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Category: Life Advice Blog

  • June 22, 2021

    The hay bale: What a tough day in the barn taught me about work-life balance

  • June 15, 2021

    The Super Something: What blood and glue fumes taught me about putting myself out there

  • June 8, 2021

    The Dare: What a clay helmet taught me about bad habits

  • June 1, 2021

    The Great Burning of 1987: What a million paper monsters taught me about things going up in smoke

  • May 25, 2021

    The crayon candle: What the lamest science project ever taught me about putting in the extra effort

  • May 18, 2021

    The slip-up: What a puddle of puke taught me about asking for help

  • December 9, 2017

    A thank you, 10 years in the making

    Ten years ago, cancer almost killed me. Blood donors saved my life. And for that, I just want to say thanks.

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  • October 10, 2017

    Practicing gratitude: Lessons learned from duct tape and diarrhea

    Gratitude. What’s so special about it, how can we cultivate more of it in our lives and what does it have to do with a wicked case of diarrhea?

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  • May 9, 2017

    What goes around comes around: Lessons from butt clay

    You gotta love instant karma… Like this story? Then check out my book Misadventure Musings: Lessons learned from life’s awesome and absurd moments.

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  • May 1, 2017

    The power of words: Lessons from mushy French cauliflower

    Forget the Eiffel Tower: the most memorable parts of my trip to France were trying not to vomit on my host family and learning to choose my words carefully. Like this story? Then check out my book Misadventure Musings: Lessons learned from life’s awesome and absurd moments.

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  • February 22, 2017

    What Meghan in the mud taught me about letting go

    In the spirit of this story, this week’s Badge of Awesome goes to Caroline D. James for her article on Tiny Buddha “How High Expectations Can Lead to Disappointment, Depression, and Anxiety.” Thanks for the inspiration, Caroline!

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  • December 24, 2016

    Keep it Simple: Lessons learned from an idiotic Christmas tree

    Putting in extra effort to make an event or experience extra special is great. But sometimes — like my disastrous attempt to find the PERFECT Christmas tree for my mom — you can overdo it. Like this story? Then check out my book Misadventure Musings: Lessons learned from life’s awesome and absurd moments.

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  • December 15, 2016

    What a snowy beat-down taught me about success

    In this video story, I recount the fateful winter day my nearly naked brother and I ran a snowy gauntlet in an attempt to win five bucks… Yeah, looking back it doesn’t make much sense to me either. Like this story? Then check out my book Misadventure Musings: Lessons learned from life’s awesome and absurd […]

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  • December 7, 2016

    What cancer taught me about minding my MIBs

    Like this story? Then check out my book Misadventure Musings: Lessons learned from life’s awesome and absurd moments.

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  • April 10, 2016

    Luck: Lessons learned from a man named Frank

    We all like to think we’re in control of our lives. But as I learned from a fellow cancer patient, luck is still very much part of the equation. “I’ll see you when you get out,” I said, shaking Frank’s hand. Part of me knew I was lying. I’m no doctor, but I had a […]

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  • February 22, 2016

    Handing over the reins: Lessons learned from banshee babies and buttered butts

    As I learned from being a terrible babysitter, the best bosses don’t freak out when mistakes are made and give their employees time to get better at their job. I don’t have kids. But I’ve got to think that trusting your children with a babysitter can be a nerve-wracking experience. Particularly if that babysitter is […]

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  • February 1, 2016

    Why “Never give up” can be awful advice: Lessons learned from sleeping on a woodpile in a snowstorm

    Perseverance and commitment are awesome. But as an ill-fated camping trip in March taught me, sometimes we just need to know when to quit.

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  • December 6, 2015

    Refugee Connections: Lessons learned from digging wells in Ghana

    I arrived at the Liberian refugee camp in darkness. Without electricity, it was hard to see much of anything in this settlement outside of Accra, Ghana, where more than 40,000 asylum seekers lived. Our van’s headlights offered us myopic glimpses of our surroundings as the driver slowly navigated the maze of rutted, dirt roads toward […]

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  • November 23, 2015

    10 Ways to Seize the Day and Achieve Greater Work-Life Balance

    When an angry man in Alberta chastised my definition of work-life balance, I stared at him like a doofus with nothing to say in response. And as I discuss in my latest guest post on Tiny Buddha, it wasn’t until I was half-way to Regina that I figured out what I should have said… Click […]

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  • November 17, 2015

    5 Cultural Traditions the World Needs More Of

    I recently had the opportunity to guest blog on Steve Aitchison’s Change Your Thoughts, Change Your Life site. Pop on over to have a looksie, and while you’re at it be sure to check out the other great personal development articles there! Click here to read my article 5 Cultural Traditions the World Needs More […]

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  • August 26, 2015

    The Importance of Community: Lessons learned from chasing a Killer at 2 a.m.

    Community plays a big role in our health and happiness — something I was reminded of the night I chased a Killer at 2 a.m. (ok, there’s a bit more to the story)

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  • July 9, 2015

    How to cope and keep going when times get tough (my guest blog on Tiny Buddha)

    Life is full of difficult moments. Sometimes we can find ways around them. A lot of times though, we just need to power through them. I’ve had the good fortune once again to guest blog for the uber-awesome advice website Tiny Buddha, where I share five ways to help you weather the storms life throws […]

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  • July 3, 2015

    How an optimistic attitude can help you succeed

    Since my bone marrow transplant in 2008, my blood type has changed from A-Negative to O-Positive. That change has become a metaphor in my life about the importance of turning negative situations into something positive. In this guest blog on the website Wealthy Gorilla, I explore the benefits of a positive attitude in life and […]

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  • June 1, 2015

    Lessons from Almost Dying: Appreciate the Everyday Awesome [Tiny Buddha]

    I had the privilege to write a guest post on one of my favourite life advice websites, Tiny Buddha. In this story, I talk about the “reasons to fight” list I made during my cancer treatment and what it taught me about enjoying life’s simple pleasures. Check out my article here. .

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  • May 26, 2015

    Nurturing Imagination: Lessons learned from launching a fireball into a house

    I wouldn’t describe my mom and dad as helicopter parents. Partly because giving us a long leash was just their parenting style. Partly because with eight kids running around like a bunch of maniacs, you’d need a whole fleet of helicopters to keep track of us.

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