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Size Doesn’t Matter

May 20, 2017
6 min read

Falling in love is the greatest thing in the world. Falling in love with a gentle giant from Ireland is even better! So when the love of my life proposed to me almost seven years ago, saying “YES” was the…

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How to prepare for life after the classroom

Jan 18, 2017
2 min read

I recently started teaching a course in the very PR program that taught me so much, and one question I've been hearing over and over from my students is "How can I get ahead in the field after I graduate?"…

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What I’ve learned… About Careers

Jan 16, 2017
4 min read

There was a time, not so long ago, when I wanted to be a forensic pathologist. Yup, I wanted to give a voice to those who no longer had one. That changed while in Grade 12, after my incredible principal introduced me to…

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My Top Five Tips for Media Relations

Jan 11, 2017
3 min read

I love media relations! This is something I never thought I would be saying, especially looking back to those days in the classroom, pitching media about a hypothetical media conference. But over the past year, my confidence (and success) in media…

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Top Five PR Blogs to Follow

Jan 4, 2017
2 min read

As part of my "professional" resolutions, I decided to go on the hunt for five PR-related blogs to follow (and read) this year. It was incredibly tough to narrow it down to only five, but here are the ones that I'll…

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Favourite Things: 2017 Bucket List

Jan 1, 2017
3 min read

Happy 2017!!! With a new year, comes new resolutions, but for this chica, I'm going with a bucket list instead. It's one thing to resolve to do something, but it's another to be able to check it off a bucket…

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Let’s talk about ink…

Dec 30, 2016
3 min read

Alright, I must confess, I looooooove tattoos. I, myself, have two: one on my wrist that reads "They may say that I'm a dreamer..." and the other on the back of my neck of a libra sign. On the libra…

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Friendsmas 2016

Dec 25, 2016
1 min read

Merry Christmas!!! I hope you guys had a fabulous Christmas filled with laughs, love and delicious food. This year, Peter and I did something a bit different - we held a Friendsmas with my bestest friend Heather. Something you should…

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She’s Two!

Nov 19, 2016
2 min read

I can't believe that Agnes turns two years old today! I continue to shed tears here and there about the fact she's getting older, even though I fully understand this is a natural part of life. She's a bundle of love, joy…

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This is 30

Oct 14, 2016
2 min read

The day is finally here, I'm officially 30. I have mixed feelings about this, but I've decided that I'm going to take it in stride. I'm excited to embark on this next chapter in my life, so I thought I'd make…

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