Learning to let go – it’s October

October arrives quietly, but it never goes unnoticed. Each month has its own uniqueness; for October it’s the crispness in the air, the golden glow of autumn leaves, the shorter days, and the comforting feeling the year is slowly drawing to a close. October is another...

September 30

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation (also known as Orange Shirt Day) Today, orange means more.  On the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, we honour Survivors, remember the children who never returned home, and stand with Indigenous families and...

Are We Optimizing Ourselves Out of Actually Living?

There was a time when people measured life in stories. “Remember that road trip?” “Remember the dinner where we laughed until the restaurant closed?” “Remember when we stayed up until 2 a.m. talking about nothing and everything?” Today, we’re just as likely to measure...

The Quiet Tyranny of Buzzwords

There’s a particular kind of meeting silence that happens after someone says, “let’s circle back on synergies once we’ve operationalized the framework.” It’s not confusion, exactly. Everyone in the room understood every individual word. It’s something closer to...