Consequences of Trying to Spoil My Kids

You Can’t Always Give Kids Everything They Want: My parenting adventure continues with this funny story about my parenting insights. Cedric really wanted to go on a real train ride for a very long time. He bugs me about it from time to time. In order to do this...

How A Child Learns What is Important

Today Dante had a small skating competition in his class. Prior to going to the competition I asked him if he wanted to tidy his hair with gel or wear something nice for the competition and he said, “Who cares? It’s not important.” We showed up at...

The Difficulty of Being Myself

I have been receiving guidance from my inner wisdom that I can benefit people by showing them who I truly am. However, I find it hard to be myself and show people who I truly am. This is especially so in public. So to get over my fears, I decided to film a video of...

A Mother’s Fear

As my kids continue to gain a sense of the world around them and grow into the wonderful little people that they are, I realized that new challenges arise with my role as their mother. Recently, this conversation happened in the car with my 6 year old son Cedric....

Lessons From a Sick Pet

Have you ever known someone who had a sick pet? Today I had a intuitive coaching session with a man who is going through a traumatic event of having a very sick pet. Rick’s family have had the loving company their dog Sam for over 10 years. Sam had fell ill with...

How to Go to Hell – A six year old’s perspective

It seems like I don’t get my kids together in the van often enough or long enough. We came back from a 90 minute road trip and here is an interesting conversation that went on: Dante (7 years old): How do you get to the center of the Earth? Dad: I don’t...

What is a Dude?

I was driving in the van when a conversation amongst the kids caught my attention. Cedric (6 years old): My friend is a Dude! May: What is a ‘Dude’? Cedric: A Dude is someone who does fist pumps and calls you “Dude”!!

How to be a Champion

Today Cedric and I were preparing the Goodie Bags for his sixth birthday party. For some reason, when we went to buy the things he would like to include in his goodie bag, he got a bag of toy gold medals as one of the little trinkets he wanted to give to his friends....

How to Deal with Your Inner Critic

During a personal development seminar I attended this week, it came to my attention from the sharing of fellow participants that many people are very hard on themselves. Most human beings live with the constant chatter of their own inner critic. These voices are loud,...

Taking Ownership of My Life

I want to thank my friend Mick for introducing me to the work of Steven Pressfield, the author of the books The War of the Art and Turning Pro. I feel that these are important books to read if you wish to work for yourself and not anyone else. I guess I am the kind of...