I was sitting in Isabel's living room in London, recounting an incident that had filled me with rage. I can't remember the incident itself, but I can clearly recall the conversation I had with Isa. Me, ranting on and on and ON about [...]

This post has been a long-time coming and by 'long-time' I mean about four days. I set a goal to write this several days ago and failed. On the bright side, this very failure gave me more inspiration for this post, so here [...]

Hello. My name is Viv and I'm a fraud.  Sure, I talk like a blogger, write like a blogger, and post like a blogger, but am I really a blogger? That's the kind of crap that used to run through my head endlessly [...]

So I have this awesome idea but in order to get it up and moving, I need some help from my friends and family. The problem is, I'm afraid to ask for their support. Sound familiar? Let's try and overcome this fear together. [...]

I’m currently reading Dawn French’s latest book, Me. You. A Diary. I expected it to be funny, and it is. How could it not be? But I didn’t expect it to be particularly inspiring. To my delight, though,  I’ve had epiphany after epiphany [...]

A few weeks ago, already well into fall, I was walking on Queen Street when I spotted a friend coming towards me. "You look so happy," she remarked. Apparently, I'd been strolling along with a big smile plastered across my face. I received [...]

This time last year, in an effort to promote the importance of positive body image, I took my daughter to a screening of the movie Embrace -- a documentary that explores how poor body image has become a worldwide epidemic. If you're a woman, I'm sure [...]

Being accountable means taking responsibility for one's own actions. Sounds reasonable enough, right? So why is it that so many people find it so damned difficult? While most of us recognize the importance of holding ourselves accountable in the workplace (where our credibility [...]