Hello, friends!
I’m Edie; thanks for stopping by!
I joined Medium back in June of 2019, have been on a bit of a topsy-turvy rollercoaster ride ever since. If you stick around, you’ll probably notice that sometimes I publish a lot, and other times, I can go for long dry spells. That’s just the multipotentialite in me getting wrapped up in other things (like building a business and publishing books).
A little about me…
Still trying to adjust to the empty-nester life, I live with my husband and fur-babies in Ontario, Canada. …
Here is a list of all of my work, alphabetically categorized under each umbrella topic, as follows:
October 2017, I began (again) my journey. It wasn’t simply one of weight loss, but overall “whole” health.
I was determined, motivated (especially by the girl who stared back at me from the mirror — needless to say, I didn’t love her very much), and driven to find success; I found it. Unfortunately, it was rather short-lived.
Over the course of fourteen months, I pushed myself past those self-imposed limits I never knew were there. I stretched myself to new heights, constantly beat my personal bests, and reach that elusive ‘goal.’ Not only did I lose nearly 50 pounds, countless…
“Our mission is to help people find and share books they love.” — Goodreads
A fantastic concept and a marvellous mission. When some of my bookish friends told me about Goodreads and invited me to join them on it a few years ago, I was excited. I thought it was an excellent opportunity to become part of the “world’s largest site for readers and book recommendations.” I mean, what self-proclaimed book nerd wouldn’t?
It didn’t take very long for me to realize that what I had considered to be a sacred space for readers, was in fact, crawling with some…
How can the sun keep shining, rising, setting, it’s too bright now, too white, blinding, scorching. Let me burn, burn the hollow to ashes, burn the ashes to powder, to dust, fill the void with them, and flowers. Lots of flowers, yellow and pink and red and blue. They dance to the stings you pluck, in the wind that shouldn’t blow, on the grass that shouldn’t grow. I hear the fiddle singing, the banjo twanging, the harmonica whining. I hear the guitar strumming, in the kitchen, New Year’s Eve. The music, the laughter, the chatter, the love. Too many people…
For decades, we’ve been programmed and brain-washed into believing the simple-minded falsehood of how the ideal body should look—smooth, flawless skin, free of pimples and dimples, scars and stretch marks. I mean, god forbid you look human! Hide those nasty imperfections! Um…No. Just no.
We think it’s cute on baby bottoms—we ooh and ahh over their dimpled bums and Michelin Man rolls. But the moment an adult sports the same look, it becomes unsightly and shameful. Kind of makes you go, hmmm…
Media does a great job of teaching us that to be considered attractive, we have to hold a…
Halloween. The spooky holiday. The one day of the year when we get to dress up as famous movie characters or superheroes, ghouls and creatures of the night, or even our favourite Starbucks drink, complete with cotton batting whipped cream topping. We pull our pillows out of their cases and make our way up and down the streets of our neighbourhood, begging for treats. Except for this year, as most cities have all but cancelled, or ‘postponed,’ one of the most anticipated — by children and adults alike — days of the year.
This is the month when scary movies…
It’s been a long, hard ride, and it doesn’t look like it’s about to end anytime soon. I started 2020 with high hopes — the “year of clear vision,” I was told. Oh, the delusions.
It hit us out seemingly of nowhere — some harder than others — like something out of a Stephen King novel, only much more terrifying because reality is always scarier than fiction. There were no creatures coming out of the mist, no haunted hotels with decaying grannies, and no cursed strawberry pies. No, this was much worse, because it affected the entire world. Is there…
We’ve all been there. You’re sitting in that reception room waiting for someone to fetch you for your interview. You’re fidgety, and your palms are so sweaty you’re leaving wet streaks on your pant legs, and — sniff — did you forget deodorant?
Whether you’re applying to your first or tenth job, the process doesn’t get any less nerve-wracking. Interviews can feel like not-so-glorified auditions, but, with the right mindset, you can ensure you’re going in there and presenting your most confident self.
Here are five tips that will help you walk into your next interview with confidence:
Next to…
Life certainly isn’t like it used to be, and we’re seeing that now, more than ever before. We’re living in an automated world of our own making, emphasized even more in the past few months by events that are our of our control; from paying for gas at the pump to drive-thru banking, and the ‘buy now’ one-click purchase option with next day delivery from Amazon. Not only is it all automatic, but it’s also instantaneous. We can communicate with someone on the other side of the world at the touch of a button and receive a response within seconds…