Thoughts

How an email bounce back helped me reconnect with myself

In the middle of COVID, I made a promise to myself: I was going to keep everything afloat. My team, my business, my family, my sanity – nothing was going to slip through …

By Jennifer Stewart

I’m almost 30. Why is my body still a mystery to me?

I've had a realization: in just six months, I'll be turning 30 – and yet my own body still feels like a mystery. And not the fun, "whodunit" kind of mystery, you…

By Lisa Thibodeau

The beauty of returning

We started coming to the cottage six years ago. An island on the lake. Just the four of us. It was never meant to be a tradition. At least, I don’t remember deciding i…

By Jennifer Stewart

The road to body acceptance: A tale from restriction to reframing and everything in between

This is not about my body, instead it is an ode to it. A prose of appreciation for all that it has been through, all I have been through to see it now through gentle, app…

By Hailey Hechtman

Riding the river: Rediscovering my city through surfing

Having lived by the ocean for much of my life, I’ve always felt a deep pull toward the water. Afternoon swims, sailing with friends, and, most of all, surfing; it’s where…

By Mikka Zeisig

The book that taught me to make the world more beautiful

Growing up, I was lucky. Not just in the big, obvious ways – though there were those, too – but in the quiet, sacred ones. The kind of luck that looks like a parent re…

By Jennifer Stewart

The strategic power of the pause

In a world that is quickly evolving, the relentless pace of change often demands our constant attention. Whether you are taking a short break from work — often spent scro…

By Emilija Businskas

From suicidal ideation to radical optimism: The birth of The Dark Pollyanna

This story deals with difficult subject matter. I didn’t always know what to call it. The constant undercurrent. The pull toward done. What I now understand as suicida…

By Elaine Lindsay