Archives for July 2011

Hello Inspiration – Name The Fear

A very good friend of mine – one of my besties, for whom I cannot express enough love and gratitude – has started a blog. He’s just a few posts in, but it’s inspiring. I’m inspired. And I wanted to share it with you.

His blog is called I Am Not Afraid. Here’s an excerpt from his about page:

“I’m tired of being less than I was created to be.  I’m no longer prepared to trade dreams for mediocrity.  And I’m motivated more than ever to live from a place of abundance rather than scarcity and from a posture of trust rather than fear.

I AM NOT AFRAID is both a declaration of strength but also an admission of knowing what it is to be afraid and perhaps true freedom can only be understood having known limitations.”

He has a vision for this blog but in true authentic-leader style, he’s starting by sharing his own thoughts and, yes, fears.

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Read his first post – it’s powerful, and it will give you a sense of where he’s coming from.

What do you think? And what’s holding you back from being less than what you’re meant to be?

Day Camp Does Not Equal Camping

We appear to have confused our son.

“Connor, did you know you’re going to camp next week? J will be there and you get to do all kinds of fun stuff with dinosaurs!”

“Yep!” Big smile.

The phone rings. It’s my mom.

“Grandma, J and I are going camping! And we’re going to have a fire and roast marshmallows!”

I hope dinosaur day camp isn’t a huge disappointment, otherwise we might be roasting marshmallows on our gas stove to make up for it.

 
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On the Move: Guest Post & Some Other Stuff

Hi all, happy Friday!

It’s Canada Day here in the Great White North so whether you’re Canadian or not,

HAPPY CANADA DAY!

As well, today is my 6-month blogaversary! Six months. Can you believe it?

So to celebrate both of these things, I’m over at Cristi’s today with a guest post on her amazing blog, Motherhood Unadorned. I’m sharing the latest on my leave of absence from work, which I originally wrote about here and then updated here.

So come and visit me over there, won’t you?