What Would Life Be Like If? “Be the change that you wish to see in the world.” ~Mahatma Gandhi During this time of social distancing and isolation I, like many, find myself struggling with varying unresolved issues. Yes, I am human and not exempt from the realities of life. When all this started several weeks …
A Pandemic and Grief The worst kind of grief is unrecognized and unacknowledged grief. At no point in time has the entire globe been faced with loss in such extreme proportions. All loss creates a feeling of grief in varying degrees. We typically only associate grief with death and the loss of life. However, now …
April “Become Better not Bitter” Challenge The month of April is a perfect time to clean house. Just like April showers clean away the dirt from winter and allow the flowers to start growing and the trees to bud it can also be a time for each of us to start anew as well. During …
It Takes a Village! Cancer Coaching Comes to Arnprior Over the past few years, a focus on patient-centered care within our healthcare systems has become more common place, encouraged and practiced. This includes what is commonly referred to as a ‘Circle of Care’ for patients, which can involve family doctors, oncologists, caregivers, specialists, and now: …
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The Transformative Power of Changing Your Perspective We can never underestimate the power of changing our perspective. Doing so has the potential to heal our bodies, our minds, and our relationships. In a world filled with prejudice, judgment, hatred, and unresolved grief could a change in perspective make a difference? I feel it can and …
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Self-Care While Grieving and Why It Matters “You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love & affection.” ~Buddha When we think of self-care we can often think self-ish, and not in a good way. This is an unfortunate association, especially in times of loss and the inevitable pain of grief. Self-care …
Wounded People Hurt, Healed People Love “For what you do to others, you do to yourself.” ~Eckhart Tolle What does the phrase ‘Wounded People Hurt, Healed People Love’ mean? It is a phase I coined and highlighted on the back cover of my book, Responsibility. What message was I trying to convey with this important phrase? …
We Need to STOP Shooting the Messenger “A wise man should consider that health is the greatest of human blessings, and learn how by his own thought to derive benefit from his illnesses.” ~Hippocrates What do I mean when I say we need to stop shooting the messenger, you are surely asking. What I mean by …
“A meaningful funeral celebration is about saying hello on the pathway to goodbye.” ~Dr. Alan D. Wolfelt As you may or not be aware my husband and I own and operate a Funeral Home. Our family home is above the Funeral Home and thus, we are engrossed in the world of loss. Do we do …
“There are ghosts asleep inside every one of us: arcane issues never addressed, ancient griefs never laid to rest, suspicions, self-doubts, banished longings, secret meanings.” ―David Richo Over the last several months I have taken some time to myself, for my own personal growth and renewal. This is the first article I have written since …
