Healing of Mothers and Children
The bond of love between a mother and child is unbreakable at a soul level. Our job as Mother’s is to love our children. It is not their job to love us back.
Are You Sleeping With Your Co-Workers?
Are You Sleeping With Your Co-Workers? Sounds like a crazy question, but conflict with co-workers often have a way of creeping into other aspects of our personal and professional lives. We think about the conflicts while we’re on the job, stuck in traffic and resting at home, and the next thing you know, the disruptive […]
Preparing Your Elevator Speech
You’re at a networking event—or the grocery store or a conference—and you bump into a prospect. After you exchange pleasant greetings and business cards, your prospect asks you about your business. You open your mouth to answer, but your mind races, thinking “If I’ve only got seconds to respond, where on earth do I start?” […]
Speed Wobbles
We honour ourselves by considering our needs before the needs of others, especially when we’re wobbling—a sign that we’re out of alignment. We need to focus our concern on our own need to heal, balance or realign, and not concern ourselves about what others think.
The Key to staying Committed
I once heard a great statement from the CEO of the Union of Ontario Indians. While speaking to his team about staying committed he said, “If I’m not doing my job, please let me know, but don’t let it stop you from doing your job.” I will always remember this piece of wisdom, and I’ve […]
The Key to Staying Committed
Commitment is continuing to do what you’ve said you’d do, long after the feeling you had when you made the commitment has gone. Commitment is not a feeling. It’s a decision!
Be the Gift of Tolerance
Be the Gift this year. Be tolerant of others. Be the one who can mingle in family time without judgment. Accept people for who they are, or who they are not.
Rejection is a Great Gift
Learn how to turn rejection into your best gift. Make what you want more prevalent in your mind than how you feel at the time of rejection or loss. Rejection hits our emotions first, and hard, but there’s many ways to see it and it’s within your power to choose a favorable response.
Just Ask
Ask for what you need. Ask for what you want. Ask for someone to include you in something you’d like to be a part of. Keep on asking people for the things you want.
Alcoholism Hurts Families
Perhaps a more personal topic than I usually write, this one is too close to home having just attended the funeral of a 31 year old man, and knowing the story of alcoholism that took over his better judgment. I’m struggling with why not to write this, why not help other families, why not change […]