Trish Bentley12 minAs a white person, how can you be a stronger ally?2020 and the events that have transpired will be etched into the crevices of history. We have spent the last few months homeschooling...
Trish Bentley3 minEmpowering Young People To Express Themselves Through ProseThis past year I ran a workshop in two grade eight classes, entitled: Writing The Personal Narrative: A Turning Points Essay. The...
Trish Bentley1 minTrish Bentley Is The Unapologetic Parent on The Huffington PostTrish Bentley, editor of The Purple Fig, contributor for The Huffington Post, has a new column, Unapologetic Parent: Informative and...
Trish Bentley3 minBelieve What People Tell YouNew Year’s resolution posts are a standard issue right now. Tiz the season to want to become healthier, smarter, more productive and...
Trish Bentley4 minModern Mothers Aren’t Drinking Anymore Than Generations Before Us So Why Are We Judged Like ItToday, there are many books, memes and blog posts dedicated to this idea that wine (or any other alcoholic beverage for that matter) is...
Trish Bentley3 minWhy I Will Probably Never Look Like Kayla ItsinesAs I scroll through Kayla Itsine’s Instagram feed, I am astonished by the number of women completely transforming their bodies. And I...
Trish Bentley2 minWe Are All Ordinary People In Extraordinary TimesFor 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...
Trish Bentley2 minWrite Because You Love It.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...
Trish Bentley2 minMay is Melanoma Awareness Month: #newfamilyrule Putting Sunscreen On Our KidsOne bad sunburn before the age of 18 doubles your chances of getting melanoma – the most serious and often fatal form of skin cancer....
Trish Bentley3 minI Will Try Not To Nag My Husband…For the Umpteenth Thousandth TimeIt 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...
Trish Bentley3 minInternational Women’s Day: What It Means To Me To Be A WomenRecently, 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...
Trish Bentley6 minLosing It Less and Choosing Happiness MoreOne day, after the fourteenth emotional breakdown from one of my two young boys, I found myself preaching the idea of happiness being a...
Trish Bentley2 minTPF Must Read: Celebrating Amanda Lindhout’s Courage and SpiritRecently, while reading A House In The Sky by Amanda Lindhout, I found myself so totally and completely captivated by her prose that I...
Trish Bentley5 minCutting Grains Is Not Just About Your Waistline: My Chat With Health Crusader Dr. William DavisSo 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...
Trish Bentley4 minHow Being Thrown in the Deep End Changed Cynthia Loyst’s LifeIt’s hard to believe anyone as beautiful, confident and ambitious as Cynthia Loyst, co-host of the popular TV show The Social (alongside...
Trish Bentley3 minWhy I Nursed My Baby With Both Breast Milk and FormulaEveryone 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...
Trish Bentley3 minMothers Against Judgement: Don’t Feel Bad If You Don’t BreastfeedThere is something that comes along with becoming a mother that is much less obvious than the lack of sleep, post-baby muffin top, and...
Trish Bentley4 minFinding a Balance Between 70s Parenting and Modern MeddlingIf you are a parent, you know the complete powerlessness within parenthood that exists between peeing on a stick and the day you die....
Trish Bentley3 minAre You Afraid of Elevators, Pickles, Chicken?Fear is an emotion induced by a threat perceived by living entities, which causes a change in brain and organ function and ultimately a...
Trish Bentley3 min5 Books to Increase Your Vocabulary This SummerI 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...