Today (Monday) was Rememberance Day in Canada (Veteran’s Day in the U.S.) so the university and my daughter’s school was closed. Normally on a Monday,…
Self-Care Failure: I dropped my ball, but had a way to pick it back up
In my previous post I wrote about how I was returning from giving a half-day workshop at a mountain resort in Alberta and attending a…
Little Moments Are Big Things
I’m on an airplane right now, flying from Phoenix to Vancouver. You won’t read this post for a few days, but three hours on a…
Mindfulness Takes Many Forms
I think that when my dog rolls over and shows me her belly she’s telling me to stop whatever it is I’m doing and rub…
My “This is what worked for me” List
In my previous post I wrote about how our hot water heater sprung a leak and disrupted our lives, and that I got through it.…
Fitness Equipment Nostalgia
This morning we said goodbye to the treadmill that we’ve had for more than fifteen years. It had started randomly speeding up, just a bit,…
The Learning Happens Along the Way
Do you remember being in school, taking a test at the end of the year, and not doing particularly well? Be honest, you know that…
Who Might I Inspire Today?
Two weeks ago I was giving a workshop on developing course outlines and an instructor used the term “inspired” to describe how she felt during…
Where Have You Been All My Life?
I’ve written a fair bit about failure on this site, including about what I had to say about it in the keynote I gave in…
Celebrate Success, Enjoy the Moment
Yesterday my manger has some rather stern words for me and I’ve been thinking about what she said since then. She was very kind about…
