Wellness
Enjoy the Lemonade and Pay it forward!
A sure sign of spring ahead – a lemonade stand! My 8 year old daughter and I were taking a walk in our neighbourhood when we came across two small kids at a makeshift lemonade booth, offering us a refreshing cup for sale. Too bad we weren’t carrying any money! Their mother stepped up and…
Read MoreKindness is a Reflection of the Soul
Patty Ferris is a senior member of the Training In Power Academy, a public speaker and educator. As this month’s guest blogger, Patty shines a light on the importance of kindness and how we might live it out in the world. It’s struck me lately that the world could use some more kindness. But what…
Read More2025: What’s your YES?!
I had an incredible experience on the last day of 2024 that offered a message of “yes” for the New Year. I’ve had a severe shellfish allergy since my early 20’s, making one of my favorite foods – sushi – unavailable to me for many many years. I’ve recently moved to a small tourist town…
Read MoreSpirituality and Money: Friends or Foe?
My relationship to money has always been fraught. I pursued a Spiritual path right from my early adulthood and felt daunted by the financial demands of the real world. I wanted to travel, take courses and experience life, and of course, all these things cost money. I felt conflicted because I had these ambitions and…
Read MoreThe practice of Self Forgiveness: an interview with Kimberly Bowen
Kimberly Bowen is a senior faculty member of the Training in Power Academy and one of the facilitators of the popular Forgiveness workshop on Meetups. With the profound transformation she’s witnessed in this workshop and with herself on this topic, we wanted to learn more about the role of Forgiveness in the healing journey. What…
Read MoreWhat’s JOY got to do with it? How to feel more Joy into your life.
On a scale of 1-10, how would you rate your joy-ratio right now? Could you use some more joy in your life? It can be so easy to feel low when you open up your news feed or grapple with the to-do list of the week. Life can feel like a slog, a series of…
Read MoreDoes Spiritual awareness enhance Soft Skills? The new Leadership of the future
Last year, I decided to move exclusively to remote work. It was a difficult commitment to make after the bumpy have-to online days of the pandemic. I am a very intuitive person who loves collaboration and wasn’t sure if remote working would leave me feeling disconnected and unsatisfied. I’ll admit – It’s definitely been a…
Read MoreMeditation and Movement Part 2: The language of Pain
Is our physical form a part of our spiritual path? What about physical pain? We brought these questions to senior faculty member Anne Binning, director of the Master Warriors Program. In part 2 of our Meditation and Movement series, she explores the role of physical pain in our spiritual evolution. In your years of coaching…
Read MoreMeditation and movement Part 1: An interview with Anne Binning
In preparation for our September blog post featuring Anne Binning, we are sharing an interview with Anne from 2019, which reads just as relevant today as it did then, if not more! Enjoy! Anne is senior faculty member of the Training in Power Academy and the director of the Master Warriors Program. In Anne’s own…
Read MoreBut I WANT to meditate. Why is it so hard?
Breathe in…Breath out…focus on your breath…(SHOPPING LIST…carrots, bread)…ahem! Breathe in…Breathe out…Connect to the light…(THAT WORK EMAIL I DIDN’T ANSWER! Shoot, should I do it now? Maybe I’ll do it now and then get back to meditating)…Ok. What was I doing again?! Oh yeah…Breathe in…Breathe out… Does this inner dialogue sound familiar? If so, you are…
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