Advice
The confidence gap
There is a stigma around the idea of being confident. How often do you ask yourself, am I confident enough? And why do we think it’s such a bad thing?
Read MorePut down your phones
When our cellphones become barriers to connection, we forget about living in the moment. Although often unintentional, it also can be damaging.
Read MoreFlu etiquette
Flu etiquette is a general area most people could improve in. Having the flu, while it will generate sympathy, does not excuse you from accountability.
Read MoreGet vaccinated
The government of New Brunswick is proposing a bill to make child vaccinations mandatory. Should Nova Scotia do the same?
Read MoreConfidence is the self-fulfilling emotion
Growing up, many of the lessons we absorb through our childhoods, whether fiction or reality, can be applied to various instances of our lives. I learned one such lesson, when I watched Kung Fu Panda as a child. The story goes with Po, a panda who serves noodles and dreams of becoming a kung fu master. He has no…
Read MoreWhy we still need feminism
Feminism is the notion that women and men should have equal rights under the law and under society. It’s a dirty word, surrounded by stigma to the point where people will refuse the name strictly because of the connotation that follows it. Some claim they do not consider themselves a feminist, they just believe in…
Read MoreWhy everyone should go on exchange
I had always dreamed of going on exchange. As a child of immigrants, I was used to moving around and it was my way to escape all of this stability.
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When ‘self-care’ becomes junk food and Netflix
Are you being gaslit?
Gaslighting is when someone makes you question your thoughts, feelings and reality, using your self-doubt as a weapon of manipulation. Gaslighting is emotional abuse. It’s when someone hurts you – and instead of acknowledging your feelings, they turn it against you. Your emotions are made out to be trivial, invalid and are effectively silenced. Someone…
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