This fantastic article was recently shared on Facebook, and struck me as well worth sharing, if only for this one phenomenal insight: a brain in development can lead to emotional swings. But of course! Sometimes, we don't need to wade into the emotional shitstorm, start slashing at lightning bolts or generating solutions. Sometimes, we just … Continue reading How to Help Teens Weather Their Emotional Storms
Reading makes you a better person. So, the single most awesome way to self-actualize, in my opinion, might just be to get a library card. And then you can really next level things by joining the Pemberton and District Public Library's new Adult Book Club. They'll be reading books featuring strong, courageous and spirited women, under … Continue reading There’s a new book club in town…
It was a hideous pinky-purple with sponge-painted stars. The walls were plastered with quotes cut out from magazines that were haphazardly pasted out of context next to hundreds of photographs of friends and posters of punk bands and wakeboarding. There were at least 200 of those glow-in-the-dark-star and moon stickers on the ceiling, enough … Continue reading The Life Changing Magic Of Eating Croissants In Bed
Pemberton author, Katherine Fawcett, knows whimsy and what it takes to write an award-winning short story, so when she recommends Heather O'Neill's collection of fables and fabulous tales, for grown-ups,I listen. Fawcett is our guest contributor today, with her #WellnessReads2015 recommendation. For the bookshelf so far, click here. To nominate a book, email us at … Continue reading #WellnessReads2015: Author Katherine Fawcett recommends Daydreams of Angels Delight
I love books! One of the first things I did when we moved to Pemberton, almost 7 years ago, was to join the library in anticipation of reading lots of books and meeting new people. Just one problem with that. I love to OWN books! I love the smell and the feel of them, I … Continue reading #WellnessReads2015: Wild by Cheryl Strayed
I am the first to admit that I am really geeky, embarrassingly crazy about vegetable gardening. And I don’t seem to be happy to just leave it at that. I am always looking at different ways to do things….well, or old ways reinvented. So when I saw this book at the library I could not … Continue reading #WellnessReads: Straw Bale Gardens
Shannon Didier recommends The War of Art as a Wellness Read, and I heartily endorse it. Game-changing way of thinking about what's holding you back from the life you really want to live. The War of Art (Break Through Your Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles) by Stephen Pressfield can make you better.... Geared … Continue reading #WellnessReads2015: The War of Art by Steven Pressfield
Thanks to Paul Edgington for sharing this Wellness Read. My WellnessReads recommendation is the small book Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom. I picked up the book as a recommendation from someone when I was dealing with the death of a close friend. I found it very helpful. Some time after reading it, I was speaking … Continue reading #WellnessReads2015: Tuesdays with Morrie
Driving home from Squamish one day, 20 or more years ago, I was listening to The Almanac on CBC radio. The topic was small acreages and people going back to the land. The guest mentioned this book by Carla Emery more than once in his hour on the show. It was called The Encyclopedia of … Continue reading #Wellness Reads: The Encyclopedia of Country Living
Janet Ouchterlony recommends The Alchemist. Part adventure. Part truth. All heart. This is my perspective of this simple yet soulful novel. Written by Brazilian novelist Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist is now an international best seller, but like most significant accolades, this did not come easily nor did it happen over night. This significance was earned … Continue reading #WellnessRead2015: The Alchemist
The Wellness Almanac 