In today’s hectic North American lifestyle, women are multitasking like never before. But It’s also women whose body systems are being most negatively affected. It’s no wonder we’re seeing a major decline in female fertility; in fact, as of this year over 10 per cent of all North American women of childbearing age are considered… Read more »
Everyone’s searching for something, even if we don’t know it yet. Does it take a tragedy to guide us to an answer? Or is the answer in the process of searching itself? Emily Rapp’s The Still Point of the Turning World came highly recommended, yet it sat in my to-be-read pile for weeks. The problem… Read more »
I’m tapping out this article from the waiting room in my psychiatrist’s office. Okay, to be totally honest, It’s the waiting room in the psychiatric wing at the local hospital, but I’m fine. Really, I’m fine. I’m just grabbing another script for Lamictal, which is what I take to treat bipolar disorder. We have this… Read more »
If you’ve been on social media at all in the last week, you’ve probably heard about a shocking letter received by the Ontario mom of a teen with autism. Briefly, the letter berated the parents for the child’s existence, suggested he had no place in a decent and ?normal? neighbourhood, and not-so-subtly recommended he be… Read more »
Nothing’s sure in this life except death and taxes, the old saying goes. A modern addition could very well be this: Every week, there’s sure to be a new Facebook thing making the rounds. Sometimes It’s ?If you love puppies and rainbows and hate bad stuff, click Like. Only 10 per cent of people actually… Read more »
Every few years there’s an anonymously published letter written by a member of one of the most reviled, yet desperately sought after professions in all of academia: the professional essay writer. And each time such a letter appears, there’s a flurry of finger-pointing. What kind of unethical person takes a job like that? Who would… Read more »
When summer began?or as soon as I got excited about summer beginning, which was back in March?I made a list. I make a lot of lists. They are not especially successful, unless you count making the list itself as Task Number One. (I do.) But this time it was going to be different; I’d be… Read more »
During a recent trip to Montreal, I had the opportunity to brush up on my very, very rusty French. It’s amazing how quickly it all comes back even after some fifteen years of disuse. What’s also amazing, though, is the perspective gained from being away from a language for so long that you see it… Read more »
This article was originally published June 29, 2012, in issue 2025. Does it ever seem as though the secrets of life can be narrowed down to a formula? Success is 99 per cent perspiration. Eating right plus getting exercise makes you lose weight. Do this, get that. It sounds reasonable, right? If you don’t put… Read more »
?What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.? Henry David Thoreau ?Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.? Confucius ?What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within… Read more »