Advent Calendar 2023 – Joy for the Greater Good
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Advent Calendar 2023 – Joy for the Greater Good

The benefits of cultivating inner joy goes well beyond the development of your own personal well being. Personal joy becomes an opportunity to influence humanity when it transforms into a source of inspiration and positive action. When you are sharing your joy within your community (the people you work with, your family, your neighbours, or…

Advent Calendar 2023 – Seasonal Joy
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Advent Calendar 2023 – Seasonal Joy

At the beginning of every season, there’s a unique feeling that comes over me, which I affectionally refer to as Seasonal joy. It’s a specific feeling of happiness and contentment that encompasses a combination of childhood memories, traditions, and sensory elements associated with each season. For example, the snow melt in the spring triggers memories…

Advent Calendar Blog 2022 – That’s A Wrap
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Advent Calendar Blog 2022 – That’s A Wrap

Has it already been twenty-four days since I started on this year’s Advent Calendar Blog? I intended the topic for 2022 to be a reflection on change, and how to face it with courage and dignity, whether it was brought in intentionally or not into our life, yet it seems there were a few other…

Advent Calendar Blog 2022 – Grumpy Isn’t Grateful
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Advent Calendar Blog 2022 – Grumpy Isn’t Grateful

I was listening to Steve Harvey being interviewed on a podcast about gratitude the other day, and he said a few things that stayed with me. For those of you who may not recognize the name, Steve Harvey is an American comedian/actor and television host of the long running Family Feud game show, who has…

Advent Calendar Blog 2022 – Doing Your Best
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Advent Calendar Blog 2022 – Doing Your Best

We’ve all been given the advice to « just do your best » at one time or another and I wonder if like me, you are left pondering what exactly that means. Do we even have the same definition of doing « my best » because I am not the perfectionist that my friend might…

Advent Calendar Blog 2022 – How did I get here?
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Advent Calendar Blog 2022 – How did I get here?

How often do you take the time to sit with yourself and take stock of where you are in life, and assess if you are on track with your life goals? Im curious, because I am wired for planning and the need to measure myself against targets ( I admit that’s not necessarily healthy), so…

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Advent Calendar Blog -2022 – Leading the Changes in Your Life

We’ve often been given the metaphor of making our way down a road or path as a comparison to going though life. I agree that in many ways, there are similarities, for example the final destination is unknown, but we have a map, general knowledge of points of interests along the way, and we have…

Advent Calendar – Dec 24th: Final Comment
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Advent Calendar – Dec 24th: Final Comment

More than three weeks have passed since I started this Advent Calendar blog, faithfully delivering a post each day to follow through on my promise. It has been a very interesting experience, and I confess that I had not considered all the challenges an Advent Calendar blog could present when I came up with the…