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The Law of Names
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What My Sourdough Starter Taught Me About the Writing Life
I killed Jolene. Back from a beach holiday, I opened the fridge to find my sourdough starter had succumbed to black mould. As I scraped

Taking Back My Life – Using Hardship To Move Forward
Are you the person you hoped you would be? If not, don’t fret. Remember, life is a journey of self-empowerment and constantly learning and evolving

Why Values are Important to Being Informed
I love Canadian politics and current affairs. I love them because I value being informed and having knowledge. Our personal values dictate the choices we

Transforming Toxic Thoughts Into Empowering Language
The average person has 60,000-70,000 thoughts a day! Let that sink in. 60 to 70 thousand! Are your 70,000 a day positive or negative? Our

I love my ADHD
(I preface this by saying that this is my story, and I am not making light of the suffering encountered by many people. See a

When You’re a Resiliency Queen this Pandemic is but a Blip in the Fear-o-meter. 5 tips to Face Adversity with Ease
I like to think that I’m just like everyone else, nothing more, nothing less, but I believe we all do ourselves a disservice when we

Age Fabulously Without Pain
In her book Younger, author and MD Sara Gottfried says, “by turning your good genes on and your bad genes off, you can actually prevent

The Power Of One When You Are In Chaos
The power of one thing is a huge epiphany for my clients and is a milestone to reach because all my clients including myself as

How To Shatter The Glass Ceiling As A Woman Selling In A Highly Male-Dominated Industry
For the past 20 years, I have been working in sales in Canada for one of North America’s largest Building Materials Manufacturers. This industry is

Heal Thyself, Heal Thy Children
In August 2020, I became one of 10,000 Canadians to survive a bilateral pulmonary embolism and part of the 1.3% population to be diagnosed with

How to Live in Flow with Your Cycle
For years, I cursed, hated, dreaded, and cried over my period, every cycle. This phase caused me SO much pain, embarrassment, disgust. It tortured me,

Stop Asking People Where They Are From
My racially ambiguous appearance has always been a topic of conversation throughout my life. Especially during the many years that I worked as a barista.

World Mental Heath Day 2020
*content warning: self harm, suicide, mental illness* “Omg I could die” or “kill me” when you get embarrassed You have a bad day and you

Stepping Into My Power – My Winning Ticket To The Lottery Of Life
As I sit here as a twenty-three-year-old reminiscing about the story I wrote in my grade twelve writer’s craft class, I realized that I was

What No One is Telling You About Using Podcasting to Grow Your Business
People won’t shut up about podcasts. I know, I know, my bias is showing. I’m a podcasting coach & business strategist, after all. But hear

Is Everything Really The Parents’ Fault?
When it comes to kids, parents tend to take up a lot more on them than it is considered sane to. Is a difficult child

When Life Stops, Shifts, And Changes In A Single Second
My daughter’s case was the first in North America to conclude with a restorative justice outcome. Restorative Justice is founded on the belief of repair

Olive Morris
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Adaptability and Assimilation: Two Words Immigrants Live By
Being an immigrant is an isolating experience. It isn’t like a vacation where you live off your suitcase in a hotel room and bounce to

Secrets to a Feminine Money Mindset
It never fails, whenever I get together with a group of women or close friends and I mention the topic of MONEY, I get the

Negotiating a Starting Salary
There are so many parts of the job search and application process that are stressful but one of the parts people agonize over the most

A Logo Isn’t Your Brand
“Oh, it’s my logo.” I hear this all the time when I ask a business to tell me their brand story. While a logo is

My Multidimensional Awakening
Hello Human Lavender Tusk is Feminine Awakening embodied. It comes from the collaboration of the word lavender; which is a slightly feminine, unconventional colour and

You Are the Universe In Motion
I want you to take a deep breath. As you breathe in, I want you to feel the oxygen and nitrogen that flows pass your
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EPISODE 034 – Maintaining Balance using the Medicine Wheel Teachings
