Abby Whelan, White House press secretary and former member of Olivia Pope & Associates, is without question my favourite character on the TV show Scandal. She’s strong, knows what she wants, and isn’t afraid to speak up. In the last episode,…
Part 1: Resetting Push. January has just ended, and I already need to hit the reset button. This month, I’ve fallen down the rabbit hole of terrible habits. Instead of making progress on goals and ideas, I feel like I’ve…
I’m never going to share my story of mental illness. I say this not because I don’t want to share, because believe me, I do. But my story of mental illness doesn’t belong to me, but to so many other…
We live in a world full of negativity. Full of pessimism. Full of “you’re doing it wrong,” “let’s think about it this way instead,” and “if you’d just do (insert magic change), you’ll do better.” Think back to the most…
It’s 2015! And as with the beginning of any new year, the world is awash in resolutions, goals, and ambitions for the year ahead. Do you have resolutions, goals and ambitions? Or are you one of those people who has…
Push. That’s the mantra this year. Push. Day in, day out, for the next 365 days, that’s what I plan on telling myself. Push. Push myself out of my comfort zone. Push myself to share ideas, to launch new initiatives….
Sitting here, looking back at 2014, it’s hard to know what to think. The year feels like it was neatly divided in two- pre-job change, and post-job change. Pre-job change, I was doing a pretty good job at working towards…
At the beginning of 2014, I considered undertaking a project of independence. The idea was to identify things that were normally done in pairs or groups (think eating at a restaurant, going to a movie, etc.), and do them alone….
Post Welcome Week, I had two tasks dominating my to-do list: a Welcome Week debrief report, and self-reflection. The debrief report, although it took three straight days of writing, and was over 6000 words, was relatively straight forward. The self-reflection-…
If you’re having a conversation about mental health, and aren’t some kind of professional in the field, chances are high that the concept of stigma is going to come up. It seems to be the buzzword these days- everyone wants…