Author Archives: Little Notes on Life

I always take advice with a pinch of salt and a polite nod. Everyone always has their own unique story to tell based on their experiences and for every person who has done something one way, there are a few others who have done it another and that path has worked for them. Stories areContinue reading “Tinted Glasses”

Blindly optimistic quotes make me want to barf…lol…yes weird coming from a yogi but I think that cotton candy stuff isn’t real life, it’s hollow and like a drug that gives a quick high but then quickly dissipates without helping with a more longterm solution to manage the stresses of life. More than ever theseContinue reading “Blind Optimism”

I recently started gardening and like most activities I undertake it went from 0 to 100 really quickly. First there were 2 plants and then there were 200 (give or take a few). Gardening aligns with my mainly introverted personality. However, there are several reasons it continually lures me in: No Pressure to Be GoodContinue reading “A Beautiful Life Surprise”

A question I keep coming back to in reading “Man’s Search for Meaning” by Viktor E. Frankl is how does one maintain a sense of value when everything, even your name, has been stripped away from you…so many of us align worth with possessions, professions, social circle … if that were all stripped would youContinue reading “Inner Value”

Why do we want what we want? Is it an inherent need or something we have been conditioned to want? I want good health because being sick literally feels bad; I want a house because I want shelter but the style, location, size, what drives this?? There is basic need and manufactured desire, desire manufacturedContinue reading “Shifting Desire…”

From the time I was a little girl I was taught how to live life…I was shown who I was supposed to be from the books I read, the movies I watched, peers, elders. Little girls were supposed to want certain things – to be admired for beauty, get married, have kids. All these things,Continue reading “Finding Your Bliss”

Many of us are in very demanding roles – and if we are great within those roles we are “rewarded” with increased work loads. We are the trusted; the ones everyone else knows they can rely on. Greater work loads; greater expectations; greater pressure we place on ourselves to get it all done. We beginContinue reading “Don’t. Break. You”

Forgive…not just people, but yourself. You have to let the burden of old pains go. We are all human so we make mistakes…be gentle with yourself, and be gentle with others. Eventually these past hurts create weight in the mind, becoming heavy mental clutter. Lighten your load. Stop holding on to those grudges. Everyone dealsContinue reading “Holding on to Old Wounds”

When great things happen to us sometimes we want to hold on tightly fearing that any loosening will leave space for escape. Sometimes we think we can never regain anything close to those moments. It’s not true. Fear forces us to hold tight. I invite you to look at the situation in a different wayContinue reading “Stop Worrying.”

My life has been a journey of overcoming…When I was younger I was plagued with insecurities based on skin colour, body size, economic status. I felt like I was already starting from so far behind. With the cards stacked so much against me how the hell would I make it. I had dreams; they wereContinue reading “Call Me Crazy”