Lisa Thibodeau

A recent announcement from the Government of Ontario could lead to some pretty significant changes for women at work, so we wanted to take a look at what that could mean …

Photo by Caroline Phillips I vividly remember riding beside my mother in our old Volvo station wagon when I was a very little girl. She was wearing navy blue Adidas sn…

I remember being in Grade 5. I was 10 years old, and I didn’t have many friends. I was at a new school and the ‘girl drama’ had started, and I frankly didn’t understand i…

May is Mental Health Awareness Month. I don’t generally pay much attention to days/weeks/months devoted to raising awareness about a particular cause because I’d much pre…

If you love ebooks and audiobooks, and also like saving money, I hope you know about Libby. Libby is the new name of OverDrive’s library-based, reader-facing app, whi…

Welcome back to The Honest Talk’s series on menopause. Guided by Dr. Emily Delpero, our first story served as an overview — Menopause 101, if you like. In this story we’r…

For me, last year mirrored a long, hard storm. Juggling roles as a wife and mom, managing two burgeoning businesses, and grappling with physical health and emotional chal…

You may have read Robert Fulghum’s essay, All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten, and yes, it’s true — kindergarten is a time of immense learning. But as …