My husband died in our bedroom one grey January day. I found James there, stone cold, hours after he died. That night, I slept in the spare room as I was unable to face being in our bed. However, I couldn’t continue the practice because friends and relatives were pouring in to stay for the…
Continue reading →I found my 68-year-old husband, James dead in our bedroom. He had been dead for hours. Stone cold. No carotid pulse. 9-1-1. I did what had to be done, but failed to anticipate the immediate horror of sleeping there afterwards. I had to, of course, as the house filled up with visitors staying for the…
Continue reading →This past fall I had a profound experience that shifted my life trajectory and elevated my energy to stratospheric heights. It literally resuscitated the joy back into me. That’s what walking on 2100 degree hot coals will do to you. I wasn’t aware I had old stories or limiting beliefs that were holding me back….
Continue reading →Stress is one of the most uncomfortable conditions with which our bodies have to deal. As stress increases, our ability to think creatively and find productive solutions decreases. My most common reaction to stress is worry – a habit I’ve favoured because of the energy it produces along with a sense that I’m ‘doing’ something about the situation, when,…
Continue reading →As I write this post, it’s a little over a week away from the 2016 USA presidential election. The drama and anxiety that event is producing is off the Richter scale for Americans as well as those of us who view it from other countries via media reports. Add to that horrific terrorist attacks in…
Continue reading →I like to play with words. So, I took the word THRIVE and assigned a word to each letter – a word that had meaning for me. If you have a different set of words that are meaningful to you, feel free to list them in the comments. T – Transformation H – Harmony R…
Continue reading →Some people are curious why I focus on the word “thrive” with such intensity. So I decided to write a sort of “manifesto” to capture the essence of what thriving means to me and how I see it playing out as the theme of this website. While thriving might be equated with success, there is…
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