This time of year can be meaningful, fun and a chance to create special memories. At the same time, enjoying the holidays, and its busy social calendar, can be a challenge for those of us on the more introverted end of the energy spectrum.

So you’re in it: that dark, muddy place and time when life feels like it’s falling apart. Perhaps you’ve experienced a single, defining, life-changing event that’s catapulted you into change. Perhaps it’

The Becoming Who You Are Advent Calender is a set of 25 prompts leading up to Christmas. It’s a review of the year that has been and an opportunity to dream and scheme for the year to come. It’s a chance for you to add some ...

Do you know what the difference between coaching, counselling and therapy is? This can be something that causes a lot of confusion and involves many misconceptions. In this episode, I'm sharing some of the key differences between each of these ...

Do you know your love language? I didn't have the foggiest until I read the book I want to share with you this month. The 5 Love Languages is a framework developed by Dr. Gary Chapman, a relationship counsellor and pastor.

This is a guest post by Jane Wyker. We live in a culture that greatly favours youth and looks upon ageing as decline. How do you perceive yourself as you age? When do you think you leave youth behind? According to George Bernard Shaw, youth is ...

In this episode, I'm sharing a useful framework and set of questions from the book Rising Strong by Brené Brown. We can use these questions to deepen trust in our relationships with others, and especially our self-trust in our ...

One of the biggest influences on how I feel is the stories I tell myself. These stories can make or break my experience of a situation, mean the difference between connection and conflict, and hold sway over key decisions I make in my life.

I recently enjoyed reading the book Emotional Equations by Chip Conley. Although the book is geared more towards business owners, the main concept is fascinating: that emotions can be defined by equations involving experiences, qualities and ...

In general, I am leery of the “raise your self-esteem” movement. Like psychologist and author Kristin Neff, I prefer to think in terms of self-compassion than self-esteem. The idea that we should all think positive, believe we ...