Dwayne Holness: Creativity, Leadership & Learning to Trust Yourself

Dwayne Holness: Creativity, Leadership & Learning to Trust Yourself

What happens when success, ego, and financial pressure force you to rebuild your life? In this episode of The WHO Project™, entrepreneur and Corex Creative founder Dwayne Holness shares how growing up in Toronto's Jane and Finch shaped his identity, resilience, and ambition. Dwayne opens up about building a business from his mother's garage, experiencing creative success, battling financial setbacks and depression, and the lessons he learned about leadership, faith, and trusting himself. This is a conversation about identity, reinvention, and the journey from proving yourself to trusting yourself. Performance starts with self-perception.

Becoming Justine: Trusting Yourself at 18

In this episode of The WHO Project, Paul sits down with his daughter, Justine Gittens, for an honest conversation about identity, confidence, pressure, comparison, and learning to trust yourself at 18.

Becoming Who She Was Meant to Be — Cassandra James on Trust, Authenticity & Growth

In this episode of The WHO Project, Paul sits down with Cassandra James to explore how her upbringing, cultural background, and life in a single-mother household shaped the way she learned to see herself. Cass opens up about the mirror moments that challenged her to lower her guard, trust herself more deeply, and bring more of her authentic self into her relationships, her career, and the rooms she now leads in. Through stories of loyalty, boundaries, vulnerability, and stepping into a client-facing leadership role, this conversation reveals how self-perception evolves when you stop protecting the old version of yourself and start becoming the person you know you’re meant to be. Because growth begins the moment you stop defending who you had to be — and start trusting who you’re becoming.

Ross Cadastre on Responsibility, Risk, and Reinvention

In this episode of The WHO Project, Paul Gittens sits down with Ross Cadastre for a conversation about responsibility, risk, and reinvention. Ross reflects on growing up in St. Lucia, witnessing his father’s rise, fall, and rebuild, and how those early experiences shaped the way he came to see himself. From immigrating to Canada to building a career defined by ownership and problem-solving, Ross shares how capability became conviction, and how pressure, failure, and integrity helped shape the leader he is today. This is a conversation about self-perception, resilience, and the weight of becoming the person others rely on.

Who Camille Lawrence Had to Become to Live Her Dream

Camille Lawrence always knew she wanted to be in the entertainment industry. But pursuing that path required more than opportunity or ambition — it forced her to confront how she saw herself. In this episode, Camille reflects on the early experiences that shaped her identity and the version of herself she carried into that pursuit, and the realization that she had achieved what she set out to accomplish: becoming a Television Producer. Then, something happened that changed how she saw her life. We explore how tragedy forced her to re-evaluate not just what she was building, but who she was becoming, and how that moment reshaped the way she makes decisions, navigates uncertainty, and defines her life on her own terms. Because the real transformation wasn’t the dream becoming reality. It was the moment she began to find her way back to herself. The WHO Project is not about what people do. It’s about how self-perception shapes who they become.