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The Abbotsford Bloom Tulip Festival is a huge, 10-acre tulip farm with thousands of tulips and over 30 varieties. The fields were in "low bloom" and still green and unopened when my friend Kim & I went the first time in mid April. The second time we went on May 8th "high bloom" was in full effect, and it was breathtaking!! 😀 It's a hour long drive to get here from downtown Vancouver but TOTALLY worth […]

When I was a raging piss tank I didn’t really have fear on my radar. I basically had zero sense of self and did the same old things, day after day, unknowingly living in a shitty little comfort zone. I wasn’t conscious of it at the time, but I was strongly avoiding making changes, and the unknown. These are two of the most common fears. Nowadays, sober, I’m almost hyper-aware of the feelings that come […]

This time of year is so incredibly beautiful in Vancouver. 😀  It's Cherry Blossom Tree Season! Pretty pink blossoms bloom for 1 -2 weeks in April, and the city celebrates this during the annual Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival. The beautiful trees looks like pink, puffy clouds of cotton candy or popcorn, and they can be seen in several places throughout the Vancouver area. The Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival was founded in 2005 by Linda Poole, its executive director, to […]

Goals give you a sense of meaning and purpose in your life and help you get where you want to go MUCH faster. Without having goals, it’s like traveling to a new city on the other side of the world, renting a car and not getting a map to help you get around! :O Setting goals for yourself gives you clarity on what you ultimately want in your life, and are a motivation to get […]

Women who have absolute confidence are women that trust, love and respect themselves. They believe in their abilities to achieve what they want. Here are 7 things to STOP doing: 1) They don’t obsess over the opinions of others Women with absolute confidence don’t get caught up in criticism or negative feedback. While they do care about the well-being of others and aim to make a positive impact in the world, they don’t worry about negative opinions that […]

I LOVE being a woman! 🙂 I wish all of the women all over the world a sense of empowerment and confidence on this day where we celebrate women and women’s rights! Here are a few of my favorite, inspirational quotes: "We need to reshape our own perception of how we view ourselves. We have to step up as women and take the lead."—Beyoncé "A woman is like a tea bag—you never know how strong […]

Understanding and treating anxiety can often improve the outcome of chronic disease. With headlines warning us of international terrorism, global warming, and economic uncertainty, we're likely to be a little more anxious these days. As an everyday emotion, anxiety — the "fight or flight" response — can be a good thing, prompting us to take extra precautions. But when anxiety persists in the absence of a need to fight or flee, it can not only […]

Happy Love Day!  'Tis the day to be talking about the most important love --SELF-LOVE 😀 YOU are the most important person in your life and the one and only person that you will spend your whole life with is YOU! So make sure you have a loving relationship yourself! Self-love is having a deeply affectionate relationship with yourself. It is one of The 10 Components of Confidence and is extremely important for all women […]

What makes us happiest in life? Hands down, surveys show that friends and family are the real prize. Even though our need to connect is innate, some of us always go home alone. You could have people around you throughout the day or even be in a lifelong marriage, and still experience a deep, pervasive loneliness. Unsurprisingly, isolation can have a serious detrimental effect on one's mental and physical health. Loneliness is on the rise. […]