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Pride, as a word, had been a source of contemplation for a few weeks before August. Then, the word started popping up in unexpected places. It happened during a late-night shopping session when I glanced at one of the community newspapers on my way to my car. My eye caught […]

Is it wrong to be proud?

27 Aug, 2021 in August 2021: Hubris tagged freedom / hubris / humiliation / humility / joy / meekness / pride / self-worth / Shine by Marlize Venter

At the beginning of 2021 I chose a word for the year to focus on. My word was playful. In a world that increasingly is becoming more and more serious, I wanted to remind myself of the beauty of childlike innocence and playfulness. This word has required me to laugh […]

Playful

12 Jul, 2021 in July 2021: Adaptability / Radio Scripts tagged #lettinggo / joy / laughter / playful by Amanda

Mystery is not always about travelling to new places, it is about looking with new eyes. Esther Perel In a data-driven culture that so heavily defines our worth by the number on the scales, or the size of our jeans, or the balance of our bank accounts, we’ve left so […]

Joy and grieving: finding your wild in the overlap

26 Aug, 2019 in August 2019 Living Wild tagged #grief / joy / ocean by Laura Koens

Image by: NY Times Life is never perfect. We all live with some form of option B. This book is to help us all kick the shit out of it. Sheryl Sandberg Sheryl Sandberg didn’t imagine her husband would die at age forty-seven. Dave Goldberg died suddenly while the couple was vacationing […]

Option B: Principles to Deal with Adversity by Elaine Fraser

1 Jun, 2018 in 2018 facing adversity tagged #adamgrant / #adversity / #conversationsthatmatter / #death / #elainefraser / #elainefraserauthor / #facingadversity / #grief / #livingwithgrief / #losingahusband / #optionb / #resilience / #sherylsnadberg / #widow / courage / joy / women by Elaine Fraser

Dwelling on sadness makes everyone around us sad but being grateful and looking forward will preserve vitality and joy into old age. The fact is… life is unpredictable. So, if we think even for a moment that we can map it all out, we are kidding ourselves. More importantly though, […]

Preserving Vitality and Joy

18 Oct, 2017 in 17 Regret tagged #regret / joy / lookingback / olderwomen / vitality by Val Heaton