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. …
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. …
Benefits of kindness
This week has been “one of those weeks” for me. I have three days of classes at school to get ready for next week, a workshop to run, and a full schedule. I have a whole lot of organizing to do regarding school schedules, requests, responses etc. each evening. I’ve got a “to do” list …
Old and New Ponderings
Many will have spent more time in the last week with family than you have in months. Some of those times will be rich and wonderful…and you want to just figure out how to bottle it to imbibe in that spirit of closeness, intimacy, giggles and hugs in the months to come Some of …
Christmas–the gift of raw honesty
To be truly, authentically, raw-ly honest is a gift that I have come to appreciate and value as something that is treasured and precious and connecting…and rare. When it happens, there is something almost painful about it…because one’s most innermost thoughts are rarely easy or pretty. But it is beautiful. And poignant. And rare. And …
Espy…an oasis
Our resident friend, Esperance…Espy for short…and hope in meaning and inspiration continues to grow! She has doubled in height in the last week…it’s fun to walk into the office after the weekend away and be surprised by the visible change in her growth. She’s now 12.6 cm…in three weeks. Our staff had a party last …
Empathy–critical for connection
There are a multitude of reasons that folks–strangers and friends alike–don’t work to be warm with you…reasons why” she doesn’t greet you with a smile at the checkout a fellow customer bumps into you at the grocery store and keeps going without acknowledgement, he doesn’t ask you about how your day is going, or the …
Gonna think differently about those pickles now!
I posted recently on the interesting things we choose to complain about in our culture…recognized that when we read broadly, learn about other situations, and generally interact with our world, it grounds us. When we recognize that life is different for others, that others struggle with different issues, things that we used to complain about …
Community–The value of “me too”
Brené Brown was on the brand new Katie show last week…she was great in encouraging folks to dare greatly to be authentically themselves. Jenny Lawson, blogger and author…and sufferer of anxiety…opened the door to a candid look at her anxiety through her writing. That took courage. She didn’t want to create a “false history” that …
Daring Greatly
The question that used to guide my life was ‘What would you do if you knew you couldn’t fail?’ Since I wrote the book, Daring Greatly, and since I came across this quote, my new question is ‘What’s worth doing even if I fail?’ Brené Brown Bust through the fear of not being …