Lessons Learned in Childhood about Character

Truths

Character matters to me. It’s what I value most about myself because it’s a currency I control, and I have strong feelings about human decency. We learn about what character means and what contributes to it as early as kindergarten. As we get older, we...

Visiting Pearl Harbor: A Personal Reflection

Life, Travel, United States | 1 comment

Visiting Pearl Harbour the week before the 2024 US Election felt right—it was a time to honour the past and, in some respects, bid adieu to certain rights and freedoms… Being at Pearl Harbor was unlike any other historical site I had visited. It wasn’t simply...

2020: A Gift that Keeps Giving

Health

If I polled a random sampling of people asking them to describe 2020 in one word, I think the clear winner would be sadness. A year filled with heartache and loss felt by each of us around the world – we endured heartache and crippling sadness as a global...

I write when I’m sad.

Intentional Living

Writing is therapeutic for me, which means I write when I’m sad. I also write when I’m happy or feeling like I’m making progress in some area of my life that has been lacking, but I mostly write when I’m sad. Today I am sad. Very sad. My...

Living Life Uncomfortably

Intentional Living

Living life uncomfortably might be the best way to live – ever. I was cleaning out my computer files this morning and discovered this gem, tucked into a folder called “Possible Blogs”. I couldn’t believe I had written this and hadn’t post it – what was holding...

Do you Beachbody?

Health

Over the last few years, I have been approached by at least 10 lovely ladies asking if I would join their Beachbody team. Who me? A Beachbody fitness coach? Laughable. At first, the thought was comical. A woman who had only dabbled in exercise in her 40s, who was...