Maybe I’ll be a Roach Next!
“I chose to weigh over 200 pounds,” said motivational speaker Zig Ziglar “because I never knowingly ate anything I didn’t want.” He was...
Staying True
It’s a cockroach, a thing of such insignificant value and certainly not a thing I’d want hanging around me. In fact, I’d probably want to...
Tangled Days and Healing Responses
Though we got up on time for that special day not much after that seemed to go well. We were in Ottawa for a medal ceremony and scheduled...
Make a Choice: Lose a Leg?
Sitting at dinner the other night with the extended family one of my nieces posed the following question to all ten of us present. “Would...
Freedom despite Chronic Pain
Happy Fourth of July to my American Friends – the day the Declaration of Independence was signed and what became known as the day United...
How do you define beauty?
Women are their own worst enemy when it comes to self-image. And yes, that would be me, but men are pretty good at it too. We look at the...
Equanimity
Equanimity. The first time I ever heard that term was years ago in a yoga class and I didn’t have a clue what it meant. In fact, it took...
Not what I hoped for
The New Year did not start well. In fact, I felt like I had boarded the ferry on the shore of 2012 and I was halfway across the river to...
Habitual offender?
What was it like getting up this morning? Was it an easy jump out of bed, flinging yourself at the World whether it was ready or not? ...
A 20 minute healing cycle?
Do you ever take a break? You’d be in really bad shape if you didn't. But did you know that you should be taking a break every 90 to...