She didn’t get even. She got building
She Didn’t Get Even. She Got Building.
BY JACKELYN GILL
Lesley Steele had done everything they asked.
She wanted into the club—never mind that it was only men. They had the purchasing power and the education opportunities. It was exactly the kind of group a young, independent veterinary clinic owner needed to be part of.
The first time she knocked on their door, the threshold for entry was a million dollars in sales. “I was probably at $300,000 or $400,000,” she says, “but I was confident I could do it.”
When she got there, she knocked again. They moved the line. A million and a half. She hired another vet, stretched the business, and hit the target a second time.
So she knocked once more. Two million. And along with that number came the truth.
She’s building a baking empire in bubblegum pink
She’s Building A Baking Empire In Bubblegum Pink
BY JACKELYN GILL
“Are you ready to face the wall?” Four contestants stand nervously at their baking stations as host Noah Cappe gets ready for the reveal. They cheer, “Yes!”
“This is your Wall of Bakers.”
The music crescendos. The lights flip on 12 of Canada’s biggest baking icons ready to taste what the contestants whip up and pick a winner. At the top of the panel of judges: twins Jenna Hutchinson and Ashley Kosowan, co-owners of Jenna Rae Cakes.
There’s just one thing.
“My instinct is to cower from the spotlight,” says Ashley.
Unmuted: From Pop Star to Powerhouse Founder
Unmuted: From Pop Star to Powerhouse Founder
BY JACKELYN GILL
“Promise me you’ll come back through butterflies.”
Anna Sinclair sat beside her father, squeezing his hand in his hospital room. She reached for a tissue from the box resting on the table beside him. A box splashed in bright butterfly print. It would now be their symbol.
As stage 4 lung cancer claimed his final breaths, it was how she wanted to remember him. In that moment, her journey from rising pop star to founder to award-winning agency CEO finally made sense.
Because that butterfly also described her own life: a series of metamorphoses, each demanding she fall apart before she could become something stronger.
Step Into Your Main Character Era
Step Into Your Main Character Era
BY KRISTINA PAIDER
Big decisions are tricky.
Red pill or blue pill? Ask the question or stay silent? Double down or walk away?
Either choice could lead to a better life; either choice could end in disaster. No pressure. A major crossroad. Irreversible consequences. And you can’t stay where you are.
This is a main character moment. One where the choice made will shape the future.
But it’s not just this moment. Because in fact, we craft our life story with every decision we make and every action we take. It’s no secret that to make life a masterpiece, we sometimes have to step back and get a different perspective. It’s not a formula—it’s an art form.