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Episode 174

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13th Mar 2020

174. Andreea Dutescu Vanacker, Ph.D. - Accelerating Growth and Positivity within Businesses

UofA listeners tune in as we meet CEO of SPARKX5, entrepreneur, author, keynote speaker, and Forbes Council Member, Andreea Dutescu Vanacker, Ph.D. Lance and Andreea dive into her backstory with her family coming from Romania and her journey with the Canadian education system. Listen as Andreea shares with young listeners how time is evolving and why it’s wise to explore your options as a student. Andreea shares what her company SparkX5 is and opens up about her book, “Vitality: Life and Leadership,” and how she was given a huge opportunity to become a keynote speaker.


🥇WHAT IS ONE LESSON YOU HAVE LEARNED FROM ADVERSITY🥇

Andreea answers with, “It's about learning to embrace those moments of pain and becoming resilient, and looking at adversity as a gift.”



IN THIS EPISODE, YOU WILL LEARN: 

Connect with Andreea Vanacker

1. Follow Andreea on LinkedIn

2. Visit SPARKX5 Website


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● Subscribe to the University of Adversity Youtube Channel


About University of Adversity Podcast

Learn how to shift your perspective on adversity by understanding that although adversity may feel like your worst enemy, it is actually your greatest ally. My mission is to connect with unique and inspiring individuals and showcase their journey and what they have gone through in order to become successful in their lives. Tune in three times a week with Lance Essihos for your gold-filled lesson of inspiration, resilience, and bravery. Don’t forget to subscribe!

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About the Podcast

University of Adversity
Real stories and tools to help you grow through adversity, burnout, and reinvention.
University of Adversity is a show about the moments that change us — especially the ones we didn’t ask for.

I’m Lance Essihos, and I sit down with athletes, bestselling authors, doctors, entrepreneurs, spiritual teachers, and everyday warriors to have real conversations about adversity — the kind that strips away the surface and forces us to face who we really are.

We go deep into the mindset shifts, emotional breakthroughs, and practical tools that helped them rebuild. Not just to survive, but to come back stronger, clearer, and more aligned.

This isn’t motivation.
It’s what happens after the breakdown, when you’re trying to put the pieces back together and make it mean something.

If you’re in a season of uncertainty, burnout, or reinvention — this show is here to walk with you.

We don’t just talk about getting through the hard times.
We talk about who you become because of them.

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Lance Essihos

As an experienced veteran with adversity, Lance has faced some of life's most difficult challenges. Grinding his way through the hockey ranks to traveling the world as a bartender. Through his personal battle with drugs and alcohol for well over a decade, the tragic loss of his brother to suicide followed by the great loss of his father to cancer only a year later, Lance realized he had hit rock bottom. In the darkest of days, he made a promise to himself that he would create a new life, one that would make an impact and inspire the masses, leaving the world in a better place than he found it. Lance has made it his mission to facilitate the message of positive change through adversity and encourage people to see the light through the darkness of life's worst moments.