I’ve always walked into rooms like a storm. Not a destructive one — more like a well-planned hurricane. Organized. Purposeful. Ready to command and care for everything and everyone all at once. It’s how I led teams, raised children, built a life. I still carry that fire. But somewhere along the way, I found myself craving calm. As I’ve aged (hopefully gracefully), I’ve softened in places I didn’t expect to. I listen more than I speak now; not because I have less to say, but b

At the start of each new year, I try to focus on what I need to learn or what I want to focus on for the next 365 days. I write down my goals for the year, my hopes and dreams, and what I can do in the upcoming year to get closer to fulfilling my five-year and 10-year goals. But today as I look forward to 2022, I'm stuck. I keep thinking about 2021, and if I'm honest, shaking my head a little. You see in 2020, I realized I had slowly allowed people to treat me differently. I

Have you ever heard the song “It’s a Small World” ? I almost didn’t type that because now it’s going to be stuck in my head all night. But it’s all I could think about today after realizing that someone I know blocked me on Facebook. Ah yes. The modern, passive-aggressive way of telling someone you don’t like them anymore. It stung, honestly. I was so confused that I immediately started replaying everything in my head, trying to figure out what I’d done. Was it my political p

"You’ve always inspired all of us to keep writing our stories and that also applies to you. So keep going." I was having a conversation with my friend Solange Tuyishime, the current Mrs. Canada World, about how I was struggling with a decision. I've had this dream for several years and have been actively pursuing it since 2016 but while I get very close to the finish line each year, I fall just short of reaching that final goal. Having to pick myself up and finding the motiva