About a year ago, I wrote a post about the value of getting feedback from others. In it I wrote: I value the perspectives of…
Role Models For My Daughter
For the past two Sundays my daughter has had tryouts for a basketball team affiliated with the university where I work, the University of Saskatchewan.…
What Does My ‘A-Game’ Look Like?
Last summer I wrote a blog post about who needs my “A-Game”. This was an idea that I got from Brendon Burchard and it’s something…
Give More Presence Than Presents
Tomorrow I’m finishing up my work at the university for 2019. I have a grand total of 16 days off until I go back to…
The Days Are Long, But the Years Are Short
When I was pregnant with my daughter, many people said to me that time will fly by very quickly now that we have a child.…
The People Made Something Great Into Something Amazing
I spent last Monday through Friday at an intensive course on coaching. I’d wanted to do this for a few years now and I finally…
Gratitude Awareness: Sometimes it happens without even trying
I had a birthday earlier this week. I won’t tell you how old I am, but my daughter was singing the number to me that…
What Do You Want to Keep? What New Things Do You Want?
I’m part of a committee at the university that is looking into replacing the online platform we use for both distance education and for many…
Deceptively Sunny Days: The good, the bad, and a little perspective
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…
