The Conclusion to my 5 1/2 Year-Long Experiment with Self-Help
In April 2012, I wrote my very first reflection for this blog. I was 22 years old, and had just moved to Vancouver, BC from Fredericton, New Brunswick with my […]
My ambition, and why I deleted Instagram, Twitter, and deactivated my personal profile on Facebook
“How can I tell Bob that my happiness streams from having wrenched a piece out of my life, a piece of hurt and beauty, and transformed it to typewritten words […]
I don’t know how to write about death.
I’ve tried to write this reflection so many times over the last few weeks. Unsuccessfully. A friend of mind died unexpectedly. He’s all I can think about right now — […]
On my first day back in Vancouver, I fell on an escalator.
“There would be going away and the coming back, and whatever would greet me on returning I would take stoically, accepting the responsibility of my own will, be it free […]
The First Day of 2017
I spent last new year’s eve drinking Perrier with a very close friend, sharing with her (and her with me) the most detrimental beliefs that I had about myself. I […]
How to: BE PERFECT as a Human. A Guide For Self-Help Junkies.
As a proud perfectionist, I started exploring the ‘self help’ genre about four years ago. I gravitated towards this genre because I saw it as a way – according to […]