No Coincidences

No Coincidences

I opened my computer this morning to begin working on the 2019 Victoria Yoga Conference.  Each year I work with my team after the conference to ask three questions that come from the work of Fabienne Fredrickson who calls this process Groundhog Day.  1.  What worked...

We all have a story to tell…

I can remember, as a child, being read stories each night at bedtime.  When my mom and I would go to visit my grandparents in the summer we would share a room, me in one bed and her on the far side in another, and from across the room I would drift off to sleep...
GRIT | word of the day

GRIT | word of the day

When I attended elementary school we thought one of the coolest teachers was Mr. Robbins.  Each week we had a new word up on the blackboard – we had to learn the word and create a drawing that went along with it. GRIT keeps coming up for me today. The pairing of...
Charlane Simpson

Charlane Simpson

  Planes are safer on the ground, but are meant to fly. Charlane Simpson has been described as bold, energetic and open, with a contagious laugh. While conducting her business terms such as focused, colourful, and extraverted, with attention to individual depth...
What to do when you find a dog!

What to do when you find a dog!

This is Maggie. On our way to the airport today to drop off  my daughter in law and her friend, we spotted Maggie on the meridian of the round-about at McTavish Road – there were lots of cars coming and going around the circle and the dog was getting more and...
Paying it Forward – Street Style

Paying it Forward – Street Style

I was walking by the library in downtown Victoria, and witnessed a man giving money to a fellow who had a big bag of pop cans he had been collecting. The recipient was abundantly grateful and said so to the fellow who gifted him.  It was coins so not a large...