I’m currently reading a great book by Cody Cassidy called: How To Survive History: How to Outrun a Tyrannosaurus, Escape Pompeii, Get Off the Titanic and Survive the Rest of History’s Deadliest Catastrophes. And it has reminded me of a question I raise on a fairly regular basis. Do you…

When My Heart Is Heavy — There’s a well known poem by poet e.e. cummings called [i carry your heart with me(i carry it in] and it goes like this: i carry your heart with me (i carry it in my heart) i am never without it(anywhere i go you go, my dear; and whatever is…

There’s a famous quote. It is: Fear Is The Mind Killer. You may have heard it but don’t know where it’s from (not that it really matters, but it’s from Frank Herbert’s classic book Dune (which is also an 80’s movie and there’s also a remake from 2021). The full…

You probably haven’t heard of the Roman God Janus (pronounced JAY-nes). He is the god of transitions, of beginnings and endings, of duality — like past and future (and maybe also good/bad). Also, gateways, doorways, passages, and time. The month of January is named after him (so shouldn’t it be…

We are social creatures, wired for connection. Have you heard this phrase before -or something like it? But, I have to wonder….Are we? Sure, some of us are — the extroverts out there in the world — being their loud, brash selves, flaunting themselves on the worlds stage — basking…

One pet peeve of mine, of social media, of influencers, is when these so called ‘experts’ tell you what you should do. Don’t run to lose weight! Do this! Don’t eat carbs, do this instead! Don’t use your regular oven, use an air fryer! Don’t do (insert whatever thing you’re…

I’m sure you’ve probably heard of Psych2Go. If you haven’t, you’ve probably seen one of their popular animated videos, without realizing it. After all, they have 11 million subscribers on YouTube! And they make their cute videos on topics of mental health, psychology and wellbeing to help educate and support…

I was doing a run the other day (was it yesterday?) and the instructor said some line that when I heard it I was like: YES! Some little bit of inspiration, or motivation. She said: We’re all on the path to progress. And my immediate thought, as I was running…

I’m wearing an orange shirt. Today,specifically. You might wonder why if you aren’t from where I live (Canada). I’m sure I’ll see lots of other orange-shirted people out and about today. Why? Because today is the second National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. The first one was last year, after…

There’s something I’ve been hearing quite a lot recently from the various instructors on the Peloton app that I use for fitness (running, walking, yoga, cardio) — I’ve heard it about 3 or 4 times now in the last few weeks and it’s this: without challenge, there is no change. …

I’m an introvert. I don’t like talking to people (that I don’t know) if I don’t have to. Especially on the phone. I hate phone calls. I’d prefer to go to the doctor or dentist rather than talk on the phone to someone! …

So, last week I was let go from one of my side hustle jobs — a remote, online editing (and sometimes writing) job. I’d been there for just over two years. I enjoyed the work, and the company said they highly valued my work, but that they had to let…

Grief can be reignited unexpectedly, out of the blue by…well, anything at all, really. Something that just triggers the fact that you’ve lost a loved one. This happened to me just today from something someone posted on Facebook. …

I went to find a graphic on Canva to do with mindfulness and I came across a bunch of motivational graphics and I just went: WOW. Are we really supposed to try and do all this/be like this? It’s more discouraging than motivating to see all these graphics. …

A rant — I’m going to rant here a bit. All thanks to constant Facebook ads. I get random Facebook ads for products. I’m sure you do, too. And lately, maybe because it’s summer, maybe it’s because I’m a woman, maybe both, or maybe it’s just random — I’ve been getting lots of…

Continuing with my ChatGPT AI exploration, I thought I’d see what https://chatgptdemo.net/ came up with if I asked it to write a few different book reviews. The result? Quite boring, staid, superficial and uninspiring summaries of each book! I asked it to write a review for 3 different books: The…

I’m currently sitting at a dining room table next to a window with a view out over the Pacific Ocean. I can hear the waves, as a constant low hum in the background. The sun is shining and there’s blue sky. It’s a little cool because it’s still morning. We’re…

I’m talking about allergy season — Ugh. I am barely conscious. Barely functioning. My head feels full of cotton, muzzy. My brain has been taken over by fog. My eyes are open, I’m talking but not fully present. I feel like a literal zombie. Struggling to move my body through my allergy fatigue. …

Today I did the week 7 module of my online MBSR course — getting close to the end — of the 8 week program itself — then I’ll learn the teaching skills and a bit of theory This week we are taking what we’ve been learning and applying these practices…

I recently listened to a podcast from Ten Percent Happier, the meditation app. A couple of weeks ago they did a 5 part podcast series speaking to the Dalai Lama about…well, lots of stuff — like wholeheartedness. …