Valued Precision

September 23, 2014
We were doing firewood this morning starting about 6:30am. It's not something you want to forget to do during the summer months because looking for firewood in -30 with 3 feet of snow isn't much fun! It is exciting watching the trees fall...'timber'...and then buck them up, split them and stack them. It's not a super precise process which is unlike making kitchen cabinets out of wood. There is some heavy duty measuring and understanding how each piece will fit together...measure twice, cut once...and then attaching them in just the right place.

I got to thinking while swamping...I mean assisting...that life is that way too. Some things can be done without much thought to the precise outcome and other things need to be well thought out before attempting and then all the way through the process.

Which areas of your life are you throwing things together and what part of your life are you being very careful with? Does this reflect your current values?
 

Looking in the mirror...

September 15, 2014
There are videos galore about animals seeing themselves in a mirror. They hiss and arch their back; try pawing at this 'enemy' in an attempt to make it retreat. I've noticed humans kinda do the same. I've seen clients look away in disgust and refuse to look back; sometimes they start talking or thinking the most vile ugly words to themselves. What is it about looking into our own eyes and saying 'I love you' that brings such fear and anger?

It's not even so much our body image. It's like...
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Stop Living for a Paycheque!

May 23, 2013

Not for a paycheque; I work for a cause!

Do you know how many times you have been judged? Or done the judging? Everyday of our lives we are told in some way, shape or form that we are under par; no good; deficient in some way. We believed it eventually even though we didn’t come out of the womb thinking there’s something wrong with us. Even with my own kids, I noticed signs of an ‘IDS’ internal deficiency syndrome by very young.  Was it me that gave them that thought? I am sure I...


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3 Reasons to Stop Saying Sorry

July 5, 2012

She said exactly what I thought she would say. Having arrived at our 8:45am meeting about 9:12am, she was clearly late. Having called the office, her staff had let me know she was running late. When she arrived, the first words she says? "I'm sorry!" I knew she would. Canadians are world famous for our insistence in saying sorry - and saying it often. As the joke goes, if you want to find a Canadian in the crowd, start stepping on toes. Its the Canadian that will say sorry!

While it see...


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That's What I Thought...and it caused my results!

September 7, 2011
What is belief? For some people, it is something that they have come to think of as true – a religious doctrine even. But belief is actually something much simpler than that. When people ask me what a belief is, I tend to respond with an answer like this:

A belief is a thought you keep thinking. That thought leads to words and feelings, which make you act a certain way, causing a cer...


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Living a Full Life (vs. a busy life)...by Chris Sommer

August 31, 2011
Focus:  Living a Full Life (versus a busy life)

This section is focused on 1 tip you can implement in daily conversation in order to reset your mindset & speak with power.

"You're always so BUSY!"
"I'm always so BUSY!!!"
"What do you do to keep BUSY?"

Sound familiar? I hear this being said across the board, ...

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Start Every Decision with Your Core Values

May 16, 2011

The lunch bell had gone and I showed up in her classroom door. As soon as my daughter saw me, she hung her head. What a sweet soul, I thought as I walked over to her. Only 7 years old when her great-grandmother passed away and moving through the midst of her father’s and my divorce, she was looking stressed earlier in the day when I had let her know she had the morning of her school day to decide if she was going to the funeral. Now it was lunch time and I needed to know what her decision w...


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Money…is it the best measure of value?

April 26, 2011

Wandering absent-mindedly into my office, my daughter asked me a most curious question. It started out simple enough and then turned into quite the discussion of values and beliefs. She had noticed the posters for a workshop I am hosting on my desk and asked me why I was charging people for the workshop. I answered with something like “because this is my business” and figured the subject was closed. The subject was apparently not closed for her and the next statement she said is unfortuna...


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Are You Set Up to Win?

April 19, 2011

Twisting the door stoppers and giving the handle a tug, a rush of warm, moist air reaches my nose. The smell of warm dirt and growing seedlings takes me back to earlier greenhouses of my youth. Some plants are already 5 inches tall, others just showing themselves above the dirt. Water lines showing on the inside of the greenhouse plastic evidence of the moisture, warmth and sun. Fans humming and soft music the gardener has chosen for their time of planting and caring. It is common knowledge w...


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Book Review - "Spiritual Partnerships" by Gary Zukav

December 17, 2010
The concept of a partnership between two whole people was not foreign to me. When I saw this book on the rack the first time, I was hoping the subject matter was about what I thought it was. Gary Zukav did not disappoint. The path to authentic power rather than the external power we've all previously pursued is well underway and gaining momentum. As a life coach dealing with relationship issues, I see the range of beliefs people carry relating to marriage and relationships that are not servin...
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