It has never felt more true how much society and my everyday life, habits and interactions are responsible for my low self-esteem and poo...

I'm on week five or so of my solo road trip through the western United States, and lately, I've been celebrating a lot of exciting firsts...

Fine, you caught me, it's not math. But rumour has it, it IS science! I was listening to a She Explores podcast on the highway through Ut...

I believe that as children, we connect with our parents for different reasons, at different times, and through different phases of our li...

I've only been on the road for a few days, but between my trip so far and other smaller trips I've made, I would like to officially begin...

As my last post mentioned, road trip planning is in full swing over here. Every day I organize, re-organize, tear apart, and settle for a...

Much to the judgement of my friends and family members, I am an obsessive planner when it comes to trips. It's true, I do get my kicks ou...

It was a beautiful sunny Monday! No, but, really. Believe it. A Monday, of all days, was absolutely beautiful. Clear blue skies, no wind ...

Junctions in time; how we count and track years and time by significant points in life. Without these significant moments, time can feel ...

I was raised in Calgary, Alberta. Granted, I grew up almost entirely in the northeast, I have lived in the southwest for the last almost ...

Oh!! Canada! I'm not always this patriotic, but I think it's important to take the time to appreciate the things we have, and I do think w...

It's true. I'm not; I am not good at hiking. I often decline offers to hike with friends (as much as I love to!) and shy away from inviti...

I say it often, and if we have spent any time together in the mountains, you have probably heard me say it before: "I am too ambitious fo...

I have grappled for years with how to put my own values into words. It's something I still work at. It is a human instinct, I think, the ...

Today marks the first day of summer, officially! It's the season that everyone waits and lives for, right?? I have already experienced ma...

I didn't get a cellphone until my last year of high school, and before that, I didn't even have access to a home computer until I was ten...

An excerpt from Paulo Coelho's book The Spy: On the day of my departure, my mother called me over and gave me a packet of seeds. "Take th...

When you lose someone or something major - a significant other, a family member, a dream job, a beloved pet, or you've been through a bad...

What makes British Columbia the (beautiful) British Columbia that I know? The first thing I always notice when I drive into BC, is the gr...

I have made a lot of really big decisions in the last couple of months - I quit my job, moved out of my house and packed my things into o...