I've recently been nominated for Businesswoman of the Year in the Entrepreneurial category, sponsored by the Women's Business Network of Ottawa. In addition to my appreciation for what I know is the honour of being nominated, I have also become very mindful of my own thoughts about what, exactly, my business is about. Many years ago, when I started the ... Continue Reading >>
Blog
The right to change my mind
Maybe that's as good a way as any to describe what an Emerging Future looks/feels like : I get to change my mind. I get to change my mind often and without hesitation and explanation. I get to step into a thought and in doing so, find another just over that edge and follow it, instead. I get to live fully, moment to moment, and have that living reflected ... Continue Reading >>
Major Mystery: what I do for a living
Mom and I just got back from spending the day together. Man! That woman is a hoot! I sure hope that there is some genetic coding in there, somewhere, that will allow me to look forward to being 83 and as irreverant, outrageous and funny as she is! The drive to the hair stylist's took 40 mintues - and we laughed all the way. She's really an amazing woman. ... Continue Reading >>
Today is the first day of the rest of my life
I wrote The Year of Practical Magic... and The 5 Keys to Making it Happen as a reminder to myself to keep moving forward. It is also the first time I've written this way - about 5 keys to anyting! I have identified the 5 things that I believe are essential to creating a different life. Not just talking about and/or thinking about a different life but ... Continue Reading >>
Intention – Mindfulness – Magic!
Once again, the end of one year and the beginning of another. Cycles and rhythms. Inhaling and exhaling. Ceaseless… relentless… harbinger of the mindlessness of repetition and the potential of the hope that is carried in the dawning of a new day. Closure. Fresh starts. Moments to reflect on completions and things still undone. If I were to tell the ... Continue Reading >>
Spontaneously being our essential selves
It’s Christmas Eve. No matter how it actually unfolds, I am always mindful of a darkened sky, stars blinking through the crisp, cold air; ever-decreasing activity on the road as people reach their destination and settle in for the long-anticipated time with family and loved ones; snow falling softy and quietly, adding to the sparkling cloak that Gaia has ... Continue Reading >>
Staying conscious in a collective coma
I had breakfast today, with a woman who has become a deeply meaningful part of my life. I would trust her with my life and, perhaps more importantly, I would trust her with the lives of my sons. I do not say that easily or loosely! My time with her is always a great adventure of discovery, about myself. She and I both know that as we share aspects of our ... Continue Reading >>