Joy 101 — How to Open the Door to Your Emotions

Joy, or her gentler sister, happiness, can seem elusive. We have been told by our society we will be happy when we achieve a goal or gain an item we have coveted. I'm here to tell you joy can be found without any of that. Not only can it be found, without those items and experiences, …

Stress Eating?

You are on your way to check out the new fish that are arriving today at the pet store and a car rear ends you at a stop sign. Then, you get there to find out that they haven't arrived yet and you see your lover petting kittens with someone that you don't know. You …

The Importance of Respecting What You Want to Eat

I feel like lessons are being taught. For example, I made a soup out of the left over vegetables. This is something that I do. I love these soups. They are all unique, so never boring and they give me this sense of satisfaction. No food is going to waste. I have found a way …

Unconscious Decisions

Going deeper and deeper into knowing and understanding myself is important to me. Who was it that said, "An unexamined life is not worth living?" To me, it is more than that. Discovering oneself can be the greatest and scariest adventure that a person can go on. I often coach people that have put up …

Some Like it Hot

Is it Hot Enough For You? Do you remember shovelling snow, hating the slippery roads, wearing layers upon layers and still being cold? This heat wave is the weather that we were all looking forward to as we stepped into deep water secretly hidden under a thin layer of ice, soaking us through to our …

There is More to Life Than Avoiding Death

I was sitting on my balcony, enjoying the warm air and how the twilight deepens the colours and ushers in a peace that used to precede sleep in those days before lighting, when a clutch of little girls walked by. One of the girls said, "My mother won't let me sit in front of the …