Just because I have the capability to do something doesn’t mean I have the capacity. This is a lesson that hit me suddenly, and keeps reverberating as I continue to grow my business. The Wake-Up Call It was a simple email that did it. Someone sent me a work email late in the evening… Continue reading The Capability Trap
Category: Mental Health
A Day Of Wander
A few years ago, I found myself alone downtown on a Saturday morning. I had to drop something off before nine. Done. Suddenly, there I was with my notebook, a novel and a water bottle in my bag on a sunny, warm morning, and no plans for the rest of the day. No one needed… Continue reading A Day Of Wander
Rituals Are There To Support You
I need opportunities to be present in my life, to slow down, and savour the moment. Over the last year, I did this by adding more significance to my morning habit of making a matcha latte. I use my favourite white mug with the violet interior. After carefully mixing the vibrant green matcha powder with… Continue reading Rituals Are There To Support You
Fun as an antidote to difficult times
Glimmers and gratitude are great, but fun is where it’s at. Fun is changing my daily experience one small moment at a time. Fun is something that I actively seek and it brings joyful sparks to the day. It can be playing hide and seek with the dog, or putting sprinkles on my ice cream.… Continue reading Fun as an antidote to difficult times
Don’t Practice What You Don’t Want To Build
Practice makes us stronger. If you have a musician in your life, or if you play an instrument, you’re well aware that regular, daily practice is necessary. The internal discipline of regularly putting some of your energy into practicing your skills helps those skills stay strong and develop over time. Lately, I realize that I’ve… Continue reading Don’t Practice What You Don’t Want To Build
Can You Rest?
Can you rest? I’d never really thought about it before I retired. As a teacher, rest was simply not working on school work. When I first retired, I told myself that I was taking a year to “rest.” I think I probably meant, just not working. I did rest that first year, despite my poor… Continue reading Can You Rest?
Cultivating Three Spaces For Your Wellbeing
A friendly smile as I walked down the hall, and sharing frustrations with a co-worker while un-jamming the photocopier, are two of the daily interactions that disappeared when I retired. At the time they seemed fairly insignificant to my overall wellbeing. How could venting to a colleague about the construction that delayed our commute, support… Continue reading Cultivating Three Spaces For Your Wellbeing
Keep Curiosity Alive
Genius Hour was a popular concept a few years ago and I used it with my class. Every week the students would have time to pursue projects that they had designed. This was student-initiated learning: their curiosity leading to a project that they would share with the class at the end of term. It was… Continue reading Keep Curiosity Alive
Can You Remember What You Just Read?
Just a quick scroll through the news cycle or a social media app exposes me to an overload of ideas. Many of these ideas are interesting and important. They act as a distraction from what I’m in the middle of doing, or not doing. But having too much information leaves me vulnerable to poor decision… Continue reading Can You Remember What You Just Read?
Mind The Happiness Gap
*Free Happiness Gap resource included* It has long been established that what people say and what they actually do, are two completely different categories. This applies to when we’re talking to ourselves as well. We tell ourselves a different story than our actions reflect. There’s a gap. Mind The Gap It’s common for us to… Continue reading Mind The Happiness Gap
Retired, And Now What? 