Every song is a love story — When I was younger I had a theory that behind every song — EVERY song — was a love story. It’s a theory that was probably true in my small world of cheesy 90’s pop music, and though I grew to learn this wasn’t the whole story, it still remains…

When I look at how the landscape of work and what it means to be successful has changed in recent years, I wonder if all this time we’ve been doing it wrong. In school they told us to stop doodling, stop daydreaming, stop acting the class clown, stop answering back…

When I was in school I turned a blind-eye to a lot of blatant bullying. Partly out of fear of becoming the bullied and partly out of a desire to people-please, I stayed quiet, took a neutral standpoint, and labelled myself as a peacemaker. But what I didn’t know back…

It’s always been a dream of mine to gut a van, make space for a bed, pack my life neatly into it and take off on a road trip. A few weeks ago I did just that. My vehicle: A 2002 Toyota Sienna. My location: British Columbia, Canada. My playlist…

What is a dream? A dream is for you. Not that of another, Not foolish, but true. What is a dream? Is it for childish play, To be simply forgotten, At the dawn of each day? What is a dream? A risk not to be taken? A wish not worth wishing, In fear of heart breaking? What is a dream? Is it fiction or fable? It rests on the dreamer’s Belief in their able. What is a dream? A long shot of false hope? No, a dream is a picture, Of a life you could know.

Back in 2007 I texted my best friend one evening and asked if she’d burn the new Kate Nash single ‘Mouthwash’ onto a CD for me. I met her the next morning before school around the ‘smoking corner’, where she handed me a CD, just the CD itself without a…

I am more than my thoughts I am what’s underneath I am all sorts of things Lying low Buried deep I am friend I am stranger I am same when I’m both I am daughter I am sister Not yet mother But I hope I am lover of music And reader of books I am more than the picture You see in my looks I am strong when I can be But not all the time A human A women In a body that’s mine I am happy I am present I am as I should be I am love in abundance I am free I am me

Every once in a while, something happens that changes your life. I’m not talking about the obvious, life-altering milestones like the birth of a child or landing a dream job, but rather the small yet significant things that unravel your entire being and transform your entire outlook in the process…

In March of last year I sat in a stadium with almost 20,000 people while The Strokes kicked off their 2020 North American Tour. With these strangers I touched shoulders, shared vapes, sang loudly with no concern for travelling droplets of saliva. If social distancing was a concept it was…