The first item on Alexandra Franzen’s to-do list for Thursday was drink two big glasses of water. We overlook the easy wins when crafting our to-do lists, says the author of the newly released The Checklist Book, and we shouldn’t: when we accomplish something, even something small, that feeling of satisfaction stimulates the body to … Continue reading How to be a checklist ninja

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHeUsmWAegw&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR1AhHrQaNzn196xu0uO7RaAU6U4ZVjFMBDq6YxHWZBaNW4rzRq1tdLU_qA Thanks to longtime Pemby resident Marilyn Marinus for sharing this, after the Pemberton Museum put it on their youtube page. Marilyn shared: "This was filmed in Pemberton back in the late 70’s. It brings back so many emotional memories. I cried watching it. Unfortunately it brings back the tragedy depression and suicides. I have … Continue reading Urgent Messages: suicide awareness film made locally 40 years ago, still resonates

Learn how to support executive function in your child. Executive function refers to skills that allow kids to manage their thoughts, actions and emotions in order to plan, mange time, organize and get things done. This event is on Sunday, February 23rd from 5 to 7 pm. Parents and guardians of children aged 5- 18 … Continue reading Pemberton Secondary invites you to view a FREE livestream of expert on brain executive function, Sunday February 23 5pm – 7pm

Tatum Monod is one of the pro athletes presenting at the opening nightfor this weekend's Raven Backcountry Festival. I sat down with Tatum last week to craft her bio for her new sponsor Arc'teryx, and followed that up by watching this cringe-inducing short film she made in response to a traumatic knee injury. (Cringe-inducing because … Continue reading Pemberton pro skier Tatum Monod reflects on coming back from injury

You have the opportunity to provide feedback on the Recreation Sites and Trails BC (RSTBC) on updating the Provincial Trails Strategy. Part of this process is gathering data from the public through an online questionnaire . The more input the better. Survey is open until Feb 28th 2020. https://engage.gov.bc.ca/trailsstrategyreview/ The Trails Strategy for B.C. was … Continue reading Trail users! Let the province know what you know, and inform the revised BC Trails Strategy

When someone has the courage to share their story, we are invited to step into circle, listen, witness, acknowledge. Myra Pierre's story might make your heart ache... she and her brother were the first children from the Mount Currie community to be sent to residential school in Sechelt. She has shared some of her story … Continue reading Celebrate Lil’wat poet, Myra Pierre

via https://www.nathalienahai.com/24-resilience-nature-connectedness-the-transformative-power-of-psilocybin-dr-sam-gandy/ I listened to this podcast last week - an interview between Natalie Nahai (a wonderful interviewer whose voice I have an ear-crush on) and Dr Sam Gandy, a doctor of ecological science and collaborator with the Psychedelic Research Group at Imperial College London. Dr Gandy shared that earlier last year, the intergovernmental science … Continue reading Science says: The most resilient places on Earth right now, are the ones under indigenous stewardship

"If we hold the story of the world as this dead thing, a source of resources, a dump for our wastes, we create a world that is dead. Our stories are our most powerful creative tool. They tell us who we are and why we are here. And maybe we need to replace the rhetoric … Continue reading The story you tell creates the reality we live

  I sat down this month with local artist Seija Halonen for a story that will come out in the forthcoming Mountain Life. Seija lives at Lillooet Lake Estates, and one of these days, I hope, she'll take up an invitation to do a Wellness Almanac takeover! She inspired me utterly with her exuberance and … Continue reading Don’t massage one emotion. Let them flow.

Share your views about the future management of Meager Creek Hot Springs and Keyhole Hot Springs (two popular destinations in the Upper Lillooet River Valley near Pemberton) in a new public survey. The survey is hosted by the Fraser Basin Council for the Province of BC and Lil’wat Nation. It is open now through February … Continue reading Hot Springs survey invites your input by Feb 28