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By the time you are reading this, Friday September 11, 2020 will be fading in the rear-view mirror. The 9-11 numbers remind me of a confusing, unbelievable moment that dramatically altered my [...]

First, a poem by American writer Octavia Butler from Parable of the Talents: Kindness eases change.Love quiets fear.And a sweet and powerfulPositive obsessionBlunts pain,Diverts rage,And engages [...]

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 week, TGP is 50 names [...]

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 is solidly based on the [...]

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 with absolute [...]

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 clarion – we need to [...]

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 [...]