Once again, there was just too much emotion inside of me, and it needed a place to go. The place I found for it didn’t judge or offer solutions, it just met me where I was and received the expressions of my inner world.
Human Beings Are More Alike Than Different: A Holiday Perspective
If the last couple of years have taught me anything, it is that human beings are more alike than different. We just might refer to the same thing differently. We love, we cry, we experience great joy and sorrow, and through it all…
My Father, My Self
After my father was killed I had done as my grandfather had asked of me. I didn’t cry, I became the man of the house and did the best I could, at that young age, to take care of my mother, sister and brother. Dad was gone. Best to just move forward.
How Living in Mexico Changed My Perspective, and My Life
“The beauty of life is things always fall into place, even when we think they don’t” I was first introduced to Mexico when my parents took us to visit a family friend there over the Christmas holidays one year. Although he’d travelled the world, this man adored Mexican culture so much that he purchased an […]
I Don’t Manage My Time (and Neither Should You)
I checked off the item on my to-do list app and moved on to the next thing, satisfied in a job, well… done. This isn’t the first time this has happened. In fact, it happens all the time… not just when I’m trying to create a great Hallowe’en experience for my son.
Why We Shouldn’t Teach Our Kids To Save
By only teaching kids to save, many parents are inadvertently teaching them to become spenders instead. But it doesn’t have to be this way; READ MORE
What Wisdom Have You Learned From Your Wounds?
Among many things, I am a visual artist. Several years ago, I took a course that changed my life. It was a course on the Business of Art. I learned a great deal but the most important was to allow myself to be me. It meant I needed to be vulnerable and that was incredibly […]
Do You Want To Be a Speed Racer or a Sloth? The Choice is Yours!
Despite doing my very best, simply maneuvering from my bed to the bathroom or couch was a challenging feat. Realizing I was realistically creating the impression of a sloth, I realized a hard truth: I was losing the battle, and something needed to change…