With the seasons changing, it’s easy to find yourself reevaluating your life goals. Maybe it was as a result of finally pulling out that vision board you made a year ago, or maybe you’ve just found yourself completely unenthusiastic about activities that once brought you joy. At times, it can even be caused by unavoidable signs showing us that it’s time for a change in our lives. Whether triggered by a singular moment, or a series of events, these signs cause our minds to envision a new version of our future selves. As we reflect, it forces us to quickly acknowledge the spaces that we’ve outgrown – our circumstances, our relationships, or our jobs…

Becoming overwhelmed by stress can lead to mental health problems or make existing problems worse. Today is Stress Awareness Day, a day to highlight the ways that stress can affect people and what you can do to manage your stress before it becomes a problem.

I’ve outlined my experience with stress, and three quick tips to help you manage your stress better…

I never imagined living abroad.

Not even when my sister left Canada in 2009 to pursue her dream of living somewhere with warmer weather. Now, as an official citizen of New Zealand, she only ever returns to Canada to visit.

This past April, we decided to take a trip to the Dominican Republic together. While there, I took advantage of the time away to reflect and arrived at the realization that it was time to uproot my life and live my life as an expat…

Like all of us, I’ve also experienced varying forms of loss and grief throughout my life. When I was 19, my family dynamic completely shifted due to my father’s paralysis. A few years later, at the age of 23, an unfortunate ending to a dirt bike accident also left me paralyzed, and with it, was the loss of my identity in its entirety. Then, when I was cut from Team Canada, so too was my affiliation and recognizability as the “Team Canada” guy. Even as I share this with you today, I’m in yet another transitionary period of loss, as I prepare to close my team-building business, The Sledge Hockey Experience…