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Lessons Wellness Writing

Coming and going

All the comings and goings of life sometimes make us just want to stay in the place we’re in.

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Action Family Mental Health Wellness Wisdom

Sometimes it can be hard to give and ask for help

We all need help at times, but sometimes it’s hard to ask for it…and sometimes it’s hard to give.

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Community Family Mental Health Pandemic Seasonal Volunteerism Wellness Wisdom Writing

Bringing in 2024 with a smile

A quiet new year’s evening with just the two of us was inspiration to think about where I’ve been and where I hope to go.

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Lessons Wellness Wisdom Writing

A small victory

The beauty I find around me is not strange or foreign, but often overlooked in its everyday presence because it is always here, because it always shows up. I feel a kinship in that.

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Wellness Wisdom Women Writing

Maybe this time

A last-minute fitness class opens my eyes to some new possibilities. Maybe this time it will be different.

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Courage Wellness Wisdom Writing

The upside of failure

I’ve often railed at some of my own personal fears – which I have often seen as failures – but in the midst of this, I received a prompt from the online (international) writing group I belong to look at the upside of failure.

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Lessons Wellness Wisdom Writing

5 List

Answers to questions to help look toward 2023 through a lens of hope, forgiveness, and self-love.

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Action Courage Lessons Wellness Writing

My 3 words for 2023

It’s that time of year to choose 3 words that will help guide our choices and actions every day. #my3words.

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COVID-19 Pandemic Wellness Writing

Post-pandemic dinner party

When it is safe to gather again, who will be around the table? It may be those who we’ve found a new connection with, it may be others who have lifted us up or, perhaps those we were able to help in some way. It could also be someone who just taught us how to laugh again when we needed it most.

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Action Courage Fear Wellness

A few words about fear

There are ways we can all walk through the fears that we may have always carried or those that have emerged during these unusual times.

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Lessons Lifestyle Nature Wellness Writing

My three words for 2021

I know I’m not the only one who was happy to bid 2020 farewell. But like many, I also have to admit there have been some personal discoveries that would never have happened with out the kick in the behind that 2020 gave to all of us. Covid has somehow brought me closer to what’s […]

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COVID-19 Lessons Lifestyle Nature Wellness Wisdom Writing

Finding energy, balance and perspective in all the right places

It’s been a while. In my last blog, “Where do we go from here,” I wrote: “But remember, there’s no pressure. We need to be extra kind to ourselves in these uncertain times…” I followed my own advice.

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Action Crisis People Wellness Wisdom

Where do we go from here?

After COVID-19 What will be different? What will we have learned? How might we do better? I turned to the young in years and the young at heart for answers.

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Lifestyle Wellness Wisdom

Staying strong, calm and productive during trying times

I live and work remotely; the latter for most of my career. I thought I would share some of the things I have always done to thrive in times when I’ve felt isolated. Due to my lifestyle, I am more removed from COVID-19 than most people. But this hasn’t stopped me from worrying constantly about […]

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Lessons Lifestyle Wellness Wisdom Writing

My 3 words for 2020

I’ve participated in marketing guru, speaker, and author Chris Brogan’s #my3words a few times, but this year I’ll be doing so with more intention.

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Arts Mental Health Wellness

Post-secondary peer support: Meeting students where they are at

Peer support can prompt conversations that may never happen otherwise and help to reduce the stigma around mental health. It can also save lives.