Before I begin this post, I wanted to ask… Have you had a chance to see Brené Brown’s powerful talk on “THE POWER OF VULNERABILITY” at TED Talks? If not, please grab yourself a warm cup of coffee or a comforting cup of tea and go see it. It may be the exact thing you…
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Named as one of the most unique adventures (by many reputable French publication in Montreal and Quebec City) discover in the summer and winner of several prestigious awards including the 2014 Le Grand Prix de Tourisme Québécois, Camp Explora is anything but a typical summer activity. If you’re looking for summer to-do (as a matter…
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“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it…
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According the most recent trend report from Twitter, the top two New Year’s Resolution for 2015 is to BE FIT and to BE HAPPY! That news comes as no surprise as this has always been how it is year after year. And just like clockwork, resolutions are made and resolutions broken but we make them…
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If you live in Canada and have a slight interest in media, you must have seen the shocking and developing story about ex-CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) radio host Jian Gomeshi’s massive fall from grace. Don’t worry, this post is not at all about that as you can search #JIANGOMESHI #GOMESHIGATE #BDSM AND #FIFTYSHADESOFGREY, you will…
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Building on what seems to be a theme here in the blog this week, let’s talk hair care especially during this time of the year – the dreadful winter. I’m typically a wash and go kind of girl and though I make efforts to change that, I truly have no skills with the brush and…
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Just when we thought we couldn’t get busier, we were wrong. In the last couple of weeks, things have just been absolutely hectic as we find ourselves running from one event to another and finishing up tasks after tasks in between. While it has been more than exhausting in many fronts, there is unquestionably no…
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At least I’d like to think I am. For someone who grew up a mere five minutes away from the beach in a little island in an archipelago somewhere in the Pacific Ocean, I ought to be a water baby but unfortunately, aside from my great love for the water, I don’t have that many…
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Well maybe not the entire world…. But… I DID SOMETHING I THOUGHT I WOULD NEVER DO IN SOCIAL MEDIA. I swore. I know this is a polarizing issue that some do but others don’t. It may sound trivial but a long time ago, when I made the decision to finally join this social media revolution,…
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Just because Christmas has come and gone with every present unwrapped and we’ve all eaten ourselves silly, it doesn’t mean the festivities are over. In fact, one of the most anticipated celebrations of the year is the one that ends it and welcomes in the new one – the New Year’s Eve party. The…
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