Self Soothe

  How do you SELF-SOOTHE when someone has really upset you? For some of us when we lose our emotional footing and feel hurt or unsafe we revert to old forms of emotional escapism as a form of SEL...

Open-mindedness

  “It’s the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it” Aristotle sets us the challenge. How good are you at respectfully entertaining perspectives you do not...

Relinquish

  RELINQUISH … I just love this word, to me it sounds like a refreshing drink for a thirsty heart. It is the combination of letting go, gentle surrender and peace trickling back into our he...

Style

  Our individual STYLE, the way we dress and carry ourselves into the world each day is like our handwriting. Our STYLE is our personal signature and a way of stating whom we are to all whom cros...

Aggressive

  Some of us do AGGRESSIVELY roar at those we love from time to time. Mostly it’s when we have just had a gutful of life! If we feel overwhelmed we may take it out on those closest to us. When AG...

Mythunderstandings

  What is a Myth really these days? It is a popular belief or story that has become associated with a person, institution or occurrence shared by a group to illustrate a cultural ideal. It is a f...

Mission

  “My MISSION in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humour and some style.” Ditto. As far as life MISSION statements go Maya Angelo...

Emotional Seasons

  What’s a SEASON? Twelve weeks, approximately 90 DAYS give or take. It makes sense to me that our dear universal parents, Mother Nature and Father Time, prefer a whole SEASON to gift us with the...

Sanity

  Loving yourself through all life’s good times and shitty times is not vanity; it is the only path to SANITY. Fear misguides us. Love guides us. We get off track and lost in our lives when we al...

Sibling Rivalry

  SIBLING RIVALRY is a survival mechanism that becomes destructive when love is scarce so fear reigns within our tribe of origin. Humans will fight SIBLINGS for crumbs of love and respect, as bab...