Navigating grief and loss in a 5 part series: a rather taboo subject in society that encompasses much more than the death of a loved one.
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Managing Grief-Part 3: Grief & Depression
Navigating grief and loss in a 5 part series: a rather taboo subject in society that encompasses much more than the death of a loved one.
Purpose and Burnout
Like most people, I have found this last year to be incredibly difficult. I am a Director of Care and a Nurse. I am a published author, a yoga instructor, grief counsellor and a mom. I have travelled the world many times over, searched for myself, my home and my purpose. I have experienced severalContinue reading “Purpose and Burnout”
The importance of setting goals.
Or rather, the perils of not setting goals…. I had a hard time planning when I was younger. I was afraid to make goals because I was too afraid of failure, not meeting expectation, letting others (and myself) down. It was fine, it was safe, but it was not in the slightest bit satisfying. IContinue reading “The importance of setting goals.”
No.
Two simple letters, one huge impact. I found it so hard to stand up for myself and say no for most of the things in my life. I was persuaded and bullied, I fell for the wrong guys and the wrong crowds. I was afraid to challenge anyone because of how that might be perceivedContinue reading “No. “
You
You. I wrote this book for you. With all of your accomplishments and all of your flaws, I sat and I wrote. With your chin hairs and nose hairs and toe hairs, I wrote to you. At 3 in the morning on a Sunday or on a bench inside a mall, I sat and IContinue reading “You”
Mirrors
What I have learned about other people’s mental illness has helped me learn about my own emotional being. I am, after all an incredibly emotional being. I have also met, had intimate relationshipswith and worked with some very “emotional” beings. Because of the stress this has caused me, I took it upon myself to getContinue reading “Mirrors”
The One Life Movement 