There is a very specific exhaustion that comes from scheduling your life in fifteen-minute blocks and still being late. It smells like rink air and sounds like dance music played one count too loud. It looks like a calendar, full of colour-coded messes (think toddler-style scribbling in ALL the colours) that has given up on…
Some people think success is measurable: likes, shares, reach. I’ve tried it that way. The truth? The best feedback I get doesn’t show up in analytics. ✨ It shows up in little, unmeasurable moments: After I stopped teaching dance, I expected my creativity to leave with it. But creativity doesn’t leave. It just pivots… same…
If your 20s are for making mistakes, your 30s are apparently for paying for them. At least that is what I learned the day I turned 30 and found myself a freshly minted solo mother of five small humans. Jai was 6, Kristian was 4, G was 3, and the twins were approximately four months…
There’s a reason why a song, a smell, or even a sesame seed bagel can take you straight back in time. Not just in memory, but in emotion. Nostalgia isn’t just daydreaming about the past; it’s a scientifically proven psychological comfort blanket that our brains pull over us when adulthood starts feeling like too much….
Alright my friends, let’s talk about the career gap. You know… that space on a résumé that often makes employers pause. The one filled with invisible ink that doesn’t list a title, salary, promotion, or anything really. For me, that gap was full of early mornings, late nights, endless laundry, homework help, and midnight study sessions…
If you’ve ever worked in a restaurant, you already know: it’s not “just a job.” It’s a crash course in business, leadership, and human behaviour that rivals any university degree. When people ask me what I do, I sometimes joke: “I’ve got a PhD in hospitality.” The truth is, after 20 years of working as…