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Recently, I have been asking and listening to stories about kindness and gratitude. During COVID, it is obvious that our kind-hearted acts need a bit more courage, patience, perspective and [...]

Lucky me! If I am sounding like a broken record, at least you know I am consistent, persistent and convinced that I have a message that bears repeating. Over and over again. It’s still dark [...]

I gave myself the word ‘Gratitude’ on December 31, 2019 with a commitment to research the topic – the science,  its benefits, my relationship to it and how to do it better. What [...]

When I was growing up, board games were a common way to pass an hour or two. Monopoly could go on for days, but Snakes and Ladders was a quick and mindless way to spend an afternoon with friends [...]

A group of seven women and I are four-fifths of the way to winding up our Grapes’n’Gratitudes series. After 21 days of Gratitude journaling, the number of COVID cases rising, the [...]

“Emodiversity is a practically important and previously unidentified metric for assessing the health of the human emotional ecosystem.” So states a report, published in 2014 in the [...]

Little known Canadian fact: On November 22, 2012, the National Philanthropy Day Act declared, “Throughout Canada, in each and every year, the 15th day of November shall be known as [...]

When I started my job at the local community foundation in 2005, I was wide-eyed and wondering, “How do I do my best work in an organization that is part of a movement I don’t fully [...]

Christmas 2020 is going to be like no other – let’s get our positive emotions organized so we can make it memorable and meaningful. Be part of a small group and enjoy five weeks of [...]

Kindness produces the single most reliable momentary increase in wellbeing… A friend who is in a position of leadership and influence recently texted, “I won’t lie. Some days [...]