“99% of the people you’re talking to have heard something pretty similar to what you’re saying.” That’s what you’ll hear when you tune into the 5Cs podcast this week. My guest, a professor, nonprofit director, and author, drops this truth bomb while discussing funding for sustainability projects. But here’s the thing: this applies […]
Thank you for graciously allowing me room in your brain cells this past year. It is truly a gift I don’t take for granted. Today, I wish you a magnificent holiday season and share two poems written many years ago. May your week be magical, mystical and merry. xo Christmas Carol BY SARA TEASDALEThe kings […]
I am taking a hard, sharp turn for this opinion piece. Instead of the usual holiday shopping and end-of-year checklists, I invite you to pause and unwrap the most important and exquisite gift you’ll ever receive. Yourself. Imagine standing at the threshold of a new beginning, with the past year spread out behind you like […]
“I am so busy.” Do you say these four words sporadically or nearly every day? I’m curious because I hear them ad nauseum from almost everyone I bump into. Did you know that in Japanese writing, the characters for “busy” are composed of the characters for ‘soul’ and ‘loss’? This literal translation is a stark […]
It was during that course that I learned a fantastic technique for forgiveness. Forgiveness is an underrated characteristic we humans could learn to cultivate much more. It has nothing to do with religion or self-sacrificing beliefs. It has everything to do with making peace, finding closure, or removing the bones of contention we needlessly hold […]
If you are of a certain age, you’ll remember the commercial ditty, “Maybe it’s Maybelline.” The whole point was, if you met a womena who looked mighty fine, maybe it really had something to do with her makeup. (Sexist and demeaning? Yes. And so NOT today’s topic) I was reminded of that ditty the other […]
I reconnected with a favourite colleague from 28 years ago the other week. Of course, in sixty minutes, we barely scratched the surface of the nearly three decades of in-between. And agreed that more sessions were needed to get fully caught up. In extolling the frustrations of playing executrix to her elderly UK cousin’s estate, […]
Did you know it is a popular myth that pearls are made from a grain of sand? To be super clear, it’s a lie! Intriguing folklore, complete without merit. Nearly all high-quality pearls come from oysters, and oysters are incredibly adept at secreting the sand that regularly gets into their shells. On the other hand, […]
I want to lean into something very personal today because it is a message that too many of us are forgetting. And increasingly, too late is really TOO LATE. Last week, my husband’s favourite uncle passed away. Lorne was 93, had been married to the love of his life for a few months shy of […]
Where is George Carlin? Strange topic, right? I introduced a friend of mine a month ago to George Carlin. Interviewed a guest for Season Two, whose hero is George. A neighbour stopped me on the street the other day with a Carlin joke. So, on this, the last Sunday in August, let’s talk about George […]