What will stick with you more? Statistics or stories? You might be like me and be able to say “Both”, but if I think about my answer more deeply, statistics only really mean something to me if they connect with a story that I find meaningful. Let me give you an example. A stat that... Continue Reading →
I know you want to do one, heck, I want to do one. And I will. One day. When it’s time. For now, I am committed to the incredibly rewarding work of being a part of the team that makes this event real in our city year after year. This might only be our second... Continue Reading →
The dreaded expressway.I was on it again. Since our car accident more than a year ago, I have found that when I leave the house in a car, 9 times out of 10, I need to endure this stretch of roadway. It’s dreadful. My husband drives as he always does, and I am relegated to... Continue Reading →
The cursor blinks on my blank screen. Music plays through my headphones and I open my mind with the question,” What shall I write about today?” I breathe into my belly and pull my navel in softly as the air flows back out. Moments tumble through my mind that have happened over the last couple... Continue Reading →
Over the last couple of months, I have been learning how to tell stories. I have always been a writer, but my skill has always been in academic writing, writing to teach. And let’s be honest with each other, that kind of writing is a bit cold. Storytelling was never my skillset. And so I... Continue Reading →
“I hate you! I wish I had never been born!”, he screamed from upstairs and slammed his door so hard I could feel it reverberate in the floorboards under my feet. I stood at the bottom of the stairs, my heart aching, my fists clenched, and my eyes full of tears. Barely a teenager, my sons'... Continue Reading →
It was a sunny Sunday afternoon in the big city, my favourite city, the city that had always felt like home to me. Queen Street West was bustling and busy, as it always was, and I stood on the street outside of the float spa utterly awestruck. The dizzying spectrum of colours that painted the... Continue Reading →
My dear readers, Over the past months, I have been creating content on this blog that has centred primarily around writing great content, how to be a writer, how to attract your ideal audience, and how to bring your dream business into your reality. And I am not going to entirely stop doing that, however,... Continue Reading →
Like Hannibal Lecter playing the puppet master of Clarice Starling’s life from inside his locked cell in impossible and invisible ways, so your anxiety lives in the shadows of your mind and pulls strings you don’t even know you have. It’s the spectre of your mind, quietly, powerfully, stealthily driving your every thought, choice, and... Continue Reading →
