10 Signs of Disrespect ~ How to Rise Above it

As a person in Business and in life, we can often come face to face with disrespect. It can be disrespect from colleagues, disrespect from our exes and the father/mother of our children, disrespect from our parents or peers, it can be disrespect from government officials, or any person of authority. Disrespect can sneak into READ MORE

Sometimes ‘Blah’ is the Best There Is…

  As a blogger and a business owner it’s important for me to maintain a consistency in both posting and connecting to people in order to stay current, stay up to speed with things and just…well, because it’s important. Right? Lately, I’ve been struggling with what can be called the ‘Blah’s’ or ‘Blues‘ – I’ve READ MORE

I Dare You! – Step out of your Comfort Zone

By Guest Blogger: Tanuja Dabir If you are like me, you most probably don’t like to step out of your comfort zone. Trying new things can be challenging. It initiates a lot of mental chatter which is hard to ignore, right? Now, I had been thinking of doing FB Live sessions for my nutrition/ lifestyle tribe and READ MORE

The Truth Hurts ~ Only Those Who Refuse To See It.

The truth is pretty subjective because everyone believes THEY are telling the truth, that they are the RIGHT ones, that they know ‘what is what’. I’ve pondered this over the years because I have considered myself ‘burdened’ with the sense –  and the mission, that seems to run entirely on its own agenda –  to READ MORE

Positive Quotes For Positive Thoughts For a Positive Life

Rocking the boat is essentially going against the status quo – not just to be a pain in the ass, but to honour the place you are in. And often, that is not where the ‘majority’ are. The ‘Herd Mentality’ is a reality, and it is especially poignant on Social Media. When you feel like READ MORE

The Learning Garden – Teaching Children to Grow!

  LifeSpace Gardens is a local organization that I’ve been supporting in OTHER ways for quite some time now. We connected with them for our last SayHiToaStranger event in Vancouver in August, 2015. They provided a PoP uP Garden in the Olympic Village as a Check Point for strangers to come and hang out, eat READ MORE

Know your Food ~ BISON BASH AT TURTLE VALLEY RANCH

If there is one thing I love supporting it is businesses that operate with sustainable and humane food practices that are transparent to us so that you can Know where your food comes from. BUY LOCAL is one of my mantras and Urban Digs Farm has been a long time favourite of mine because of their READ MORE

Empath Toolkit – 5 Tips to Let Go of Emotional Weight

    Recently, I had a bit of a Body Image break down when I was preparing to go to a Wedding Shower that had a ‘cocktail theme’ – as I shuffled through the closet, I found a dress I hadn’t worn in some time, and as soon as I saw it a voice in READ MORE

The Dark Side of Mother’s Day – The Things We Need To See

It’s Mother’s Day this weekend. My very FIRST Mother’s day as a mother was tainted with subtle disrespect as I was pregnant with my first child, and my partner at the time decided that I wasn’t YET a mother, so celebrating ME was just not an option. Not the greatest way to begin the epic READ MORE

From Dull to Delight in 5 Easy Steps – Choose Happiness

“It isn’t what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about.” ~Dale Carnegie Happiness is that ever elusive place that all of us want to get to, and yet we feel that we just can’t seem READ MORE