A Few Things I've Been Thinking About 

I have a confession. For a woman who has spent much of her life helping other women see what is beautiful and worthy in themselves, I can still find it surprisingly uncomfortable when someone turns that kindness toward me.

Over the years, I’ve noticed how difficult it can be to simply receive a ...

I recently came across something that stopped me mid-scroll. The writer said that before every major shift in her life, the same seven things happened.

Not after. Before.

As I read her list, I found myself nodding. I have experienced many of these things before significant changes in my own life.

I went to Germany looking for my father.

I didn't say it quite that way when I left. After all, my father, Ernst, has been dead for more than sixty years. He died when I was seven years old, and you don't exactly go looking for someone who has been gone that long.

Or perhaps you do.

For most of m...

Today I celebrate my 72nd birthday. I have to admit, I kind of like saying that out loud. Not because I'm particularly excited about the number itself, but because I've stopped measuring my life by numbers. Somewhere along the way, birthdays stopped being about getting older and started being about ...

Happy Canada Day. Today, like so many Canadians, I'll probably spend a little time reflecting on this remarkable country we call home.

My parents arrived in Canada in January of 1952. They had survived the war and left Germany searching for something simple, yet profound. A chance to build a better...

For many years, I wrote a newspaper column called Fashion 911. 

Every week, women would send me their questions. Some were about clothing. Some were about color. Some were about shopping. It was a fashion column, so the answers focused on fashion.

At the time I thought I was helping women with sty...