12 Days of Cleaning: A Tidy Countdown to a Merry Christmas
The holiday season should feel joyful, not overwhelming. This 12 Days of Cleaning guide breaks holiday prep into simple, manageable steps to help you create a clean, cozy, and welcoming home. From decluttering to festive finishing touches, this countdown makes confident hosting stress-free and enjoyable.
Finding Your Way Through Separation When Children Are Not Involved
Separation without children is often assumed to be simpler — yet it can be just as emotionally and financially complex. This article explores the unique challenges of untangling shared lives and how mediation can offer clarity, calm, and a path forward.
The Truth About Restraining Orders: One Survivor's Story
Just get a restraining order” sounds simple — until you try. Through one survivor’s experience navigating Alberta’s legal system, this piece reveals why protection orders are often more complex, more exhausting, and far less protective than the public realizes.
Breaking Free From the Stories That Keep You Stuck
Feeling stuck or disconnected after a major life change is common. Healing goes beyond the mind and happens in the body, too. By practicing somatic awareness and uncovering limiting beliefs, you can release trapped emotions, reconnect with yourself, and step into the person you’re truly meant to be.
The Power of Being Present in the Midst of Life’s Storms
When life feels uncertain and overwhelming, the present moment becomes a refuge. Through presence, we learn to meet every storm with awareness, compassion, and courage, discovering a quiet strength within that remains whole and unshake.
Man Up, Lift Up: Finding Strength and Support in the Aftermath of Divorce
Divorce can leave men feeling isolated, broken, and unsure of who they are beyond the relationship. Man Up, Lift Up dives into the reality of post-divorce healing, challenging outdated ideas of masculinity and highlighting the power of support, self-awareness, and resilience. This post is about rebuilding from the inside out—and lifting yourself up without having to do it alone.
I’m Not Broken, I Am Becoming
Life’s greatest challenges can leave us feeling cracked open, lost, and unrecognizable. Through divorce, loss, and uncertainty, this reflective piece explores the quiet wisdom found in hardship, the healing power of gratitude, and the courage to trust our inner voice. It is a reminder that we are not broken, but continually becoming—stronger, softer, and more aligned with who we are meant to be.
Dealing with the Financial Challenges of Divorce
Divorce is more than an emotional transition—it is a financial turning point. This article explores the hidden, long-term financial impacts of divorce and why proper planning is essential for stability and confidence.
With expert insight from OP Elite Wealth, readers learn how asking the right questions and seeking professional guidance can help secure their financial future and support a successful new chapter.
Alchemized: Survived that, Built This! The Rise, the Rebirth, and the Reckoning
Alchemized: Survived That, Built This is a raw and honest reflection on what it means to rise after devastation.
In this deeply personal piece, Angela Morris, founder of Embody Her, explores survival, self-reclamation, and the reckoning that follows healing. This is not just a story of overcoming, but of becoming.
Illuminate Your Journey: Dance Through Life
Life doesn’t wait for the clouds to clear—it’s about finding your rhythm in the rain.
My name is Sarah, and I am a survivor of domestic violence.
As a survivor of domestic violence, I understand the deep impact of mental, emotional, and psychological abuse.
After losing so much, I founded the YEG Built For Life Foundation to provide women and children with resources, support, and hope. By connecting with organizations and individuals who truly understand, we advocate, empower, and help survivors find their voice.
Navigating Life’s Storms: Insights from a Men’s Recovery Coach
Life’s challenges can be overwhelming, but guidance from a men’s recovery coach can make navigating them easier.
This article offers practical strategies for managing emotions, overcoming setbacks, and building resilience. Readers will gain insights into fostering personal growth and creating lasting positive change. Whether in recovery or seeking self-improvement, these lessons provide tools and inspiration to face life’s storms with confidence..
Invisible Colleagues: Recognizing Signs of Abuse in Your Workplace
Explore the challenges of human-first leadership.
One in three women and one in four men experience intimate partner violence. Yet in most workplaces, this epidemic remains invisible. It's time leaders learned to see what's hiding in plain sight.
Why Survival Mode isn’t the Enemy: How Women Can Finally Break Free From it After Divorce
Survival mode isn’t the enemy, it’s the reason you’re still standing. But staying there? That’s where we get into trouble. Let me explain.
Why You Feel Guilty Asking for Help - And Why That Needs to Change
Here’s the trap: you’ve built a successful career, run a household, and show up for your family. And yet, you still feel like you should mop your floors at 10 PM instead of asking for help.
Sound familiar?
Festive Season, Thoughtful Inclusion: Celebrating Without Assumptions
Explore the challenges of human-first leadership.
Inclusion isn’t just for strategy decks. It’s in how we plan parties, write memos, and lead when the lights are strung and the pressure is high.
This holiday season, let’s build cultures that celebrate with care.
Handling the Holidays with Care: A Conversation with Louise Rellis
Discover insights from Louise Rellis on supporting youth and families during the holiday season. Learn to navigate stress with care and compassion.
My Authentic Self Compassion Journey
One woman’s journey toward authentic self compassion from a place of burnout and the need to heal trauma.
When Human-First Leadership Hits Resistance: 10 Concerns That Deserve Our Attention
Explore the challenges of human-first leadership. Discover 10 key concerns that require our attention to overcome resistance and foster effective leadership.
The Business Secret That’s Hiding Right in Front of You
What is the business secret that’s hiding right in front of you?
You’re not just in business. You’re in the relationship business.
That might sound soft, even idealistic. But if you’ve ever lost a deal, struggled with retention, or felt your team was disconnected, you’ve felt the consequences of overlooking this truth.
Let’s talk about the secret most companies miss: Human value doesn’t show up on a spreadsheet, but it drives everything on it.