I became a mom to my daughter at 21. From then onwards, it felt like I had to move through life at warp speed. Always in motion, always accomplishing something, always doing better. Every day was a mad scramble to make it through the self designated to-do list that I felt obligated to complete. Every…

We’ve all been there. We’ve all been at our wits’ end. We saved money for a trip and then our truck needed repairs. We spent three hours shovelling snow off the driveway just for it to snow twice as much the next day.  We’ve been training for a marathon for six months and we sprain our…

I can do this. I can do this. I can do this. My inner monologue rings through my head with these four simple words. It doesn’t matter what I’m doing, what I’m thinking about or what the task at hand is. I can do this. Finding a mantra is a crucial practice to keep yourself…

Dwelling on the negative simply contributes to its power -Shirley MacLaine If you are journeying into the world of self-help you have most definitely heard about the power of positive thinking. Such a brilliant concept, but one that can be quite difficult to conceptualize. If it were that simple, wouldn’t we all do it? Just…