The Magic of Camping

As a caregiver you are often stretched for time, sandwiched between caring for your parents and your own children. Taking time to re-connect with your children is so important. They will be feeling the stress of the changing relationship with their grandma or grandpa...

Podcast – When Is It Not Ok to Say Ok?

In this podcast Norm Vinson, PhD and myself discuss when is it not okay to say okay at the end of a sentence. After listening to his podcast I guarantee you’ll notice how often you use “okay” and will start to change the way you phrase what you...

We Live In Our Relationships

We don’t only live in ourselves; we also live in those we love and in those who love us. We live in our relationships with each other – with those to whom we are present…and I don’t mean just present in a physical sense but also in an emotional...

I’d Go to the Wall for You

Competitive athletes – at least back when I was competing – talk about hitting the wall. ‘Hitting the wall’ means you just give everything you’ve got to cross the line – to complete the race. I had that experience once in my life...

Why I Do What I Do

On Friday I had the delightful opportunity to work with a number of individuals who were finishing up our Fit Minds Cognitive Coach Certification course. We spent the afternoon reviewing the materials and the Interact program. They all had different reasons for taking...

I’m a Professional Caregiver – and You’re Not!

It’s really important to be professional and aim for excellence in your chosen field or occupation. But each profession has its Achilles heel…where professionalism become ‘professionalitis’. We’ve all experienced it – where the...