(Time to read: ~ minutes) Your partner forget to pick up the milk. Or your child has the music turned up too loud – again. A team member didn’t deliver their part of the project on [...]
(Time to read: ~2 minutes) It was Lilac Festival time at the Royal Botanical Gardens in Hamilton. I was looking forward to my first visit there. I have a special love of lilacs because my [...]
(Time to read: ~3 minutes) I’m always surprised when it happens. I call for help because something has gone wrong with some big organization’s systems. “Hello, I’m trying [...]
(Time to read: ~4 minutes) “I can’t believe she lied about what happened in the meeting!” Jenna took a fierce bite out of her pickle and glared across the table at her friend [...]
(Time to read: ~5 minutes) “I hate it!” Jean fumed to her best friend. “Rob and I were having dinner and I was telling him about my day and how my new boss made me look totally [...]
(Time to read: ~5 minutes) All names have been changed to protect privacy At Work Georgia glanced at the clock as her direct report Andrea arrived for work. 10:30. An hour later than they had [...]
(Time to read: ~2 minutes) There’s a beautiful little sparrow who really wants to build a nest on the shelf in our bathroom. Day after day we see him sitting on the roof just outside the [...]
(Time to read: ~4 minutes) It would be lovely if I were always perfectly calm, compassionate and self-aware. And then there’s reality. I appreciate that even in my “off” [...]
(Time to read: ~ 3 minutes) It’s important to choose your battles, because you don’t have enough time and energy to change everything you want to be different. But it’s also [...]
(Time to read: ~ 3 minutes) At this time of year, many of us get together with people who push our buttons. In this post, I share my 4-step recipe for how to enjoy the experience – or at [...]
