Are these patterns showing up? — Creativity involves breaking out of established patterns in order to look at things in a different way. ~ Edward de Bono I know you’re successful, and there are so many ways, habits and patterns you’ve developed that brought you to today. In this article I want to point out a…

Do you ever long to escape your life? — Vulnerability is not about fear and grief and disappointment, it is the birthplace of all that we’re hungry for. — Brene Brown - This is personal. I’m not sure when it started but I remember in my days of working corporate, opening up my computer, seeing a day of back…

It’s easier than you think — Success is not a destination, it’s a journey ~ Zig Ziglar My husband and I booked a family trip to Zihuatanejo, Mexico. Zihua, as we call it, is located on the Pacific side of Mexico and is our second home. We’ve not been back since the pandemic began. Needless to…

Or, a practice for redefining success — Curate your life. You — and only you — have the ability to decide what you want in your life and what you want out. - Emma Scheib - My mother’s dishware is perfectly curated. …

Do you sometimes long to escape your life? — Vulnerability is not about fear and grief and disappointment, it is the birthplace of all that we’re hungry for. — Brene Brown - This is personal. I’m not sure when it started but I remember in my days of working corporate, opening up my computer, seeing a day of back…

It’s worth knowing the difference — If you want to hurl an offence, one that would cut deep causing me to recoil in shame, here’s one: Tell me I’m needy. I feel that offence in my body. It’s tense, I’m clenching my teeth, maybe even seething a bit. My defenses are rising. I see annoyance emerging…

When being successful guarantees we’ll fit in. — I’ve always wanted to belong. To fit in. Years of living abroad meant lots of fractured relationships that, when you’re a kid you just don’t know how to maintain. Those were the days of snail mail and phone calling… All my endeavours at becoming “successful” then — according to mainstream…

It’s okay if success is feeling a drag — The verbal grind of a 15 year old professing he hates school is getting old. While it’s age appropriate behaviour, the repetitve chant of “school is so boring and useless” and the endless asking of why he must study Shakespeare and how is THIS going to help him? …

When (and why) do you go into overdrive? — People say you’re driven. “Where do you get your drive?” they ask as if it’s something you bought off amazon. You don’t know, it’s always been a part of you. It’s a compass of sorts; part of the operating system of you. Many of the women I work with, can…