Gratitude is a word most of us don’t use too often. If you’re Canadian, you may have used it a few weekends ago as you sat down with your friends, family, and a great big turkey. If you’re American, you have another week or so before you’re urged to focus on
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Said in some form by Stephen King, William Faulkner, and some guy named Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch (whom I’d never heard of before today), it’s an annoying phrase for most writers: kill your darlings. For editors it’s a little more pleasant or at least satisfying. Although when it comes to editing, it’s
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In my Communication courses, we always spend some time talking about intentions. I usually get some mixed reactions to this: some people seem to really latch onto the idea, while others seem wary of it. I love teaching about intention though, and bring it up two to three times throughout the
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I’ve been teaching a course on Communication Skills. In the process I also took a course on teaching Communication Skills and was being mentored by a seasoned instructor. It has been an extremely revealing experience and through the course for instructors, the experience with my mentor, and the process of
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The mind is a funny, funny thing. So powerful, so intricate, and yet so very weak. Strongly connected to the power of the mind is this thing called resolve. In theory, I have loads of resolve. I have goals and dreams and things on my list of ‘to-do’s that are
Keep Reading ... →It’s been a long time since I’ve written anything . . . and not just here – anywhere. Well, anything I haven’t been obligated by a contract to write. I’ve tried a few times here – only to ditch a half written post that felt forced. I’ve opened my journal,
Keep Reading ... →It’s been an intense week. An overwhelming week. A stressful week. A week when I’ve felt like an impostor, like I’ve taken on more than I can handle, when my work has made me tired and burdened me with feeling inept. I had moments when I wanted to cry, moments when
Keep Reading ... →I’ve been thinking a lot about value lately. It’s so subjective, and that’s a frustrating and a beautiful thing. It’s beautiful because it allows us to make choices that would otherwise be considered impractical, unwise, foolhardy, indulgent and feel justified. It’s frustrating because it can cause us stress, guilt, confusion
Keep Reading ... →I’ve been thinking about love the last few days, the multitude of thoughts and emotions and actions and ways of understanding that one word. I’ve also been thinking about the dozens and dozens and dozens of people who’ve passed through my life that I could apply that word to –
Keep Reading ... →In my previous post (which was awhile ago – it’s amazing how an engagement and trying to get wedding plans underway can steal your attention!) I discussed the Wizard’s First Rule from Terry Goodkind’s The Sword of Truth series. Today I move onto the Second Rule. Just as the first had some pretty interesting
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