The Lies We Tell Ourselves

Happy Sunday everyone! It is time for us to shake off the winter blues and reclaim what is ours. Who is with me? Somehow you have hard wired your brain to say some pretty terrible things about yourself. Not only that, you have put rules around what you are supposed to do, how you are…

How are you going to show up?

It's mid January. You may already be wondering how you are going to sustain your new goal and doubting your abilities to keep going with it. Or maybe you may have mastered that new thing and you are already wondering what is next. Wherever you are at with your new year I am sure you…

Why Downsizing Was Right For Me

First off, I want to take a minute to acknowledge Remembrance Day and all the soldiers past and present who have served for my safety and freedoms. I am thankful. My family and I recently moved from a 2300sqft home that had never ending projects with a very large yard to a brand new build…

Moulting

“In biology, moulting (British English), or molting(American English), also known as sloughing, shedding, or in many invertebrates, ecdysis, is the manner in which an animal routinely casts off a part of its body (often, but not always, an outer layer or covering), either at specific times of the year, or at specific points in its…

Unlearning Quitting

I want to share with you about how I have been unlearning quitting. I chose this title instead of "how not to quit" or "perseverance" because we all quit bad habits, we quit people and so much more every day. Perseverance doesn't quite fit the bill because I don't want to share about persistence or…

Navigating Grief with Chantel

As I sit here and write this I contemplate how vulnerable am I willing to be? But then I am reminded that it is only in the moments I have struggled the greatest that someone’s vulnerability is what helped me through it. I hope you can find these weekly writing from my heart an opportunity…

Doubt

What is doubt? Why do we give it so much authority in our lives? We doubt our abilities, our time, our identity, we doubt others, we doubt literally everyone and everything. Well, to me doubt is the opposite to trust. By definition trust is: firm belief in the reliability, truth, ability, or strength of someone…