Part of the reason that I chose to drastically reduce my consumption of meat (basically, I’m 98% vegetarian) shows up in an alarming documentary recently aired on CBC’s Marketplace show. It is imperative to be aware of this problem because it has far-reaching health effects, particularly if you’ve taken many doses of antibiotics and...
One hundred years ago, in Canada, women were not legally considered “a person” and thus not allowed to vote! It wasn’t until 1918 that womens’ voices were finally able to be heard when they acquired the right to vote. We owe a lot to the women who fought for these rights and, as the...
Well, we are beginning a new year and I have to say that 2010 was filled with a lot of ……… experiential learning, so while it was NOT a particularly easy year (some of it really sucked), it was tasted, lived and learned. I am thinking of calling 2010 my year of NO (…and,...
Last week-end I had a rare opportunity to participate in an assertiveness training workshop and it was such an eye opener! I highly recommend this kind of training to everyone because we often forget how to really communicate with each other about our wants and needs, or to help others express theirs to us....
Do you realize that there is a great present in your future? Well, there is! Let me explain. Recently, I was invited to a 2-part workshop with Ti Caine and Sherri Nickols which was quite an inspiring and transformative experience! In the process that Ti does, “FutureVisioning,” we were asked to imagine ourselves into...
I’ve been through a lot of tests/lessons in my life, some of which I wondered how (and even if) I would make it through them. Undoubtedly, you have too. Loss of the people we love can trigger old grief, unhealed, dangling events from childhood that call for attention. There are so...
