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150 is the number of close relationships we are designed to manage. Hooray and I am delighted to announce a milestone marker for The Gratitude Project (TGP)! As of this […]

I have been invited to submit a week’s worth of Gratitudes to Steve Foran for his company blog. Three grats per day for five days. Since my listing of Gratitudes […]

I remember June Callwood’s visit to Banff in the mid ’90’s. She was speaking at The Whyte Museum one evening and is the first public figure who impressed on me […]

Are you using COVID-19 as a motivator to set some positive health goals? Have you started a new good habit lately? Public health experts around the world are sounding the […]

Can you identify your top ‘Character Strengths’? To be a character strength, the trait must meet criteria such as: the opposite of a negative trait; valued by society; widely [...]

I just ordered a book by Calgary author, Nell Smith. Fun fact – whenever I read the word “retire”, I replace it with “rewire”. I am excited to meet Nell Smith through [...]

American professor of Geography and Pulitzer prize winning author, Jared Diamond wrote an opinion piece in last weekend’s Globe and Mail, suggesting that Americans use July 4, 2020 as a [...]

Image credit: “Hands Up for Peace!” mural in St. Louis, Missouri. Credit: Paul Sableman, Flickr (CC BY 2.0) – image taken from the internet. On June 6, I attended the Black […]

Note: The time has been changed to 11AM Thursdays for The (Re)Connection Series. Psychologist, gratitude researcher and author Robert Emmons states, “The act of writing your blessings [...]

I am so grateful for grassroots leadership that is showing up across the country. Leadership is demonstrated when someone sees something that needs changing – and they find a way […]