What’s The Best Advice You Received from Your Mother?
“Angie, wipe the dust off your feet and leave that place!” This is the best advice my mom ever gave me. We all hope for wise and loving mothers and I was fortunate to receive one such woman as my life guide. Lately I have been thinking of how we get stuck. How we attach […]
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Give Thanks with a Grateful Heart
Thank you, You’re welcome, No problem are some of the most over used phrases in the English language. Think about how often you say them each day and then ask yourself if you meant them, did you feel them in your heart. In the last month and a half I have once again been reminded […]
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A Lesson in Strategy and Innovation from a Crazy Dog
Two coinciding events occurred last week leading to this post. The first was unexpectedly meeting a much admired and respected previous boss and the second was viewing an extremely funny video of a crazy bulldog. What do these two events have in common? Let me tell you. As I chatted with my ex-boss, I remembered […]
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4 Tips to Curb Running on Empty
Has this ever happened to you? You climb into your car, start it and a buzzer sounds; or you are driving and a screeching noise blares, your gas tank is near empty. Most of us know what this means. We have approximately 50 kilometres until our car runs out of gas or petrol. If you […]
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Tolerance, Truth, Trust, Turmoil
THIS POST IS AN EXCERPT FROM MY BOOK LETTERS FROM THE WAY For the past few days, I have been grappling with questions around tolerance, truth, trust, and turmoil. The four T’s symbolised so perfectly by the Tau symbol I see all around me at San Anton. Tolerance I am not sure that absolute freedom […]
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Love Stories from the Camino
Love stories from the Camino fascinate me. Last year as I walked, I heard epic tales of people who had fallen in love along the Camino as we walked together or in previous years. I wondered where they found the energy for romance or to put their best foot forward, so to speak. Nevertheless, as […]
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Finding Harmony through the Five Elements
Have you ever experienced a moment so pure that it could be a dream and when you awaken, you are overjoyed to discover that it is not? Yesterday at San Anton, I experienced two such moments. I had the pleasure of an unexpected but most welcome visit from Rebekah Scott, author of The Moorish Whore. […]
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The Joy of Extravagant Giving and Receiving
Last weekend I was chatting with friends about giving and receiving. We all noted how we behave in social situations. When invited to a dinner party we all take a small or sometimes not so small gift with for the host. When invited out for coffee we quickly jump in attempting to pay the bill. […]
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3 Quick Tips for Remaining Focused
Most of us make resolutions coming into a New Year. By the 3rd of January, many have broken them. I no longer do this. It seems like an exercise in futility as often I become embroiled in the holiday season festivities and excitement of entering a fresh, clean new year. However as my birthday rolls […]
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