Everything I know about leadership started with square-dancing. I learned the quick-step and do-si-do while attending Bark Lake Leadership Centre at 16 years old, an organization that helps campers transition into …
Under(water) Pressure
The situation: A couple of years ago, I took up swimming for exercise. I’d struggled with a bad back for a number of years and when a chiropractor suggested I strengthen my …
From victim to strength in conversation
The situation: This is difficult to admit but here goes: for as long as I can remember, I saw myself as a helpless victim of criticism, misdirected anger, undermining, put-downs and …
It’s Okay to be Scrooge
As December approached, my usual dread of Christmas began seeping in like the ominous fog in a scary movie. It has a skin-crawling sensation to it and I’ve imagined myself …
Now That’s What I Call Mindfulness
I’m always looking for ways to talk about mindfulness that suit my understanding of it – and that’s been surprisingly harder than expected. This week, I found the following description …
Daring Awareness
The situation: Like almost everybody I know, my life is hectic and busy and often overwhelming. Work consumes most of my time and even though I don’t have kids, I’m …
Practice is Progress
The situation: My last blog post spoke to the struggles I had coming up with ideas for what to do next and how process-based living emerged as a result of …
Welcome to Process-Based Living
The situation: In 2009 I resigned from my first career in financial technology and embarked on the journey of creating a professional coaching practice. In those early years, I asked …
Seeding a Better Future with a Back-to-School Reflection
Some people like to reflect on the past year at the beginning of the next one. I’m usually too burnt out by the holidays to think that clearly so I …
Persistence
Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a …