Seventeen years ago, I was recovering from a devastating brain infection in the Ottawa General rehabilitation hospital. On my way to my daily physiotherapy sessions, I used to pass a poster with a quote from Henry David Thoreau – “Advance confidently in the direction of your dreams, and endeavor to live the life you have […]
We each have gifts to share with the world. By sharing these gifts we create a life of meaning and purpose. Yet often, our fears and insecurities prevent us from recognizing our uniqueness and paralyze us from sharing our greatest gifts. At times, physical, emotional or circumstantial challenges prevent us from meeting expectations or achieving […]
Sometimes it seems that things just keep happening to us, that we don’t have any control of our circumstance. The truth is that we always have a choice. It is only when we lose sight of who we are and what we really want to achieve that we end up feeling helpless. Each decision that […]
It happens to all of us. We get so caught up in all the things we need to do that we forget why we wanted to do them in the first place. There are days when we struggle to get through all the things that need to get done. Sometimes, it’s hard to recognize what […]
We’ve all been there, the alarm clock goes off and you think to yourself “do I really have to get out of bed?” It takes a few minutes, but you rationalize that it is in your best interest to start your day and get to work. What about situations where the only person you are […]
There are endless rationalizations that we can use to explain why we settle for less than what we have the capacity for. We can get into the habit of accepting less from ourselves and, in turn, start expecting less from life. It’s so easy to fall into the habit of using where we have been, […]