by Sarah Lambert
Most people who know me know that Audrey Hepburn is my favourite beauty icon, mostly because she was a person who was truly beautiful inside and out. I admire not only the elegance and charm she portrayed in so many of her movies, but also the way she tried to live a life that was in integrity with her beautiful values.
Ms. Hepburn once said, “True beauty in a woman is reflected in her soul. It’s the caring that she lovingly gives, the passion that she shows, and the beauty of a woman only grows with passing years.” I found this quote inspiring as I was putting together The Beauty Issue of Women’s Post. We’re not another ditzy fashion or glamour publication that will tell you what to put on your skin or how to dress your body in order to be beautiful. As a community drawn together by our exciting professional lives and our desire to go further together, our team understands that beauty isn’t skin deep. We know that there’s so much more to the concept of beauty than what normally fills women’s magazines.
The passion that drives each of our readers to achieve more professionally, to find a balance between their professional and personal lives, and to make the word a better place, is truly beautiful. I’m so thrilled that Women’s Post is in the unique position to discuss the many ways that beauty touches our lives everyday and I hope that you enjoy the features we’ve put together for you.
There’s beauty in the way women are improving the workplace just by being themselves – and working hard, of course. Our Top 20 Women to Watch in 201 are all inspiring examples of finding the beauty inside to create successful personal and professional lives.
There’s beauty in championing the ideas you’re passionate about, no matter the barriers that might stand in your way. In Why Politics?, Sarah Thomson discusses the three big ideas that drew her into politics.
There’s beauty in the places around us, and the joy we find in them. In her piece, The Most Beautiful Place on Earth, Diane Baker Mason describes the beauty she found during a recent trip to Mozambique.
There’s beauty in trying to find ways to make our city work better for everyone. In Toll Roads for Transit, Sara Mahmood discusses an idea that could help make Toronto more accessible for drivers and transit users alike.
There’s beauty in being healthy and feeling comfortable with your body, but it may be that your hormones are preventing you from achieving a healthy weight. Marissa Iacobucci discusses the effects of hormone imbalance in her review of The Hormone Diet.
In a world oversaturated with unrealistic beauty ideals, I’m glad I’ve met so many women who are redefining beauty in such amazing ways.
Wishing you a wonderful holiday season from the team here at Women’s Post. We hope you make it a beautiful one.
Comments
Thanks, Marcia. So far, it's just something I've been doing for each print issue, but I will definitely consider writing one more frequently.
Sarah, this is a wonderful and motivational piece.
You might consider doing this monthly, just as the editors of many print magazines do. McLeans, Chatelaine, Canadian Living, well, you name it and there's an editorial talking about the contents in that issue.
Although you change your content much more often than a print magazine does, you could also talk about upcoming articles, highlights that will have readers coming back to look at later issues.
This is could be the start of a great new tradition for Women's Post
Marcia
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