Being a Winner
It’s been about thirty-five years since I watched the Olympics for the first time. It was awe inspiring. I remember marveling at the...
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The Creative Shift
Today, I’m sitting in the middle of Beaudry Provincial Park, trying to finish revising my book before school starts (in about 16 hours)....
Habits and Help
Habits are easy to fall into, but are hard to intentionally make. When I started the Grateful Smile Project, I was hoping to make feeling...
Learning to Grow
I’ve made it through another week of trying to smile and be grateful. Some days I’ve done a better job of it than others. I don’t know if...
Too Many Choices
My blogs have been easier to start the last couple of weeks and I realize it’s because I have given myself less choice. I am writing...
The Semantics of a Smile
Have you ever smiled for a whole week? No, me neither, but I have been trying. This is officially the end of week 1 of the Grateful Smile...
The Grateful Smile Project
Do you ever sit down face-to-face with yourself and wonder who you’ve become? I was recently granted a few moments of reflection in a...
Why is it so hard to be Present?
“Be where you are, otherwise you will miss your life.” -Siddhartha Gautama. This quote seems incredibly straightforward to me. It’s about...
The Why Behind the Blog
Why do I write a blog? Strangely, I had never asked myself that question until today. Each week, I agonize over the words that I should...
What's the Problem?
I’m having a panic attack because I have committed myself to doing too many things and now there is no room to breathe. No room to relax...
How White is Your Bookshelf?
I have loved Dr. Seuss books for a long time. I thought they were clever, colourful and a voice for environmental and social justice. Now...
Moving and Moving On
Just to set the record straight, I’d rather be writing about the psychology of my cats, the life cycle of a canker worm or why boys...
Out of Control
It’s Monday, which means it’s almost Tuesday and my brain is coming up empty when I try to write my blog. I tell myself that I should not...
The Path to Fruition
I’m in withdrawal. I didn’t know that writing was addictive, but now there is no doubt. After spending the last nearly five weeks writing...
Time For Change
The inquiry is finally complete on Canada’s Missing and Murdered Indigenous Girls and Women, it’s pride month, abortions are being banned...
We Shall Overcome
To kick off pride week, my choir had its annual spring concert. This year was extra special in that it marked 20 years since the Rainbow...
The Lost Stories
Sometimes the words fall. They don’t flow out, not in nice neat patterns. They don’t emerge on the page, polished, profound. Sometimes...
The Power of 'no'
‘No’ is such an interesting word. It is one of the first words that children learn, and they are drawn to its power. It is even one of...
The Anxiety Movement
When anxiety grips you, does it grab you by the neck so that every breath just barely manages to escape around the lump of perceived...
What is a Library?
The library is the temple of learning, and learning has liberated more people than all the wars in history. - Carl T. Rowan Over the past...
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