I’m running the Boston Marathon on April 18th for the first time. I’m very excited. It’s been a really big goal for me since my first marathon in 1995. Since then I have run 15 more marathons in my effort to qualify to run Boston. For those of you not in the running community, Boston is the premiere marathon. Every marathoner I know wants to run Boston. To do so you must qualify by running a previous marathon within a certain time depending on your age and gender. The question for most people at the beginning of each marathon is “will I qualify this time?”

So here I am – less than 3 weeks from achieving my really big goal. How did I get here?  More »

There are many different descriptions of coaching – leadership, team, executive, organizational, wellness, sports – to name a few. At the core they are all the same – helping people get clear about what they want and how they want to get there. Underpinning this goal setting and planning is raising awareness of values, beliefs, roles, preferences, stuck places and edges. Coaching is really a mindfulness practice. More »

With the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day taking place on Tuesday this week there have been lots of articles, stories and videos about women – our successes and accomplishments over the years as well as the many challenges and barriers still ahead. For as much as we can measure our progress we still have a long road before us. I sit here wondering what exactly does all this mean? What are we measuring and whose criteria are we measuring against? Do we celebrate or commiserate?

I attended a Women’s Day celebration hosted by the Women and Children’s Shelter of Barrie and Colibri: Centre des femmes francophones du comté de Simcoe. It was one of the most delightful evenings I have had in a long time. More »