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Nadia’s story: I was a new mom having a heart attack on a bathroom floor

Mom and SCAD survivor, Nadia, with her three beautiful children.  As September approaches, SCAD survivor Nadia shares her story, and challenges you to advocate for y…
By Nadia Lappa
Maureen McTeer

The ‘DEI hire’ trope isn’t new — it’s been used against women for decades: McTeer  

DEI (short for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) is all the rage these days. It is used to mean positive affirmative action by some and as a mean put-down by others who c…
By Maureen A. McTeer
Maureen McTeer

Leading with love: The lifelong impact of my father’s wisdom

Cecile and her father I wouldn't be the person I am today without the love and wisdom my father shared with me. My father's foundation shaped my life and career. He was m…
By Cecile Peterkin
lead tampons

What the internet lead-in-tampons frenzy reminded me about being a woman  

Your tampon has lead it in.  Oh, and also arsenic, cadmium, and god knows what else. That was the message I heard loud and clear when I opened my phone earlier this …
By Lisa Thibodeau
lead tampons

Growing up isn’t just for kids: A parent’s rite of passage

It hit home the day I booked the restaurant for my daughter’s university graduation dinner: I’m a grown-up now. My husband and I had talked it over with my daughter — whe…
By Tudor Robins
Angie Poirier and her family
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“I am a full-time oncology mom”: Angie Poirier shares her family’s battle with childhood cancer 

Our cancer story began in our little boy’s favourite place. We were spending the weekend in Syracuse, watching his favourite basketball team play. It was his eighth birth…
By Angie Poirier
Angie Poirier and her family
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I’m more than just my diagnosis: Living with 22q 

When I was just 20 months old, my parents were told that I might never graduate college or be able to live on my own.  This was because doctors had just diagnosed me…
By Sabrina Barkdoll

Chasing medals and memories: How I relate to “Marathon Mom”

Of all the interesting stories featured on The Honest Talk, I never know which ones will jump out at me. Recently, it was this one: Did 'Marathon Mom' ignore her kids? Wh…
By Tudor Robins