Smash The Dark Mirror

In his book Flourish, Martin Seligman recommends that each night we take ten minutes to reflect on the day and write down three things that went well, and WHY they went well.
If reflecting on what went well helps mitigate the effects of negative thoughts then we need to put ourselves in situations where things can go well. Situations where we feel purposeful, creative, smart, valued….

Volunteering, Connection and Disappointment

Part Two of Three In November 2018 I started volunteering, I’d been thinking about doing it for several months but couldn’t decide where, there are so many excellent causes. Finally I decided to join a very reputable organization that puts volunteers in elementary schools to tutor children who are behind in their reading. I love […]

Unemployment, Community and Connection

Part One of Three When you work for an emotionally healthy organization one of the nicest benefits, other than the paycheque, is that you become part of a community; building relationships with co-workers through shared experiences, celebrating successes and overcoming challenges. Having a sense of belonging and purpose is an intrinsic human need, it can […]

Icy Choices

Minus 24 with a windchill of minus 31 and as a responsible dog parents we bundled up to go for a walk. Just a short one, the bundling took almost as long…. At a fast pace set by the pup we navigated the slippery sidewalk, pulled our hoods up over our hats to block the […]

Butterfly Effect

I have a weakness for time travel, sci-fi, fantasy type entertainment. At the moment it’s the show Travellers currently on Netflix. The premise is that in the very far future humankind is extremely technically advanced, to the point that we can send a human consciousness (Traveller) into the past to inhabit a human body right […]

the time of greatest quiet

It’s peaceful, this place I’m in, quiet, no hint of sound, still. I’m motionless, weightless, colourless, there is no warmth, no chill. I have no fear, nor sadness or joy, safe in my box of wood, released of my will.

Look After Yourself!

For almost two weeks I’ve been hunched over my desk, doing schoolwork and making jewelry for upcoming Christmas Markets. Very productive…until…IT started. That aching pain up the right side of my neck, then a few days later over the right side of my head and eventually out my right eye. Has your eye ever felt […]

Corners

I’ve never know how to hold you properly fold you, in my arms. You are so much bigger than me with such strength, and yet easily twisted and bent. I struggle and start again, and then again but get nowhere. I can see where you naturally flow but try as I might you slip […]

Too Little Time Left

Bark! Bark! Bark! The Garbage Man is coming! The Garbage Man is coming! Must get outside to greet, greet greet… Stumbling over his back feet running to the door…Bark Bark Bark! More like Huff Huff Huff as he shows his age, beautiful golden fur shedding in his wake. I just vacuumed for goodness sake! […]

Back From “Vacation”

I’ve just returned from a week long “vacation”; is it a vacation if you don’t have formal employment? The feeling when I returned was different. In the past, the approach to the Monday morning after a vacation would be a mixed bag of emotions; dread at having to get up early, excitement to see the […]