Gurdeep Pandher of the Yukon
@gurdeep.ca
Feel free to be sad, but don't stay sad forever! Sikh-Canadian talks joy, hope, positivity, inclusivity & dance Bhangra—folk dance of Panjab— in the Arctic regions and on frozen lakes for mental wellbeing and optimism.❄️🧡
https://gurdeep.ca/magazine
https://gurdeep.ca/magazine
Positivity Is Not Magic—Yet It Is Utterly Magical:
I'm not advocating for superficial positivity that ignores difficult emotions. I'm championing emotional equilibrium where we honor both light and shadow, where sadness coexists with joy. Read more:
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I'm not advocating for superficial positivity that ignores difficult emotions. I'm championing emotional equilibrium where we honor both light and shadow, where sadness coexists with joy. Read more:
gurdeeppandher.substack.com/p/positivity...
Positivity Is Not Magic—Yet It Is Utterly Magical
I'm not advocating for superficial positivity that ignores difficult emotions. I'm championing emotional equilibrium where we honor both light and shadow, where sadness coexists with joy.
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January 15, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Positivity Is Not Magic—Yet It Is Utterly Magical:
I'm not advocating for superficial positivity that ignores difficult emotions. I'm championing emotional equilibrium where we honor both light and shadow, where sadness coexists with joy. Read more:
gurdeeppandher.substack.com/p/positivity...
I'm not advocating for superficial positivity that ignores difficult emotions. I'm championing emotional equilibrium where we honor both light and shadow, where sadness coexists with joy. Read more:
gurdeeppandher.substack.com/p/positivity...
Readers from around the world ordered my magazine & I'm grateful to each of you. Canadians especially showed up for their fellow Canadian. Love you, Canada. Beyond the US, Canada & UK—thank you to Sweden, Germany, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Australia & New Zealand for your love. Gurdeep.ca/magazine.
January 8, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Readers from around the world ordered my magazine & I'm grateful to each of you. Canadians especially showed up for their fellow Canadian. Love you, Canada. Beyond the US, Canada & UK—thank you to Sweden, Germany, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Australia & New Zealand for your love. Gurdeep.ca/magazine.
How Waiting for Perfect Conditions Steals Today's Joy
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How Waiting for Perfect Conditions Steals Today's Joy
We trap ourselves in an endless waiting room—postponing joy until the stars align, until we land that dream job, buy that perfect house, meet that ideal partner, or finally stick to the “right” diet.
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January 6, 2026 at 3:08 PM
How Waiting for Perfect Conditions Steals Today's Joy
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Happy New Year 2026—A Message
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Happy New Year 2026—A Message
As we find ourselves at the threshold of a new year, with the calendar pages having turned to reveal 2026, we are presented with a meaningful opportunity—a chance to step back from the relentless pace...
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January 1, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Happy New Year 2026—A Message
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The Gurdeep Magazine is ready and being shipped, but the mailing process is taking longer than expected. So far, I’ve mailed 270 copies out of 730 orders, currently working through orders from September and October.
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The magazine is being shipped, but the mailing process is taking longer than expected
The Gurdeep Magazine is ready and being shipped, but the mailing process is taking longer than expected.
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December 31, 2025 at 1:39 PM
The Gurdeep Magazine is ready and being shipped, but the mailing process is taking longer than expected. So far, I’ve mailed 270 copies out of 730 orders, currently working through orders from September and October.
gurdeeppandher.substack.com/p/mag-shipping
gurdeeppandher.substack.com/p/mag-shipping
New article: When Sorrow Arrives Like An Uninvited Guest, Searching For The Softest Places To Settle
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When Sorrow Arrives Like An Uninvited Guest, Searching For The Softest Places To Settle
As 2025 draws to a close, we stand at the threshold of something new—a year unwritten, its pages blank and waiting.
