My youngest Junior Tribe Member is my son. He does refer to me as a parent, which I totally love. I am not his mother. His mother died. Out of respect for his mother, he wears pink shoes. Bright pink runners on the court. When his coach told him last year to make them less …
I want you to think of the last time somebody was angry at you. What were they angry about? Did you actually intend to hurt them? If so, why was it important to hurt them? If not, what did they not understand about you? Maybe you were late for lunch with a friend, but there …
Note: Time and date change to November 15, 6 pm-9 pm due to popular demand If you talked to a friend like you talked to yourself, would you have any friends left? Many days, if I spoke to my friends with the same words and tone I use inside my head, it would not …
My daughter turned two this summer. That’s right – I blinked and suddenly a toddler has entered my world. She’s a firecracker, who’s testing her limits as a typical “terrible two-year-old”, as we so affectionately say at this age! As I write this, I can hear her rumbling around in her room, determined that, today, …
Three years ago, on the September long weekend, I left my Junior Tribe Member at the West Coast. I’ve written before about how I had dreaded the beginning of university for my youngest JTM. It might be irrational, but I felt that after a decade of being a single mom, I was feeling like I was …
Husband and our youngest Junior Tribe Member and I planted an oak tree yesterday. A wee baby oak. I’m taller than she is, and I’m not tall. We picked her out at the nursery on Friday. On Saturday, I went to get the dirt while Husband and JTM dug the hole. Twice as big …
Happy sighs over here…We have our team in place for this fall and I’m so excited with what we offer to Manitobans. In addition to our already great team, there are two new people prepared to launch clients into new and better ways of being connected with themselves and others: Roshonna Plett Roshonna was a …
We are wired for connection. We do better when we spend time together with other people. The first in a series… Family meals are challenging these days. In fall, sometimes seemingly impossible between music lessons, sports teams, parental work demands. With each family member having a different but full schedule, figuring out how to get …
I’ve been a regular guest on 680CJOB for several years. Every Thursday at 2:30 finds me in the chair opposite Greg Mackling and Brett Megarry. We talk about issues related to mental health and relationships. Almost every week, I get a chance to say the truest sentence I know: “We are wired for connection” as …
The ideas in the article were included in my book, as a part of my passion to help people make their marriages better. Finding ways to change destructive patterns are important…sometimes, small changes can make a big difference. Sometimes, a big change is required to open space for the important shifts that are needed. For …