• Archive for the Personal Growth Category


    Every Day Should Be Valentine’s Day

    Published February 11th, 2008

    Imagine you looked on your commercial calendar and there was no little caption about Valentine’s Day on February 14th–what would you do? Nothing?  Would you forget, and receive angry and hurt looks from your significant other?  What if, instead, you lived your life making the other person feel special every single day?
    I think that sometimes there’s a lot of […]

    You Are Not a Quitter

    Published January 26th, 2008

    Within the last 10 years, I have heard that people change careers an average of 3 times during their working life.  Gone are the days of working for one company for 25+ years.  I’m not surprised.  I also wouldn’t be surprised to find out that people switch careers or at least jobs more often than that.
    Times have changed.  […]

    What I Learned On My 30th Birthday

    Published January 18th, 2008

    It has been a busy year.   Many interesting things have taken place in my life, both great and less than great…but I definitely have grown (in spirit–not in height).  As my 30th birthday approached, I felt stressed about the amount of filing and shredding that had piled up in my drawers.  I had previously been fastidious about this, […]

    Favouritism

    Published January 11th, 2008

    Ah favouritism…..a word that makes adult children everywhere cringe.  When you were a child, there were a few brief years (or months) when you thought the world was always a safe, happy place where you were the best thing around. Then you started to grow up.
    Thankfully, as a child, I didn’t experience this with my own parents, who […]

    Overcoming Fear

    Published January 9th, 2008

    I recently overcame a fear that had been plaguing me for the last 30 years.  Yes….that’s right….the dreaded roller coaster.  Now I realize that many of you thrill seekers are thinking, big deal, but I am the person who pictured myself being ejected from the coaster, being catapulted through the air and landing with a […]

    « Previous Entries Next Entries »