How do your grow, develop, evolve as a person? What do you want to learn about? How do you get there? How do you keep learning, once you've left school behind? How do you do it in Pemberton? How do you bridge where you've come from, and where you want to go? The answer to … Continue reading Quick. What do you wish you knew more about?
As a kid, I was often told "you're so clever". It was a reflection, in my more seasoned opinion, of how much my mom wanted to be intellectually valued and appreciated by the world around her. But it's taken me 40 years to parse that. Back then, it was a phrase that became a kind … Continue reading 50 things to say to a kid instead of Aren’t you clever? Don’t you look pretty? No. Don’t. Stop that.
We spent every Friday for a good part of 2015 scouring instagram for great local feeds and perspectives to share. And it was so fun. And then, we remembers, WE have an instagram account. Gary Martin started it off for us back more than two years ago. It was an experiment in connecting with people … Continue reading We’re getting our instagram on. Join us at instagram.com/thewellnessalmanac
This was inspired by local mama and creative soul, Lindy Scott. And by this blog post I read last week: "Why You Should Trade Your Bucket List for a F*ck It list." (I had to click.) Actually, the tweet that got me was a bit more G-rated: Nice read on how to make the best … Continue reading It’s the perfect time of year to start a memory jar
Got resolutions? Dan Dolderman is a specialist in habit and changing people's behaviour... and he believes that we are living through a time of great challenge to human civilization, perhaps greater than anything our species has yet faced, and as a result, that this is also a time of great potential for change. An Environmental … Continue reading Resolve to be actively hopeful, right now
As I cross the bridge from this year to next year, I can't help but wonder who I will become in 2016. For with each moment, day, week, month, or year that passes, my intention is to become a better version of myself. I wish to learn from my mistakes (preferably the first time and … Continue reading The Bridge
We're growing our community: 325 facebook followers, 246 blog subscribers, 279 twitter followers - and we're grateful to everyone who is making space for what we're sharing. Loved hearing from a new Pembertonian that someone had recommended following the Wellness Almanac as one of the best resources for local news. We've now welcomed our 35,000th … Continue reading Here’s what 2015 looked like on the Wellness Almanac
2015 was a time of transition for the Winds of Change, as the mandate that the organisation has operated under, for the past 10 years, was up for review. The WOC was formed in 2004 as a means of addressing substance abuse issues in Pemberton, Mount Currie and Area C of the Squamish-Lillooet Regional District, … Continue reading We don’t have resolutions for 2016, so much as resolve.
This seems to be Gary Martin's schtick - posting photos on his instagram account that make people salivate and wish they lived here. I've read that the true power of creative work lies in what you leave out, in what you're able to cull away, to pare back, in order to let what remains hold … Continue reading 12 photos that will make you wish you lived in Pemberton, if you don’t already
I invited our weekly photo contributors to go through their own archives and do a year-in-review visual extravaganza, to help us close out 2015. Polek said, "I didn't think I shot much this year. I thought I'd only have a couple." In the end, he had 13. And the whole retrospective process reminded me of … Continue reading A year in the life – Polek Rybczynski hand-picks his favourite 13 images of 2015
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