While I love cooking, baking has never been my jam. Sure, it looks like fun on The Great British Bake Off, but it’s tedious and exact – two things that don’t …
When you hear about human trafficking, what comes to mind? If you’re like most, myself included, you imagine a child or teenager being kidnapped, usually in a developing country. This …
As I’ve said before: I love having a birthday at the beginning of the year. It means I get a little buffer between the hoopla of the holidays, and when …
Being around the littles at Christmas has to be one of the best parts of the holidays. I get so nostalgic watching them experience all of the magic – it …
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas indeed! While we run around filling stockings and raising glasses of Christmas cheer, let’s be sure to find moments of gratitude, and pay-it-forward …
Yes, month. Yes, whole novel. When three of my PressReader colleagues said they were taking on the 50,000-words-in-30-days challenge, and wanted me to join, I panicked. Me? The gal who took over …
A note from Stefanie: I mentioned to you guys that my new hire was someone dear to my heart. This is a sliver of what makes her the compassionate, inspiring, …
When someone tells me they’re blissfully in the honeymoon phase I have to actively repress a laugh. WTF is the honeymoon phase? Sure, I remember the nervous butterflies at the beginning of …
I find the psychology behind marketing fascinating. If a 30 second commercial can make someone laugh or cry, that advertising team is doing something right. There have been countless studies …
I noted a few months back that I was bringing on my first employee, and how the job was going to be a weird spattering of social media, editing and …
Ibiza is to my adulthood as Disneyland was to my childhood: There’s no happier place on earth. So in honour of my favourite island ending yet another season, here's a little …
As I mentioned a few years ago, Jen Rainnie dominates the beach game. (Catch the full article here, or just take my damn word for it.) Fierce. Driven. Nurturing. And, hella …
When it comes to working out, I have every excuse in the book: I just washed my hair, I’m too tired, I’m too full, I need to hit the snooze …
Back in 1984 Eric Karls started the Canadian brand Almost Heaven. In 1994, he brought his wife, Lani, on board as the Creative Director of the accessory line and quickly …
Since I was a mini-broad I’ve loved surprising people – occasionally to my parents’ dismay. They’d often arrive home from a round of golf and I’d done something like cover …
