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Flipping the Switch on Creativity: Anastasia Radevich

On a chilly evening in October, shoemaker-turned-artist Anastasia Radevich welcomed me into her cozy, inviting shoemaking studio nestled in Montreal’s Plateau. At first, to my unenlightened eye, the studio is indistinguishable from the many other apartments nearby. As Anastasia unpacks the details of her craft, she reveals that one of

What Do Millennials Value More Than A Stable Paycheck?

Millennials change jobs more than any other generation. A study conducted by Price Water House Cooper stated that 54% of millennials expect to have 2-5 employers in their lifetime, with a quarter believing that they would have more than six. The reason isn’t because we’re getting fired from jobs, in

Questions to Consider Before Embarking on a Meditation Retreat

It seems as though everybody and their mother is talking about meditation right now, operative word being talking. Including every successful entrepreneur, CEOs of enterprise businesses and of course all the yogis. Self-help extraordinaires consistently include meditation in their list of ingredients to becoming “successful”. It’s become quite the popular

Olivia Simpson: The Art of Being a Head Chef

A passionate chef with a true appreciation for her craft and a commitment to honouring local ingredients in her dishes. I had the pleasure of speaking with Olivia Simpson, the head chef at Hawthorne Food and Drink. Hawthorne also doubles as a not-for-profit that provides free training and career development for

5 Tools To Help You Self-Start Your Side Hustle

You’ve most likely read an article in the last year categorizing millennials as “lazy” or “unmotivated”. The tide on that thinking has thankfully started to change as research firms conduct studies on millennial workplace preferences and employers come to realize that it’s not laziness, but rather a rejection of post