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THE MEDLEY
Every day your brain processes about 70,000 thoughts. These are some of mine.



The Holidays After Loss: Learning to Carry What Can’t Be Fixed
A raw, honest reflection on grieving during the holidays, redefining strength after loss, and finding small moments of hope when life feels unbearably heavy.

LJV
Dec 24, 20254 min read


A Daily Dose, Through Grief: Writing Through Loss, Love, and the Choice to Keep Going
Grief, creativity, and healing after loss—an honest reflection on showing up, choosing light, and honouring love. I didn’t set out to make something profound. I was in a creative slump—one of those quiet, stubborn seasons where inspiration doesn’t knock and discipline feels heavier than usual. So I made a simple deal with myself: show up anyway. Every day. Write something short. Film it. Speak it into the camera. Total cringe. Total discomfort. An exercise in doing hard thing

LJV
Dec 15, 20254 min read


The Absurdity of Hope
There’s a strange kind of comedy in being alive right now. Like watching the world spiral into chaos while holding a green smoothie and a gratitude journal, trying desperately to remember how to breathe through your nose and think positive thoughts. Every headline is a punchline, every outrage a rerun. The absurdity isn’t that the world is burning — it’s that we’ve learned to scroll through the flames while meal-prepping for the perfect balance of macros. And yet… there’s hop

LJV
Oct 25, 20255 min read


AI’s Takeover: What Skills Will Actually Matter in the Next 10 Years?
We’ve all heard the fear-mongering: AI is coming for our jobs. Artists, writers, designers—creatives of all kinds—are supposedly on the...

LJV
Mar 18, 20254 min read


Elbows Up, Canada: 10 Ways to Stay Strong and Thrive in Uncertain Times
When Canadian comedy icon Mike Myers rocked a “Canada is not for sale” T-shirt, mouthed “elbows up” twice, and gave his left elbow a tap...

LJV
Mar 6, 20253 min read


70,000 Thoughts a Day? Who’s Counting? (And More Importantly, How?)
I read that your brain processes approximately 70,000 thoughts a day. Fascinating, right? That little fact was the catalyst for creating...

LJV
Feb 11, 20253 min read


The Thing About Starting: A Love Letter to Action
For over a year, I’ve been carrying this idea—a blog called The Medley . The tagline? “Every day, your brain processes about 70,000...

LJV
Jan 21, 20253 min read
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