Mistakes Can Make or Break You
As I approach my 30th birthday, I’ve taken time to reflect how much has changed in my life in the last decade. During my twenties, I made so many mistakes, hurt people I loved, and behaved in ways that...
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Are you beautiful on the inside or only the outside?
There was once a time that if I heard any of the following: "spirituality, inner peace, vegan, money doesn't buy happiness..." I'd nod my head while rolling my eyes thinking, "Enough of this new-age...
Merry Christmas
At the time, those unexpected twists and turns in life can feel like you’ve lost your way. But in the grand scheme of things, that winding road is all part of the journey of life, taking you to where...
I fall. I cry. I get back up.
If you’ve been following some of my recent blogs, you will know that in the past recent months, I’ve been thrown a few life challenges. To sum it up, I lost my job, my income, endured an abrupt and...
Definition of Love – As Told by Children
This is from a post I found. A group of 4 to 8 year-olds were asked the question, “What does love mean?” Below are their answers. So pure and true. If you have your definition of love to add, please...
Defined by Ego
My whole life I’ve defined myself through the roles I’ve had – the academic, the girlfriend, the party girl... As long as I had a role to fit within, I would have an understanding of my sense of...
Choose a Winning Attitude
When interacting and speaking to successful leaders, I’ve noticed a strong commonality. Regardless of industry, upbringing, or culture, these leaders share a similar disposition: a positive attitude...
The Unspoken Rule of Reciprocity
There is an unspoken rule of reciprocity that people either a) respect and participate in b) are oblivious to or c) choose to ignore. It is arguable that the people in both group...
5 Things You SHOULDN’T Do When You Argue
1. Say, "Calm down". Two measly words guaranteed to piss off your partner to the nth degree. "Lighten up" "Relax" - yes these also fall under that same category and yes, I'm guilty...
Are You a Good Friend?
Having an abundance of friends where interactions are based in love, care, support and value exchange is not a happening of chance, but a result of effort, consideration and creation. You create the...
First Comes Love, Then Comes…
Marriage? At least, that’s the correct order of things that we’ve been taught. Date, live together, get married, have children and live happily ever after. But is this the right order of things...
A Moment to Appreciate
This evening I went for a walk in my neighborhood. The air was crisp and fresh, the sky clear and you could smell the scent of fall infusing the air. In that moment, appreciating the most simple, yet...
Do You Know What You Don’t Want – V2
People say that as you grow older, you learn to identify what you want in a partner. However, I’m sure many of you can relate, that the person you end up dating can be quite different from the...
Working it Out Vs Tossing it Out
As a young girl, I interpreted events of my childhood that has created a perception of reality that has been part of my primary belief system growing up. That story is that you can’t count on anyone...
Everyone Has A Story
Do you know how young someone can be when they start to contemplate harmful thoughts, such as suicide? For me, I was 10 years old. I was bullied at school so badly that I would cry everyday, and be...
Today is my birthday
Today is my birthday. Another year lived, and what a year it has been. Components of my life have changed dramatically – my home, my career, my headspace…I guess you can say, I’ve grown up...
Fear vs Love
"Your actions are birthed from a place of fear or a place of love. If you do something that is fear based, even if it is diguised at first, it's darkness will eventually show up somewhere down the...
A Year Later
A year ago today, the hardest words I think a woman will ever hear were said to me. “I don’t love you anymore.” “I no longer want to spend the rest of my life… with you.” I can still...
J
J* (name changed) was always the funny one – he had a brutally honest, unfiltered kind of humour. My earliest memories of him was in grade eight, when I would make him sandwiches for lunch every day...