August 23rd is always a bitter-sweet day for me because ya see it was the birthday of my Gramm. She was an amazing, loving and brilliant lady who loved me when I never knew I was lovable. Gramm was full of talent, full of grace and her love for others was her gift. I always …
Dawg Dayz of Summer
The 'Dawg Dayz of Summer.. who ever came up with that phrase and what happened to summer of 2017.. in a few short weeks it will be September. Yikes.. Don't get me wrong Fall is my favourite season. I look forward to September, cooler weather, cozy sweaters, pumpkin spice everything, Sunday reading, and I love …
Dance to the Life Around You
Can we even comprehend HOW precious Life is? Can we even imagine not connecting to/with others? You can put a positive spin on anything if you set your mind to it. *Disclaimer – I struggled to figure out just how the heck I can write this conversation between two people into my blog. This happens as …
Too Close to the Chaos
And so this weeks view from the chair took an interesting turn.. Humm..Yes indeed it sure did. We went and saw "Glass Castle" movie, WOW it seemed I was invited to walk the staircase of memories down to my happy heart and then up to my mind where judgement resides. The reviews say: In …
You Forgot to Love Yourself
You forgot to Love Yourself first now what? In the past two weeks I have spoken with many women who have said "I gave my Love to everyone and now I have no more to give to Myself." And so may I say 'I sure know that feeling.. Yikes.. Speaking with my Soul Sistaha's from …
Allow People to Walk Away
Every person you meet on your walk is there to show you something about yourself you did not know before hand. When you have gathered the required lesson or information often they leave for the next experience. What I am learning is those people did not abandon you, rather their role in your life has …
Girls CAN do anything (Boys too)
I speak with many young ladies, be it high school - aged, university or my nieces in their mid-twenties and their friends. Often I hear words from them that make me sad. They struggle with their value, their worth in society, in themselves and many do not Love themselves. My response is YIKES I hear …
The 4A’s and Going One Quarter of the Way…
Paradise Valley Wellness Centre teaches us that we have Four Fundamental Emotional Needs: Attention; Affection; Appreciation and Acceptance. If we do not get them we often act out or find other ways to fill this void and often it turns into some sort of addiction. Looking back I see that I required all of them …
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Less Juding .. More Loving
Whatttt another post so soon.. Are you on Fire or what.. It behooves me when someone in the public eye dies by suicide and folks talk and talk and talk about them et all. Folks, let's be kind, show kindness to everyone who has ever said Yikes, I am just not myself today. I …
How do you show up..or do you?
And so this was going to be the coolest Happy Canada Day post about our home and native land and then things went off the rails a bit.. dang technology and my lack of skills in that area.. and the day passes and then my post gets deleted.. Yikes, insert an eye roll with NO …
The Fire of Creativity 