For several years on a regular basis, I have met with a therapist & coach to help me navigate through my thoughts, feelings and experiences. We have spent hundreds of hours discussing relationships, whether it be relationships with my husband, family, friends, co-workers, bosses or myself. Like anything in life, relationships have their ups and downs. When they are down, I focus on bringing them back to a healthy state, or sometimes have to recognize the relationship has hit its ...

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It is a hard thing for me to admit, but there have been many times I have taken a ride on the comparison train. It is easy to hitch a ride on this train, but not an easy journey. It is rather bumpy and takes you through a tunnel of envy and self-pity, leading nowhere at all. It can be hard to jump off as the tunnel goes further and further into the dark, but with the right techniques and realization of what train you are riding it is possible to make it stop. I am guilty of comparing myself ...

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By many I have been labeled as a “perfectionist”. Believing people were getting mixed up with my high-achiever characteristics, I thought they were confused. To me, a perfectionist is someone who has a great attention to detail and did EVERYTHING perfect. I never feel like anything I do is perfect, can always be approved upon, and take myself to great lengths to do so. One day I decided to look up the term “perfectionist” to get a true meaning. The description is written as “a person who ...

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You know the saying “when it rains it pours”? It is a phrase commonly used to describe when a lot of something (good or bad) happens at once. I have been reflecting on the timings of things in life and this phrase has come top of mind. I have noticed over the course of my adulthood, everything seems to happen at once, and then maybe nothing much happens at all. For example, during a solid three-year run everything MAJOR seemed to happen our lives.  We got engaged, got married, got a dog, moved ...

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When I read Gretchen Rubin’s “The Happiness Project: Or, Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have more Fun” I was a solid 4 ½ years late to the hype of the New York Times best seller. I was first introduced to Gretchen Rubin when I heard her on “The School of Greatness”. I decided to dive into “The Happiness Project” as I spent this last couple years on my own happiness project, and was curious how I would relate. I will ...

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Sometimes I find myself stuck in a rut, and even though I always find a way to get unstuck, it is a frustrating time. I have realized the number one reason I usually fall into a rut is because I am not engaging in something interesting to me. When I stop engaging it is usually due to time constraints or burn out on a particular subject. Podcasts have been a tool I find helpful to re-engage. There are endless amounts of podcasts on all types of subjects, and what is great about them they are so ...

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A while back I came across this popular video from CBC Radio. CBC made a special video message, to people of all ages to offer words of wisdom to their younger counterparts. It reminded me of this and this, of which I read well over a year ago. These articles inspired me to write a similar letter to my 20-year-old self when I turned 30. And I intend to do the same for my 40-year-old self, expressing what I hope to learn through this current decade. Below I chose to share a few things I wish my ...

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I am a naturally anxious person. It is hard for me to relax, I tend to worry about or over think almost everything. I accept it is a part of who I am and have found ways to help me cope in times when anxiety gets the best of me. Understanding ways to deal with anxiety (outside of medication), has been difficult and takes a lot of practice and acknowledgement of how I am feeling and why I am feeling that way. Someone wise told me to focus on facts, instead of beliefs or feelings. For example, ...

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Over a year ago, following my 30th birthday I did something I never thought I would do. I got a tattoo! This was surprising not only to me, but to friends and family who know me as generally traditional, and straight & narrow. The idea came up over dinner with my husband. Since turning 30, I wanted to do something a little unlike me, something fun, but not permanent. Something that made me feel a little connected to my 20’s. I did not want to cut my hair or skydive, and came up with the ...

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“The Game of Life And How To Play It“, is a short, but mighty powerful read. Published in 1925, the author, Florence Scovel-Shinn, was an early 20th-century metaphysics teacher and prosperity writer. Scovel-Shinn reminds readers they each have a path they are to follow, and must do so with clarity, to prevent getting in their own way. Her teachings abide by seven laws, which include: The Law of Prosperity – (supporting others as well as yourself in success/abundance). The Power of The Word ...

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