Living

Choices

Why I chose not to have a second child — and let go of the daughter I'd always wanted

Why I chose not to have a second child — and let go of the daughter I'd always wanted

The first time I felt a yearning for her, I was 33 years old and already had a son. At 38, I understood she was not to be.

Rona Maynard

Saleema Nawaz on the strange and complicated fight to take her husband's name in Quebec

Saleema Nawaz on the strange and complicated fight to take her husband's name in Quebec

The Montreal novelist asks "Shouldn’t a woman be free to choose whatever surname she wants?"

Saleema Nawaz

I thought I could fix my depression with yoga and Uggs. I was wrong

I thought I could fix my depression with yoga and Uggs. I was wrong

Self-care can be a vital way of coping with anxiety and depression. But sometimes we wind up using it against ourselves.

Claire Cameron

People deserve to die with dignity — here's how I help them

People deserve to die with dignity — here's how I help them

Many people in unbearably painful situations deserve to know their options when it comes to medically-assisted death.

Nora Osborne, as told to Megan Haynes

Caring for my dying father was the only way I knew how to say goodbye

Caring for my dying father was the only way I knew how to say goodbye

Novelist Heather O'Neill on why her last days with her father — who was never an easy man — were some of their most precious together.

Heather O'Neill