Life Happens with Ema Dantas

Coffee is one of the favourite beverages of the majority of us. But it does have negative affects as well.

Ema talks about some of them.

Did you know that Anxiety is the most common mental health concern among Canadian’s?

Ema shares her experience in managing her anxiety and some of her coping strategies.

Ema Dantas has managed Language Marketplace for over 20 years. As a professional interpreter and translator herself, she talks about what a professional translator and interpreter actually does, versus a machine doing a translation.

Running a small business is challenging enough for entrepreneurs, when you had working with family it becomes another challenge.
Ema shares some of the challenges she has faced in her situation, shares advice and invites discussion around the subject. 

Ema posses the question and pounders why is it hard to support causes related to Mental Health.
She talks about some of her past activities to raise funds for other illnesses and how difficult it is to raise funds for Mental Health related illnesses.
She encourages listeners to respond with comments, suggestions and ideas.

Do you ever wonder about all the great love stories and writers how they became great because all their hearts were truly love sick and they longed for companionship?

These  great love stories longed to feel the beating of the heart of the person they thought about all day. About the person that they drowned in the depth of their eyes.

Ema shares and talks about the one person that we quite never forgot about. About that one true love. She invites you to share your own stories.

Ema Dantas has climbed 6 mountains to date to raise money for Mental Health. She is determined to change the stigma surrounding mental health one mountain at a time.

In this episode, Jade Stevens interviews Ema about her experiences.

Here are some of the questions Ema answers:

• What was it like to prepare for your first climb? 
• What was going through your head and what physical prep did you do?
• How do you train yourself mentally?
• What kind of equipment do you carry with you and what does it weigh?
• Let’s talk about safety and the logistics of the climb… how much focus is required to ensure you stay safe?
• What is the role of the guide and how big is the typical group? 
• What does a typical day look like from morning to night?
• You've completed 6 climbs and are now preparing for Everest. Which mountain was the most mentally challenging? And which was the most physically challenging?
• What gets you through when you feel like quitting or giving up? 
• It seems that having a deep connection with spirit is a critical element when it comes to pushing yourself harder than you ever have before. How has this experience effected your relationship with the higher power?
• You recently because the first Portuguese woman to summit Denali in Alaska… how does that feel? What has that experience done for you internally?
• What advice would you give someone wanting to summit their first major mountain?

In July 2019, Ema became the first Portuguese woman to summit Denali, Alaska.

Ema talks about the perceptions and assumptions we make about others and that others make about us. How does this affect us and our self esteem? 

Ema gives a brief summary of some topics that will be discussed in the podcast series.