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Being Whole Means Loving the Obstacles
It is hard to love and appreciate the things that frustrate you. The question though, is how much is that frustration holding you back? What parts of yourself do you need to wall off and protect from your own frustration? It’s a subtle thing – you may think that what you are doing is keeping another person or a negative thought at a distance but, look closely at it. You may be keeping them at a distance but what is it “costing” you? You cannot use a coffee filter to wash rice. It’s true that using one will keep any grains from falling through but the process will be so…
- Awakenings, Being Brave, Experiencing Emotions, Gratitude, Introductions, Transformation, What's Next
Evolution and Revelation
The Path To Now When I woke up the morning after my last day in corporate, I felt like I had jumped off of a cliff and I was free falling toward the beautiful blue water. I was excited, thrilled to be “working for myself”, looking forward to the future, but also terrified, not sure what was going to happen next or even what was supposed to happen. The last five months have been a series of interesting, confusing, and insightful learning experiences. I’ve gotten “better” at social media. I’ve spoken with new people. I’ve been inspired by their energy for living a better life and they’ve seemed to connect…
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New Year’s Day Rituals, Celebration, and Wishes
Welcome 2018! New Year’s Day has long been one of my favourite days of the year. It seems somewhat traditional for North Americans to spend the day curled up on the couch recovering from the previous night’s festivities. I like a good New Year’s eve party as much as the next girl but I never like it to get in the way of that amazing New Year’s Day feeling, of the fresh new year and endless new possibilities. My day starts fairly early. Not one for resolutions, I like to meditate and set new year intentions, have a special “lucky” breakfast with my family and then spend the day visiting…
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5 Ways to Reduce The Desire To Stab Your Favourite Colleagues
Ah, the joy of working on a project with great people!! Two weeks ago, I worked on a project with some colleagues who I really like. That’s awesome you say. Good for you. Right. It was awesome. Unfortunately, it was also not awesome. There were significant periods of time which I spent frustrated, irritated and confused. Why? These colleagues are my friends! These are people I genuinely like. They are smart, funny, knowledgeable, generous, and interesting. So what was the problem? A lack of communication. Interesting. I wasn’t expecting this issue. Communication is a tricky chickadee in the sense that we communicate all day long and every day but it’s…
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Gratitude for Brett Moran’s Gratitude Prayer
Brett Moran is an author, life coach, yoga instructor and transformational leader. I highly recommend you check out the video I have added below. This gratitude exercise was fun and gave me a boost at the end of the day. Being grateful is one of those things that seems intuitively easy but somehow it can be a challenge to slow down and take the time to do it. In this case, “doing it” means really getting in there and experiencing the warm, beautiful feeling of gratitude (not just running through a list of things in your head). There is really nothing better than the feeling of gratitude washing over you.…
