Today is a day we honour fathers in our lives…”Father’s Day”…and folks all over the city are having brunches, breakfasts of dried out cold toast or limp waffles, and BarBQ’s. The value of fathers in a child’s life cannot be overestimated. Having a father to affirm your personhood, to celebrate who you are, to remind …
Connection–why we’re here
It’s the connection that heals This is one of my favorite topics in the world…I counsel people in light of it, I teach it in workshops and sermons and university classes, and to the best of my imperfect ability, I live it. I stumbled across Dr. Brene Brown’s work several years ago, and am so …
Hump Day Nudge: Connections
We are created for connection. We are wired to belong to each other…and when that happens, something magical occurs. And when connection occur in unlikely ways and unlikely places, well, that just has me smile. I. Love. This. Video.
The mother and father of courage
In World War 2, the Germans bombed London with the idea that the terror the bombing produced would bring England to it’s knees. With the entire city paralyzed with fear with the fear of another bombing, the Germans would be able to overtake the country with ease…or so was the thought. With the population of …
Engagement at Work
Work? Do you like it? According to American research (and I’m not sure Canada would be far different on this one), only 30% of employees find themselves engaged at work. Yikes! “For most of us…work is a depleting, dispiriting experience.” Schwartz and Porath Two ways in which I connect with this: 1. I remember …
Walking with the Pain of Infertility
This week is National Infertility Awareness Week in Canada. Infertility is a special sort of pain… …and it’s often minimized and misunderstood. When a parent has a child who dies, there is a funeral, and public mourning, and a collective grief that surrounds the family. We know as a community that the death of a …
Being OK not being OK
I posted this on Facebook a few days ago… I loved this quote because it reminds me of Kristin Neff’s work on self compassion…Self compassion includes these components, and this poster picks up particularly on the last one: Self kindness: “When I mess up, do I talk to myself like I talk to someone I …
FAQ’s about OCD
What is OCD? OCD is the acronym for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Let’s break it down into it’s component parts: Obsessions are thoughts/feelings/urges/images that are intrusive and unwanted that won’t go away. They are painful, bothersome and troubling. They are disturbing for sure: often in content, and in persistence. Disturbing content are things like: a …
Why men hide their truest selves
This blog post is not for the faint of heart. While it is not intended to offend, I suspect that it will make some folks uncomfortable. The following video starts off with offensive language. It’s not cool. It’s a short video, though and if you stop watching it before the end of it’s 2 minute …
Hump Day Nudge: Reality Check into being more Gentle with yourself
Through the mouths of babes… This last weekend we acknowledged those who mother us warmly and kindly and gently. Today we acknowledge those who care for us mothering types gently and kindly…who see our strengths, celebrate the beauty, and are unabashedly our cheerleaders. They see our strengths first as they look at us through the …