We had pie for lunch today. Not for dessert. For lunch. Today is International Pi(e) Day. At Bergen and Associates, we’re not shy about finding things to celebrate…we love to create joy…and Del, who came in for a half day today, made sure we celebrated in style. Lemon meringue pie. YUM! The pie was seriously awesome. …
Hump Day Nudge–Triumph Against All Odds
In our office we have a calendar that gives advice from nature. It’s cute and we like it, and creates some interesting and casual conversation as folks are nervously waiting for a session to start. I saw this video that reminded me of that calendar. I love a story where a water buffalo gets attached …
The unspeakable loss that must be spoken
My nephew’s best friend ended his life last week. The fellow he travelled Europe with. They were in a band together. Sometimes, they talked long into the night. They understood each other like no one else. They ate pizza. They played video games. They went skating. They hung out. They did normal stuff that young …
Let’s talk: Internet Porn
Let’s be honest…it’s the epidemic no one talks about…but shapes our culture more than we care to admit. The availability of pornography on the internet is staggering…the ease with which anybody can access pictures of a pornographic nature is frighteningly easy. It’s an unspoken factor in many relationships…women feel ugly and fat and unloved when …
Hump Day Nudge–Surprised by Beauty
Sometimes beauty is heard in strange and surprising ways, with unexpected skill and expertise that makes the beauty all that much more surprising and awesome. Sometimes beauty can come from places least expected…the pure gentle tones of the glasses give this song that I love a beauty even greater than the already natural beauty of …
Meet Michael Quiring
Knowledge reduces anxiety. Or at least I think so. When I prepared to move to California to begin graduate studies, I was shivering in my boots (figuratively, and literally…it’s cold in Saskatoon compared to the San Joaquin valley!) I was nervous about moving to another country and putting down roots in an unknown city. Because …
Hump Day Nudge…Everyone wins when the underdog wins!
I love it when folks who need to feel the awesome feeling of accomplishment happens…and folks around do what it takes to make that happen. Those sorts of moments change us all… when we watch a child accomplish a longed for goal, and see his mother’s joy when we see a teen age …
Two minutes to you accessing the “best you”
Yeah, yeah…this sounds like one of those “too good to be true” snake oil salesman pitches, doesn’t it? It’s not. Hear me out…better yet, hear Amy Cuddy out. Body language is powerful…we exhibit power messages to others by how we carry ourselves, what position our arms and legs are in, what voice tone we have, …
Cold and Broken Hallelujah
I was at the Tenor’s concert tonight at Winnipeg’s MTS Center…a good friend of mine invited me along with her…she hoped they would sing Cohen’s Hallelujah…and the didn’t disappoint. They are well known for this song, with it being a special request last year by Her Majesty the Queen during her Diamond Jubillee last year. …
Hump Day Nudge…Say Yes!
Last May, I saw this video and blogged about it…LOVED the joy, the silliness, the hope, the giggles it stirred inside…it was a tribute to life! Isaac and Amy released a new video that honours family…their heritage, their courage, and the leap that their grandparents and parents took to embrace love and life and the …