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Articles & ResourcesSharing information is a wonderful thing. Feel free to print an article for your own personal use, or forward it to a friend. You may also reprint an article for use on your web site, in your newsletter, or for other free distribution providing you follow these 2 simple rules: You must leave the article intact and unedited. Free ResourcesThe Wheel of Life The Wheel of Life is a simple tool for you to take a quick snapshot of your life. It'll give you a sense of where you are most satisfied and where you might want to make some changes. Wheel of Life (pdf) ******* Powerful Questions for 2008 Would you like 2008 to be your best year ever? Asking yourself some powerful questions helps to set a focus for what you want to achieve in the coming year. These are great questions to consider in quiet reflection or to have conversation with your partner, friends or family. You can even make it a group focus by switching "you" for "we" in the question. Questions (pdf) Quote of the Day Don’t you love a good quote? Quotes seem to be able to capture that perfect bit of wisdom in just a few words. They make great tools to help hold your focus or remind you what is important. They’re inspiring and wise – and somehow the right quote just seems as if it is speaking directly to your heart. Click here for some of my favourite quotes ******* ArticlesWhy Asking Why Won't Work - read article If you Google “why” you get a whopping 697,000,000 hits. Probably a few more than the number of times you’ve asked yourself that question, but chances are your own personal “why” count is pretty high. more ****** What's Holding You Back - read article Inspiration comes in the most unusual ways. You never know where the most perfect piece of wisdom might show up. While cruising along the highway between Edmonton and Calgary, I passed under an electronic sign with a large, red flashing message: more ****** De-Grinch Yourself & Steal Back Christmas - read article Do you feel like you are held hostage by the holiday season? Are you balanced precariously on the edge of sanity like the Grinch on the top of Mount Crumpit? Well you are not alone. more ****** Are you afraid to make waves? - read article One of my favourite things is to get away to our beautiful beach house on Vancouver Island. Living in landlocked Alberta, it sure is great to escape to the ocean. And once I’m there one of the fun things to do is to sit on the deck and watch the boats go up and down the Juan de Fuca Strait. more ****** How much room do you take up in life? - read article If you are not living on the edge, you are taking up too much room. Chances are when you read that quote you had one of two reactions. Living on the edge is a risky, precarious, unpredictable proposition. Or you might have thought living on the edge is exciting, spontaneous, rewarding. And the truth is both are right. more ****** life lessons at Starbucks - read article I have to confess that I like to indulge in a Starbucks Tazo Chai Latte about once a week. It’s a pleasant change from coffee and the spicy flavours remind me of my trip to India. Now I consider myself a reasonably observant person, so imagine my surprise...more ****** getting yanked out by your roots - read article My mother was a fabulous gardener. She spent many hours puttering in her garden, nurturing her plants, arranging cut flowers and trying to convince my father that certain green sprouts were indeed not weeds..more ****** Why New Year’s Resolutions are the Worst and Best of Times - read article Death, taxes and new year’s resolutions. You can count on all of them. Isn’t it amazing that in spite of their poor record of success, many people continue to make a declaration at the beginning of January about what will be different by the end of the year. Sad thing is that by mid February most people’s resolutions have fallen by the wayside only to be resurrected the following year. more
Retreating from - and to - life - read article A week in the Tuscan countryside with poet David Whyte. When I got the invitation, I didn't need to think twice about signing up for this wonderful retreat. It offered a delightful combination of many of the things I love - hiking beautiful landscapes, Italian food and wine, a chance for meaningful conversation, poetry and reflection and most importantly, a temporary escape from my usual life. more |
