Consider how you have adapted over the past few years. What was the impact within your personal and professional networks? What was the impact on the quality of relationships with your family, your friends, your colleagues? The topic of mutually satisfying relationships is coming up in my coachi...

The past few years has been a roller coaster of feelings and emotions. Unrelenting change and uncertainty demanding increased proficiency and acceptance in being flexible and adaptable. The ups and downs have taken a toll. We have weathered several emotional storms and our happiness reserves are ...

As we move through the pandemic recovery process, how do you make way and show up for happiness? Do you find yourself less happy than you anticipated? Based on the conversations I am having with clients and colleagues, I wouldn’t be surprised if many of us are not as happy as we would have expec...

Are you preparing for your return to work? If you are returning after a personal or professional event such as recovery from critical illness, caregiving, job loss, or the pandemic, this blog will provide a shift to a new healthy mindset for the transition. For many, a return to the physical wor...

Have you found your zone in remote work? According to several surveys and articles presented throughout the pandemic, some of us have continued to struggle with the mindset and logistics of remote work. The encouraging news is that many of us have adapted and are now thriving in our zone of remo...

How has the pandemic affected your pace in your personal and professional life? How are you adapting to a new pace and showing up for your BEST self. Even the best of the best are experiencing challenges in finding their new pace at work and in life. Focus and concentration have been more of a c...

Someday in the future (we imagine), there will be a vitamin-like pill that will help in building our resilience. Today, however, we rely on three systems and sources to build our resilience. Intra-individual: gender, sex, biology, physiology, health behaviour Interpersonal: education, family,...

How do you define resilience? How has your resilience impacted your ability and capacity to thrive over the past few years or over your life? The term, “resilience”, has been bantered about everywhere for several years, but more in the past two years: in headlines, podcasts, blogs, articles, tal...

I’m sure many if not most of you can recall days back in your youth when you were chastised by a parent for staying up into the wee hours, and neglecting your sleep. But we were younger of course, and felt invincible, without having to worry about something so seemingly a trifle as sleep. That w...

Much of my work with clients involves developing emotional well-being and resilience. Many of my clients have needed to shore up their resilience and ability to thrive in work and life in the past few years. I include myself in that club. Our focus on COVID-19 has been all consuming and while th...