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Changing Seasons

#worldmentalhealthday #changingseason #autumn #change #adapting This year, as I watch the leaves change colour, I am thinking about the way life has changed for so many people around the world in different ways. There have been some big changes in my own life recently, and the autumn leaves this year are more significant than theyContinue reading “Changing Seasons”

Do you know your Core Values?

#direction#corevalues#compass#career#life#REM#nostalgia Your values are like a magnetic force that pulls you towards a certain choice over another. For example, if you are faced with a set of choices (University acceptance, Job offers, etc) there is usually a force pulling you towards one option over another. What is that force? What are the beliefs that guideContinue reading “Do you know your Core Values?”

Embracing Turbulence

#CONTROL #EQ #SELFAWARENESS #SELFREFLECTION #JOURNALING #THOUGHTS #EMOTIONS #WISDOM #ACCEPTANCE #SERENITY #COURAGE These are times of uncertainty. There is a feeling of hopelessness and helplessness in the air. There is loss, there is sorrow and there is instability. Some people are losing loved ones, their livelihoods, their homes; and with these losses there comes a timeContinue reading “Embracing Turbulence”

The 3 Stages of Self-Awareness

#selfawareness #emotionalstate #reflection There are many times in our lives where we often find ourselves thinking about something that happened and wished that we had reacted with more grace, more assertiveness, or even more anger, depending on the situation. As we self-reflect and begin to ask ourselves “Why didn’t I just..?”, we open ourselves upContinue reading “The 3 Stages of Self-Awareness”

Thoughts and Emotions

Have you ever gone grocery shopping while hungry? As you proceed down the aisles picking up the things on your shopping list, other ‘more appetizing’ products jump out at you at every turn. And while you are filling your cart with what is on your list, you also end up buying a whole lot ofContinue reading “Thoughts and Emotions”

Note to Self

It’s a new year, a new start. Who you decide to be in the coming 12 months can be the difference between you getting the job that you want, making the healthy changes in your life, turning your business around or staying exactly where you are. You will have made resolutions at the end ofContinue reading “Note to Self”

The Empathy Superpower

It is hard to believe that in this global world we are still struggling with the concepts of race, diversity, and inclusion; that we still have not got it right and that children are growing up in homes that promote racial bias. That these children will have their own children and continue the narrative soContinue reading “The Empathy Superpower”

We’re all in this together

Over the last few weeks events around the world have made most of us take a closer look at who we are and how we conduct ourselves around people who are of a different race, religion, ethnicity, etc. The #blacklivesmatter and #nojusticenopeace movements across America and now the world have invoked many conversations within householdsContinue reading “We’re all in this together”

Will you Reboot, Refresh or Reframe?

This year has been like one of those dreams you have before an exam or major meeting, where anything and everything that could go haywire does. You know what I am talking about, the dreams where you find yourself in your pajamas in front of board members with pictures of your night out with friendsContinue reading “Will you Reboot, Refresh or Reframe?”