I remember in my youth, when I was under foot in the kitchen my mother would laughingly tell me to go fly a kite. There is nothing more joyous than standing in the middle of the field, hanging onto a string and feeling the power of the wind on my kite. I made it out […]
Category Archives: MINDFUL LIVING
Soaring with Eagles – Music and Numerology
This spring, when the Vancouver Island Symphony in Nanaimo was faced with designing a new season, the eleventh, there was a sense of anticlimax. As is tradition, the tenth had been a big celebration. Staff scrambled for ideas to pull the season together, to find a thread and tell a story, to bring all the […]
Book review – True Parenting
As a parent, have you ever asked yourself questions such as: "Just when I knew what to expect with the first child, why did I get a second child who is completely opposite?” or "Has my mother’s wish come true…did I get a child exactly like me?” True Colours™ helps us to understand our temperament […]
Insights of Motherhood
In L.B.M. (life before motherhood) I did not see motherhood as "fun". Mothers looked stressed out, irritated and were usually desperate to escape their children for a break…..to have some fun! I definitely did not see why someone would actually choose motherhood. And so I decided not to have children since they would obviously interfere […]
Healing Tides
Close your eyes. Hear the sounds of waves crashing on the shoreline. Smell the salt air. See the blues and purples on the horizon where the water and mountains meet. Feel the heat of the smooth sandstone under your feet. Connect with the rhythm and the power of walking on a beach. Close your eyes […]