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How are you celebrating right now?
Happy Friday! So this was an exciting week! First we had Canada Day (happy 146th birthday, my ‘home and native land’!), then the Fourth of July (congratulations to my friends south of the border on 237 years of Independence!), and then some exciting stuff of my own transpired. I officially registered emspire, (have a business […]
Read MoreWords of wisdom from the wise… Ode to Betty, 91 years young
Photo taken at the Bean Counter Cafe, Picton, Ontario. Credit to miss Julia Lydall. Today I am going to take a bit of a different approach. Today I am going to share a little story with all of you. I hope you enjoy. This past weekend was a special one, as a pretty special group […]
Read Morelet the sun shine in…
Summer’s here! Let the sun shine in… Happy Friday! And happy first official day of Summer. The smells of newly cut grass and cocoa butter sunscreen are in the air, bright-coloured spades and shovels are lining the shelves, and the mosquitoes are out to play. I love this time of year ~ especially when Mr. Sun cooperates ~ and […]
Read MoreAre you shuffling, dealing, playing, or tossing in?
Happy Friday! In life, we are always somewhere in the cycle of change. And we need to allow ourselves to be in whatever phase we are at any given moment, before we will be able to transition into the next one. This past weekend I attended the second live module of my life coaching course […]
Read More‘the race is long and, in the end, it’s only with yourself’
~ Mary Schmich Happy Friday! While I enjoy adventures and have been extremely fortunate to have lived and travelled abroad in various different continents and countries, there is something about coming home that just feels, well, good. I’m looking forward to re-connecting with family and friends, and engaging in the familiar and comfortable. But I’m […]
Read MoreAlways give someone, or somewhere, a second chance to make a first impression
Happy Friday! from where I sit, the last Friday I shall be here in my cozy little home on Colliery Road, in Wrexham, Wales. Funny to think my time here has come to an end… it’s all gone by so quickly, as it always does. And how differently I feel now about this place than […]
Read Morethere will always be another party…
Happy Friday! Okay so here’s the thing. I like saying yes. I like operating from a place of yes, and I enjoy being a yes! However, I also need to realize, as I am sure many of us do, that we don’t always have to say yes all of the time. Sometimes I say yes […]
Read Moredo less, be more
This week I had two very special visitors come to my neck of the woods. On Monday, my father and I shared a lovely drive together from London to Wrexham ~ the day was beautiful and the time together meaningful. And on Tuesday we were joined by his best man and one of his oldest […]
Read Moreself talk… what’s yours sayin’?!?
I do believe anything is possible, but I can be pretty hard on myself if I have big ideas that aren’t accomplished. And I am also sometimes self-sabotaging with respect to the goals I set. I’m afraid of failing. I’ve gots heaps of self-doubt. I question and second guess almost every decision I make. I […]
Read Morewhen was the last time you broke the rules?
I have been in deep deliberation – as I often am  – as to what topic might be pertinent to discuss this week, inspired by the happenings in my life. If I were to reflect on my rather chaotic week (I seemed to have found myself running around like a bit of a crazy chicken […]
Read Morewherever you are, you are exactly where you need to be
 HAPPY FRIDAY! I like being happy. I mean, who doesn’t, right? And although I do consider myself a happy person for the most part, there are also going to be some days where on the happiness spectrum I fall more to the left than I do to the right. I used to think this was […]
Read MoreOde to Rain, a lesson in gratitude.
Earlier in the week I found myself in an even better mood than normal. I didn’t really think much of it – didn’t question it, didn’t necessarily take the time to analyze or ask why. But then when that extra ‘spring in my step’ began to dissipate, all I had to do was look outside, […]
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