Pen prepares for season two
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Boy handcuffed in hospital 
Three charged with fraud
Police chiefs condemn video
Family pleads for calm
Brutal beating by police
Taxi boycott rained out
7 dead in synagogue attack
FortisBC signs LNG deal
Zellers diner hits the road
Lumber stance defended
Rockets, Giants Round 2
Late fan has the last laugh
Vees take down Vipers
Tate says claim is fabricated
Hilary Duff still 'optimistic'
Leno in motorbike accident
New Thought
Beyond the rabbit hole of negative thoughts
It happens to many of us from time-to-time, and it feels hard, painful, and lonely. I was taken by surprise last week to find myself pulled into a seeming pit...
Cultivating gratitude can lead to happiness
Most people just want to be happy, but they find themselves playing a game of seek-and-don’t-find in the outer world. Cultivating greater happiness in our...
High-functioning anxiety and self-care
Anxiety hides in surprising places. The story’s becoming sadly common today. Bright, hard-working people feeling unhappy and past their ability to cope....
When your bedtime thoughts become a runaway train
Make it stop! The mind can feel like a runaway train at times, leading us on a journey of upset. One thought can take us from feeling relaxed and peaceful to...
Excercise is not just physical, it's mental too
Oh, the stories we tell ourselves. Could they be hurting us? Few are kind and helpful. Most often, the endless ticker-tape of thought gets stuck on the...
Hacking happiness and lifting our spirits
Stepping-out into the darkness in the late afternoon just feels wrong to me. So much of me wants to hunker-in and try to wait out the return of the sun, but...
Deepen your understanding of forgiveness
“Not forgiving is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die.” I’m sick and tired of remaining victim to pains of the past....
Taking a long, hard look at our lives
“Ten years ago, I turned my face for a moment and it became my life” (David Whyte, The Heart Aroused, 2002). This is a startling reality for many of...
Christmas is not always a happy time for all
It’s not always happy holidays. With the holiday season upon us, it’s important to recognize this can be a hard time of year for those who are...
Remember to breathe when staring at computer screens
Do me a favour right now; take a breath, a deep breath. Remembering to take a breath is needed more today than in days gone by. A day in front of a computer or...
It turns out, multi-tasking is not good for us
What are we doing to ourselves? It’s hard to believe any of us would actively participate in reducing our intelligence and ability or harming our...
Important to take time to grieve
We love to put things into nice and neat boxes. Grief is one of those things that just doesn’t fit in one. Grief has some surprising and confusing faces,...
In life, we are not our mistakes
We are not our mistakes, and we are not defined by our past. Mistakes are simply that, mistakes. They’re times we’ve tried and it just hasn’t...
The 'hurry high' can be debilitating
Between feeling peaceful or stressed, what’s your choice? On the surface, the answer seems apparent, yet we can become addicted to stress and may not even...
Complaining makes us more than just negative people
Most of us know someone who complains too much, the over-complainer who seems to find their importance in griping about everything. You know, it's that...
Remembering a man who made a difference
“Things are going to hell in a handbasket.” “They need to do something.” “Somebody’s got to step-up.” I’ve yet...
Take a moment today to express your gratitude
If you were going to declare an international day of observance, what would it be? What’s something so important to you that you’d want the world to...
The positive power of self-affirmation
Our internal narratives aren’t innocent and without effect in our lives. Our tendencies of thought either help or hinder our health and happiness. If...
Striving to be perfect is not always the best route to happiness
For many years, I admired others I viewed as perfectionists. They seemed to do everything so well. While having high-standards is a good thing, it isn’t...
Are you living the life you want to live?
Are the living dead among us? Reportedly, their epitaph reads, “Here lies J. Doe: Dead at 30, buried at 79.” Far too many people report their lives...
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