In 2025, I pivoted from running one of Canada’s top e-commerce horticultural businesses to focusing on coaching, speaking, and personal growth. From creating my speaker kit and exploring TEDx and private coaching opportunities to navigating unexpected detours—literally and figuratively—this year has been a journey of discovery, humor, and career reinvention.

In the midst of unexpected silence, I discovered a mirror reflecting both myself and my connection to others. This experience taught me how stillness can open the heart to reflection, gratitude, and deeper awareness.

I’m returning to TEDx Surrey — but this time, not as a speaker. The tables have turned! After standing on that iconic red dot in 2024, delivering my talk, “Is There More to Silence Than Just Silence?” I’m now stepping into a new role as a speaker coach. It’s a full-circle moment — from being the one on stage to the one cheering from the sidelines. I’m honoured to help new speakers find their voice, refine their message, and share their ideas with clarity and confidence.

Feeling stressed and overwhelmed? Here’s a funny, relatable story about the day I was so burnt out from overworking that I accidentally tossed my socks into the toilet instead of the laundry basket. That soggy moment became my wake-up call to slow down, rest, and take control of my stress before life spiralled further. Discover how a simple moment of humour and self-awareness helped me begin a journey back to balance, focus, and mindful living.

For me, mindfulness is not a single technique, action, or thought, it is a way of being.

A pause isn’t a stop—it’s a powerful reset. It’s about embracing moments of stillness to reset, reflect, and reconnect.

Mindfulness shifts procrastination from avoidance to awareness.

Today I celebrate my greyness and the freedom it has given me to once again, embrace change and live a life of truth.

I'd been inviting the inhabitants of writer's block, namely Woulda, Coulda and Shoulda, right through the front door.

When I was accepted to speak at the TEDx Surrey 2024 event I was elated. It had long been a dream of mine to speak at TEDx and being chosen to be one of the 12 presenters from the over 100 applicants who applied was a thrill beyond belief. I was excited to share my message with the world - and then (drum roll) reality set in. You see, back in the day I used to be a stage and television performer. I've memorized and performed all sorts of scripts and characters. Everything fro

During my recent summer vacation, I found myself standing in front of an array of delicious, creamy and mouthwatering gelato. Decisions, decisions! With the line of hungry gelato-seekers increasing behind me I felt the crippling pressure of making just the right 'gelato decision'. Maybe you've experienced this yourself? You enter a gelateria with hopes of finding the perfect flavour to satisfy your cravings and then, when it's your turn, you become a quivering mound of indeci