Barbara Godin is a graduate of Athabasca University. She writes the “”Dear Barb” and the “Women of Interest” columns. As well, Barb has written many personal interest stories and enjoys connecting with others through her writing. She has been writing for The Voice since 2003.
If you enjoy reading Dear Barb, you can also purchase her curated collection, Dear Barb: Answers to Everyday Questions at her website, http://www.barbgodin.com.
Dear Barb: My sister is one year older than me and we were close while we were younger, but now we rarely talk. I find her anger and rage extremely hard to deal with. After these outbursts she always calls me to apologize and says it was a temporal lobe seizure. I had never heard… Read more »
Lillian Moller Gilbreth was born May 24, 1878, in Oakland, California and died January 2, 1972, in Phoenix, Arizona. She was known for seminal contributions to human factors engineering and ergonomics that came to be known as Therblig. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Therblig) Lillian married Frank Gilbreth and they began a business together and eventually had twelve children. Following… Read more »
Dear Barb: My husband and I have been together since we were teenagers and we are now in our mid thirties. We have always gotten along well and shared similar interests. We have two children who we both love tremendously. Bit in the last six months I have noticed a growing distance between us. My… Read more »
Rachel Zimmerman was born in 1972 in London, Ontario. She is a space scientist and inventor of the Blissymbol printer. The Blissymbol printer translates Blissymbols, which are taped on a board, into written language on a computer screen. Through this device, for the first time, non-speaking people and people with severe disabilities can communicate with… Read more »
Dear Barb: My brother is getting married in a few months and he’s having a destination wedding. The problem is that I cannot afford the $3,000 to go to his wedding. I am in my twenties, recently graduated, and have just started a new job. I have huge student loans I have to start paying… Read more »
Dr. Temple Grandin was born August 29, 1947, in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Grandin is widely known as a spokesperson on autism as well as a prominent consultant for the humane treatment of livestock for slaughter. During her childhood, Grandin was diagnosed with various conditions, however when her mother came upon a paper written by a… Read more »
Dear Barb: Hi, my girlfriend and I have been dating six months. We have a lot of the same interests and get along remarkably well, except that she’s extremely jealous. Her last boyfriend cheated on her, so I understand being cautious, but this is extreme. Everywhere we go she seems to pick out some woman… Read more »
Dear Barb: My boyfriend and I have been dating for two years. We’ve always had a difficult relationship because we seem to see the world differently. For example, I am a saver, he is a spender. I am open and communicative and he is a quiet brooder. I love kids; he’s kind of so-so about… Read more »
Amanda C. J. Vincent was born in 1960. She graduated from University of Western Ontario with a Bachelor of Science and earned her PhD from the University of Cambridge, England. Vincent is a Canadian marine biologist who spent her career studying, at length, the seahorse population. Vincent’s studies led the seahorse population being added to… Read more »
“Women are liberated from the time they leave the womb.” – Dr. Virginia Apgar Dr. Virginia Apgar was born June 7, 1909, in Westfield, New Jersey and died August 7, 1974, in New York City. She was an obstetrical anesthesiologist who invented the APGAR score for newborns. The APGAR score is an acronym for Appearance,… Read more »