03/08/2026
Two years ago, these photos were taken at a moment when Sip for Your Soul was still just a collection of puzzle pieces on a table. We didn’t yet know exactly what it would become or how much heart, courage, and learning it would take to build it.
Around that same time, I was asked, somewhat unexpectedly, to sit on a panel for a Mother’s Day celebration hosted by World of Women. It was an incredibly empowering space, but at the time I wasn’t quite ready to share that moment beyond that circle.
The conversation centered around the challenges immigrant women face in Canada while raising first-generation children. While I’m not yet a mother myself, I was invited to share the other side of that story as a first-generation Canadian woman with Indo-Fijian roots.
I spoke about the quiet longing to truly know my mother as a person. The sadness of realizing she didn’t always have the opportunity or the luxury to explore who she was beyond survival and responsibility. And the loneliness that can exist when a mother and daughter never quite get the chance to meet each other fully.
Over time, I have come to understand that this experience shaped something fundamental in me. Empowering women is not a marketing angle or a nice idea.
For me, it is a necessity.
That belief lives at the heart of Sip for Your Soul as a holistic wellness space. It is also why we intentionally partner with women-forward organizations like the YWCA and Ninja Nari, and why we feel so grateful to support the healing and self-discovery of the many women who have walked through our doors at different stages of their journey.
In honour of International Women's Day, I am simply taking a moment to reflect with gratitude for the women who came before us, the women building alongside us, and the women still discovering their own voices and paths.
When women have the space to know themselves, heal, and grow, entire generations shift. 💜
❤️
