What do you get when you pair up a sharp Israeli woman and cabbie with a very strong opinion? A very uncomfortable cab ride, that’s what. I was sharing a pleasant cab ride in San Fransisco with a lovely woman from Israel when the cabbie asked where we were from. … Continue reading The Israelite & the C...

I’m training for the West Coast Trail hike with my daughter in July. It’s a multi-day backcountry excursion that I am presently ill-prepared for. Nonetheless, a few times a week, I pop on my backpack (loaded up with 20-30 pounds of stuff) and wander up and down hills, trails, and … Continue reading C...

Well COVID is easing, let’s throw a war in the mix now, WTH. 😭 I don’t do sad well. It weakens me like a kitten, disables me like a broken leg, sucks zaps energy like a power outage. What can we do, what can we say, how can we help, … Continue reading Sadness and Joy The post Sadness and Joy ...

You know those days (or parts of the day) when you just feel poopy. Maybe you didn’t sleep well, or maybe you didn’t eat well or maybe there was some combo of little things that got under your skin or maybe there was no specific reason, nothing bad happened in particular … Continue reading 3 Things t...

If you read last week’s post about meeting Simon – I think you will be very interested to find out part two of the story which you will find around minute 4:30 of the below video. Thank you to everyone who reached out to send both him and I love and … Continue reading Simon Says The post Simon Says f...

I was walking by myself in a small seaside town in California this past November. It was my first trip outside of Canada in 20 months and while I was there for work, I was really there on a very important mission. In a few days I would fulfill a … Continue reading I was stopped in my tracks. 🐾 The post I...

I’m not a gifty person, I think gifts and tokens were lowest on my Five Love Languages assessment, but I gotta tell ya, I recently nailed one particular gift. The Down Dog yoga app* has been with me and my bestie since COVID began. Many nights a week we Zoom from our … Continue reading The Gift of Chad The...

The other day I was yanking off my running shoes by the heel when a question popped into my mind. I wondered if most people yank off their shoes or if most people untie their laces. So as I do with many of my life queries, I popped the question … Continue reading ReMINDFULness The post ReMINDFULness first appear...

How do you feel right now? Right now. Like right, right now? How do you feel after you get off the phone with…, when you come out of Costco, when you finish your meal, when you see your neighbor? Asking yourself this simple question can give you a little glimpse into … Continue reading Life – ReFRAM...

Bestie and I are at it again – this time we decided to do a 22 Day Challenge to honour 2022. The idea is to do action items for 22 days in a row. Personally, I love the chemical rush of checking things off a list, so I made myself … Continue reading The 22 Day Challenge The post The 22 Day Challenge first ...

2021 was quite a year – yep, yep, yep. For me, it was the year of virtual programs. I had only two in-person engagements in the last month of the year – yet thanks to the power of virtual platforms I was able to serve more people than ever before. … Continue reading 2021 Virtual Audience Reviews! The...

Happier New Year! As we slide into January and many ‘resolutions’ have already been forgotten (80% of us let them slide, so ‘they’ say), it’s time to bring up the annual … What’s your WOTY? ie – Word of the Year, question. Personally, I find the WOTY so much easier &hell...

I am, perhaps, the queen of embarrassment. Of course, I’m also a parent so that’s kind of our primary job, isn’t it? Aside from that, if we ever have to share embarrassing stories, while others struggle to come up with one, I struggle to narrow it down to one! 🤔 … Continue reading Oops!...

Welcome to today.* It is a typical day, a day like any other. Maybe the sun is shining, maybe it’s not. While it may appear that today is a day like any other, I invite you to take a closer look. Today is special, in fact, it’s the only day … Continue reading Welcome to Today The post Welcome to Toda...

(Red) Underwear John After most people left, the best part of the Sidney Sunrise Water Warrior plunge happened… a tourist who was doing his morning jog, stopped, stripped, ran into the water, had tea with us, and then continued on his merry way! 🌊 Now that’s spontaneity and a wonderful &hel...

A needle is NOT a good surprise!! ***We interrupt this week’s e-news for an important announcement… I’m going to say this right upfront, I believe in the COVID vaccine. I believe even if you aren’t yeehaw-crawling-over-broken-glass-to-get-one, that if at all possible, as an act of kindness, as ...

Before we get to it this week, I have to say thank you for so many caring responses to the video on my Mom’s passing (you can view it here), thank you – every message helped me. I thought I’d share this one message, in hopes it may give you a new perspective on … Continue reading Are you a Shif...

I stumbled upon this song and fell in love with the concept. You just have to listen to it. I’ll wait… Isn’t it great! Have you ever felt like that? √ Have you ever made yourself ‘smaller’ to make others feel more comfortable? √ Have you ever dreamt bigger, but then … C...

Talk Reel Episode 13 from Barry Lewis Green on Vimeo. First of all, I love, love, love the joyous snapshot of my Talk Reel co-host Barry Lewis-Green (top right)! It makes me happy just looking at it! (You may want to read about the joy of other’s joy in the ‘Mudita‘ post) Did you … Continue rea...

Killer (and super easy, but shhhh) Cheesecake recipe below… What would you have done? It was my friend’s birthday, let’s call her Consuella, and I sent her a text with a birthday greeting and to ask her how she was celebrating. Well, her plans were canceled and since she had recently lost … Co...

It’s been 3 months since I wrote my ‘weekly’ GoodNewsLetter. Most every Wednesday it would be published, I enjoyed it – but then in June, my Mom passed away. I did one more e-newsletter after that and then I was done. I thought about it every week, I thought about … Continue reading 3 Mon...

I got ‘the call’ that no one wants to get. The call that a beloved person in your life will not be long on this earth, it was regarding my almost 96-year-old Mom. 😭 A loved one being ill is pretty much the only reason I would get a plane to go to the … Continue reading Lessons from the Hardes...

Your mental health is not a check-in-once-a-year-during-Mental-Health-Awareness-Month kind of thing, it’s an all-the-time-pay-attention-to-yourself kind of thing. In the video above I give my 2 cents in 3 minutes. kudos to CiiAT May is also Caregiver Appreciation Month – who deserves your thanks? For me it&...

I’m in a talking-more-than-writing mood today, so if you are in a listening-more- than-reading mood, it’s your lucky day! If not, well, there’s always next week! A disgruntled person, a nasty email and a surprise resolution shows that sometimes facing the difficult convo and Q-TIP (Quit Taking It Pers...

What a delight to be able to help refresh and refuel hardworking nurses and healthcare professionals from across North America! To build upon the program, please enjoy your own copy of my mini-ebook Everything Counts – A Kaizen Approach to Positive Change. As well you can access When Enlightening Strikes – ...

. When you are thinking that you might just be ready to own who you really are, pop into my living room for some real talk in the video above or ignore my chit-chat altogether and go straight to the (previously known as) ‘F.U.’ song (gasp – not you, but others!) at the 2:30 mark. 🎶 🤷&z...

This is one of my favorite pictures of my mom & siblings. Welcome to our latest Good News Letter community members! I love hearing back from you, so share thoughts anytime! Of all the things we do and accomplish in our lifetimes, positively influencing the next generation is probably best legacy we can leave &helli...

O Siem – we are all family! Thank you Canadian, Inuk, singer-songwriter and author Susan Aglukark for this special tribute to our nurses. As she spoke in her native tongue it literally brought tears to my eyes. If you are wondering how I got this from her, I just reached out … Continue reading TOTD Topic O...