Jump start your job hunting with a winning resume. In this free workshop, you will learn how to best represent on your resume the skills, areas of expertise and experience most relevant to the positions you are applying for. Learn to write a cover letter that will catch the employer's attention and maximise your chances … Continue reading Free Resume and Cover Letter Writing Workshop, Monday November 17
I'm a believer that there's a connection between effort and reward - the greater the effort, the greater the sense of satisfaction. Here's today's proofpoint. Gary Martin's photo of the week from his hike Sunday. Here's a view of my 6 hour round trip hike up to the upper paragliding launch. Such an amazing … Continue reading Photo of the Week: Gary Martin
I don't want to lead a piece about Pemberton's chess club with an infographic about the brain, because I think the brainy-stereotype has kept a lot of people away from playing chess. But, let's rethink that brain=nerd equation. In a recent interview with snowboarder Kevin Pearce, Kate MacLennan writes about the Love Your Brain foundation he … Continue reading Get radical. Play chess.
Update (Friday 1:30pm): please note that due to a death in the Lil'wat community, this event has been postponed to a later date. I discovered this cute blog post of gift ideas for the anti-capitalist, artistic, budget-conscious or hermitic today, which appealed to me on, oh, pretty much every level. (Hermits, unite. In solitude. Via the … Continue reading Postponed Event: Gathering of Artists, November 15
It coincides with the Winds of Change's Wellness Gathering, but there's no wellness unless there are farmers growing food, so if you're that way-inclined, this free 2 day workshop might be for you.
I already regret not committing to eat a piece of chocolate daily, as my #50DayWellnessChallenge, and after reading this article, I'm thinking I should have picked meditation, too. It sounds like a joke to promote "meditation hacks" - ie a fast-track to a slower state of mindfulness... but as the article reports, Mike Brooks, psychologist … Continue reading Wellness: try meditation
The Pemberton Legion invites you to commemorate Remembrance Day, at 10:30am, 7442 Prospect Street. The Parade will assemble at the Fire Hall at 10:10am and departs at 10:45am. Ceremony will commence at 10:55 at the Legion branch. After the service, everyone is invited to the Legion branch for a light lunch.
The Pemberton Community Centre has a few new programs planned for Winter 2015 (look for details in theRecreation Guide.) Before then please take the opportunity to try a NEW activity FREE of charge!
What makes me so grateful to the four photographers who have offered to share their images with us each Sunday is the amazing perspectives they bring... Case in point, today's shot, from Dave Steers, of the headwaters of the Lillooet River. We all live downstream of this waterway. Who knew the headwaters were so … Continue reading Photo of the Week: Dave Steers
Event coordinator extraordinaire, Carlee Cindric, (recently featured in our Vitality Project series), is feeling hopeful you'll read this post, realise how fun, interactive and kid-friendly the 5th annual Wellness Gathering is going to be, and save November 22 in your diary. Cindric is working busily behind the scenes in preparation for the 5th annual Wellness … Continue reading Wellness Gathering 2014 Preview (or Why Carlee Cindric is Feeling Hopeful)
The Wellness Almanac 