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A Story of Resiliency
Setbacks or crisis or just plain hard times happen to us all. It is part of life. We don't have to like it. Who wants break ups, money troubles, job problems and other losses that come our way? Last year our son died of brain cancer at the same time that my husband...
Life Coaching helps build Resiliency
. Would you ask your friend to fix the plumbing in your home? Would you ask your spouse to teach you to speak French? Not unless they were experts in those fields. So why does it seem normal to rely on our families, friends, and community members to help us achieve...
The Rose
The Rose On the one year anniversary of our son Robin's Death, we held a ceremony of life, surrounded by friends and family, we sang, we cried and we released his ashes into the sea. And we had a Champagne toast to him and to Life. I thought we...
Acts of Kindness Build Resiliency
Acts of kindness for many people turn out to be an essential part of building Resiliency! I observe on a daily basis all the acts of kindness big and small that take place everyday, it makes the world a better place and is as good for the giver as the receiver. See...
Resilient Musician
Colin Williams with Ruffus My friend Colin Williams has shown such patience, resiliency determination and persistence, after losing his hearing, he is a true inspiration. This lifelong musician, lover of playing his guitar, singing strumming his ukelele along with...
Sharing Resources is part of Building Resiliency
Sharing Resources is an important part of building Resiliency. Information is knowledge and knowledge helps us understand what is going on, who to turn to, it reduces the sense of isolation and helps us to build the cornerstones of Resiliency which are belief,...
Resiliency: Why do we need it?
Resiliency: Why do we need it? Have you ever noticed that challenges just pop up in life? We are going along our path, what ever that may be and often out of nowhere, like a pot hole on a country road, pops up a challenge! Could be relatively small, phone dies,...
Resilience: What is it, any way?
Resilience, What is it anyway? Many of us kind of know what it means, sort of but not exactly. We see it in others. Ruffus demonstrated it while looking for a home, Jim Mullan showed it when learning to walk after a spinal cord injury. The stories that will be...
The 1% Principle
JUST 1%, THAT’S ALL IT TAKES! The 1% Principle helps us deal with adversity. It is so easy to become overwhelmed when faced with adversity. We are not at the top of our game. Maybe we are in a lot of pain, maybe we have too much to deal with and don’t know where to...
Meet Susy Giddy
Meet Susy Giddy. Originally from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Susy and her husband moved to Cabarete, Dominican Republic in 2009. Susy is the founder of Cabarete Life Coaching and her strength is helping people live bravely and with courage -especially when life throws them...
Jim Mullan Walks
Life Coaching and Resiliency
“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it” Nelson Mandela During the first days and weeks after our car accident, I was feeling overwhelmed! I was in pain, terrified, traumatized, my husband had a broken neck, and countless medical...