In 2024, two Canadian behavioural Dr. Emily Impett at the University of Toronto and Amy Muise at York University, questioned a still-current concept that first gained popularity many decades ago — did sharing any of the “five love languages” first described more than 30 years ago by Baptist minister Gary Chapman have any effect on …
What is the secret to a life well lived? Maybe the secret is to keep living it — to not stop doing the things you love or the things that give you joy just because you’re getting older. That is the advice of the “Spanish King,” the endearing and apt name given to Andrés García-Carro …
What do we really mean when we say “Nice to meet you”? We all do it, often automatically, because it’s the courteous thing to say to someone when we meet them for the first time. But, really, we should be saying how grateful we are to meet them — yes, grateful, because whether we like …
“Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadows.” — Helen Keller Optimism and personal reflections can truly begins with the choices we make today. As we reflect on the past 12 months, we can’t help but marvel at how quickly this year went by. Each year, it seems we reach the …
“What you do makes a difference. And you must decide what difference you want to make.” — Dr. Jane Goodall From the first moment we arrived at we were in for an incredible day ahead. As we entered her beautiful, beautiful (yes, we needed to say this twice!) home, we were immediately welcomed in true …
“Talent is God-given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.” — John Wooden We all have some special gift we have been blessed with — it might be the gift of being creative, or the gift of making people laugh, or the ability to talk, or maybe the (too often …
