If you’ve followed me for a while, you know that I like to listen to audiobooks while running, and then share what I learned with you. I’m currently listening to a couple of books by Denise Duffield-Thomas - she’s an Australian wife, mother and entrepreneur, and her brand is Lucky B (yes, the B stands … Continue reading How Lucky Are You?

Image credit: Pixabay It was Valentine’s Day this week, and also my 60th birthday. A good day to reflect on connection and love, don’t you think? I don’t have to tell you that it’s been a very strange two years in that regard. A time that we have expressed our love for people by staying … Continue reading Connecting to Love

Image credit: Pixabay The last few days have been quite distressing here in Canada. I don’t want to get into the details of what has been happening - feel free to check my Twitter. Suffice it to say that I found myself spending several days neglecting my business and not getting enough sleep, because I … Continue reading Out of the Doomscrolling Hole

Image credit: Pixabay Many of us go through life with the idea that we need to fix things, especially if we are parents. Once upon a time we had that power - or we thought we did. It was a great feeling to have a child present us with a boo-boo, and the magical power … Continue reading Are You a Fixer?

Image credit: Pixabay Spiritual leaders in many traditions have talked about the concept of a cosmic assignment - that we are put here on earth to learn something. If you’ve ever felt that you keep repeating the same patterns in your life, experiencing the same outcomes under different guises, have you ever wondered what the … Continue reading What is Your Cosmic Assignment?

This week’s blog post is a little more personal than usual, but I hope you will find it interesting, and I’d love to know your thoughts. Prematurely grey hair runs in my family. I found my first silver strands when I was 14. My grandmother was completely white in her thirties - my mother remembered … Continue reading Starting the Journey to Silver

It’s a short one this time, but I think it’s quite important. I was scrolling through my Instagram feed, and I saw this picture posted by John Assaraf. Of course I completely agree with this as it stands, but it also led me down a different thought path.  We are all experts at detecting our … Continue reading What Does Your Flaw Say About Your Superpower?

Image credit: Mediamodifier on Pixabay It’s that time of year again - everyone is talking about goal setting. Choose your goal for the year, then work backwards and break it down into monthly, weekly, daily goals. It’s so important to have a vision, they tell us. If you fail to plan, you plan to fail. … Continue reading Setting Goals for 2022

Image credit Jeff Jacobs from Pixabay Who would have thought the year would have gone by so quickly? In some ways it seems like 2020 just never ended - and yet here, somehow, we are, on the threshold of 2022.  It’s been a year marked by a lot of loss - of lives, of hopes, … Continue reading Hindsight is 2021

Image credit: Pixabay I’ve been listening to a book by Jamie Kern Lima, called Believe IT. She is a remarkable young woman, who started a natural cosmetics company because she needed better coverage for her rosacea while working as a TV anchor. She ended up selling it to L’Oreal for B$1.2, yes, that’s a B. … Continue reading You Can’t Fake Authenticity