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Promises This year marks a pivotal moment in my career. Year 10 as a teacher, trainer, and educator. Maybe it’s something about heading into the double […]

Maybe I Don’t Want a “New Me” I don’t know about you, Dear Reader, but some of the New Year marketing turns my stomach. New year, new me!? Yes, yes, I know it is a New Year a […]

Just Let It Go Many times in life we run into situations where someone might offer the advice: “Just let it go.”  Perhaps a child broke our favorite toy and mom, […]

The Hardest Things Loss Losing someone is one of the hardest things a person will experience in life. My beloved husband, Steve, passed away last year. While we were […]

Let Go of Who You’re Supposed to Be Let go of who you think you’re supposed to be and embrace who you are is the subtitle of Brene Brown’s book The Gift of Imperfection. What a mout […]

Six Words to Address Financial Pressure Points The speaker’s topic to kick off 2023 was entitled “Pressure Points”, and I listened with great interest.  Indeed, the changes in the financ […]

Fist of Life BOOM! POW!  These words in bubbles are hanging above my head in a comic sans font. They describe the blow to my “face”, sound effects as I am hit […]

Steady! “No. NO! Don’t do that!” Breaks screech. Two cars colliding crumple metal easier than you would think. 45 miles an hour halts really quick when […]

Bits of Plastic Picking up bits of plastic from a white sandy beach in the Caribbean is not necessarily living the vacation dream. But it’s how I spent many m […]

Not Inching A mile wide and an inch deep. That’s usually what happens when we focus on too many things at the same time. We cover a lot of ground but not w […]

Life on Accident Alarm goes off, hit snooze. Notification dings, pick up phone. Walk in the door, pick up remote. Annoying colleague speaks, knee-jerk reaction. […]

Living each day intentionally
Out of all the things the recent years have taught me, one thing I can share with you is time does not wait for anyone. Whether you let it pass while watching a Netflix series or use […]

“A strong woman knows she has strength but a woman of strength knows it is in the journey where she will become strong.”  -Unknown
History has often recorded stories of women they called “strong women”- […]

One of the phenomenal trainers in my learning community smiled as he shared his Zoom screen. He was displaying a spreadsheet of his portfolio.  He accidentally scrolled over too far and revealed information that […]

I just browsed a book about the human brain. Like a muscle, our brains need constant, repetitive stimulation in all its different parts, to be stronger and continue to make connections. I consider positive human […]

At this moment we’re still immersed in frantic pace of the holidays. Fun, family, friends and fellowship leave us exhausted but, hopefully, happy.  Soon we will turn to face the new year.  I always find great refr […]

I find myself not belonging in all the familiar places. I’ve stretched beyond the boundaries of expectations- my family of origins, my traditional beliefs, my culture’s. Beyond is an awkward place to be. […]

Dear Reader,
As November settles firmly over my home and its inhabitants here in SW Ontario, we’ve made the conscious decision to move the Sitting Chairs from in front of the bay window that overlooks the pool t […]

A few years ago an assistant principal with whom I worked was accepted into Harvard’s education leadership PhD program. It was pretty surprising to hear her share her story of exploring and preparing to apply to t […]