In 1500 words or less, each post will give you something you can use TODAY to build yourself, your people and your organization whether your organization is a "for-profit" or a "not-for-profit."
Homes speak quietly. This is a longer post, I know, but it’s worth five unhurried minutes. Drawing on witchcraft philosophy and generations of folk wisdom, “Burping Your House” explores how paying attention through the seasons can prevent bigger problems later. Blending practical Canadian home care with mindful observation, it’s a reminder that care, timing, and gratitude are a kind of everyday magic.
This is a longer blog. I won’t pretend it isn’t.
But job searching is exhausting, and the usual tips often make it worse. So I wrote something slower, steadier, and more honest.
It’s a practical framework to help anyone looking for work, or someone supporting them, to see where they are, what’s working, and what deserves energy next. No judgment. No rush. Just clarity.
You don’t need to fix everything. You just need your next step.
📌 If that resonates, it’s worth a read, and please share it with anyone you know who’s on this journey.
You can find a job on your own, but it’s easier with the right tools.
As a career advisor in a non-profit organization, I know that one weekly meeting isn’t enough. Job searching is an acquired skill, built through practice, reflection, and momentum, not perfection.
With direct input from job seekers, we created The Job Seeker’s Playbook, a practical, strength-based tool designed to reduce feelings of being overwhelmed, protect confidence, and turn job searching into small, winnable weekly actions.
Built from lived experience, not theory, it helps job seekers build skills, stand out, and take ownership of their search, at their own pace.
Retail has a way of shaping you for what comes next. It builds judgment under pressure, people skills that actually work, and leadership grounded in reality, not theory.
In my latest blog, I explore how experience in retail prepares you for future growth: which skills travel well beyond the sales floor, how to keep evolving without burning out, and what it takes to build a career rooted in integrity and purpose.
If you’re in retail now, transitioning out, or rethinking your next chapter, this piece is written with you in mind.
Point of view … perspective … life experience … and what we learn each day. The more I learn about other people, their challenges, and their resilience, the more I am determined to help illuminate what many of us do not see. Please take a few minutes to read this post and to share it; the people in all our communities who live with disabilities and barriers could really use our help.
More than a hundred years ago a book was written that continues to reverberate with many people, myself included even today. In a world full of negative commentary and conflict, it serves as a source of positive influence and hope.
Take a few minutes … its lessons might change your life.
Does the best candidate always get the job?
Does everyone who can do the job get equal consideration?
Or do our unconscious biases, misconceptions, and traditional image of the “ideal candidate” create hiring blind spots preventing us from seeing different and perhaps better hiring solutions?
How does someone become motivated?
In life, at home, and in particular when they are searching for a job. Motivation becomes more complex when people experience stress and frustration. Whether neurodiverse or neurotypical, we all all affected.
I find it helps to think of motivation as a learned skill, a journey, and a process of a series of small steps that will get you where you want to be. Today’s post, lays out a path you or someone you know might consider.
Did you know more than half a million Canadians live with bi-polar disorder? About 3 out of 100 people in your lives experience this medical condition but few of us really know much about what they experience. Most of what we know likely falls into myths, misconceptions, and stigma unfortunately.
This blog is a very short introduction into what we should all know, whether we are employers, co-workers, friends, family, or community members. By learning more we can help them open more doors to employment and understanding. We can help them overcome the barriers society and our lack of knowledge has created.
We owe them that.
Learning to fail seems counterintuitive to everything our success culture seems to value. I believe people who say they never fail likely aren’t trying enough new ideas or ways of doing things. Failure isn’t the end, I believe it is simply an additional step on becoming successful. What is important, is learning how to fail so that failure doesn’t discourage you and lead to giving up.