day eight: sneakin’ away to play with my friends

December 22, 2011

I am having a long, luxurious lunch with a new pal today and am leaving a drive-by Grinchmas gift for you. Marcel the Shell Part Deux. (Check out Part One if you haven’t already, it’s cute and poignant and makes you want to hug a shell.) P.S. Love, love, love why Marcel smiles all the [...]

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day seven: the playlist requirement

December 21, 2011

Last week, I woke one morning from a tumultuous slumber with the remnants of a yucky, small-feeling dream still fresh in my cobwebby brain. I turned to my musical muse Danette for help to groove it away. She recommended the perfect tune, via hoop goddess Allison Tarr. Thus, Katzenjammer’s “I Will Dance (As I Walk Away)” [...]

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day six: a true love story never ends

December 20, 2011

One of my most favourite things to do with a brand-new coaching client is actually one of their first assignments:  project themselves 10 years into the future and write the story of their life over the past 10 years. So many good things come out of that process, it leaves them (and me) all glow-y [...]

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day five: savouring simple pleasures

December 18, 2011

I have been under the weather for the past couple of days, staying at home and keeping my germies to myself. To my surprise, the Grinchmas celebrations have not ceased over this time, and I have channeled my version of Martha Stewart under house arrest. Celebrating Grinchmas over these days has been about noticing the pleasure [...]

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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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