Amid the tsunami of panic surrounding COVID-19, I wondered: what is the nature of fear? Why are we so quick to assume the worst in any...

"Act as if you trust your God." Anonymous It's funny how the novelty of new things can maintain a level of enthusiasm that makes it easy...

"Yoga is not a workout, it is a work in." Rolph Gates Upon reading this quote, I was immediately struck by how relevant it was...

" I think the reward for conformity is everyone likes you but yourself." Rita Mae Brown When I was 14 years old, all I wanted in the...

I generally consider myself as someone who has their sh*t together. That's not to say I'm not aware of my vulnerabilities, but I didn't...

With the recent opening of a brand new light rail system here in Ottawa, I was expecting to feel shared excitement and anticipation to...

July was a glorious month. It felt like a dream: every morning, I would wake to a beautiful, hot, sunny day. And then August started...

I've never been very good at math or had a mind for numbers. Any mathematical transactions I attempt are accompanied by a calculator. It...

The first thing that came to mind when I crossed paths with Chantal was a fairly well-known saying "Still waters run deep." She has a...

I met with Courtenay on a hot summer morning in July at the Blue Bird Cafe on Dalhousie. She walked in with the fresh glow of a morning...

"When one is pretending, the entire body revolts." Anaïs Nin A new term now describes our current times as a "post-truth" era (a term...

I recently came across a well-known quote from Eleanor Roosevelt: "No one can make you feel inferior without your consent." It...