Joy

Joy

Today I am doing a deep dive on Joy. You may know that Joy is the third week of Advent. You can get fa-la-la-ed out, and miss Joy completely. Joy it is not pleasure, and although it is discussed more during the Holidays, even tidings, unless felt, can fall on deaf...
Wisdom of the crowd

Wisdom of the crowd

Well, here we are, coming to the last few days of 2023. And often, in my blog, I ask and answer questions that I think my readers care about. I have trained as a speaker and coach, and generally, the questions revolve around doing or becoming more of what you want to...
Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!

I view this week as the start of a new year. Academics get it, the Jewish community gets it, (Rosh Hashana) and it is the week after my birthday! So, I get a little wistful. What I have, what I don’t have. Things I have done and not done… By one metric I am a failure;...
Maintaining happiness

Maintaining happiness

Learning the happiness habit – The same way someone can choose to be a miserable sort of person, you can choose to create the habit of being happy. There are techniques and tools you can use in your life to maintain your happiness. Use gratitude as a way to offset the...
Persistence

Persistence

When I come up with a blog post, it is usually because of something I have learned or something I have found. Today’s is different. This is a sermon I am preaching to myself.! As we are going through what seems like Canada’s longest winter, I felt it would be...
Turn your Wants into Beliefs

Turn your Wants into Beliefs

One of the reasons some people don’t get the desired result from visualization is that they frame their dreams as things they want to happen instead of things they believe will happen. This little tweak can be the magic wand you have been waiting for that will bridge...