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Are We There Yet?

April 10, 2016 by 5 Comments

Over the past two weeks, I have had more conversations than I can count with clients, coworkers, friends, running partners and people in the grocery store line up which can all be summed up by the age old car trip query, “Are we there yet?” The answer is, “Nope.” Life is a never ending journey of […]

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Fear Less

March 20, 2016 by 4 Comments

Every completely fearless person has one thing in common – they are all dead. If you want have great memories when your body doesn’t work the way it used to, build deep, meaningful and lasting relationships with the people you love and accomplish those things you must do, you are going to experience a whole lot […]

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Once Upon A Time When I Thought I Knew Everything …

February 28, 2016 by 8 Comments

Do you remember being 18 years old? I do. I knew everything. Either as I get older, I am becoming less intelligent or I was suffering from a severe case of ‘The Emperor’s New Clothes’ syndrome before life came at me with both barrels blazing. It turns out there is a lot that I didn’t know […]

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Mouthy

February 21, 2016 by 4 Comments

Tina Fey and I would get into trouble if we were friends.  I admire a woman who speaks her mind, isn’t afraid to stand up for herself and others, is smart, swims against the current of societal expectation and is known to be a bit mouthy and bossy now and again. This might have something to […]

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Feel The Fear Without Being Fearful

January 16, 2016 by 1 Comment

I was backing out of my parking stall at 3:17 am on Christmas Eve morning when I heard a strange beeping noise followed by a very odd light popping up on my car’s dashboard. With only a small nap under my belt and already running a little bit late, I fell back on what my days in IT […]

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36 Years To Become Real

December 13, 2015 by 7 Comments
Donloree Edmonton

Rules and I don’t get along well; I find they chafe and I may be severely allergic to several varieties of them, yet I have one rule for my birthday –  I am allowed to do whatever I want to do without apology. For those of you who know me well, the no-rules-rule makes sense. […]

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Five strategies to avoid being labeled by what do you for a living

January 15, 2015 by 4 Comments

Last night I spent a few hours sanding drywall, washing walls and taping off baseboards and shelves so I could paint my storage closet. In order to do this effectively, everything had to come out and all the categorization began … keep, give away, garbage, goes somewhere else …. Unfortunately our categorizations go past our storage […]

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Enough Already …

October 11, 2014 by Leave a Comment

How much is enough? An answer to this question is not easily found when you sit and actually think about the answer for more than a few seconds. In North America, we live in a world of more = better. Despite all that we have, we live with a mindset of scarcity. Yet, when I look around […]

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