Summer is here, and I spend a lot of time in my beloved garden in the mountain. It is, in fact, a part of the mountain in Mont Tremblant, it is full of typical garden things, like flowers, plants, shrubs, ferns, slugs, and weeds. The weeds are a good thing as one of...

The first time my husband Martin and I ever stepped foot in the Dominican Republic, we fell in love, as we had with one another so many years before, it was love at first sight. We loved the green of the palm trees, the warm tropical air, the music, merengue, bachata,...

Becoming resilient or developing the ability to bounce back from adversity is a bit like becoming physically fit! In fact it could be described as emotional fitness. Just like we don't become fit and stop working out, we don't become resilient and call it a day. It is...

As I was lovingly, working/playing in my garden this morning I started thinking about, self-help, self- improvement, and self- development, something was niggling at me about these concepts, but I wasn't sure what it was or how to express my concerns. So I stumbled...

One thing about a skunk—once you recognize the markings, you know things are gonna stink.” ― Richelle E. Goodrich, Making Wishes As an animal lover, I really don't want to say anything negative about skunks, I actually think they are kind of cute. Apparently, even...

Disappointments are part of life, from big to little and everything in between. We think we have a hole in one, and the ball misses by a sliver, we think we have the new contract, and we are told we are a close, close, second, we think a new friend is trustworthy and...

Finding our own way to do things, our own life path is both vitally important to living a full, joyous, authentic life and at the same time not so easy, particularly if your chosen path is different from those around you. In addition, in this day and age of social...

" Just Do The Next Right Thing" Such wise words. Whether we are facing something hard or following our dreams, we only ever need to " Just Do The Next Right Thing". And repeat and before you know it we have a string of the Next Right things and have gotten where we...

Guilt, is part of being human. We all suffer from it from time to time and that's OK. What is not OK is when we imprison ourselves, get stuck or essentially handcuff ourselves to patterns of thinking, behaving or beliefs, because we are trapped by what I call " Toxic...