Bow Valley Giving Tuesday. December 3, 2024
OOPS! This is a blog that didn’t get posted in 2024. But, as Community Lead for Bow Valley Giving Tuesday, I am happy to report that we hosted two great events — one in Banff [...]
Between Fantastic and Fatigue
In preparation for this month’s muse-letter, I took a look at my “Journal of Words”, a treasure-trove of words and their meanings. There, I found the word “fantods” [...]
An Ecology of Gratitude – sneak peek
An Ecology of Gratitude: Writing your way to what matters, my debut book is on track to be launched early in November. Structured as a 30-day series of anecdotes and writing prompts, I use my [...]
Hope is an excellent strategy – as published in the Rocky Mountain Outlook, July 15, 2021
Has it ever happened to you? You were having a conversation with another person who just posed a question. You then took a deep breath, paused and replied, “Well, I hope so.” To which [...]
June brings condolences and thanks – as published in the Rocky Mountain Outlook, June 3, 2021
In his book, “Thanks!” the world’s pre-eminent authority in the science of gratitude research, Robert Emmons writes: “Recall that two of the primary obstacles to being [...]
Paying attention to Thoughts, Words, Actions – as published in the Rocky Mountain Outlook, May 6, 2021
A year ago, I offered a “Gratitude Goes Live” online series via Zoom. The goal was to connect people to each other and find reasons to be grateful, even when COVID was separating us [...]
Gratitude means saying thank you loudly and proudly
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 [...]
