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Mindset Matters:  What Is Yours?

Mindset Matters: What Is Yours?

Growth mindset?  Positive thinking?  Our Mindset matters.  In truth and fact, Mindset matters mightily.  Where and how we put our attention, the thoughts we think, how we engage with them…all make a whopping difference… throughout my entire life, both inside and outside.  Our thoughts, can, very literally, determine our emotions, our experience…and therefore our life, our functioning,...
We're Made to Dance: Let's Do It!

We’re Made to Dance: Let’s Do It!

We’re Made to Dance: Let’s Do It!  It’s been a recent aim of mine to get up from the computer more, move around, juggle, dance, have an “exercise snack”, as they say.  And just today I came across this support from one of my favourite authors.  Here’s an quote of his, Kurt Vonnegut, (he’s talking...
Beauty is all around us -- Outside and In

Beauty is all around us — Outside and In

Beauty is all around us — Outside and In.  For weeks now the Universe has been sending me signs and messages of beauty: to pay attention to its inner and outer manifestations.  For example, we are several weeks in to the explosion of the blooming in the Rhododendron garden in Stanley Park.  I do not...
Natural Resources: Always Available!

Natural Resources: Always Available!

Natural Resources: Always Available!  Recently I was out for a leisurely walk with my sweetie, we did our first stroll of the year through the incredible Rhododendron Garden in nearby Stanley Park.  I let myself drop into the explosion of nature that is happening in my part of the world, and probably in yours. The...
The Power of Our Words and Thoughts

The Power of Our Words and Thoughts

In honour of International Women’s Day, particular attention to remembering and noticing the power of our words and thoughts, indeed the power of our mind, seems appropriate, relevant, and even vital.  Here are some motivational stories and actions  to inspire us! Shakespeare, the Buddha and many others have spoken about the power of thoughts, words, mind.  An earlier...