Apr 6, 2023 | Blog, Stories that Empower
I’ve been writing this newsletter for almost a decade now. Sometimes the stories flow quickly, sometimes not so much. This month, the story walked into my office and told itself! One of the lovely things about having moved our office in the last few months is the...
Mar 8, 2023 | Blog, Stories that Inspire
Hello readers, it’s Ryan’s colleague Sarah here, taking over this month’s blog to honour International Women’s Day! I want to share a story about an incredibly resilient woman that left an imprint on my soul. It’s also a tale about the...
Feb 7, 2023 | Blog, Stories that Enrich
A few weeks ago I was talking to my retired friend Adrian over breakfast. Adrian’s my kind of person – a chronic saver. He’s done pretty well for himself over the years, and saved up quite the retirement pool of money. Adrian’s always been a low-lifestyle kind of guy,...
Jan 16, 2023 | Blog, Stories that Inspire
A new year is always a time of change and reflection. I’ve been pondering this a lot in the new year, as we launch our new newsletter format, and get ready to move our office in a few weeks to a new location. One of my favourite stories is that of Alfred Nobel...
Dec 7, 2022 | Blog, Stories that Empower
I grew up in a very small farming town – small enough that even though my parents had lived there for over twenty years, we were still “new” in town. One of the running jokes was that when I was in grade ten, every member of the student’s council had one of two last...
Nov 9, 2022 | Blog, Stories that Amplify
I was blessed to have grown up with a field in my backyard. This month, I’m sharing a wonderful and unique farming case we worked on over the last while that had one perplexing problem: how do we leave a gift to a charity that doesn’t yet exist? Our family...
