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Laughter. Being able to have a good laugh and feel that feeling that only laughter brings is something that I know I need regularly. The challenge, however, is often my responsibilities get in the way. I remember as a child that laughter was so much a part of who I […]

Responsible People Need to have a Good Laugh

4 Sep, 2016 in Sept 2016: Laughter / Uncategorized tagged #L.M. Montgomery#Hope For Tomorrow / #liveinthemoment / busyness / kinwomen / laughter / medicine / merry heart / no regrets / penny webb / responsibility by Penny

This time last year I said yes to curiosity and allowed it to take me where I needed to go. I’ve spent a lot of time interrogating myself, and curiosity has taken me to places in my soul I never expected. Curiosity tends to do that. Alice went down the rabbit […]

I Was a Different Person Then

13 Aug, 2016 in 2016 Curiosity tagged #aliceinwonderland / #curiosity / #elainefraserauthor / #elizabethgilbert / #iwasadifferentpersonthen / #lewiscarroll / #robbell / brenébrown / kinwomen / spirituality / women by Elaine Fraser

I went to a fantastic creative workshop with twelve women the other day. In the first fifteen minutes, we ordered coffee and began introducing ourselves. They were all amazing women who impressed me with their creativity, talent and presence. In that first fifteen minutes, six women said sorry. ‘Sorry, I’m […]

Sorry, Not Sorry

14 Jul, 2016 in 2016: excuses tagged #98.5 / #elainefraserauthor / #excuses / #glennondoylemelton / #sorrynotsorry / #unapologetic / kinwomen / women by Elaine Fraser

Trust is built in very small moments. Brené Brown There have been moments I’ve been trustworthy, and moments I’ve betrayed trust. There have been moments my trust has been built, and moments my trust has been betrayed. All these moments add up to a bank account of trust in other […]

Trust Accounts

13 May, 2016 in May 16: trust tagged #elainefraserauthor / #trust / brenébrown / kinwomen / women by Elaine Fraser

Have you ever made a mistake that you keep reliving? A mistake that causes you to think about why it happened and what you did wrong? Are you living with the echoes of that mistake and can’t escape it? I remember the time I was talking about the death of […]

Shake It Off and Be Happy

12 Apr, 2016 in 2016: April worry tagged #don'tworrybehappy / #shakeitoff / #worry / brenébrown / kinwomen by Elaine Fraser

We all have choices in life. Sometimes we talk about the fact that if a door opens easily, then that means that it’s meant to be. I’ve come to realise that often the doors that are heavily fortified, or need sacrifice or hard work to go through, are the ones […]

Opportunities Are Seeds

13 Mar, 2016 in march 2016: Opportunity / Uncategorized tagged #choices / #elainefraserauthor / #opportunity / kinwomen / no regrets / spirituality / women by Elaine Fraser