Category: fun

• #bounceback

  Caregivers are compassionate. It is their nature. For most humans it is their nature and very natural to care. It can be an exhausting job though. Sometimes the compassion well feels pretty dry and empty. Oftentimes, caregivers are not the first to notice the symptoms of empty well or exhaustion until they are just about…

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  January 5, 2016

  art, balance, compassion, compassion fatigue, contentment, creativity, depression, describing feeling, disappointment, equanimity, expressive art, expressive writing, fun, gratitude, Lapidus, mindfulness, paying attention, Poetry Therapy, resilience, rising above, SAD, seasonal affective disorder, service, thinking out loud, visual thinking, work, writing

  #bounceback, compassion fatigue, depression, expressive art, expressive writing, poetry, recover your self, resilience, think, visual thinking, writing

• International Fake Journal Month is just around the corner…

  And … I’m taking this opportunity to jump back into the fray of journaling and blogging. This Roz Stendahl’s brilliant idea and the image will link you to a page of information and faqs about International Fake Journal Month. There is a Facebook page too so you can share and enjoy the cameraderie. Also it’s…

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  March 25, 2015

  balance, creativity, fun, journaling, learning as lifestyle

• Sunshine!

  Right on cue the sun has reappeared in the Owen Sound sky. Tomorrow we gather at Heartwood Home to play, to laugh, to connect. I am sooo ready for this. Thanks to Teesha Moore and Carla Sonheim for sharing their talents which inspired me to stretch and grow my creativity… We’ll take our glossy “junk…

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  January 13, 2015

  #Leafology, art, connection, creativity, fun, journaling, laughter

  #Leafology, art, imagination, journaling