Learning From Unexpected Places

Learning From Unexpected Places

In a recent soft skills zoom session where I was working with adults who were training to become personal care assistants, I covered my usual topic of self-care and self-compassion. Frequently, individuals who put themselves into a caring profession where they spend...
White Flowers are for Peace

White Flowers are for Peace

These beautiful flowers were given to me for my birthday and when I decided to photograph them I was not thinking about Ukraine or the war just the beauty of the ranunculous, which is also known as the Persian buttercup. Then I honed in on the petals and the hydrangea...
BRAVE VICTORIA

BRAVE VICTORIA

 A few days ago, on an email exchange used by solution focus practitioners, mostly based in Europe, a woman named Victoria, who lives in Kyiv, Ukraine, posted the most breath-takingly brave and courageous and strong email. It took my breath away that someone sitting...
Wisdom of a Paralympic Athlete

Wisdom of a Paralympic Athlete

The other day I read about one of Canada’s Paralympic skiers, Mark Arendz, who said, “after good races, bad races, I seem to always have another race. So, I’ve kind of gotten used to or familiar with that idea of taking both the highs and the lows of different races,...