Can I be real for a moment? Sometimes it’s really hard to find motivation. There are times when I don’t want to write, or there are times when I do want to write, but I have no motivation to put words on the page. And then there are times when all that I want to…
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What Wakes You Up?
What’s the first thing you do in the morning when you wake up? Do you scroll through Facebook, check your emails, work out, hit the snooze button for an extra 5 minutes? Most of us have our morning routine down to an art, whether the means that we roll out of bed 10 minutes before…
Documentary Review: Hot Girls Wanted
Free Flight to Miami. Hot Girls Wanted. These are both real-life examples of ways that girls get drawn into the amateur pornography industry. It seems glamorous, exciting, and sexually liberating at passing glance. But is that what it's really like? Do the behind the scenes match up with the glitz and glam online? These are the…
MY SISTER: Made with Love
“Prevent sex trafficking, educate communities, empower the population, provide aftercare for survivors, and offer growth opportunities to at-risk youth and women through the sales of our statement-making, ethically-sourced apparel and accessories.” This is the mission statement of MY SISTER, a clothing organization that provides a way for each and every one of us to make…
Find Joy in the Journey
There are a lot of journeys that we go on in life. Some of them are road trips with friends, some of them are family vacations that are so terrible they’re hilarious, and some of them are solo trips that we take to prove something to ourselves. Yes, life is full of journeys and adventures…
Purpose Jewelry: Wear Freedom, Give Freedom
When it comes to finding that perfect statement piece to complete an outfit, jewellery is one of the best accessories you can choose. As our world is beginning to see the importance of ethical and fair trade fashion, there are brands that are creating a statement of their own and paving the way in creating…
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Let’s Be Real: I Didn’t Find Love in the “Likes”
We all want to be loved. We all want to be accepted by the people around us. We all want to find our greater purpose in this life. We all want to have meaning. We all want to matter, and we all want to matter to someone. But one of the great flaws of this…
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Waiting for the Thaw
Spring. The season of hope realised, when the hard winter months fade away and you can see the promise of new life come to fruition. Trees begin to bud and blossom, grass grows green, and baby animals frolic in fields. It’s the season when we begin to feel ourselves come alive again. When we can…
The Tote Project: Hold onto Hope
Raise your hand if you love tote bags. Now raise your hand if you also love fair trade products. If you answered yes to both of those questions then you’re going to love our first Anti-Human Trafficking Feature! It’s my pleasure to introduce you all to a couple of best friends who took the time…
I Didn’t Expect This
Expectations, life is filled with them. Sometimes we create them for ourselves, and sometimes society creates them for us. But either way, we always have the choice whether we want to conform to them or not. There are also times when we have expectations of those around us or for the circumstances that we’re entering…
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