day four: a grinchmas gift

December 16, 2011

I am noticing my Grinchmas journey that, while a big part of celebration at this time of year is giving, it’s also about receiving. It can be to truly difficult to heartFULLy receive, and that’s the other half of the giving bit: having someone receive your generosity and kindness  fully and completely. Yum much? I [...]

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day three: the relapse

December 14, 2011

Celebrating Grinchmas boils down to wanting to live life on your own terms. I mean, growling and snarling when you hear holiday songs at the grocery store is a pretty clear indicator that things have gone a bit too far. So, I am so excited to be celebrating Grinchmas! The idea! The love! The sparkles! The [...]

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day two: when you get up in the morning

December 11, 2011

When you get up in the morning, what are the first things you do? Do you have a morning ritual that fills you up for the day ahead? When I get up in the morning, I always think of this song, likely resonant mostly to Canadian readers: But the bottom line is: when you get [...]

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day one – check yo’self

December 9, 2011

Before you wreck yourself! Yesterday was one of those days that felt longer than it should have and quickly the snowball of should-y’s began rolling through my monkey mind. When I got home, I stopped and checked my work list and my Cynthia-Care list and noticed that the work list was pretty well covered off. [...]

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The Grinchmas Challenge

December 7, 2011

I am not sure about you, but the holidays kick my perfectionist-gremlin into hyperdrive. And because this year has been truly the Year of The Wild Things, I am celebrating Grinchmas instead of Christmas.  Let me explain. The holidays are ripe with landmines. Pressure to be with loved ones, but what if you don’t have access to [...]

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Okanagan Winefest 2011

October 19, 2011

La dolce vita.  I have caught myself smiling dreamily a lot this year, lost for a second of two (or ten) in the beauty of life. Each time it happens, I try to whisper some thanks out loud, one more droplet in the gratitude bucket for this wildly good life. I am thankful for this space [...]

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Pause. Play. Rewind? Fastforward.

September 27, 2011

 This week, Seth Godin wrote that: In revolutionary times, it’s tempting to work to get things back to the way they were. 2011 is my Year of the Wild Things: facing forward and making significant geographic, work, relationship, and intrapersonal shifts and moving through the process of opening up to the new while sorting and moving [...]

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the last 24 hours

August 2, 2011

I am lucky to have adoring and adorable friends and family who make me feel like a sun-ripened berry of love: juicy and full and warm and delicious. I am also fortunate, that while these dearly beloved’s live scattered across this beautiful world, to be able to travel and see them, and them to me. [...]

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it’s a scorcher!

July 21, 2011

The last few days in most of Ontario have been wildly hot and the hot hot heat has broken only for even wilder stormy weather: high winds, heavy rain, lightening and thunder. During this time of year there are often forest fires in Northern Ontario, and while spending a couple of days at the family [...]

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busy(ness)

July 13, 2011

My brain is so busy lately. Part of it is that I have trekked back to Ontario for the month of July, which has a lot of moving components and routine has been hard to come by. The other (bigger and badder) part is that a lot of really wonderful things have been happening over [...]

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