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Sep 21
2 min

Labels

Language is powerful. The words we choose and how we use them both reflects and shapes our beliefs about the world. Since reading The Roc...

Kathleen

Sep 13
2 min

Commitment

How many times have you heard that the secret to success is to focus all your energy and effort on one goal? I suppose it does work, at l...

Kathleen

Aug 29
3 min

Habits

Early on in my outdoor education, as I was learning to rappel, someone very wise once told me that “your habits will betray you.” Specifi...

Kathleen

Aug 8
2 min

Doing

I’m a thinker. Actually, that’s an understatement. I’m an obsessive thinker. I spend an awful lot of time stuck in my thoughts. Ruminatin...

Kathleen

Aug 1
3 min

Fear

We’ve all experienced it at some point or another. The pounding heart. The sweaty palms. That dropping feeling in the pit of our stomach....

Kathleen

Jul 11
2 min

Flow

You are probably familiar with the concept of flow, or being “in the zone.” Flow is a state where you are fully immersed in an activity a...

Kathleen

Jun 27
3 min

Juneuary

It's that time of year when you want it to be warm and sunny, but Momma Nature isn't co-operating. Instead it's cool and wet. It might no...

Kathleen

Jun 20
3 min

A New Adventure

How do I start a blog post about the opportunities and silver linings I’ve found in COVID-19 when so many people are experiencing severe ...

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