Mindset

Winter Without a Pulse

January used to mean layers. Serious layers. The kind where you dress like an overstuffed sausage just to take the…

3 months ago

The Quiet Truth About Loud Arguments

I’ve spent enough years listening to arguments to earn a loyalty card. Not just my own, though I’ve had a…

4 months ago

Life’s Most Uncomfortable Seat

Nobody lines up for the middle seat. Not on a plane, not in a movie theatre, and certainly not in…

4 months ago

Your Portable Pura Vida Plan

It’s a bit amusing, really. I’m sitting here by my pool in Costa Rica, soaking in humidity like it’s a…

4 months ago

The Quiet Happiness We Keep Missing

If life were a baseball game, most of us would be hitting nothing but curveballs. Some days it feels like…

4 months ago

The New Year’s Resolution Trap

January is the month of bold promises and weak follow-through. It is when gym parking lots overflow, salads feel smug,…

4 months ago

Dusting Off Gratitude

Gratitude used to be the kind of thing your grandmother kept in the china cabinet, right beside the fancy plates…

4 months ago

The Past, the Brew and the Battle

There are a few things you learn quickly after landing in Costa Rica. One, geckos run the place and you…

4 months ago

Our First Tropical Christmas

If someone had told me a few years ago that our first Christmas outside Canada would involve palm trees lit…

4 months ago

The Making of a Good Leader

Leadership isn’t a throne you sit on or a badge you flash around like you’re the sheriff of a small,…

5 months ago