Spread the Joy
Buy a More Joy T-Shirt here, and help support someone who needs counselling and is not covered by their work benefit package. It’s a great way to SPREAD THE JOY! After encountering many people suffering …
The universe brought Tonia
The Making of a ‘More Joy Movement’ It all started off rather innocently. A Montmartre friend, Crystal Dusyk, told me she had given my book to her friend at a conference. I thought it was a very …
Keys to Joy: #1
Wellness Wednesday Blog After a nervous breakdown at age forty-three, I was left to reconstruct life as I had created it. As a working journalist, I chose a one-month joy project—a project that mercifully morphed into two life-altering …
Hope …
Wellness Wednesday Blog When I suffered my nervous breakdown eight years ago, I got a little note from a friend while in the hospital. It wasn’t a long note, or an expensive note. It was …
No words…
Last week, my blog post was about Adam Herold, the 16-year-old hockey player from my hometown who lost his life in the Humboldt bus crash on April 6. I received this message in reply. “Thank …
Give thanks: What I learned from Russell Herold and J.J. Hunter
It’s easy to be thankful when things are going well. But what about when they’re not? A few weeks ago I had a conversation that changed the way I view gratitude. I had been spending …
Help! What if it’s a bad day?
I used to live my life in fear of a bad day. Sometimes bad days were the result of major blows like the loss of a family pet, the stress of a bad day …
Tough-as-nails men break too
Welcome to Wellness Wednesday! Starting today, I’ll Blog every Wednesday about a mental-health topic, from anxiety to depression to joy. Today it’s depression and men. Tough-as-nails men break too! I’m not too surprised when women …
More JOY please …
It’s time for more joy … I know I could use a bit more in my life now that regular routines have kicked in and warm summer nights are fading away. These events will focus on …