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By Ken Hegan for The National Post I’m fixing my flaws by following self-help gurus and treatments in the world’s most gorgeous and inspiring locations. This week: Kenya! The night wants to eat me. I’m in the Kenya bush, it’s pitch black, and the air is menacing. All I hear are snorting hippos that sound…
I’m angry. Choked. Furious. In two years, I’ve lost my dad, job and marriage. My candidates lose spectacularly in every election. And in the last NHL playoffs, my beloved Boston Bruins imploded, losing four straight games after leading three games to zero. Sure, I could get therapy. But instead I’m trying to fix myself by…
I’m fixing my life by following self-help gurus around the world. This week: Matthew McConaughey! By Ken Hegan for The National Post I’m studying a rare Australian etiquette book called HOW TO BE A MAN. It’s a 1996 guidebook on the lost arts of hygiene, manners, and culture. The book lists “easy-to-follow instructions” for men…
By Ken Hegan for The National Post So, I’m in Cuba watching a donkey drink a beer. The donkey, inexplicably, is wearing a tight little T-shirt. How did I get here? And does the donkey actually like beer or would he rather be drinking bourbon? It started a month ago. I was reading a self-help…
I could get therapy. But this year I’m all about DIY. So I went to Value Village to find a self-help book. Now, if you think people browsing for self-help books in Value Village are exciting and glamorous, you’re sadly mistaken. One guy, wearing a fanny pack and pajama bottoms, actually dozed off while reading…
By Ken Hegan for The National Post I’m fixing my flaws by following self-help gurus, books, and spas in the world’s most gorgeous, inspiring locations. This week: a freezing cold Toronto dog park! My life just got really crappy, really fast. In short: I’m suddenly single and kinda numb from the heart up. On the…
By Ken Hegan for The National Post Feels like I’ve just been punched in the gut. After six years of marriage, my wife and I separated. It’s an amicable split, but still devastating. I barely smelled it coming. Now the woman I vowed to spend my life with has boxed her stockings and moved away.…
By Ken Hegan for The National Post Welcome to my self-help column. Each month I devote myself to following a new guru. I won’t stop until I’m perfect. So far I’ve shed my beer belly by devouring ‘The Action Sandwich’ an inspirational self-help book from the singer of Glass Tiger. And when the recession killed…
By Ken Hegan for The National Post So it’s officially a recession. Because I just got laid off. Not from this column, mind you…I have – or rather ‘had’ – a day job. Unfortunately, our budget got slashed which meant 5-7 job cuts. Everyone was stressed. Nobody slept well. One woman had a nightmare that…
By Ken Hegan for The National Post So I was busy tricking seniors out of their retirement funds yesterday, when I asked myself, “Is this all there is to life?” There I was, massaging the knots out of Bernie Johnson’s 82-year-old calf muscles while he gave me power of attorney when I answered myself by…
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