships can influence our overall well-being, and how to effectively maintain our overall wellness

🤍 We discuss how mental health and addiction related resources can be limited in rural communities but Sam shares hidden services in Renfrew County that are accessible to everyone

🤍 Samantha discusses the importance of collaborating with like-minded businesses in the holistic wellness world and key players that have been instrumental in her learning, development and growth

📲 TUNE IN NOW, BABE!

15/03/2025

OV Boss Babes Podcast proudly presents:

✨BOSS BABE CORNER✨
(In partnership with )

After a 35-year career in the corporate world as a Creative Director and Communications Designer, Janice Boychuk felt her life as she knew it suddenly come to an immediate halt, as she instantly became her husband's caregiver after he became terminally ill.

Following his passing, Janice bought a trailer and embarked on a solo road trip with her cat out to British Columbia, and, after finding a new sense of independence, returned home and discovered a new creative passion.

Blending her experience as a designer and artist with the craftsmanship of custom chocolate making, she launched her miniature chocolate edible art and has since exploded in the chocolate world, launching !

And not only in this episode does she walk us through her creative process into launching her business, but every tasty bite tells a story - and we invite you to indulge in the extraordinary.

📲TUNE IN NOW, BABE! 💕