The Biggest Blessing
Over the past number of years, my mother has been involved in Royal Le Page’s Annual Christmas Tree Fundraiser. She starts making chocolate trees or santas in October and people receive a chocolate after they purchase a gift for a guest at the Kelowna Women’s Shelter. During the last few office Christmas parties, my […]
Am I Good Enough?
Not one of them doubted anyone else in the boat. Believing in one another was not really an issue anymore. What was more difficult was being sure about one’s self. The caustic chemicals of fear continued to surge in their brains and in their guts. The Boys in the Boat ~ Daniel James Brown […]
Dealing With Toxic People
How do you handle the toxic people in your life? What do you do with the liars, gossipers and control freaks? I think a large measure of how you deal with toxic people has to do with your own personality and what you are willing to put up with! But no matter how you […]
Traditions
Tradition is one of those words that can have a wonderful conotation or a really negative one. Having a big family dinner on Sundays, decorating the Christmas tree the week before American Thanksgiving, and watching Chevy Chase’s Christmas Vacation are some of our family traditions and they are lovely! Traditions that make one feel trapped, […]
Move Daily – Your Life Depends On It!
How can exercise benefit your life? Let me count the ways! Well, I’ll give you 2 good ones: Let’s start off with the #1 most important reason why it is imperative that you include exercise in your life: Without exercise…you will decay! Endless calories and lack of exercise signal your body to start shutting down. […]
How To Know Your Life Purpose
Adam Leipzig in his Ted Talk, “How to know your life purpose in 5 minutes!” suggests that if we know the answers to 5 simple questions, we can determine our life’s purpose! Who you are. What you do. Who you do it for. What those people wanted or needed. What do they get out of […]
Mindfulness, Gummyworms and Humans of New York
Many years ago, I took a class on mindfulness. In it I learned that mindfulness is the act of deliberately paying attention in a particular way. Deliberate and particular. Hmmm. This particular way involved bringing the attention back to the present moment and being non-judgmental. One of the exercises that we participated in to […]
The Genius Within
Not too long ago I came across a book that resonated with thoughts that I have had for some time. I’ll introduce this idea by saying that my whole life I have had times where I have felt like I was meant for something more than what I was doing/being. Have you ever felt like […]
Sexual Wellness
A big part of wellness that most people don’t like to talk about (myself included) is our sexual health. Being married almost 24 years, that subject has come up a few times! I don’t claim to be an expert in this field whatsoever, but over the years we have journeyed around this subject and […]
Bottle Your Moments
Six years ago I decided to go for a Saturday afternoon bike ride with my daughter Piper. The day was phenomenal! A perfect 28 degrees, not a cloud in the sky, ice cream by the beach and no complaining from the daughter for our 2 hour jaunt. You know those days when all […]