This is a repost of Cindy Filipenko's column from the Question this week. Imagine if over the past few decades more than 1,100 lawyers across the country just disappeared. They were on the way to work but never made it. Or perhaps they never came back from court. Now imagine that those cases received only … Continue reading Join Sisters in Spirit to raise awareness about murdered and missing aboriginal women, October 4, in Whistler, 11am
Cindy Filipenko helps us stock the wellness bookshelf, and kicks off our #WellnessReads2015 quest for the "books that make us better." Here is her book shout-out. Peace Is Every Step: An accessible guide to mindful living Once in a while, the perfect book falls into your lap at the perfect time. That was the case with … Continue reading #WellnessReads2015: Peace is Every Step
Cindy Filipenko is a Pemberton-based writer - her insight and way with words always make me stop and think. Whether she's writing about local organic farmers, feisty throat singer Tanya Tagaq, how to be more engaged as a citizen, or how to make it as a freelance writer, her smarts and passion shine through. You … Continue reading Fight addiction in youth – a guest post by Cindy Filipenko
Are you a "just the facts" kind of person? Here are a few stats to make you brake, as we careen towards winter: 58 pedestrians are killed and 2400 injured on BC roads every year. The top contributing factors for drivers running into pedestrians are distraction, failure to yield the right … Continue reading Walk Safe, Drive Slow, Stay Alive – and grab a free reflector from the Village of Pemberton office
So it seems vitality is one of those things that is open to interpretation. One of my favourite local writers, Cindy Filipenko, offered this take, along with an invitation: Replacing banality with vitality What can you do to increase your vitality? Engage. And engage again. Get out from behind the screen and get involved with … Continue reading The Vitality Project: Cindy Filipenko
I want to share some of the responses to Nick Davies' column here on the Wellness Almanac, because this blog was conceived in order to provide a forum to slowly bridge the divide between two communities, a divide that deepens with every stereotype that is replayed. Cindy and Mo said it well in their letter … Continue reading Another response to Nick Davies’ column
As any addict can tell you, there's power in ritual. Professional athletes understand this. Grads understand it. Church leaders employ ritual. Sports fans get it, too. The function of a ritual is to make the abstract more real to us... to take something hard to grasp out of the ether, and feel it viscerally, in … Continue reading Out with the old, in with the new: the Power of a New Years Eve ritual
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