Working it Out Vs Tossing it Out
As a young girl, I interpreted events of my childhood that has created a perception of reality that has been part of my primary belief system growing up. That story is that you can’t count on anyone...
life
Everyone Has A Story
Do you know how young someone can be when they start to contemplate harmful thoughts, such as suicide? For me, I was 10 years old. I was bullied at school so badly that I would cry everyday, and be...
Today is my birthday
Today is my birthday. Another year lived, and what a year it has been. Components of my life have changed dramatically – my home, my career, my headspace…I guess you can say, I’ve grown up...
Fear vs Love
"Your actions are birthed from a place of fear or a place of love. If you do something that is fear based, even if it is diguised at first, it's darkness will eventually show up somewhere down the...
A Year Later
A year ago today, the hardest words I think a woman will ever hear were said to me. “I don’t love you anymore.” “I no longer want to spend the rest of my life… with you.” I can still...
J
J* (name changed) was always the funny one – he had a brutally honest, unfiltered kind of humour. My earliest memories of him was in grade eight, when I would make him sandwiches for lunch every day...
“Free” for Thought
"If I get to pick what I want to do, then it's play... if someone else tells me that I have to do it, then it's work.” -Patricia Nourot For every lasting relationship, whether that be a business...
The Difference Between Pleasure and Joy
If you ask someone if they know the difference between pleasure and joy, they will most likely cite the correct definitions of both. However, while we can define it easily, are we conscious of the...
What Climate Do You Create?
“I have come to the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element. It is my personal approach that creates the climate. It is my daily mood that makes the weather. I possess tremendous power...
Our Values Determine our Definitions of What is “Right” or “Wrong”
When I reflect on the majority of conflict in my closest relationships, I have realized that the majority of them stem from one thing – a fundamental difference in value sets. What is right and what is...
Everyone Has a Story
How many times a day do you judge someone? I know in my life I judge and make snap decisions and or assumptions about people in various interactions all the time. Some judgments may be as simple as...
Butterfly – first post of 2009
“Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, it became a butterfly.” -Annonymous I love that quote and I think it applies to all of us at some point or another in our lives...
Quotes
“The miracle of friendship can be spoken without words… hearing unspoken needs, recognizing secret dreams, understanding the silent things that only a true friend would know.” “I want to be...
Consistent in your Principles – post from 2007
In our lifetime we will make many mistakes – that’s all part of the evolvement process. Our opinions will change as so will our surroundings, habits and perspectives. What is crucial is that...
Secrets – post from 2007
we all have secrets...secrets we keep from the world, our friends and even ourselves. perhaps we feel that if we keep them locked away then we don't have to deal with whats hidden underneath them....the...
Wealth, excerpt from Matthew Good – post from 2007
Wealth A friend of mine, Matthew wrote the following on wealth. It is beautifully written and very insightful. Those who relish in the spoils of wealth with fancy cars and designer bags may be...
Lessons from Morrie
So many people walk around with a meaningless life. They seem half-asleep, even when they're busy doing things they think is important. This is because they're chasing the wrong things. The way you get...
Writing and Sharing your Goals – post from 2006
Writing and sharing your goals If one day you found out you only had a few hours left to live...what would you do? Would you look back and regret? What goals would you have wish you...
To Unlearn – post from 2007
To Unlearn. Once upon a time, we lived in a perfect, happy world. In this world we dared to be curious, we dared to dream, we would dance like nobody was watching. We laughed, we smiled, we loved, we...
You Hold the Key – post from 2007
Only you hold the key. Today is my mom's birthday. We had a nice dinner at Yuji's on West 4th and afterwards went to my grandma's beacause my baby cousin made her a birthday card. It was very...