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About Kerry Slavens
Life As A Human's Editor in Chief, Kerry Slavens, was born in the Rocky Mountains of Canada in a mining town that no longer exists. As such, she always wonders if she actually exists. This may be why she is so obsessed with creating story.
Kerry is a diverse and well-published writer whose genres include fiction, poetry, non-fiction and blogging at mojo.newjane.com and blackdotdiary.com. She considers herself a slightly conflicted "neo-neo-romantic" thrust into the machinations of modern life.
She lives in Victoria, on an island just off the West Coast of British Columbia, with her husband, daughter and menagerie of animal friends including a wisecracking parrot named Bennie. For 15 years, Kerry served as creative director of Artemis, an international award winning pr and design studio. She is now co-owner of Mixx Inc., a brand and communications consultancy, and a co-owner of NewJane.com, a weblog dedicated to talking about issues that really matter to women.
Kerry graduated with a BA in Writing from the University of Victoria and went on to teach creative non-fiction and creative writing. She has been a feature writer and editor of numerous publications. Her poetry books include Gravity and Light (co-authored with Margaret Blackwood and Anne M. Kelly) and Stranger Under the Stars. She has ghostwritten several books for CEOs and inspirational speakers.
Kerry is currently finishing a novel and a book of poetry.
How to Be Alone
Some people can never be alone without anxiety and some people need lots of alone time to revitalize their souls. Kerry Slavens explores the difference between alone and lonely and shares a beautiful YouTube video she discovered called "How to Be Alone." [Read more]
Canadian, Please! Video Takes Off Big on YouTube
Even if you're not Canadian you'll love this hilarious YouTube video, made by a couple of young talents, Julia Bentley and Andrew Gunadie, who live in the country that gave us Mounties, poutine and the zipper. Yes, we said THE ZIPPER ... [Read more]
Life As A Human Likes #4
This week, Life As A Human Likes features ways to alleviate the anxiety of modern living: a website with anxiety cures, an inspiring project in India that speaks to the heart, and a great website for book lovers because reading can help us get centered and de-stress. [Read more]
Miss Rosie Bitts Brings on the Burlesque
In her clicky high heels, Miss Rosie Bittstaps across the floor at the Superior restaurant in Victoria, her round little bum wiggling in a 1940-esque turquoise dress with a slit up to here. She tosses her long, blonde mane, positively oozing sex appeal. My gosh, and it isn't even martini hour yet. But that's the real beauty of hanging out with this rising burlesque starlet — wherever she goes, whatever time it is, it's happy hour...and I'm not talking about booze. [Read more]
Sheena Iyengar On the Art of Choosing: TED Video
Have you ever had trouble make a choice? Would you ever let someone choose for you? Should you? Sheena Iyengar has studied how we make choices and and how we feel about the choices we make. In this TED video, she provides fascinating insight into how we make the choices that build our lives. [Read more]
Life As A Human Likes…
Life As A Human Likes is a weekly feature of fascinating, enlightening, fun or just odd blogs and other web gems that enliven the experience of being human. This week, we feature a bit of a mixed bag...something for the dreamers, something for the schemers and something for the ...um... wieners. [Read more]
The Love Letter
Legendary basketball coach John Wooden loved only one woman in his entire life, his wife Nellie. For more than two decades after Nellie died, he wrote a love letter to her each month on the anniversary of her death. This video of John Wooden shows a simple but profound man who found the real secret to a happy life. LOVE. [Read more]
Che Guevara Conference Takes Place in East Van as G8/G20 Leaders Meet Behind Barricades in Toronto
As G8/G20 world leaders met behind barricades and riot police lines in Toronto, Canada, I was in a run-down community hall in East Vancouver listening to people from one of the world’s poorest countries talk with pride about their gains in healthcare and literacy and refer to their leaders by their first names: Fidel, Che, Camilo, Raul. [Read more]
Men Leave: Father’s Day Without a Father
On Father's Day, a woman contemplates the fathers she has known and never known, and how she came to the conclusion that men leave. [Read more]
Do Not Block This Sign: The Authority of the Absurd
I was at a concert a few years ago with some friends. We arrived early at the gate so we could get great seats in the outdoor theatre. Then one of us noticed we were standing in front of a sign that said DO NOT BLOCK THIS SIGN. [Read more]