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December 27, 2025 at 3:26 PM
New article: When Sorrow Arrives Like An Uninvited Guest, Searching For The Softest Places To Settle
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Wonderful news for readers in the United Kingdom: I've found a way to reduce shipping costs for my magazine. Shipping to the UK is now the lowest rate available—lower even than shipping within Canada. If you feel called to hold this warmth of printed words in your hands, visit gurdeep.ca/magazine
December 26, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Wonderful news for readers in the United Kingdom: I've found a way to reduce shipping costs for my magazine. Shipping to the UK is now the lowest rate available—lower even than shipping within Canada. If you feel called to hold this warmth of printed words in your hands, visit gurdeep.ca/magazine
Each year on Gurpurab (the birthday of Sikhism's founder Guru Nanak), when I share about it on social media, something beautiful happens: the comment section gets filled with warm wishes and kind words from those people who don't share my faith. Today, on Christmas, (1 of thread)
December 25, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Each year on Gurpurab (the birthday of Sikhism's founder Guru Nanak), when I share about it on social media, something beautiful happens: the comment section gets filled with warm wishes and kind words from those people who don't share my faith. Today, on Christmas, (1 of thread)
New Article: When Celebration Meets Heavy Emotions: The Bittersweet Symphony of the Holidays
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When Celebration Meets Heavy Emotions: The Bittersweet Symphony of the Holidays
The holidays arrive like a symphony—joyful crescendos for some, melancholic undertones for others.
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December 24, 2025 at 3:03 PM
New Article: When Celebration Meets Heavy Emotions: The Bittersweet Symphony of the Holidays
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This winter, I created something special—the first annual print edition of The Gurdeep Magazine. It features writing from other contributors alongside my own work. If you feel called to hold this warmth of printed words in your hands, visit gurdeep.ca/magazine
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The Joy in Ink: The Gurdeep Magazine looks forward to stepping gracefully from screen to page with its debut annual print edition. The debut issue—approximately 84 pages in full color—will arrive in J...
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December 23, 2025 at 5:11 PM
This winter, I created something special—the first annual print edition of The Gurdeep Magazine. It features writing from other contributors alongside my own work. If you feel called to hold this warmth of printed words in your hands, visit gurdeep.ca/magazine
Sadness arrives uninvited. Joy demands more—it requires us to search, to kindle, to protect the flame against every wind. When we choose joy despite everything that argues against it, we don't just save ourselves—we illuminate the way for everyone around us.
December 22, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Sadness arrives uninvited. Joy demands more—it requires us to search, to kindle, to protect the flame against every wind. When we choose joy despite everything that argues against it, we don't just save ourselves—we illuminate the way for everyone around us.
Your love for my magazine has humbled me beyond measure. This is the sweetest kind of overwhelm, and I'm grateful for every single one of you who believed in this work enough to claim a piece of it for yourself. If you haven't secured your copy yet, here's the link. gurdeep.ca/magazine
December 16, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Your love for my magazine has humbled me beyond measure. This is the sweetest kind of overwhelm, and I'm grateful for every single one of you who believed in this work enough to claim a piece of it for yourself. If you haven't secured your copy yet, here's the link. gurdeep.ca/magazine
When Shadows Lengthen in Wintertime, Let Your Inner Light Burn Brighter
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When Shadows Lengthen in Wintertime, Let Your Inner Light Burn Brighter
When winter’s long shadows stretch across our mornings and swallow our afternoons whole, we find ourselves called to kindle something precious within—a quiet flame that no early sunset can extinguish.
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December 14, 2025 at 1:23 PM
When Shadows Lengthen in Wintertime, Let Your Inner Light Burn Brighter
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When the mercury plummets to -40° (where Celsius and Fahrenheit finally agree), most sensible creatures burrow inward. But not in the Yukon. Here, in this land where exhaled breath crystallizes mid-air and exposed skin stings within seconds, I found myself moved to dance Bhangra.
December 13, 2025 at 3:10 PM
When the mercury plummets to -40° (where Celsius and Fahrenheit finally agree), most sensible creatures burrow inward. But not in the Yukon. Here, in this land where exhaled breath crystallizes mid-air and exposed skin stings within seconds, I found myself moved to dance Bhangra.
This is the back page of my annual print magazine, The Gurdeep Magazine,— ink on paper, reality crystallized. The first 70 copies have already found their way into the world, carried by postal workers who don't know they're delivering small revolutions. Visit gurdeep.ca/magazine to secure your copy.
