It warms my heart when my children feel the courage to ask for what they desire. Maybe one day soon I will get to the place where I am no longer surprised that they can do that. Maybe one day soon I will have the courage to acknowledge myself for the part of me that...
As I was researching for this blog post I came across this passage from a book written by John Wallace and Alexander McGratten entitled ‘The Trumpet’. The passage goes like this, ‘The trumpet is an example of an early man made object that acts universally as a...
Just over week ago I attended a conference geared for women, women living BIG specifically. I learned an african dance, to speak (a little) using sign language, to dance a sexy cheer complete with hair swinging and participated in a flash mob set to a Spice Girls...
I’ve spent the last few days relishing in the feeling that arrives with this glorious season of fall. For me that feeling is one that evokes adventure, the desire within to be out experiencing nature in all it’s glory, soaking in the beauty of the changing colours,...
We’ve all been there. Accepted invitations when we’ve been feeling like we would rather not, have an idea that we’ve allowed fear to hold us back from sharing, accepted what is when we feel there may be an alternate way of accomplishing something and saying YES when...
When my now adult son Matthew was a little boy there was some internal processing that went on within him as Labour Day approached and return to school was looming. Almost inevitably he would end up with an ear infection or the flu within the first few weeks of being...
Does the title of this blog post have you feeling excited? I’m guessing it does and that’s why you may be here. I’ll be honest, getting the conversation started about our reproductive organs and the health of them has me excited as well. Perhaps however not in the...
Origin is defined as the point or place where something begins. The dawning, genesis, emergence even of something new. I find incredible energy in these words. What does it mean to be at the dawning, the genesis or creation of something new? Generally, the feeling...
It is Labour Day weekend here in North America. Labour Day weekend for us signals the end of the summer season. It usually consists of a long weekend at the beach, pool and deck parties, bbq’s, festivals and fireworks! It’s really about soaking in those last few...
I had saved a People Magazine article from sometime ago that was written about Elizabeth Gilbert, Author of Eat, Pray, Love and her story surrounding some chronic knee pain she had experienced (link to article here). On some level I knew the article would be relevant...
