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Grow Your Business: A 3-Step Gut Check
What to do when you want to grow your business, but have limited resources to invest? Review this 3-step gut check before you throw your hard earned money towards growth {June 2018}
Inside a Black Hole: With Stephen Hawking & My Father
I keep thinking that one day, I’ll stop searching for my father. But it continues to pull at me, to gnaw at my insides, as if I’m still stuck inside that black hole of loss {Personal Essay}
Reversing the Tide: Taking Control of Fear With One Simple Act
Storytelling by choice, as a means to take back control your your future. What kind of value will you get from writing your own story? How will it change your life and your business? {January 2018}
What Does Wild Mean To You?
As a child, I was the definition of wild. I acted on impulse and instinct, and was given full freedom to explore and adventure. Although we grew up in the small city of Halifax, we had a 16ft x 16ft log cabin tucked away in the woods on a lake, that my parents built when I was three years old. Far from cement sidewalks and the boundaries of school, my siblin
Chasing Money: How To Monetize Your Wild
For many years, money shaped what I was willing to do for work. It was the driving force behind my career choice, and I made many decisions based on financial impact. I directly associated money with success, and believed that when I reached a certain income level, I’d be happy.
Getting Back To Your Wild and Free
By the time I was in my thirties, I had everything I thought I’d always wanted. The big corporate job. The nice house. Husband and two kids. And from the outside looking in, I had it all. But from the inside looking out, my life felt empty. I was finally where I’d wanted to be my whole career but was left with the distinct feeling of –
Ten Years of Marriage. One Kind of Love.
Nine and half years ago while we were travelling in New Zealand, John almost died by way of perforated colon. When we got home after a month in the hospital on the South Island, the company I worked for told me I didn’t have a job to come back to. And then in what felt like the same breath – I found out I was pregnant and had cancer. They told me I would miscarry from the surgery that would remove part of my cervix.
My Mother’s Words On The Day I Turned Sixteen
Today, as I do on all of my birthdays, I opened up the cupboard in my home office and pulled out a box that sits there gathering dust. I rubbed my hand across the top of the box, lingering for a moment, pausing for a second to savour this thing that I do only once a year.
I wanted to be a better mother, but my soul unveiled something else
It’s 8 am and I’m still lying snuggled under flannel sheets at our family cabin in the woods. The kettle is on and I’m thinking of coffee. The only thing I can see is light streaming in the windows, towering pine trees and the lake.
I Quit Drinking Because of Her
It’s been a full year since I’ve touched booze. Yup, twelve entire months. It started out innocently. Last year I was training for the Bluenose half-marathon and whenever I train for a race I tend to shy away from alcohol. When I’m running regularly, even one beer or a glass of wine can affect how I feel the next day running.
Calling The Money In
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