When we stop blaming others for our reality we have developed a deeper practice of self awareness, not better or worse than anyone else - simply aware enough to catch yourself in the act of wanting to make someone else wrong. Dr. Brené Brown’s research and work is...
We’d like to believe that we do. Why would we have the people in our lives that we do if we didn’t? There’s one simple question I now ask myself about my relationships, whether they are with friends, acquaintances, family or intimate relationships “Do they want for...
For the last 10 years I’ve owned and run a business and for the decade prior to that I had been in management and leadership roles. Fundamentally, communication is the most important tool and skill I have and one which I continue to grow. I make it a standard to talk...
Showing Up - I often use this phrase to describe my relationship to someone or to my commitments. I use it to ask myself if I’m willing to show up for them or keep my promises. I also use it to describe how others show up for me, or make good on their promises to me....
After eight months of battling this, I’m breaking my silence to ease some of the built-up pain from rumours that have been created about me. For most of you, you have no idea what I’m speaking about. In reading this, maybe you’ll think twice before using your platform...
The more isolated we become, the less opportunity there is to be of service to our friends, family and community. The more we hibernate in our own worlds, the more we fixate on ourselves and become absorbed by our own processes. What makes healthy homes, communities...
Most of us spend our lives seeking, yearning and praying to meet the ‘one’. Our soul partner; a partner for life. Fairly tales are built around that ideal. Love stories all end with finding the ‘one’. There are industries built on seeking love: dating apps, dating...
Years ago, I took a humble look at my friendships and realized most of them were not working. It was a sad and scary time for me. It meant that I was the one who was going to have to change, and that that change would require letting go of friends — and I would lose a...
My heart rate was increasing, tension was developing in my chest and I was feeling swallowed by anxiety. It was the middle of March, and two things were happening simultaneously: The world as we all knew it was changing at a rapid pace, and in my business I was...
If you are looking to make changes in your life, you will be scared. I’ve heard countless successful (in life, in business and in the sense of feeling whole) people say that they try to do something that scares them every day. For myself, I agree with this: almost...