People want to have a life of meaning – of purpose – yet how does one accomplish this? Not from an egoic place, but from a humanistic vantage point. A recent article in the magazine, Mindfulness: Healthy Mind, Healthy Life, offered some suggestions on how to...
The headline in the Sunday Province paper read: Failure isn’t such a bad thing, study reveals (Linda Blair, January 28, 2018 p.B6). Really? Isn’t failure damaging to your self-esteem and sense of self-worth? Isn’t it something that can damage you for life? It...
January is named after the Roman god Janus. The story is told that Janus has two faces and looks into the past and the future at the same time. Quite fitting for the month that begins our New Year! While the Winter Solstice in December asks us to “go within” to...
During November, we have opportunities for Remembrance. By definition, this is a time of acknowledging and reflecting upon the past. People, places, pets, objects, situations from our past come forth to be acknowledged and “remembered” apotheke-zag.de. The month...
While attending to the usual business year-end inventory count, I was struck with how this process can be a metaphor for many things. Who knew that by counting inventory stock and reorganizing it in one’s work space, many other lessons and comparisons could be made? ...
On a recent trip through British Columbia to Alberta, I was struck by the pure majesty of our country. From verdant forests to rock bare deserts; flowing rivers and waterfalls to stiff stone mountain ranges; every colour of the rainbow to blackness. As I soaked up...
As summer comes to a close, we reflect upon that which has happened and consider where we go from here. The outward expression of our energies and activities, so much a part of the celebrations of summer, begins to slow down. Time to gather and draw nearer. The...
As this is my 40th anniversary in nursing, I have been reflecting upon what it is to be a nurse. Nursing is still an art and science, but it is not a career for everyone. There is a fine line between helping someone in pain and taking on someone else’s pain. ...
There is a definite feeling of freedom in the summer air. Watch, listen and smile as you notice signs of freedom around you. You’ll hear it in the roar of the motorcycles out on a road trip. You’ll see it in the carefree way the children ride their bikes and swish...
It seems everywhere I look these days, I’m reminded in some way of the story of the Phoenix. In native cultures, the Phoenix is also known as the Thunderbird. Looking back over the historical significance of this image, it is interesting to see how this image is...
The mind has time to wander and wonder while walking along a beautiful beach. Connections and realizations seem to occur more easily when Nature is your companion. Here is how my mind “wandered and wondered” while on a recent vacation. What do Antigua, Eliot Ness and...
The Hero’s Journey helps people understand their road to self-discovery, mastery and their truth. This road uses universal archetypes as guides along our journey. We are all familiar with these archetypes because they exist in our collective psychological...