Everything you need to know about psychedelics — I can cure your depression. I can show you different levels of consciousness. I can remove the fear of death in cancer patients. I can even make a blind man's sounds into visions. By now most of us have heard the buzz about these magical mushrooms creating unimaginable effects. However…

Imagine waking up every morning to have little to no energy. No motivation to do the things you once used to love. Life feeling completely hopeless. Imagine you can’t sleep or eat. You’re always in physical pain and constantly battling your mind. In just a few sentences on a computer…

Reframing the way you think about problems — In 10 seconds, name 3 of the world’s biggest problems. 10… 9…8…7.. .6… 5…4…3…2…1 Done? Great. Now let me channel my mind-reading skills and guess some of the problems you might have said. Climate Change Poverty Gender Inequality Unemployment Malnourishment War + Conflict How did I do? Chances are the…

Understanding USAs Systemic Racism — Racism is a global problem that has been affecting the Black community for far too long. Even though you sometimes can’t see it in such developed western society, it’s always been there. With the recent “Black Lives Matter” protests blowing up all over the world people have been paying much…

Becoming Self Reliant — In 2018 my life changed forever. And that is because of people. As I started grade 8 in 2018 September, I also joined the most life-changing program for young people (The Knowledge Society). In one sentence, TKS is a program for high school students that teaches the skills, mindsets and…

Why we can send people to space but can’t develop a cheap pad for women to use. — Sanitary pads remain a ‘luxury item’ for 800M+ women in India. This not only means that they don’t have access to proper sanitation and menstrual products but that they need to use alternatives such as old cloth, rags, hay, sand or ash. This is extremely uncomfortable, causes painful infections, prevents…

Improving Global Access to Vaccines — Think back to your childhood. Running around the playground until sunset. Sledding down the snowy park hills (Canadian winters weren’t all bad, I promise). When I think about my childhood, the only thing I truly remember is happiness, and in my opinion, every child deserves to have that memory. …

Solving the global water contamination crisis — Every year approximately 3.5M+ people die from water-related diseases that are completely preventable. This is equivalent to a jumbo jet crashing every hour. A few months ago when I heard that number, I was speechless. What really got to me was that around 2.2M of those people are children! You…

Last week I started reading this book called Sophie’s World. It’s the story of a 12-year-old girl who discovers the world of philosophy. Now I just started reading it and I’m not the fastest reader out there, but an interesting point was brought up throughout the second chapter. “To children…