Y(our) World – Whole-Life Leadership

Pride Month Canada

National Coming Out Day came and went on Friday October 11, 2019 and I didn’t even know about it until I crawled into bed and saw a good friend’s Facebook post. That’s a sign of my straight/heterosexual privilege – I get to go through my days, almost every day, without thinking about my sexuality and…

Look around you, love.

Look around you, love. Slowly. Do you notice this sunset? It’s the only one you’ll ever see. Tomorrow, you’ll see another one when you come to this edge – but then it will be another sunset, incalculably different from the ones you’ve already seen. Such is the miracle and wonder of the world. Everything moves,…

The Importance of Time for You

Regardless of your gender, making time in your life for you is not only important it is critical. You’ve all heard the saying, “Put on your own oxygen mask first.” The reason that this is important, not only on a plane, is that you are of no use to anyone around you if you are…

Lift off!

From birth… At the core, none of us were meant to be common.We were born to be comets,Darting across space and time —Leaving our mark as we crash into everything.A crater is a reminder that something amazing happened here —An indelible impact that shook up the world. Donovan Livingston’s 2016 Convocation speech is a…

I am; because you are. Ubuntu.

I am at an interesting chronological time in my life. There is a good chance, statistically, that I am roughly mid-way’ish in my life. My husband and I celebrated our 20th wedding anniversary last year, we have 3 boys that are almost 1/2 my age and becoming adults. My parents are likely entering the last couple…

Sharing – “Broken Things” and “Loveness”

This beautiful article just had to be shared as is…we all have this voice in us as parents and our children are here to teach us to learn to listen to it. It knows. BROKEN THINGS {from the Majestic Unicorn} October 20, 2015 by Kathleen Fleming This was my hallway last Wednesday. Broken. Sharp. Treacherous.…

Wisdom from Making Mistakes

We make a lot of mistakes. If you ask people whom you consider to be wise and courageous about their lives, you may find that they have hurt a lot of people and made a lot of mistakes, but that they used those occasions as opportunities to humble themselves and open their hearts. We don’t…

How is the ‘Professional You’ interfering with your Parenting?

You’ve achieved success in your career and now you find yourself struggling in an area of life that means so much to you; your role as a Parent. You’ve heard the comments that children don’t come with an owner’s manual and you sure wish they did. You know that there are some ways that you…

A new look at Work-Life Balance

“The current understanding of work-life balance is too simplistic. People find it hard to balance work with family, family with self, because it might not be a question of balance. Some other dynamic is in play, something to do with a very human attempt at happiness that does not quantify different parts of life and…

Your Emotional Literacy will build Their Emotional Literacy

{This article was modified and syndicated on YourTango.} I read the news today oh boy. On September 18th, 2015, I woke up to the unfortunate news that a young 18 year old girl died during the first week of classes in her first year of University. I wept. I wept for this poor young girl…