If you’ve ever wondered what doctors actually think about injectable fillers, Women’s Post has found the answer. Dr. Barb Loiskandl is a mom, wife, and physician who uses cosmetic enhancement herself to reflect her inner radiance. Working at a women’s magazine, I get into many conversations about what makes a woman truly beautiful. Beauty is a combination of qualities that both delight the senses and stimulate the mind. Enhancing their physical appearance helps many people fully ...

It’s a suggestive coincidence: Before they independently decided on careers in wealth management – and certainly long before they met – Elaine Martinez and Melina Mastromartino-Leberge, partners in Women2Women Wealth Management (W2W), thought it fitting to work in the field of counselling. “When I first left school I was interested in going into either law or social work and counselling,” says British native Elaine. She married at 19; three kids became career enough. In 1994,...

HBC, Canada’s largest diversified merchandise retailer, operating the Bay, Zellers, Home Outfitters, and Fields, has struggled in the retail market and it is Bonnie Brooks’ job to make sure that, for the Bay, those days are behind them. Revered by colleagues who have had the pleasure of working with her, Brooks is an inspiration to working women everywhere. After only one year at the reins, she has put designer brands such as Prada,...

A woman lucky enough to find a spa where she feels completely at ease in the hands of one of its technicians should probably work on maintaining that relationship for life. But a woman lucky enough to find a spa where she feels completely at ease in the hands of cosmetic doctors should just thank her lucky stars. When I first learned about True MediSpa, owned and operated by Dr. Romy Saibil and Dr. Francine Gerstein, I thought it...

Making it through turbulent times often seems like a gift from the gods: a matter of fate, of luck, of good fortune. When I examine things that have gone well for me, there is often a foundation of hard work, of strategic planning, and learning from experience that rests at the heart of these endeavours. Stephen Tallevi, general manager and co-founder of Grocery Gateway (an online grocery retailer), understands this very well. One key ...

Shawna Page has been a believer in organics and natural supplements for over 20 years. She buys milk in glass bottles, eats organic food, and uses natural beauty products, right down to her deodorant. “I was into organics before it was fashionable … I was taking vitamins when people thought people who took vitamins wore Birkenstocks and were into [going] naked,” says Shawna, founder and CEO of femMED, a line of all-natural supplement...

“Do you know how many business owners stand in this room and 15 minutes into the meeting, I still don’t know who the customer would be or what the product would do for them?” says Michael Della Fortuna, an investor in private companies. “What’s the problem?” I ask. “The lack of a big, driving goal. Imagine if General Montgomery spent all his time discussing how war ships and planes were built — and their fire power — instead of getting on with the big picture for D-Day.�...

Which is harder: being a wife or a mother? Before you toss out that question at your next book club meeting, be sure to pour the wine, because the conversation is about to get heated. And the answer is … well, in my experience, it depends. Both marriage and motherhood are partnerships. I tried out the idea that my husband call me life partner instead of wife, providing weeks of amusement for my two sons, who now insist that I am their life parent. (Life mother, they tell me, is too gend...

Nine years ago, the Canadian television industry went through a major restructuring. By the end of it, the number of potential employers in the industry was substantially reduced, and my husband was out of a job. It was a lousy year for us, just like this year is a lousy year for a lot of people. So that year we decided to cut and run. We started our own business and we relocated to the country. The decision to cut our dependence on someone else for my husband’s paycheque was based on t...

I suppose it is my own cynicism fuelling my assumption that of all the things to die in this economy, charitable giving will be just another log on the funeral pyre. With companies laying off workers like that is, in fact, their job, how does any organization have the resources to focus on giving elsewhere? Much to my surprise, some companies are still making it a priority, and not only in the industries for which a recession is generally a boon (think canned soup and discount clothie...