Scott Peck said, “Mental health is a commitment to reality at all costs.”Someone else said, “Sanity is a commitment to reality at all costs.”Which got me thinking about our mental health and our very sanity during these difficult days.So I made you a handy, dandy visual based … [Read more...] about Mental Health Strategies: How to Rest Up, Get Lit Up, Stand Up, and Fire Up
I don’t know about you, but I’m hearing lots of examples in my communities of people’s stress levels being extremely high, including people in the humanitarian and development communities losing their jobs with little to no notice, lifesaving HIV/Aids drugs not being available, and much, much … [Read more...] about A love letter and lifeline for the world, Part 4
It feels like my veins are being squeezed due to the heartache and heartbreak in the world right now.Some would call me a snowflake.As a Canadian, I think that’s pretty cool (pun intended).I’m happy to be called a snowflake.In this post, A love letter and lifeline for the … [Read more...] about A love letter and lifeline for the world, Part 3
Last week, I wrote about how a guy’s legs coming through our home ceiling set the context for a love letter and lifeline for the world by way of lean-ees and lean-ers. ‘cause sometimes we need to be the lean-er and lean on people. And sometimes we need to be the lean-ee and … [Read more...] about A love letter and lifeline for the world, Part 2
I have written about what to do when you’re world-weary and feel like you can’t do anything - Your 10-point respite and rejuvenation plan for world weariness. Likewise, I’ve written about ten reasons to laugh when it's more important than ever.What I HAVEN’T written about is WHY … [Read more...] about A love letter and lifeline for the world, Part 1
Daily life can often be a massive challenge. From overloaded to-do lists to crunched time, and from feeling like we’re being pulled in every direction to the dizzyingly fast pace of life - it’s enough to make even the most patient person have a meltdown (or multiple meltdowns).Added … [Read more...] about Learning and Development Roundtable: Easy, peasy tech tools to save your sanity in work and at home
Wondering what a roller coaster, raccoon, vacuum cleaner and elephant have to do with building community engagement online? Keep reading. Lectures that drone on and on. Overwhelming unread notifications of online events. Workshops that are drier than the Sahara desert and … [Read more...] about Learn how to build community and engagement online (with an elephant, raccoon, roller coaster and vacuum cleaner)
While we’ve shut the door on last year-thank goodness, 2021 is in front of us in all her foggy, mysteriousness. We’ve girded our loins and made it through 2020 but what we’re facing now is unsure. Overwhelm, fatigue, and uncertainty are smack in our faces. Our tanks are empty, and yet we need to … [Read more...] about Planning a meaningful, custom 2021 for you and your team
Learning lifts. It lifts us out of poverty, ignorance, misunderstanding and narrow world views. Learning lands us in richness, intelligence, understanding and expanded world views. If you want to know more about what learning can do you, then scroll down to take a look at my top reads … [Read more...] about Have you read any of these, my top five favourite reads from 2020?
I’ve been going on safaris since 1995, when I saw my first zebra while hitchhiking from South Africa to Zimbabwe. Last week I wrote about the first five of ten lessons I’ve learned from safari guide and dear friend Jackson Looseyia and his magical Tangulia Mara Camp. (I got to know Jackson when I … [Read more...] about Ten lessons from my Maasai friend, spurred by taking fresh kill from a lion part two
I don’t know which I was more fascinated by, the Dorobo men confidently walking towards a pride of lions to take some of their fresh kill (true story!) or the Maasai man who was so expertly interpreting for the BBC film crew.In honour of World Humanitarian Day, I thought it was perfect timing … [Read more...] about Ten lessons from my Maasai friend, spurred by taking fresh kill from a lion
This month marks 20 years of me being self-employed. Can you believe it?! I’ve got so many reasons to celebrate, not the least of which is you dear reader. So let’s look back on 20 years & get the party started. All month you’ll see extra goodies, gifts & great resources. The same year I … [Read more...] about 20 years of Learning & Development; Rachel’s haircut, Google & me
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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