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2020 and the events that have transpired will be etched into the crevices of history. We have spent the last few months homeschooling...

This past year I ran a workshop in two grade eight classes, entitled: Writing The Personal Narrative: A Turning Points Essay. The...

Trish Bentley, editor of The Purple Fig, contributor for The Huffington Post, has a new column, Unapologetic Parent: Informative and...

New Year’s resolution posts are a standard issue right now. Tiz the season to want to become healthier, smarter, more productive and...

Today, there are many books, memes and blog posts dedicated to this idea that wine (or any other alcoholic beverage for that matter) is...

As I scroll through Kayla Itsine’s Instagram feed, I am astonished by the number of women completely transforming their bodies. And I...

For the first time since forever, the sun is shining and warm on our faces. There’s a lull in hostilities and my girls are playing well...

When I was in school I endured many writing workshops (public mental beatings) where I had to showcase my work and listen to what each of...

One bad sunburn before the age of 18 doubles your chances of getting melanoma – the most serious and often fatal form of skin cancer....

It happens. You flip the switch and there’s a sudden bright flash of light, and then darkness. It’s your cue to change the light bulb. My...

Recently, as we sat around the dinner table and looked back on our day, my three year old son told us about how upset he had been. “What...

One day, after the fourteenth emotional breakdown from one of my two young boys, I found myself preaching the idea of happiness being a...

Recently, while reading A House In The Sky by Amanda Lindhout, I found myself so totally and completely captivated by her prose that I...

So the holidays are well and gone but the lasting impression of food and drink on our bellies is not. You may be a ‘January joiner’ busy...

It’s hard to believe anyone as beautiful, confident and ambitious as Cynthia Loyst, co-host of the popular TV show The Social (alongside...

Everyone knows things do not always go according to plan. As strong women, we come up with several plans in case the first one or two do...

There is something that comes along with becoming a mother that is much less obvious than the lack of sleep, post-baby muffin top, and...

If you are a parent, you know the complete powerlessness within parenthood that exists between peeing on a stick and the day you die....

Fear is an emotion induced by a threat perceived by living entities, which causes a change in brain and organ function and ultimately a...

I caught a little bit of The Bachelorette last night and before long I had to turn it off. I actually had the option to turn it off...