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What goes around comes around: Lessons from butt clay
You gotta love instant karma… Like this story? Then check out my book Misadventure Musings: Lessons learned from life’s awesome and absurd moments.
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The power of words: Lessons from mushy French cauliflower
Forget the Eiffel Tower: the most memorable parts of my trip to France were trying not to vomit on my host family and learning to choose my words carefully. Like this story? Then check out my book Misadventure Musings: Lessons learned from life’s awesome and absurd moments.
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What Meghan in the mud taught me about letting go
In the spirit of this story, this week’s Badge of Awesome goes to Caroline D. James for her article on Tiny Buddha “How High Expectations Can Lead to Disappointment, Depression, and Anxiety.” Thanks for the inspiration, Caroline!
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Keep it Simple: Lessons learned from an idiotic Christmas tree
Putting in extra effort to make an event or experience extra special is great. But sometimes — like my disastrous attempt to find the PERFECT Christmas tree for my mom — you can overdo it. Like this story? Then check out my book Misadventure Musings: Lessons learned from life’s awesome and absurd moments.
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What cancer taught me about minding my MIBs
Like this story? Then check out my book Misadventure Musings: Lessons learned from life’s awesome and absurd moments.
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10 Ways to Seize the Day and Achieve Greater Work-Life Balance
When an angry man in Alberta chastised my definition of work-life balance, I stared at him like a doofus with nothing to say in response. And as I discuss in my latest guest post on Tiny Buddha, it wasn’t until I was half-way to Regina that I figured out what I should have said… Click…
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The Importance of Community: Lessons learned from chasing a Killer at 2 a.m.
Community plays a big role in our health and happiness — something I was reminded of the night I chased a Killer at 2 a.m. (ok, there’s a bit more to the story)
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Lessons from Almost Dying: Appreciate the Everyday Awesome [Tiny Buddha]
I had the privilege to write a guest post on one of my favourite life advice websites, Tiny Buddha. In this story, I talk about the “reasons to fight” list I made during my cancer treatment and what it taught me about enjoying life’s simple pleasures. Check out my article here. .
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Nurturing Imagination: Lessons learned from launching a fireball into a house
I wouldn’t describe my mom and dad as helicopter parents. Partly because giving us a long leash was just their parenting style. Partly because with eight kids running around like a bunch of maniacs, you’d need a whole fleet of helicopters to keep track of us.
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Owning Up to Our Mistakes: Lessons learned from getting shot in the eye with a pellet gun
“Kids these days.” It’s a familiar expression used to express disapproval of how far today’s youth have drifted from the virtuous and well-behaved ways of their elders. But you only need to hear a few stories from my dad about his ridiculous childhood shenanigans to see what a crock that is. Case in point: the…
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Asking for Help: Lessons learned from my so-so odds at beating cancer
It takes more than the luck of a coin flip to navigate life’s tricky waters. Adapted from my ebook Going on a Bear Hunt: Five things cancer taught me about overcoming obstacles, available as a free PDF download.
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Knowledge and Responsibility: Lessons learned from a wolf in the woods
“With great power comes great responsibility.” – Voltaire (and Uncle Ben from Spiderman, of course) My eyes snapped open as I heard the low and menacing growl nearby. Even with my eyes as wide as they were, I couldn’t see much. It was late and our campfire was out. Though engulfed in darkness I could still…