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A Ladder, Missing a Rung or Two…

April 25, 2010

Yesterday I had tea with a couple of girlfriends in the afternoon – unfortunately I didn’t have a camera with me. In retrospect this spectacle would have made an excellent photo?!  (This is a photo from last year) It was early afternoon and I was still in my dressing gown. I had been working all [...]

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What Is Existentialism?

April 23, 2010

Am I a new breed of existentialist? Someone who thinks ‘relationship’ – not least of all with myself. Feels existentialist. And needs every single of of the needs I talk about with my clients? A sort of NVC existentialist with a twist of Imago and decorated with TOT?

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Overflowing with Life / Balance

April 22, 2010

It took a while to gradually build my weeks to look like this: A week of work that I Love, Hot Jazz, Dear Friends and a Fun Swing Dance Class to top it off on Sunday. It takes constant awareness and monitoring to keep life sweet – but if it ‘goes wrong’ I can always [...]

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The Importance of Communication Skills

March 7, 2010

The Importance of Communication Skills:
A Review: ‘Capriccio’ by Clemens and Richard Strauss
The importance of communication skills was never more evident than it was tonight – and in such a crystal clear way by the end of what threatened to be a very long evening. This was the first time I have seen the opera [...]

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Upwards and Onwards!

March 6, 2010

Trauma and disability slow you down. Big time. A very good indicator for me will be when I can do everything I have to do PLUS write my blog regularly!
Exhaustion is the one common denominator I hear from everyone ReBuilding: lack of stamina and everything taking more energy – at least ‘more’ in terms of [...]

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Finding Balance in Your Life

February 8, 2010

Is your life calm and easy? Well balanced? Chances are, certainly if you live in the West, it’s not! Making me even more aware of the differences these past few months – balance-wise – were our new family ties with Kenya, Africa.

I see my 2nd son, Dan, racing around growing a great business (We Drywall [...]

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MS – New Experimental Treatment – CCSVI

January 23, 2010

Canada has the highest incidence of multiple sclerosis in the world – why are we so complacent when it comes to possible new treatments?  I wonder why? And why do we humans hang-on so tightly to treatments that don’t work? Despite my own prognosis I was determined to find a way to get back [...]

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The Ultimate Trust and Acceptance…

January 15, 2010

What a week this has been.  And what an example…
My 9 year old hero, Cobe, was admitted to hospital to have an ‘osteochondroma resection’ on his rib – something he now was ready and wanting to have done. Potentially quite difficult surgery.
I was blown away by his dad Daniel’s remarkable ‘cool’ in the face of [...]

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Happy New Decade – and Wheelchair Basketball!

January 7, 2010

Happy New Year to everyone – I feel a surge of optimism!  The first decade of this millenium has not been an easy one, not for me and not for many people I know.  In fact it’s been downright horrible!  Right now, ever since I realized it was a new decade,  I feel almost on [...]

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I’m a Burned Out Candle – You Are The Light

December 23, 2009

This morning I received this poem – actually yesterday morning now – and I was struck by how the words seemed to speak not just to a lost romance but also to a future lost through trauma.  I also want to say how loving, kind and genuine this young man is.
I know this isn’t a [...]

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