Meg Otanwa left a corporate career for acting, and at the time, it felt both terrifying and exhilarating. She remembers sitting on her at the office and staring at her desktop, feeling she was meant for something else. The fear was real as she walked away from predictability, a defined path, and money. What that leap taught her is that fear is a sign that something matters deeply to you. She had to trust that the restlessness she felt wasn’t recklessness, but her intuition leading her toward her purpose.

Otanwa is known to be selective with roles. She is drawn to scripts that respect the intelligence of their audience, looking for characters who feel like real people, women with contradictions and complexities. For Otanwa, a script becomes impossible to ignore when it challenges her, when she reads it and thinks, ‘I don’t know how to do this yet, I’ll need to figure it out.’

Read Meg Otanwa’s interview on pages 8 to 10.

The fertility conversation can be very uncomfortable, especially for couples who have yet to conceive. However, times are changing, and people are beginning to challenge the stigma and have open conversations about reproductive health because reproductive health is not just about the woman alone. Learn more about this topic on page 14.

Repeating outfits is not a fashion crime. In fact, when you understand your wardrobe, you can mix and match clothes so no one will guess you wore the same outfit the week before. Our fashion pages show you how to combine your clothes like a pro for maximum effect. Scroll to pages 4 and 5 for this.

Don’t forget you can download the playlist on page 20 for a really cool selection of music.

Until next week, enjoy your read.