I love when art imitates life. I love watching a 16 year old girl say its her dream to sing, and as she starts singing, “Don’t rain on my parade”…guess what…Simon Cowell rains on her parade. He pours monsoons over it, drenching her parade soaking wet. And I love how she lives her song. She’s …
The Ups and Downs of Family Gatherings
This weekend is Thanksgiving. In a couple of months will be Christmas. Several months after that will be Easter, then Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, and July Long Weekend…all of these occasions for times with family. The week running up to Thanksgiving can be a preoccupied one at a counselling centre. And the week after it, …
Yes I can–with the faith of another
My favourite number is 2. It has been for a while. One Junior Tribe Member (JTM) has worn 2 on his jersey for quite some time…and another wears 11 (which added up, equals that). But now “TWO” is really and truly my favoritest number, forever and ever. Its because of this pint sized little hockey …
Fear: Breaking Out from the Prison It Creates
Years ago, I was going through a scary time…didn’t know how I would pay the mortgage AND put food on the table. Didn’t know how I was going to get all the regular and the extra things done that needed doing before I ran out of week to do them in. I was scrambling and …
The Five Regrets of the Dying/The Five Opportunities for the Living
Chatting about this with Dahlia on CJOB today…we have choices that we will have to live with for the rest of our lives. Why not invest some time in finding out how those who are dying wished they chose differently? From our series: Opportunity #1: Authenticity …to challenge the possibility of the first regret: I …
Accident on the Coquihalla
**Trigger warning…some graphic accident info described. Stop reading if you could be triggered, please. After 4 days of travel, we were on the Coquihalla, almost to our destination on the West Coast…and then we came upon the scene. The tour bus had done a complete roll, landing on the side of the highway…missing all the …
The Mask of Humor
Robin Williams died last week. A man who made us all laugh. I think this was where I first met Mr. Williams: A man whose movies challenged us to not only laugh but to see how laughter fits in with challenge, and war, with growing up, and loving your kids so much it hurts. Robin …
The privilege of grumbling
When I was a little girl, I couldn’t decide between being a teacher or a nurse or a ballerina when I grew up. But I knew that no matter what, I wanted to be a mother. Being a ballerina was out pretty quickly, as I never actually took ballet. (Apparently having beautiful ballerina pillow cases …
6 Facts about Mental Health and Money
How does mental health and money intersect? Well, so glad you asked! As I’ve been doing some reading and listening lately, the topic of a person’s relationship to money and how that impacts the relationship to themselves and others has come up lately. What I’ve discovered is this: 1. A minimum amount of money is …
Complaining
Complaining costs a soul…and being mindful of complaining can change your life. The world conspired to have me think on complaining this last week. Dahlia Kurtz suggested a week ago that we talk about “complaining” for our weekly radio chat this week. She suggested an article to springboard off: I went 21 days Without Complaining …