In this episode of CAMP Conversations, host speaks with Pamela Slim, CEO and Founder of the Pamela Slim Agency, about building a body of work rooted in purpose, relationships, and sustainability. Drawing from nearly 30 years as an entrepreneur, author, and coach, Pamela reflects on resilience through personal loss, community leadership, and navigating uncertainty in work and life.

• What it means to build a “body of work” across different seasons of life

• Why sacrificing yourself undermines meaningful work and long-term resilience

• Relationship-first business models versus transactional, extractive approaches

• Energy boundaries, burnout, and sustainability in caregiving and helping professions

• Representation, visibility, and leadership for Indigenous and marginalized communities

• How grief, loss, and major life transitions reshape priorities and purpose

• The role of joy, creativity, and embodiment (including dance) in resilience

• Why adaptability, problem-solving, and strong networks matter more than job security

• Paying attention to what people need now—and responding with integrity

• Trusting yourself to figure things out amid economic and personal uncertainty

Books & Resources

• Escape from Cubicle Nation — Pamela Slim
• Body of Work — Pamela Slim
• The Widest Net — Pamela Slim
• Buffalo Dreamer — Violet Duncan
• Memoir by Charlotte Stewart
• Community Action Project (CAP) – youth program
• Indigenous community creative learning lab

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About Pamela Slim:

Pamela Slim is an award-winning author, speaker and agency owner who has spent three decades helping business owners scale their businesses and IP. The Pamela Slim Agency (PSA) specializes in productizing service businesses and the design and development of certification and licensing programs. Pam is the author of Escape from Cubicle Nation (Penguin Portfolio, 2009), Body of Work (Penguin Portfolio, 2014) and The Widest Net (McGraw Hill, November, 2021, winner of Best Sales and Marketing Book of 2021 from Porchlight Books).

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What happens when a successful entrepreneur’s life changes overnight — and everything you’ve built can no longer protect you?

In this episode of CAMP Conversations, Dayna Conway sits down with Tim Parkes, chief innovator, builder, breaker, and fixer at Maple Leaf Realco, to share his experience of being wrongly convicted in the U.S., sentenced to a maximum-security prison, and spending over two years incarcerated before receiving a full acquittal.

This conversation goes beyond the story itself and into what it truly takes to endure extreme uncertainty, loss of control, and isolation — and how resilience is built moment by moment when the future is unclear.

Tim Parkes is the Founder of Canmark Automotive , Remington Industries, Remington Manufacturing, Remington Global, and the Maple Leaf Realco Development companies

In this conversation, they discuss:

• Defining the problem when money and success can’t fix it

• Separating emotion from decision-making under extreme stress

• How focus and discipline became survival tools

• The role of relevance and belonging in resilience

• Faith, reflection, and rebuilding after incarceration

• Returning to a world filled with noise and overstimulation

• Why relationships matter more than status or achievement

What if relationship conflict isn’t about communication skills—but about misunderstood needs?

In this episode of Camp Conversations, Dayna sits down with Rebecca Mullen, Relationship Coach, Life Coach, author, and host of the podcast Habits for Your Happily Ever After, for a grounded and deeply relatable conversation about how relationships actually function under stress.

Rebecca introduces her practical framework of the three roles present in every relationship: Partner, Lover, and Friend—and explains how tension builds when couples are operating in different roles without realizing it. Through real-life examples drawn from marriage, parenting, friendship, and adventure-driven lifestyles, Rebecca and Dayna explore why resentment forms, how invisible labor impacts connection, and what it looks like to slow down before communication turns reactive.

In this conversation, they discuss:

• Why conflict is often about the needs behind the needs

• How Partner, Lover, and Friend roles can unintentionally compete

• What happens when adventure, caregiving, and responsibility collide

• Why naming how you’re communicating matters as much as what you’re saying

• Simple language shifts that reduce defensiveness and build understanding

• How caregivers can protect connection without over-functioning

Rebecca also shares the personal experiences that shaped her work—from growing up with divorced parents to navigating marriage and parenting with deeply different needs—and reflects on insights from her TEDx Talk The Vegetarian & The Hunter: Creating Peace at the Dinner Table and her book 6 Steps to Better Marriage Communication.

Listeners are invited to explore additional resources and podcast episodes from Rebecca related to each relationship role in the show notes, with more tools and step-by-step communication practices coming in a follow-up episode.

About Rebecca Mullen

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Dig Deeper into the 3 Roles on Rebecca's podcast:

Partner - Listen to Episode 5

Lover - Listen to Episode 7

Friend - Listen to Episode 6

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