Inspiration

I should have taken Robert Frost’s advice and followed The Road Not Taken. Instead, I took the path well-trod – what I thought was a safe and predictable route. But nothing is ever really safe, is it? What’s that saying, “Life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans…

Did you experience awe and wonder this morning at being given another precious day? You should, you know; after all, your life is a miracle. Have you ever thought much about that? Did you know that, according to Wikipedia, an event is considered a miracle when the odds…

One useful way to unearth the wisdom that Islam may hold for all of us would be to look at Muhammad in his own place and time. So, let’s head that way. Pre-Islamic Arabia: An Unhappy Place Muhammad was born around 570 CE into Arabia’s tribal society. Built on rigid hierarchies where power and wealth […]

For a long time, I believed that caring deeply meant absorbing other people’s pain. I thought being a compassionate person required emotional sacrifice. Staying up late worrying, saying yes when I needed to say no, and feeling responsible for everyone else’s healing…

Can you imagine: 15 women from across the globe – Canada, South Africa, UK, Australia, Mauritius, Switzerland, USA and France – met in lush Ubud, Bali, for a week that changed us all. It wasn’t a holiday so much as a homecoming. We came seeking connection, peace, and perhaps…

The cold days of winter are ahead of us. It won’t take long before the seasons completely change. This is when you should prepare your house and yard for the upcoming winter and help them wait for the spring looking their best…

Ladies Who Lift: That’s the inspired name of the group of newbie weight-lifters at my local gym. And I’m the one who knows least of all about the topic. Which, frankly, is fantastic. It’s a chance to learn a whole new vocabulary, meet people whose paths I might never have crossed, and find out…

I did it. I did it, I did it, I did it! In case you missed my last article, “What Are You Waiting For?”, it was all about how it’s not too late to do something that keeps pulling at you, that won’t leave your heart and mind alone. My story starts like this: 41 years ago (but who’s counting?!)…

Ladies, I need to tell you about Sister René Parman, and I need you to sit down first because this woman is about to make every single one of your excuses evaporate like your husband’s ability to find things in the refrigerator. Sister René just turned 105. Know how…

Autumn falls across my shoulders, wrapping my body up in her golden embrace. The air is cooler, fresher and more demanding of me. The leaves fall from the trees as if they are in love with the earth, nestling once more into her soft and expansive landscape…