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DISCOURAGEMENT
More than a year after I fell approximately forty feet headfirst down the escalator at the Calgary Airport I was referred to an optometry clinic for brain re-wiring. When they...
DISCOURAGEMENT
More than a year after I fell approximately forty feet headfirst down the escalator at the Calgary Airport I was referred to an optometry clinic for brain re-wiring. When they...
Escape Room
Last week some volunteers at our village set up a fun outing for residents in our Amenities Building. I am not sure if this is true, but someone said that...
Escape Room
Last week some volunteers at our village set up a fun outing for residents in our Amenities Building. I am not sure if this is true, but someone said that...
Brain Work
Did you know that you can re-wire your brain? When I was young we thought that the brain was just like some inflexible stone that was fixed and therefore...
Brain Work
Did you know that you can re-wire your brain? When I was young we thought that the brain was just like some inflexible stone that was fixed and therefore...
Technologically Handicapped
I have a funny story to tell you this week. Well, it wasn’t funny when it happened, but it didn’t take long for me to see the humour in it....
Technologically Handicapped
I have a funny story to tell you this week. Well, it wasn’t funny when it happened, but it didn’t take long for me to see the humour in it....
Be Wise
So often I hear people talk about how their world feels upside down and they are facing disastrous circumstances. Then I start asking questions. Usually by the time that I...
Be Wise
So often I hear people talk about how their world feels upside down and they are facing disastrous circumstances. Then I start asking questions. Usually by the time that I...
Our Home
I am a proud Canadian who has to confess that I haven’t even explored our whole country. It is soooo big and soooo spread out. Brief encounters in all the...
Our Home
I am a proud Canadian who has to confess that I haven’t even explored our whole country. It is soooo big and soooo spread out. Brief encounters in all the...
Silence
If there is truth to the old adage that “silence is golden”, why do we surround ourselves with noise and distraction? I have recently had a couple of clients...
Silence
If there is truth to the old adage that “silence is golden”, why do we surround ourselves with noise and distraction? I have recently had a couple of clients...
Balance
I have been learning so much about myself lately. For years I have treated my body as merely transportation for my brain. Even as a child I was not athletic...
Balance
I have been learning so much about myself lately. For years I have treated my body as merely transportation for my brain. Even as a child I was not athletic...
Dissociation
Some of us use the word “dissociation” to describe the break in connection that we have with a person, situation, or the social world. When we don’t like or agree...
Dissociation
Some of us use the word “dissociation” to describe the break in connection that we have with a person, situation, or the social world. When we don’t like or agree...
Healing After Hurt
There are two important things to ask yourself after you have experienced a loss or traumatic event: · Firstly, have there been significant changes in my life because of...
Healing After Hurt
There are two important things to ask yourself after you have experienced a loss or traumatic event: · Firstly, have there been significant changes in my life because of...
Trauma And Loss
They say that the shoemaker’s kids are barefoot! Well, since my accident last year when I fell 40 feet headfirst down an escalator at the Calgary Airport and then, in...
Trauma And Loss
They say that the shoemaker’s kids are barefoot! Well, since my accident last year when I fell 40 feet headfirst down an escalator at the Calgary Airport and then, in...
Personality
Imagine that each of us is like a huge iceberg. Even though the top part can be seen, there is much more ice below the water! Our personality is...
Personality
Imagine that each of us is like a huge iceberg. Even though the top part can be seen, there is much more ice below the water! Our personality is...
May-Long
When I was in high school – many, many, many years ago, everyone looked forward to the May long weekend. Some who had vehicles would plan to head for the...
May-Long
When I was in high school – many, many, many years ago, everyone looked forward to the May long weekend. Some who had vehicles would plan to head for the...
Mother's Day
There is a very long history attached to the day that we still celebrate on the second Sunday of May. Pagan traditions in Greece and Rome were used to honour...
Mother's Day
There is a very long history attached to the day that we still celebrate on the second Sunday of May. Pagan traditions in Greece and Rome were used to honour...
Tune Up
Last week I received a message from Zach, the “Rewind Piano” tuner who reminded me that it is time for our yearly checkup. I got thinking about how we, as...
Tune Up
Last week I received a message from Zach, the “Rewind Piano” tuner who reminded me that it is time for our yearly checkup. I got thinking about how we, as...
Try Something New
My condo is unusual in that it has an L-shaped deck that is over sixty feet long. Every day from the earliest spring I finish my work, don a bathsuit...
Try Something New
My condo is unusual in that it has an L-shaped deck that is over sixty feet long. Every day from the earliest spring I finish my work, don a bathsuit...
Inner Child
I have taken so many courses about trauma that my resume has increased and increased drastically. During the past few weeks, however, I have learned a lot of things about...
Inner Child
I have taken so many courses about trauma that my resume has increased and increased drastically. During the past few weeks, however, I have learned a lot of things about...
Easter
Things have changed quite a bit since I was a child. Easter used to be focused on church activities and the way that Christians viewed God as well as His...
Easter
Things have changed quite a bit since I was a child. Easter used to be focused on church activities and the way that Christians viewed God as well as His...
Energy
It seems like everywhere I turn, I have been hearing the word “energy”. An internet search immediately showed two very different dictionary definitions. One is at a personal level and...
Energy
It seems like everywhere I turn, I have been hearing the word “energy”. An internet search immediately showed two very different dictionary definitions. One is at a personal level and...
Intention
In June it will be four years since I moved to Calgary from Medicine Hat. This was a huge project involving three separate moving trucks! First, we moved furniture...
Intention
In June it will be four years since I moved to Calgary from Medicine Hat. This was a huge project involving three separate moving trucks! First, we moved furniture...