Celebrating Mother’s Day: 5 Ways To Say Thank You

If you’re alive right now, you have a mother to thank for that, so make sure you do this Mother’s Day! Mothers are probably one of the most hard-working, underappreciated humans on this planet. Right from the when they find out they’re pregnant, they’re taking care of us. When we’re…

Find A Daily Routine To Help Balance Your Life

If you’re like me, you’ll get what I mean when I say I struggle to keep up with my week and sometimes I even struggle to make it through a day. I don’t know why, but I swear, as we all get older those 24 hours in a day seem…

Let’s Talk Periods: My Story and How I Prepare

Ladies, you know the deal. The Monthly Visitor: Let’s Talk Periods I think that I should start my period post with a giant disclaimer: If talking about your lady bits bleeding freaks you out, click away from this post. For those of you who aren’t sheepish or freaked out by…

International Women’s Day and Gender Equality

This International Women’s Day, Let’s Look At What’s Going Right and What We Can Improve On First, let me just say Happy International Women’s Day to all my women out there. I know people joke around saying, “Why isn’t there an international men’s day?”, but it is so important that…

Beyond The Bridesmaid Dress: Talking With BridesMade

  Two weeks ago I was invited to what I’m considering the ultimate female empowerment party with a locally based, female-run company called BridesMade. BridesMade, a company based out of Kitchener-Waterloo, is committed to making bridesmaids’ experiences better—at least in terms of the bridesmaid dress and self-confidence (because unfortunately, there’s…

Why Valentine’s Day Sucks, And Why It Doesn’t Have To

Valentine’s Day is one of the strangest holidays of the year, but every time it rolls around, I get somewhat invested in it…I guess that’s why I’m writing this post. But I can’t be the only one who questions how we’ve turned a holiday about a church saint, the infamous…

Daily Life With Mental Illness (Well…High-Functioning Mental Illnesses)

Bell Let’s Talk Day and My Updated Story On Living With Mental Illnesses Today is Bell Canada’s #bellletstalk day, which as many Canadians know, goes to support Mental Health initiatives across the country for people of all ages. On #bellletstalk day last year, I shared a deeply personal story about…