There is no shortage of advice on how to live a meaningful life. Invest in yourself. Nurture your relationships. Find purpose. Cultivate harmony between your work and your life. Practice mindfulness. And none of these are wrong. In fact, each of them is a profound investment in a life well … [Read more...]
What the Temple Bell Reminds Us to Remember
Every Hindu temple has a bell. It’s almost always the first thing you encounter - a small ritual before the rituals begin. A rope, a ring, a sound. For years, I did it without thinking. A polite, almost mechanical motion before stepping into the main hall. But over time, that bell has come to … [Read more...]
Canada Moves Quietly, but It Does Move
There’s something uniquely frustrating about seeing what’s coming and watching everyone else miss it - not because you’re smarter, but because you’re paying attention to things they’re not. For the past six months, I’ve been telling anyone who would listen that the Liberals weren’t as done as … [Read more...]
Why Not Stay Together? On Family, Aging, and Choosing Closeness
I get this question more often than I’d like to admit - usually asked with a polite smile and a pause that says more than words ever could: “Your parents live with you? And your sister?” It’s not said outright, but it’s there - in the tilt of the head, the slow blink, the silence that follows as … [Read more...]
The Beautiful Lie of Control (And the Freedom of Letting Go)
We spend a good part of our lives trying to avoid fear. We plan, we prepare, we hustle, we build, we chase. We try to stay ahead of it. Outsmart it. Outrun it. But fear isn’t something outside of us - it’s something we’ve built inside. Brick by brick. And most of those bricks are stories we’ve … [Read more...]
We Let It Happen: A Hard Look at the Quiet Choices That Reshaped Canada
We like to believe change happened to us. That someone else is to blame for what (we believe) Canada has become. But the truth is harder - and far more important. Whatever that change is, we let it happen. Not through grand decisions, but through a thousand quiet choices, silences, and … [Read more...]
Author and Audience: Writing as a Conversation with Myself
I write to remember, not to be remembered. I don’t write for applause, algorithms, or applause disguised as analytics. I write because I need to. Because there’s something about the act of putting thought into form that anchors me - here, now, in this version of myself. I am the author. I am the … [Read more...]
Unplugged vs. Unhinged: The Art of Stepping Back Before You Snap
There’s a fine line between stepping back and falling apart. Between choosing to disconnect and unraveling completely. Between reclaiming control and losing your grip. The difference? Intent. We live in a world that mistakes noise for progress. If you’re not answering emails at midnight, are … [Read more...]
The Certain Uncertainty of Reinventing Oneself
Reinvention isn’t a decision you make one morning over coffee. It’s not a clean break or a sudden transformation. It’s messier than that - more like stumbling forward in the dark, feeling your way toward something that hasn’t fully taken shape yet. You don’t always know what you’re becoming, … [Read more...]
Build Options Before You Need Them
You don’t buy an umbrella when it starts raining. You get one on a sunny day, not because you expect a storm, but because you know storms come. And yet, when it comes to our careers, our well-being, and our personal growth, too many of us move through life as if clear skies are permanent. We … [Read more...]