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Maybe life isn’t about avoiding the bruises. Maybe it’s about collecting the scars to prove we showed up for it. Hannah Brencher There are many arenas in life that we show up for consistently. Where we don’t have a choice. Parenthood makes you show up. Even when you’re running on two […]

Show up for Life

11 Jun, 2021 in June 2021: Turning Up tagged #elainefraser / legacy / showupforlife / storypromise / turningup / writer by Elaine Fraser

What good is an idea if it remains an idea? Try. Experiment. Fail. Try again. Change the world. Simon Sinek When my husband proposed to me, I answered, ‘Yes, maybe.’ I wasn’t quite convinced at first, as our whole relationship had been long distance. But it has been my best […]

Say Maybe

25 May, 2020 in 2020 May Innovation tagged #elainefraser / Innovation / possibility / saymaybe / simonsinek by Elaine Fraser

When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, ‘Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.’ Fred Rogers Our daughter-in-law works for the NHS in London. She’s on the front line in the effort […]

Be the Helpers

13 Apr, 2020 in 2020 April Help tagged #elainefraser / collectiveeffort / Covid-19 / fredrogers / helpers / letsbethehelpers by Elaine Fraser

There is an underlying, in-dwelling creative force infusing all of life— including ourselves. Julia Cameron Everyone is creative in some way, shape, or form. Some of us make things. Some of us think differently. Some of us make people laugh. Some of us can pull things apart and put them […]

Life is Better in Colour

25 Mar, 2019 in 2019 March: Colour tagged #conversationsthatmatter / #elainefraser / #elainefraserauthor / #elizabethgilbert / #godcolours / #juliacameron / #matthew5:14 / #themessage / #wearekin / colour / contribution / kinwomen / significance / women by Elaine Fraser

Kinwomen Blog: Sacred Quiet time — This life is more than just a read through. Red Hot Chilli Peppers Three years ago, my husband and I started something new. Instead of plunging into the New Year and moving on to the next without a backward glance, we decided to get our previous year’s diaries out […]

Sacred Quiet Time

11 Feb, 2019 in 2019 Think it over tagged #conversationsthatmatter / #elainefraser / #elainefraserauthor / #emotionalagility / #newyear / #redhotchillipeppers / #reflection / #sacredthinkingtime / #susandavid / #thinkitover / #wearekin / #wearekinwomen / kinwomen / no regrets / spirituality / women by Elaine Fraser

“My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humour, and some style.” Maya Angelou We plan meetings. We plan to exercise. We plan our families. We plan for the future, but can we plan for our […]

Can You Plan for Happiness?

11 Dec, 2018 in 2018: Happy tagged #2019 / #amandaviviers / #canyouplanforhappiness / #conversationsthatmatter / #deliciousambiguity / #elainefraser / #elainefraserauthor / #itsdecemberandjanuaryiscoming / #mindfullyplanning / #moments / #pause / #planningforhappiness / #reflection / #yearplanner / happiness / kinwomen / mindfulness / women by Elaine Fraser