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 …
I dared greatly
So, today was Fall Convocation at the University of Manitoba. Occupational Therapy students graduate in Fall Convocation because of the way the U of M program is run…so today was the graduation luncheon for the students. I got a call several days ago asking if I would present the Communications Award at the luncheon. Makes …
First World Problem
Winnipeg has a new garbage removal system. To say it hasn’t gone so well, is sorta like saying the Pope is a little bit Catholic. So, around our house this is the score: The recycling hasn’t been picked up in two weeks…yard waste for three weeks. There is only so much yard waste that is …
One of those moments
Every once in a while, life collides to create a “moment”…today was one of those days. I had a groupon for the Caramel Crepery at the Forks…and so we went for crepes today at lunchtime…one of the group heard that Red Bull Stratos was happening…Felix Baumgartner was attempting to break the sound barrier as an …
500th post–Life Lesson #4–Value of Connection
This is my 500th post…a bit of a marker for me on this cold dreary wet October morning. That’s kind of a big deal. When I was finishing high school, I did one of those “career aptitude” tests. It suggested that my top options were to be a nurse or a nun. The latter seemed …
Life Lesson #2 Benign Neglect
The second of the series featuring unlikely and surprising but important principles for living well…we’ll start with a story… Not so long ago, one of my junior tribe members asked to go outside in dark late at night with a friend (who didn’t have his license) and practice parallel parking on the street with our …
Lesson for Living #1 Radical Acceptance
The latest edition of Psychology Today has a key article emphasizing the fundamental importance of relationships in having any sort of healthy and satisfying life…relationships being key to overall life satisfaction, physical health, and resilience to stressors. Relationships, are simply a key to a vitalized life. The Psycholgoy Today article, entitled Lessons for Living, outlined …
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 …
Let’s Talk
When you work with someone long enough, and work very collaboratively and effectively with each other, it gets a l’il spooky… Today I was in the middle of a lunch time meeting with a coupla therapists and in the middle of it I suddenly realized I was booked to be in class on Friday afternoon …
Connecting with the Olympics
from Kal Barteski In our household, we’ve had a long standing tradition of a simple supper on Sunday nights in front of the TV…which means one day a week we giggle together over something that we can converse over…like “America’s Got Talent”, or “Undercover Boss”. The other six days we sit around a table and …