Culture

The Greatest Story Never Told - Inspired by JLo

If you are a woman who has faced challenges – launched a business, worked your way up the corporate ladder, tried to do something different, has been underestimated, juggled family time – or you desperately need some inspiration, then, The Greatest Story Never Told is for you. It’s been about a month since JLo’s movie This is Me … Now came out. I watched it.
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Nutrition

Greek Feta: There’s Something Cheesy Going On

Is feta cheese made from cow’s milk or sheep and goat’s milk? The answer may not be as obvious as you think. I recently had a chat with my mother about feta, that’s Greek Feta cheese. She like most everyone takes for granted that the feta cheeses sold in stores are all made from sheep or goat’s milk or a combination of the two and are from Greece. I informed her, that it’s not…
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Soul

The Travel Bug

Traveling is one of my favourite things to do. It is one of the best forms of education – you learn first hand about other cultures, foods, politics, religions and social mores; in true context.  Instead of repeating what I’ve stated in other posts about travel, I’ve taken the following from a piece I wrote nine years ago, 2010 – It’s Your Year. Do You. No Apologies; because my…
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Lifestyle

Organic Labels : Can We Trust Them?

Organic produce is better for us and on that I think most will agree.  What people differ on is whether they trust that a brand is authentically organic or just packaged with the same old pesticides but sold at the premium organic sale price. A healthy dose of skepticism is always good which is why you should always do your own research. In Canada there are different certification bodies that…
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Social Commentary

Cancer Funds: It's Time to Increase Focus and Donations on Prevention

By Lisa Chin Quee As October approached, I remembered it was Breast Cancer Month. It had me thinking about cancer. My curiosity about how  donations were distributed and what was being done as it relates to prevention took root.  I decided to do some research. Well, my question then turned into various answers and even more questions, which lead me to disappointment but then to what can be done…
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Social Commentary

Madge the Palmolive Queen

A little while back, I was thinking about stuff…you know just random thoughts, when Madge came to mind. How many of you remember Madge the manicurist, who soaked her client’s hands in Palmolive dishwashing liquid? That commercial ran for many years, and was on about the time I started as a preteen, to do my nails. I naturally, poured some dishwashing liquid into the plastic container, along…
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Relationships

Are You Sexually Wealthy? Find Out Now.

How many times a week/month should I/we be having sex?  This question has been asked again and again and again.  And there is no right answer.  The mathematics of sex do not necessarily equal good sex.  What happened if you were having the ideal amount of sex for you, let’s say twice a day but you were not having it with the person that you wanted to be having it with? And it wasn’t the…
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Relationships

Forget Your Sex Life and Focus on Your Erotic Life

Sure it is kind of strange for a sexologist to be saying forget about your sex life.  Shouldn’t I be saying have more sex?  Probably, but I rarely do what I’m supposed to do…it keeps life interesting.  In an effort to get people to look at how they relate to their partners differently, changing the focus from sex to eroticism is often the shift that is necessary. Often people will allow…
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Relationships

Bad Sex? How to Talk about It.

We have been taught that sex is something that can only be discussed in certain areas, with certain people or groups and at certain times – from a young age we have been wired to withhold. It is no wonder it is difficult to talk about sex with our partners!  Today, right now, is the time to rewire, reboot and resuscitate your sex life. It is strange that something that so definitively and…
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Makeup

Add a Little Drama with a Set of Falsies

By Samantha Fayman Whenever you want to add a little glam or drama to your look there is no better way than a set of falsies – they widen and enlarge the appearance of the eye and create a focal point for your face.  The challenge with false lashes is applying them.  Most people just aren’t comfortable doing that on themselves.  And don’t fret; this is a challenge even for…
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