Louise Hay is known as one of the founders of the self-help movement. More than 50 million copies of her book “You Can Heal Your Life” have been sold throughout the world. She has spent most of her life helping people help themselves to lead richer, fuller lives. She is a master in her field. …
This past week I received news about a friend I knew well from High School. At the age of 52, he died suddenly of a heart attack. His family and friends are in shock. Although he was overweight and could have taken better care of himself, no one expected this. Many of those close to…
Today is Mother’s Day! It’s a day to celebrate motherhood and what it means to be a mother. What do you love most about your mother? What did she teach or give you that you are most grateful for? If you are a mother, what do you think your children value most about you? Here…
I have a very special place in my heart for children who grow up in homes that are lacking in love, caring, attention and affection. These are things all children need to thrive and to be their best. These children grow up feeling alone, scared and broken, sometimes into a million tiny pieces. In adulthood,…
The word “complicated” is defined as difficult, complex, problematic, perplexing, troublesome and hard to make sense of. How complicated is your life? When you look at your various relationships, your career and your time spent outside of work, do certain parts feel perplexing or hard? Are there trouble spots, things that are more difficult than…
In November of 2012 one of my dearest friends, Teri, climbed to an altitude of 5,364 metres to reach base camp Mount Everest in Nepal. She climbed with a group of 15 people led by “Live Out Loud Adventures.” This was her experience. The scenery was truly magnificent – the snow, the waterfalls, the rivers,…
Michael Fishbach is co-founder of the Great Whale Conservancy. He spends two months of each year on the Sea of Cortez photographing and tracking humpback whales. On Valentine’s Day of 2011, he came across a young whale in the water that was almost dead. It had become completely entangled in a nylon fishing net. Michael…
Although I like to think I manage my emotions pretty well most of the time, the other day I had a “need love” day – the kind of day I just wanted someone to tell me they loved me. So, I phoned my sister. She’s good at giving love. She didn’t answer, so I sent…
Most people don’t want to look at what they don’t like about themselves. It’s even worse for the things they hate. Those things, they prefer to bury away in some deep, dark place, never to be seen again. I believe this is a huge disservice. It means you’re dis-owning a part of who you are. …
The person you most need to see, feel, hear and get to know is you. The biggest mountain you ever climb and the deepest river you ever swim should also be for you. No one is more important for you to trust, support, respect, care about, forgive, appreciate, understand, have compassion for, cherish, never abandon,…
Forgiveness is the juice of life. When you learn to forgive often and always you don’t have to carry around anger, bitterness, resentments, hate, sadness or pain. You can let all of these things go. Forgiveness, however, isn’t always easy. We want people to pay for the hurt or harm we believe they cause. We…
I don’t know of one single program, teacher or guru devoted to spirituality or self-development that doesn’t preach gratitude. Not one. It is considered an absolute prerequisite to happiness and joy. To master gratitude, therefore, is truly a worthy and noble pursuit. So, how does one do it? How does one become a master of…
This past week I attended a funeral. It was for a man who was a significant part of my childhood. He was a farmer and his name was Johny. He lived on the farm up the road from ours (our family lived in the city, but we spent every weekend and all of our summers…
Have you ever had the honour and privilege of seeing a true master at work? The other night a girlfriend of mine invited me to go and see a fiddle rock band. The name of the band, quite appropriately, was Fiddlestix and the lead in the band, was a guy by the name of Steve…
Imagine crossing Africa from north to south and covering almost 12,000 kilometers (about 7,500 miles) on your bike over a period of four months (and I don’t mean a motor bike!). The trip is called Tour d’Afrique. It is considered a test of the mind, body and bike. Bev Coburn, at age 62, completed this…
