“Knowing what must be done does away with fear.” Rosa Parks *Note: for those of you feeling oversaturated with content and looking for something actionable, please scroll to the end where I’ve written a summary and bullet point process you can...
Why Your Anxiety is not Just Your Problem!
I was sitting with a philosopher friend of mine discussing life and its many joys and trials when he came out with something...
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How to Take the Pressure off Parents
Despite this oft repeated adage “it takes a village to raise a child”our society seems to have headed in the opposite direction...
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20 Ways to Let Go of Stress
Sometimes it seems like people are living their lives at breakneck speed. Perhaps it’s because we’re trying to match...
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Language has been a hot topic in Quebec (where I was born and raised) for as long as I can remember. I’ve had ample time and opportunity to mull over ever aspect of language as an element of culture and connection (or disconnection)...
I come from a mixed heritage background. West-Indo-European would be one simplified way of describing it. On my mother’s side Irish and Scottish meet Trinidadian-Indian and on my dad’s Welsh, English and roots somewhere in Scandinavia add to...
There seems to be a dichotomy set up in some peoples minds between being “nice” and being “honest.” Not in the sense that “nice” people are constantly lying through their teeth, but rather a lot of us seem to...
We all have those moments where we find ourselves staring at a blank page thinking….nothing. In fact, I had one of those moments as I tried to begin writing this blog post. Unfortunately many of us experience this “blank” feeling as a big...