I used to treat January like a personal rebrand. New habits, new goals, new me—every year. By week three, reality usually involved cereal for dinner and far less motivation. Somewhere in that gap, I realized winter isn’t asking us to transform. It’s asking us to slow down, let go of the pressure, and grow roots instead of chasing reinvention.

Meet Grace, an inspiring 10-year-old from Toronto, Ontario, who is transforming her journey with alopecia into a powerful message of self-love, creativity, and kindness. Alopecia, an autoimmune condition that results in hair loss, could easily lead one to feel isolated—but not Grace. To her, it's a superpower. "Alopecia is an autoimmune disease," Grace explains. "Basically, your hair falls out because your body thinks your hair is bad. It doesn't stop you from doing anything;

Redefining beauty with alopecia - a quick pep talk