What you can do for YOU this Valentines day.

With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, I thought it would be valuable to write an article on relationships. Despite all the hype that surrounds the superficial notion of finding your perfect soul mate, I am here to get real and talk about the reality that some romantic relationships in fact challenge us to our very core. We are all familiar with relationships that don’t bring out the best in ourselves – those relationships where we question the way we behave around that person and potentially go so far as to dislike ourselves when around that person. But what if…

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The day my inner strength was born.

Have you ever felt in times of humiliation, stress or trauma your inner self envelope you with love and want to give you a great big hug? Recently I was reminded of a time when my Grade 5 teacher asked each member of my  class to stand on the scales. At the time I was an extremely self-conscious 10 year old. I had developed quite young compared to other girls my age and so the  thought of having to stand on those scales in front of my classmates filled me with an overwhelming  sense of utter dread. It turns out I was the…

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