December 12, 2025 at 3:32 PM
This is the back page of my annual print magazine, The Gurdeep Magazine,— ink on paper, reality crystallized. The first 70 copies have already found their way into the world, carried by postal workers who don't know they're delivering small revolutions. Visit gurdeep.ca/magazine to secure your copy.
Good morning, folks! It's -40 C and F in the Yukon now. How are you doing?
December 11, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Good morning, folks! It's -40 C and F in the Yukon now. How are you doing?
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True joy recognizes and acknowledges pain, tears, sadness, and every other emotion that exists within the spectrum of human experience. It is about discovering and finding balance, equilibrium, and a sense of steadiness even in the midst of difficult, trying, and turbulent times.
December 3, 2025 at 5:25 PM
True joy recognizes and acknowledges pain, tears, sadness, and every other emotion that exists within the spectrum of human experience. It is about discovering and finding balance, equilibrium, and a sense of steadiness even in the midst of difficult, trying, and turbulent times.
My new article:
You Deserve a Life Where Fear Is an Occasional Visitor, Not a Property-Owner
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You Deserve a Life Where Fear Is an Occasional Visitor, Not a Property-Owner
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You Deserve a Life Where Fear Is an Occasional Visitor, Not a Property-Owner
Fear, once our guardian in the wild, has become our jailer in the modern world.
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December 4, 2025 at 3:32 PM
My new article:
You Deserve a Life Where Fear Is an Occasional Visitor, Not a Property-Owner
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You Deserve a Life Where Fear Is an Occasional Visitor, Not a Property-Owner
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True joy recognizes and acknowledges pain, tears, sadness, and every other emotion that exists within the spectrum of human experience. It is about discovering and finding balance, equilibrium, and a sense of steadiness even in the midst of difficult, trying, and turbulent times.
December 3, 2025 at 5:25 PM
True joy recognizes and acknowledges pain, tears, sadness, and every other emotion that exists within the spectrum of human experience. It is about discovering and finding balance, equilibrium, and a sense of steadiness even in the midst of difficult, trying, and turbulent times.
Curiosity led me to check where the very first order for the print edition of The Gurdeep Magazine came from. It was from Florence, Massachusetts. Thank you, Florence, for being the first city in the world to welcome my magazine. The second order came from Boulder, Colorado.
December 2, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Curiosity led me to check where the very first order for the print edition of The Gurdeep Magazine came from. It was from Florence, Massachusetts. Thank you, Florence, for being the first city in the world to welcome my magazine. The second order came from Boulder, Colorado.
Friends, that moment has arrived. A dream has become reality. A concept has grown into something tangible. Today, the PRINTED copies of The Gurdeep Magazine finally arrived in my hands. To secure your copy, please visit gurdeep.ca/Magazine
November 28, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Friends, that moment has arrived. A dream has become reality. A concept has grown into something tangible. Today, the PRINTED copies of The Gurdeep Magazine finally arrived in my hands. To secure your copy, please visit gurdeep.ca/Magazine
Exciting update: The print edition of The Gurdeep Magazine is being printed at a printing press. They're handing over all the copies to me this Friday. The shipping process to subscribers will start then. Visit Gurdeep.ca/magazine to reserve your copy.
November 26, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Exciting update: The print edition of The Gurdeep Magazine is being printed at a printing press. They're handing over all the copies to me this Friday. The shipping process to subscribers will start then. Visit Gurdeep.ca/magazine to reserve your copy.
Finding Light in the Darkness: Why Joy Is Your Daily Medicine
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Finding Light in the Darkness: Why Joy Is Your Daily Medicine
This world carries darkness in abundance, shadows that stretch long and cold across the landscape of our lives.
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November 25, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Finding Light in the Darkness: Why Joy Is Your Daily Medicine
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Joy is about understanding, recognizing, and deeply internalizing the profound truth that everything in this life—every emotion, every circumstance, every moment of pain or pleasure—is inherently temporary, fleeting, and impermanent in nature.
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November 25, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Joy is about understanding, recognizing, and deeply internalizing the profound truth that everything in this life—every emotion, every circumstance, every moment of pain or pleasure—is inherently temporary, fleeting, and impermanent in nature.
Gurdeep.ca/magazine
Gurdeep.ca/magazine