As 2016 comes to a close, I’ve started reflecting just like I do every year at this time. 2016 has been quite the freakin’ year! There were some especially awful, emotional moments but also some incredibly great times. Whatever has happened will either remain a memory I will keep forever and/or is something that has strengthened me as a person. In Fort McMurray, we nearly lost our beautiful city, we were evacuated for nearly 2 months and while this was and still is astonishin

I used to be the person who checked email and social media first thing every morning. I’d wake up at 5 or 6 am, grab my coffee, and sit down in front of my computer. I'd never take the time to center myself, to clear my head, to breathe. Instead, I'd get to work right away. I was getting up super early, starting work but I still wasn’t feeling overly productive and I was often anxious and overwhelmed. I couldn’t quite understand why but I felt as though I was missing somethin

When I worked in the corporate world, I used to often sit and wonder; “What is my purpose in this life?, What am I actually put on this eart