Lisa Thibodeau

Women have to support women: here is why you need a circle of women to succeed

At The Honest Talk, we talk a lot about the importance of friendship in empowering women. It’s been a recurring theme with our podcast guests. “Women have to support w…

By Tudor Robins

Newborn baby boy sucking milk from mothers breast. Portrait of mom and breastfeeding baby. Concept of healthy and natural baby breastfeeding nutrition.

Learn from my breastfeeding mistakes

“It is unusual for a baby to wean before 18-24 months unless Mom is encouraging weaning.” I stared at those words on the screen for a few moments before reading on.&nb…

By Jennifer Madigan

Newborn baby boy sucking milk from mothers breast. Portrait of mom and breastfeeding baby. Concept of healthy and natural baby breastfeeding nutrition.

Canada’s most famous female journalists on The Honest Talk

At The Honest Talk we’ve been fortunate to speak with several well-known women in Canada’s media landscape. These journalists give voice to the people whose stories th…

By Tudor Robins

Our family’s guide to transitioning

Telling my mother I was trans was the hardest part about coming out as a teen, but she ended up being my greatest support. Now we want to help families like ours. This…

By Tudor Robins & Evan Robins

Confessions of a vintage advice book connoisseur: introducing our partnership with bestselling author Ann Douglas

It's a gorgeous sunny day and I’m sitting out here on the front porch, flipping through vintage advice books. It’s not like me to take an afternoon off in the mi…

Navigating the grief of infertility and finding purpose

I am 34 years old, and I will never have my own biological children. This was not my own choice, but something I had to accept after a relentless battle with infertility.…

What is greenwashing and why is it bad

These 'bioplastics' cups are often only compostable in an industrial composting facility - meaning in most cases they just end up in the landfill (because they can't be r…

By Tudor Robins

So, you want to write a novel

It was in June of 2019 that I decided the time had come to work on a novel that had lived in the back of my mind for years. I was maybe about one-third of the way down to…

By Mary Taggart