by Melissa Walker Horn | Aug 6, 2021 | Personal, Relationships
This one is easy, as far as choosing one thing every day to be grateful for, because today is Kelvin and my 16th wedding anniversary. Go, team. It feels like so long ago that we first met, and yet, not simultaneously. There we were, just a couple of kids with no idea....
by Melissa Walker Horn | Jun 10, 2020 | Relationships
Alone a lot? Yeah, me too. Let’s talk about how to manage being alone whether you’re working from home or otherwise homebound. This morning, I was speaking with a family friend, and she was booking in a time to see me (for work stuff). When are you next...
by Melissa Walker Horn | May 28, 2020 | Body Confidence, Confidence, Relationships
What would you say if I told you that I don’t think your partner should be your reason for your positive body image? My boyfriend loves my body, he embraces my curves, but I just can’t see it, she said. They love my body, me? Not so much, they said. I see...
by Melissa Walker Horn | Jun 10, 2019 | Relationships
You know the story; Kel and I met when we were barely twenty. Engaged six weeks later, broke the news to our families a few months after that. Then married at 22, moved around a lot in the same town, had some businesses but didn’t have babies. You know,...
by Melissa Walker Horn | May 28, 2019 | Confidence, Relationships
When you’re happy, that’s my favourite thing sings Elmo loudly from the tv screen I’m using to distract my niece. She dances to the song, and I smile that she’s settled into her visit. Elmo is right; we love being surrounded by people that lift...
by Melissa Walker Horn | Feb 20, 2019 | Confidence, Relationships
I’ve been called a lot of things in life. You know the drill, I’m sure. The no one escapes the being called ‘things’ thing. The words and the descriptions that define you, the ones you take on and stick to you like glue. Some stay to be a...
