I wrote Not Your Typical Year in Review Post on December 31, 2017, and was transparent about my feelings. Looking back now, I was harbouring fearful emotions. Emotions I was determined to work on in 2018 with positive coping mechanisms. In 2018, I took small steps towards big changes and…

I wrote a blog post last year titled “22 Things I Learned at 22” which to this day gets the most clicks on my website. In the blog post, I expressed my reservations towards birthdays and how they can make you feel uneasy. When I was seventeen, I didn’t quite…

2017 was my year of transition. After graduating, I took on three jobs because I was heartbroken and terrified of not living up to my potential. This overload of stress eventually weakened my immune system and I felt defeated. These feelings after four years of being in academia were incredibly…

Have you ever gotten into a ‘mood’ that sparked a full-on tantrum? Even though you are way older than the age of six it is not uncommon to sometimes boil over with anger. In this post, I’m going to share with you eight ways on how you can calm yourself…

A couple of weekends ago, I was taking public transit downtown to visit a couple of friends. While I was on the bus, I became aware of three children interacting and was filled with a new sense of hope. This is because these three children had never met prior to…