Chasing Your Happiness with guest Al Gord

Episode 2: Chasing Your Happiness with guest Al Gord

Jessica has a conversation about chasing your happiness with guest Al Gord. Al Gord is an artist, mental health coach and advocate, and a former educational leader for one of the largest school boards in Ontario. While working as a principal, Al re-discovered his childhood passion for art, as a way to offset some of the stresses in his career. During this time, he began to re-evaluate what was most important to him, not only from a career standpoint, but from an "enjoying life" standpoint.

Recognizing that his health, his happiness, control over his time and helping others, were driving forces for him, Al began a personal journey to find what would make him most fulfilled. In 2019, Al left education to focus on his art. Since that time, Al’s art has been exhibited in s ...