Wherever you go around this time of year, Mother’s Day is front and centre – on Facebook everyone is posting about Mother’s Day and the ads, on Facebook, TV, or at the mall, are all reminding you to get your mom something special. Try as we may, it’s hard to escape all the feelings Mother’s Day … Read more
May 1-7 is Mental Health Week in Canada and all of May is Mental Health Month in the US so I thought I’d focus this week’s post on stress reduction. I can’t think of anything more crucial to the good life than our mental health – it influences our perspective on everything. Here are ten stress management … Read more
If you have a job or children or aging parents or health challenges or a relationship or bills to pay, I’m guessing you’ve got some stress in your life. I have two children under the age of five, a husband who travels frequently, and I work as a consultant juggling multiple clients and deadlines so … Read more
Last week I was lucky enough to go to a Lyle Lovett concert. It was amazing. It also felt a bit empty because Lyle used to tour with Guy Clark, who was my favourite singer-songwriter of all time. The last time I saw Lyle Lovett, Guy Clark was sitting next to him. Now Guy Clark … Read more
One of the favourite leadership classes I teach is about discovering your own strengths and challenges as a leader. In a class discussion last week, one of the students shared how difficult it is for her to ask for help, at work and at home. I have many friends and clients who are in a similar … Read more
Writing has been a passion of mine since I was a child, but it seems that I had a long list of things to do before I could get around to making it a priority. There’s always been something more pressing or someone else’s needs that were more important than my hunger to put words … Read more
True confessions here – the festive season doesn’t make me feel very festive. For the most part, it makes me feel stressed, adding a whole pile of things I need to do to my already-very-long list. While my kids are delighted with Santa, candy canes and stockings full of goodies, I am overwhelmed. And I … Read more
Expanding on the 6 Essentials For a Good Life, I want to share my thoughts on putting in the time and effort required to build strong relationships. Research coming out of Harvard’s recent 75 year-long study on what makes a good life has shown that good relationships lead to a long and fulfilling life. It … Read more
Thank you all so much for your positive feedback on my blog; it has really inspired and motivated me. In response to your feedback, I have chosen to expand on my initial post and focus on the #1 Essential of having a good life – having positive relationships. Over the last two weeks I have … Read more
Welcome to my first blog post. I’m pretty excited to finally be here online after thinking about it for many months. I decided to start blogging to combine my three passions – learning, teaching, and writing. Most of my blog posts are related to the content I teach in my leadership courses: Ways we can … Read more
