How Dehumanizing!

Brené Brown is an American researcher on shame, vulnerability, and leadership. In her book, Daring Greatly, she shared an article that she had written for the Houston Chronicle highlighting how our behaviours (in this case,...

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Contemplating Death

It is a sad week. A friend of mine passed away from brain cancer, one day after her 44th birthday. 

I’ve heard people talk about losing someone they love when they are “too young to die” and how it affects them. With the...

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Power of the Preamble

Up until a few years ago, I used to live with my sister. We lived together for about 6 years. It was here that the two of us discovered the “power of the preamble”.

Have you ever had a conversation with someone, and it didn’t go...

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My Mother's Wisdom

When I was 13, I remember sitting slumped on the bench in front of our organ, playing what I thought was a mournful tune that I had learned in music class in school. (It was actually Jolly Old Saint Nicholas…don’t ask me why a...

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Fear of Transformation

A new year typically brings thoughts of new goals, new beginnings, new adventures, new habits, new ways of living life.

Why do we do this?

The aim is to transform our lives. We want to make our lives better, brighter, easier. We want to be a...

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Are You Joyful?

It’s winter.

Not my favourite season. I mean, there isn’t much to be joyful about. It’s so long. So dark. So cold.

And then there’s the snow. Usually a lot. It makes (nearly) everything more difficult. Ugh.

I sometimes feel...

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Proper Preparation

Christmas can be a challenging time, so preparing for it is important.

When you think about preparations for Christmas, you might think about hanging lights, shopping and gift wrapping, decorating, baking, house cleaning, meal planning, setting up...

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Harmony

Black/White. Right/Wrong. Good/Bad. Up/Down. Left/Right. Big/Small. Tall/Short. Light/Dark. Beauty/Ugly. Success/Failure.

Polarity.

This is how the brain functions. When you receive information with your cranial brain, it always tries to label,...

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Gratitude and Generosity

I am on an email list. Every day, I receive an email from Father Richard Rohr. He has so much good stuff to say and he sometimes shares some stuff from other authors, speakers, and thought-leaders. This email really struck a cord in...

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Growth and Freedom

I read this powerful quote. It is often attributed to Viktor Frankl, but it is actually from an unknown source. I just had to share it.

“Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In...

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