by Jose Aries Tan | May 5, 2024 | Uncategorized
I have had an on-again, off-again relationship with meditation for years. Inspired by meditation pioneer, mindfulness coach Sharon Salzburg and author Yung Pueblo who spoke about the benefits of Vipassana meditation on Instagram, I signed up for a 10-day...
by Jose Aries Tan | Mar 12, 2024 | Uncategorized
Bride, wife, divorcee – each phase of my life required courage. I wrote a book called Modern Day Courage to light a path for others. Confronting assumptions about my sexual identity, combatting mental health challenges, overcoming the stigma of divorce, fighting...
by Jose Aries Tan | Nov 12, 2023 | Uncategorized
No matter how you slice it – it felt like an eternity. My 4th anniversary will be etched in my memory in a rather peculiar way. Not because it was the first anniversary where I got to be in the company of the one I love (as we reside in different countries and...
by Jose Aries Tan | Jul 10, 2023 | Uncategorized
Dear Brandon School Board of Trustees, I am responding to Ms. Lorraine Hackenschmidt’s comments from May 8th, 2023 at the Brandon School Division Meeting. I agree with Ms. Hackenschmidt’s comments that children need protection against pedophilia (online or not), child...
by Jose Aries Tan | Feb 14, 2023 | Uncategorized
My name is Jalene E. Murphy; I am a Canadian art lover concerned about the picture the Art Gallery of Ontario is painting. Your website trumpets the AGO’s commitment to diversity, inclusion, equity, and accessibility. It declares your commitment to...
by Jose Aries Tan | Oct 3, 2022 | Uncategorized
It’s summer on the Prairies! With the sun rising early and staying out late these long summer days extend my time to think, read and write. To me, there is a lightness to summer and a time when I can comfortably sit in warm sunbeams and reflect. This month I am...