Over the years I have listened to hundreds of clients and students make excuses for not exercising—seriously, I think I’ve heard them all. And I always say ‘the key is finding something you love to do’. So today I’m going to share some of my tips to making exercise more fun: Don’t do it alone. […]
Continue ReadingThe Business of Being Well
An interview with Carol Hawksley, SchoolofCT Instructor (Retired) and Wellness Facilitator By Deborah Dunleavy It has always fascinated me that there are so many ancient ways of keeping well and yet in our modern world of ‘bigger is better’ and ‘more begat more’, we seldom find time from our stressful lifestyles to take care of […]
Continue ReadingHow Complementary Therapies Approach Health Care
Complementary Therapies. Alternate Healing. Wellness. Holistic Health. Natural Healing. Have you been overwhelmed by all the information? By the advertising and marketing? By the controversial discussions? Although you may find that definitions of complementary therapies or medicine vary, we’ve one approach to health. And it’s really quite simple. Possibilities. Process and Wellness. To help you […]
Continue ReadingWithout our Health Nothing Else Really Matters
It’s not a new thought, but it is a very important reminder. This January is National Preventive Health Screening Month in the US. Whether or not we are in the US it’s a great time of year to review our health and healthy living priorities. As we set our New Year’s Resolutions and look to […]
Continue ReadingSecrets to Happiness 6 to 10
More Secrets to Happiness! Last time, we looked at five simple ways that you can stay cheery even when your life looks or feels like rubbish. This month I am sharing another five of my ‘life-saving’ tips! 6. Happy People Love Sharing Surprises So, you had a crappy drive to work and road rage is […]
Continue ReadingHave many ideas — do one!
Tips to making priorities I’m just back from a wonderful whirlwind tour of Ottawa, ON; Montreal, PQ, and Vancouver, BC. And I arrived back to my home office in Seattle, WA to find loads of paperwork to catch-up: emails, phone calls, filing, student assignments and course evaluations, Team SchoolofCT minutes, RRCO minutes and committee work, […]
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How to Make Exercising a Happiness Habit Do you begin a stringent exercise plan only to fall off the wagon and give up? Most of us do. And continue to throughout life! We all want the benefits of exercising and starting a new program always seems so exciting. We imagine how we are going to […]
Continue ReadingAug 2009 Finding Your Joy and Strength
(introduction to the Feeling Absolutely Fabulous Program™) Just recently I was making arrangements for a lunch date with my friend Joan. Joan and I sit on the Board of the Anxiety Disorders Association of Ontario and we had some business to work on and some personal “girlfriend” stuff to catch up with. You know how […]
Continue ReadingSeason’s Blessings
Season’s Blessings! Throughout recorded time it appears that the Autumn and Winter Season has been celebrated with ritual. Ritual is, at its simplest, best described as the habitual performance of some action. At this time of year much of what we consider ritual is believed to have symbolic value, as prescribed by religion or the […]
Continue ReadingDo What You Love and the Money Will Follow
There is a wonderful little book that I have recommended to so many clients and students over the years called How to Survive the Loss of a Love. Often I’m suggesting that someone pick this book up when they are looking at the end of a long-term partnership type relationship, like marriage. And most likely […]
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