Nov 28, 20204 min3 Movies to remember in Social Distancing TimesI went to a Starbucks with a friend the other day, when asked for ‘my name for the order’ I replied “Wilson, and can I ask you a favor...
Nov 21, 20204 min3 Questions from late night Red Lights- Part DeuxIn our last episode https://makingabetterpast.com/2020/11/16/3-questions-from-late-night-red-lights-part-1/ we found our “Crusading...
Nov 16, 20203 min3 questions from late night red lights -Part 1My father got to grade nine before he had to quit school to get a job to contribute to his families much needed revenue. At the time,...
Mar 17, 20206 minNatural selectionDarwin’s vison of the evolution of a species has always been of fascination and inspiration to me. To oversimplify his life’s work I...
Mar 11, 20205 minTourist Trap!Light of Dawn Recently while on vacation, a woman looked over my way and waded across the pool. I panicked. My first thought was “uh oh!...
Jan 12, 20205 minWhat I learned from designing women’s shoes about manifesting desires.Early in my career I worked with my father in the creation of women’s fashion footwear. I started that journey in Florence, Italy, where...
Dec 19, 20192 minHow to get through the scary, painful disturbances.“Mindfulness is the handbrake for thoughtless behaviour” In some of my previous posts, I have written about the benefits of actually...
Nov 11, 20193 minRemembranceLight at the edge of darkness When I forget that I am but one seven billionth of my species on the planet that life itself has existed...
Oct 15, 20194 minGraceland“There is a girl in New York City Who calls herself the human trampoline And sometimes when I’m falling, flying Or tumbling in turmoil I...
Oct 3, 20194 minWhat did “HE” do next ?I remember as a kid we were inspired by a “Voice Over” style of TV show where the Narrator seems to be watching the same story unfold...
Sep 18, 20192 minEven Superman has KryptoniteMy mother had a little quote on the wall that may have contributed to my restless identification of what is missing/wrong. “When you’re...
Sep 3, 20193 minLight defined from darkness owned.I recently watched a LinkedIn video discussing failure as a learning opportunity. The challenge with failure is that it can really sting…...
Aug 30, 20193 minHigh school dances and life lessons in negotiation.When I was growing up one of my closer friends suddenly lost his father. It really rattled me at the time, because his dad was really...
Aug 19, 20193 minWhat doesn’t kill us …hurts!The idea of emotions colliding with the physical self is nothing new. It is often said that the greatest influence on the onset of...
Jul 17, 20193 minOn BecomingBack in the day, my mother who hails from the Deep South used the expression “that’s not at all becoming” in reference to attire or...
Jul 14, 20192 minThe eyes have it ?When I was a kid I remember defending myself for some transgression before my dad and saying; “Can you tell me what’s on the wall behind...