Death. Illness. Divorce. Job loss. We will all inevitably encounter hard times through devastating losses in our lives. It is through how we deal with our grief and eventually rebuild from tragedy that we discover the full capabilities of the human spirit. Someone who has known this well over the past two years is Sheryl Sandberg. In Sandberg's latest book, Option …
Continue reading Life Lessons Learned From… Kicking the Elephant Out of the Room
I accepted an Instagram challenge (started by Nicole Mehl and Annie Cline of Beauty in the Light) from my big sis, Tania Hussain, to tell the #realandhonesttruth. Throughout the course of three days, I revealed three things about myself that I usually keep concealed. On our social media channels, we tend to post only the good, …
Valentine’s Day. The day when love is in the air and everything is red and pink and heart-shaped all over (just a few of my favourite things). Despite liking things associated with this holiday, I usually don’t take it very seriously. I’m not a cynic who demonizes companies like Hallmark for capitalizing on the hearts (and wallets) …
Sometimes, the most incredible family bonds are not the ones we were born into, but the ones we find for ourselves. In "One Big Happy Family", Lisa Rogak shares heartwarming stories of interspecies parenting and guardianship among animals you wouldn't expect to see living together, much less supporting and caring for one another. In these …
Elizabeth Rosalyn 