Say it ain’t so. At the risk of sounding like a broken record, yet another difficult year has passed. It’s felt at times like our very humanity is broken. As the door to 2025 is about to close and another opens to 2026, let’s protect ourselves and our … [Read more...] about Celebrating you, yes you, with a special gift!
I’ve a BIG announcement to share, plus a grateful and creative thank you, a little gift, and some prose I wrote for you. I invite you to cast your mind back to the fall of 2012. What were you doing? Me, I was packing up my family and my life in Canada and, taking a huge leap of faith, while … [Read more...] about Get Ready for a Major Update: Gratitude, Gifts, and Exciting Changes!
I’m guessing you’ve heard of Gary Chapman’s popular love languages: They can be summed up by the above chart. While some research shows they may not hold, I believe they’re a helpful framework for communicating, resolving conflict, collaborating, and even giving/receiving feedback (see … [Read more...] about Two new languages discovered! Love languages that is.
My stomach dropped to the floor while my eyebrows arched in gobsmacked amazement. The facilitator had just assigned each of us an animal. We were to close our eyes, and find our fellow animals by making the animal noise, “Get me outta here!” my brain screamed, while my feet refused to … [Read more...] about Boost Learner Engagement In Workshops: Myths, Truths, And Practical Tips
In honour of World Mental Health Day coming up on October 10th, have I got a special treat for you. Do you ever find yourself thinking: Ever find yourself feeling: If any of that rings true for you then…. Voilá! I seriously, truly, actually have a magical … [Read more...] about Findings patterns and perspective with this fabulous tech tool
Did you catch last week’s post, where a question I received while doing a global training for the UN in Cairo stopped me in my tracks and sent me down a deep rabbit hole? It led to the tool I created called S.A.K.E., where S stands for Skills, A stands for Attitude, K for Knowledge, and E … [Read more...] about Why Teamwork Feels Hard: The Key Element You Need for Better Collaboration
Let’s face it, stress is at an all time high. Conflict is raging globally and interpersonally. The humanitarian and development sectors have been decimated. It’s enough to make even the hardiest of souls want to curl up under a blanket and go to sleep for a year. Feeling … [Read more...] about Exhausted And Emotionally Drained? Try This Powerful Pep Talk
Are you yearning to get away from sappy, superficial conversation, but don’t know how? I’ve got you. But first, a short story. What’s your family/friend shorthand? You know, the terms that only your friends or family would understand. Suffusion When my kids … [Read more...] about Ditch The Superficial: 3 Ways To Create Deeper, More Authentic Conversations
These times are beyond a roller coaster. We’re on an intergalactic cosmic bumpy ride, bouncing around from one crisis to the next. Recently I’ve written about 10 reasons and resources to laugh, why making a difference is so crucial right now, with my ‘Love letter to the world’ (part one, two, … [Read more...] about Foreign to familiar: Ten ways to know when you need to rest and when you need to reach out
Are you tempted to slink under your covers, pull your cozy blankets over your head, and disappear, given all the lunacy in the world right now? For Or does the energy running high and hot in your veins urge you to take action, all the time, 100%? There’s a time for tradition, for stillness, … [Read more...] about Tradition Vs. Progress: Finding The Right Time For Each
Are you headed towards burnout? Is your stress level higher than Mount Everest? Do you feel too overwhelmed to do anything about world events at the moment? I have a guaranteed-no-fail recipe for your improved mental health and well-being Even if at first, it feels a little … [Read more...] about Laugh and the world laughs with you – here’s ten reasons to laugh when it’s more important than ever
Keep reading to find out how even after an entire year of DEI work I failed miserably in one awkward, uncomfortable situation. There are differences that make a difference and similarities that are significant. But we focus so much on differences. It makes sense from an … [Read more...] about Lessons from My Year of DEI Work
The trick is for the (scissor) blades to learn to work smoothly together, so as not to cut each other.
— Mary Jo Putney
The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do. You can act to change and control your life; and the procedure, the process is its own reward.
— Amelia Earhart
There will always be rocks in the road ahead of us. They will be stumbling blocks or stepping stones; it all depends on how you use them.
— Friedrich Nietzsche
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