Mental Health in the Black Community We have Debbie Opoku-Mulder sharing some of her expertise with us today! For more information or to get in touch with her please check out her website: www.insidementalhealth.ca In any given year, 1 in 5 people in Canada will personally experience a mental health problem or illness. By age […]
The Power of Consequences
The Power of Consequences Consequences can teach us a lot. It never occurred to me until a few years ago that there are some people who don’t experience the results of their bad decisions. Life tells us that our decisions will generally have some kind of impact whether positive or negative. When I started to […]
Uncomfortable Paths
Uncomfortable Paths On a day hiking trip with my sister and her friend we came across two signs pointing to two trails “Harder or Easier.” It being a sunny day and all of us feeling up for the challenge we took the harder path for a while. I’d been thinking about how often in my […]
One day (Part 2)
I bought the car. I called the friends who knew how to drive stick and asked for help. I had no idea how to drive it and so another friend of mine drove it home for me and began teaching me. In the beginning it seemed like only a handful of friends knew how to […]
One Day
One day I, like many others, have made those “One day” promises to myself. If you don’t use that term you might have caught yourself saying “If only” at some point in time. If you take a moment you can probably think of a few things you would like to do one day. If I’m […]
Fathers and Daughters (Part 2)
Fathers and Daughters Part 2 When intentional and healthy, fathers and male figures can play such a crucial role in a young woman’s life. Modeling how a young woman is to be treated by other men in her life is a small part of that. Last week I mentioned that fathers can bring truth to […]
