inspiration

For our August issue, we sussed out the secrets to success from 16 of Canada’s top Olympic contenders. They shared their best advice to help us mere mortals reach the top of our games — in sport and in life.

Senior editor Sydney Loney spoke with inspiration expert Jonah Lehrer on how to unleash the power of the mind and improve your creativity

While researching this piece, I realized I much prefer motivational quotes showing people exercising versus ones superimposed over a rail-thin model or idolizing someone with an unattainable body. Anyone who’s on Facebook, or Pinterest, has seen more than their share of motivational fitness posters in the last few years.

Author and physicist Alan Lightman talks to Chatelaine about his newest novel, Mr g, his thoughts on the universe, our desire for knowledge and inability to answer many of the questions we have about ourselves and our world, and his own creative works.

The author of one of the hit novels of 2011 talks about her inspiration, magic, the revelations of a writing life and more.