Rockin’ the Back to School Craze with Mind, Body & Soul Awareness

This is a special blog for all the parents in our community! In writing it I wanted to leverage all I’ve learned through my mindfulness practice, as well as my deep knowledge of nature’s elements that are inherent in us all and always at work (for or against us!). Wouldn’t it be great to approach this Back to School season with grace and ease? In fact, wouldn’t it be great to rise above the stress and gain energy, productivity, and peace? YES, it’s possible! Give this mind, body & soul approach a try and let me know how it goes!

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Back To School: The Parents’ Perspective

As a new school year rolls around once again, I can’t help but think about how much being a father of 3 sons helped change and grow me personally.  Although my sons have graduated from High School, I can still reach back in my memory bank and remember how each August Kathy and I would spend a good deal of time getting our boys ready for their next year of school.  

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Wardrobe Building Blocks for the New Fall Season

If you followed our last post on keeping things simple for summer, you’ve probably done a certain amount of purging and now might be wondering how to add some updates or just add some new, effective pieces for fall.  Before adding anything, it’s good to have a plan for what’s already in there! Here are four steps you can take to put some foundation in place before venturing out for the new season. 

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Yoda Was Wrong About Happiness!

Yoda sure was wise…but it seems that he was wrong when he said, “Do. Or do not. There is no try.

That is at least when it comes to being happy…

According to a recent study published in the Journal of Positive Psychology by academics Yuna Ferguson and Kennon Sheldon, being happier can actually be as easy as “trying” to become happier.

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When Good People Make Bad Choices: The Human Side of Ethics

“Never in my wildest dreams did I see this coming. When I first started “borrowing” from the company I had every intent of paying back what I took. Heck, I did pay some of it back…at least at the beginning!” Those were the words Mark said as he confessed that the life he was living was, for the most part, an illusion. Truth be told, Mark, for all his legitimate successes, had over time become no more than a liar and a thief. His choices created consequences that he never dreamed were possible.

Mark’s recantation of his ethical fall is all too common.

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Goal Setting: Preparing Yourself For Your Best Success!

Years ago, as a fledgling entrepreneur, I was having lunch with a man I respected as a mentor in my life.  Bert had grown up in Newfoundland and in his words “had ventured out to Western Canada in the late 1960’s to work in the oil patch with nothing more than the shirt on his back and $20 in his pocket.” You only had to have one coffee with Bert to recognize that he was a man blessed with an entrepreneurial mindset and the drive and energy to get him to wherever it was that he wanted to get to.

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