Live. Life. Through Your Senses

Happy Holiday Gifting World! 'Tis the season to Give Give Give and Get Get Get, and everyone is going crazy with shopping lists and festivities preparation. Alongside chocolate and sweets, sweaters and pjs, loofahs and scrubs, Ferarris and Mazdas (or a Jeep for myself :P ) are other great gift ideas, outlined below for your convenience (HAHA!). I have personally gifted others and received some of these gifts, and found them to be so rewarding, so fulfilling, so SENSE-a-tional, I had to share them with you! To make life easier and save some time, each category has direct links with more information, as well as checkout procedure. Here are three gifts that will give you the title of G ift Extraordinaire . You are welcome! Ready... Set... Gift! #1.Gifts of Culture and Art TIFF Bell Lightbox ( tiff ), Royal Ontario Musem ( ROM ), Royal Conservatory of Music ( RCM ), Art Gallery of Ontario ( AGO ), The National Ballet of Canada ( NBC ) all have the same thi

Happy Friday World! Fear is the poetry of your comfort zone. At the end of the day, it is the poetry you recite inside your head that encloses you within your comfort zone . The projection of a horror movie that never happened, the wisdom from the weary, the unsatisfied ids of the fallen, are all broken reflections of fragmented fears. DEAR love for nothing less than thee Would I have broke this happy dream; It was a theme For reason much too strong for fantasy. Therefore thou waked'st me wisely; yet  My dream thou brok'st not but continued'st it ... That Love is weak where Fear 's as strong as he; 'Tis not all spirit pure and brave If mixture it of Fear Shame Honour have. ... ( The Dream - John Donne) Oh, Donne... Love and fear and love and fear, however... Whether it is fear of getting hurt by someone you are falling in love with, fear of not having the qualifications to apply for that dream job, fear of confronting your friend'

Happy Wednesday World! Fear is your superego on steroids! Staying within your comfort zone is not a horrible decision, but it is also not the best decision ever. If the CEO of your comfort zone is ruled by Mr. Fear, it's time for a change... We are all told that the EGO is the one messing around with our brain, but somebody  (to be read 99.99999..9 % of bodies) forgot to cross reference their terminology with peer-reviewed scholarly articles. When you hear things like "He's got a big ego!", or "Her ego is making her shut the door on every man she meets!", or "Your ego is getting you in trouble!", plug your ears with your fingers and go "La la... La la la la la la.. La la la!" because the Ego has nothing to do with greed; it is the ID (inborn rhyme talent). The id is the instinct to acquire immediate gratification out of any situation* (Wow! See how I rhymed there ?) The ID is the one to blame for what our generation, a

Happy Friday World Fear is the seed of growth! Wait, what? How can that be possible? How can I grow using my fear, when all I know is that fear implodes, constricts, limits and makes me feel so small and insignificant? Well... We simply need to move away from the narratives and the horror stories of this FEAR TROLL and towards the knowledgeable side of the world. Have I mentioned that knowledge is power? And fear keeps you in your comfort zone? And that knowledge beats fear any day, anytime? Don't give me the philosophical "The more I grow, the less I know" because it ain't gonna fly- not here, not now, not ever! I promise you that if you can't see the connection between fear and growth thus far, by the time this series of articles is finished, it will all make sense. As the love of my life says "Just relax, just trust! You need to learn how to trust!" - Young Noah, The Notebook . So, let's start living through our #senseofcuriosity

Happy T hursday World! Complimenting is an art! Compliments are important because they are a way of expressing your opinion without making it all about you; at least it shouldn't be all about you and how YOU  like his hairstyle, and how YOU like her smile and how YOU , YOU , YOU , YOU ... Point made! It is YOU indeed who compliments, yet the content has to be about HER. Sometimes, expressing ones admiration towards another can become frustrating and we end up not saying anything, but... One particular soft spot I have been noticing after interacting with thousands of people in my amazingly awesome career and superbly colorful social life ( so modest this one! ) is how a woman pays a compliment to another woman. Or, better said finding the art of paying SENSE-a-tional compliments without questioning whether you did a good job or the other person thought your admiration was, simply put, fake! Complimenting someone is an art , and, like most other things in life, it ta

Happy Wednesday World Complimenting is an art! Compliments are important because they are a way of expressing your opinion without making it all about you; at least it shouldn't be all about you and how  YOU  like his hairstyle, and how  YOU  like her smile and how  YOU ,  YOU ,  YOU ,  YOU ... Point made! It is YOU indeed who compliments, yet the content has to be about HER. Sometimes, expressing ones admiration towards another can become frustrating and we end up not saying anything, and... One particular soft spot I have been noticing after interacting with thousands of people in my amazingly awesome career and superbly colorful social life ( so modest this one! ) is how a woman pays a compliment to another woman. Or, better said finding the art of paying SENSE-a-tional compliments without questioning whether you did a good job or the other person thought your admiration was, simply put, fake! Complimenting someone is an art , and, like most other things in life

Happy Tuesday World! Complimenting is an art! Compliments are important because they are a way of expressing your opinion without making it all about you; at least it shouldn't be all about you and how  YOU  like his hairstyle, and how  YOU  like her smile and how  YOU ,  YOU ,  YOU ,  YOU ... Point made! It is YOU indeed who compliments, yet the content has to be about HER. Sometimes, expressing ones admiration towards another can become frustrating and we end up not saying anything, and... One particular soft spot I have been noticing after interacting with thousands of people in my amazingly awesome career and superbly colorful social life ( so modest this one! ) is how a woman pays a compliment to another woman. Or, better said finding the art of paying SENSE-a-tional compliments without questioning whether you did a good job or the other person thought your admiration was, simply put, fake! Complimenting someone is an art , and, like most other things in

Happy Monday World ! Complimenting is an art! Compliments are important because they are a way of expressing your opinion without making it all about you; at least it shouldn't be all about you and how   YOU  like his hairstyle, and how   YOU  like her smile and how   YOU ,   YOU ,   YOU ,   YOU ... Point made! It is YOU indeed who compliments, yet the content has to be about HER. Sometimes, expressing ones admiration towards another can become frustrating and we end up not saying anything, but... One particular soft spot I have been noticing after interacting with thousands of people in my amazingly awesome career and superbly colorful social life ( so modest this one! ) is how a woman pays a compliment to another woman. Or, better said finding the art of paying SENSE-a-tional compliments without questioning whether you did a good job or the other person thought your admiration was, simply put, fake! Complimenting someone is an art , and, like most other

  Happy Wednesday World! I'm all about that bass! I have always been all about that bass, even before Meghan Trainor's tune hit our ear canals, but for the wrong reasons. Wave your hand up in the air if you associate body fitness with low body fat percentage a.k.a. having a tone/ripped physical appearance! I bet 99.99999..9 % of y'all had your hand up and thought to yourself "Bh! Yeah!". And there is nothing inaccurate about your reaction, because that's how physical fitness is perceived these days, and most times, people who have aesthetically impressive bodies can literally pick you with one arm and spin you around like pizza dough. BUT... Our ways of perceiving our own bodies are sometimes poisonous and can lead to various forms of mental illnesses like depression, anxiety, BDD, which is short for body dysmorphic disorder, where individuals are excessively preoccupied with their self-image which disrupts their ability to function.