Do you feel blah? The holiday excitement (and stress) is behind us now, the bills are showing up from excess holiday spending, and the scale is being rather unfriendly lately. For some people, New Year's Resolutions have already been broken, or willpower is wavering. The newness of the snow is long gone, and the drudgery [...]
No doubt you have likely heard, seen or read about the earthquake disaster in Haiti. The International Red Cross has estimated three million people — a third of the population in Haiti – may need emergency relief that includes shelter, food and clean water. It is estimated that approximately 50, 000 people may have died. [...]
What motivates you? Many people think that motivation comes from the pain or pleasure principle, also known as the carrot-and-stick principle. We, as humans, seek pleasure and avoid pain. I used to listen to Tony Robbins tapes religiously (laugh if you must)and applied that theory to my goals. If I wanted to achieve something, I [...]
2010 didn’t start off with the positive big bang that I hoped would happen, with the flu sweeping through our house for all of this past week. First my 4 year old got sick, and hubby took care of her for the first few days. Then he took a nose dive, and finally on New [...]
I'm 42 years old, an ordinary worker in the corporate world, a mom, and a bad cook. I'm a coffee addict, an insomniac and I believe in empowering people.
On June 19 2010, I rowed 100km over 10 hours on an indoor rowing machine, and raised nearly $18,000 to build a school in Mozambique through Plan Canada.