The Bag Lady's Blog

According to the Human Kind study, recently conducted by creative consultancy, Leo Burnett, despite moving beyond the worst of the pandemic, the mood in Canada has continued to sour. Their data shows that nearly one in five Canadians are feeling less...

I hate wake-up calls. Those behavior-changing moments that arise, usually, as a result of someone else’s tragedy. My wake-up call recently happened after losing a friend whose pain was repeatedly dismissed by her doctor. Who kept telling her it was all...

“Tradition. Without our traditions, our lives would be as shaky as ….as a fiddler on the roof!” Tevye, Fiddler on The Roof. Holiday traditions have been an important component of human societies since the dawn of time. They are about creating unity and...

One of my favourite TV shows growing up was The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Chuckles Bites the Dust was one of my favourite episodes. Chuckles the Clown, the kid show host on WJM (the TV station where Mary worked) was asked to be the grand marshal for a...

A LESSON IN POWER DRESSING With the passing of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth, there’s been much to reflect upon, from how she lived her life in public to how she wielded her power. Watching all the pomp and pageantry this past week, there was one remark...

DREAMS HAVE NO EXPIRY DATE Arianna Huffington, of Huffington Post fame, on her 71st birthday, expressed exactly how I was feeling having turned 65 earlier this summer. “It’s a curiosity of aging that as we get older, we have more to look back on, but...

"I've lived through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened.” ― Mark Twain How many times have you made yourself sick with worry about things “that might happen?” It’s something I have wrestled with most of my adult life. For...

I was high-fiving the TV as Maye Musk, until now best known for being the mother of billionaire Elon Musk, announced her history-making news as the oldest woman to be a cover model for the swimsuit edition of Sports Illustrated. As someone who has been...

“..But sometimes you have to step up.” These are the words of Sherry Turkle, from her recent memoir, The Empathy Diaries. Ms. Turkle is a woman with a remarkable and inspiring career, a clinical psychologist, and a thinker about the ethics of technology...