I read 99u's advice compilation recently: Manage Your Day to Day: Build your routine, find your focus and sharpen your creative mind. (Ironically, for a book about focus, it gave me symptoms of ADD. It was so frantically energetic, full of different voices and snackable bits of advice...) But, in it, Seth Godin talked about … Continue reading #50DayWellnessChallenge: WHY DAILY?
The community that reads together... converses together. So here's a community-wide question that is worth asking and chatting about, given we're at the start of our #50DayWellnessChallenge: "Where does your energy come from?" Asking it of a 95 year old athlete is even more interesting. (hint: think deep breathing.) This month, the One Book, … Continue reading One Book, One Corridor: let’s read What Makes Olga Run
It was a simple email - "Hey everyone, I'm inviting you and everyone I've ever known in this or past lives to devise your own wellness challenge and post a daily-ish running commentary on the ups & down's of following it." This prefaced a terse "Best Lisa" and a virtual maniacal giggle. How could I … Continue reading Lisa’s 50 Day Wellness Challenge
The Winds of Change's 5th Annual Wellness gathering is set for November 22. That's about 50 days away. To help spread the word, and get people in our community thinking about Wellness, what it means, and how many different paths there are to it, I wanted to invite people to take on a #50DayWellnessChallenge. Call … Continue reading An Invitation: Join the #50DayWellnessChallenge
Last night I had the privilege of attending a talk by Dr.Gabor Maté. I must admit, I've had a wee bit of an academic crush on Dr.Maté for quite a while now. His calm yet insistent presentation of some frightening realities of the current state of adult-child relationships seemed to be well received by the … Continue reading Childhood under threat: Dr Gabor Mate speaks in Whistler
34th Annual B.C. Rivers Day Celebration at the One Mile Lake Nature Centre Come celebrate our local waterways with Stewardship Pemberton on Sunday, September 28th, 2014 from 11am to 2pm. We will have a special educational salmon display, salmon mini-golf, and more! All food and activities are by donation. We hope to have another small … Continue reading Celebrate BC Rivers Day, Sept 28, 11 – 2
That everyone has the support and an understanding from the community for their mental wellness no matter where on the spectrum they are. That was one response on the Sea to Sky survey, currently online and seeking your input on a vision for mental health throughout the corridor. What's yours? Sea to Sky Innovations in … Continue reading Share your vision for mental health in the Sea to Sky
A few weeks ago, the Huffington Post ran a story: how rock climbing helps you lead a happier, healthier life. Noooooo! I thought. It’s hard enough to find parking on the weekend at the Smoke Bluffs. The last thing I want is for lululemon-clad HuffPo readers to arrive en-masse at the crags, inspired by the … Continue reading Column: The Kindergarten Karma of Alpine Huts
When I was a young married woman with no babies to cosset other than a huge, 100 pound dog, I took him for a walk in a local park that I had played in as a child. It was April and the path to the lake was deserted. I could see in every direction because … Continue reading Ways of a Child
The Wellness Almanac 