Category: Thoughts

His name is Steven Simonar and he wasn’t famous until he got a $175 fine for not wearing a seatbelt during a police blitz in Saskatoon.  He didn’t have his seatbelt on and he got a ticket but today, he is fighting back blaming his disability and lack of common sense. Steven has no arms […]

I am very excited today about officially introducing my new “brand”.  Ironically, I have been thinking, acting, expressing and well…living this idea my whole life and today I am formally recognizing it as a focus for my work. Honestly, the speaking business is full of people who are constantly re-branding themselves and I don’t say […]

February 12, 2013 is a special day here in Canada.  Sponsored by telecommunications giant, “Bell Let’s Talk Day” is celebrating the third year of a campaign that is a long time coming.  I am not a mental health expert but as a motivational speaker, I am constantly focusing my attention on matters of the heart […]

Quite the day in the U S of A! Not only is it a holiday respecting the birth of Martin Luther King but the Inauguration Day for President Obama…not a coincidence I am sure. I find this a special day for me too. It would be no surprise for those who know me that one […]

So, let us all be very clear on my post today: I am so sad and I am so mad and the mass murder in Connetticut is the cause. It is, of course bothering all of us but what got to me this morning as I wasn’t certain I wanted to appear obvious in my […]

I could be writing about several annoying items for my rant zone as there is no shortage of stupid lately but having just returned from our annual gathering of my (our) peers, otherwise known as the Canadian Association of Professional Speakers (CAPS) National Convention. This year’s affair was held in Winnipeg and all the bad […]

I am Canadian and I am elated the United States has finally finished their never-ending election by re-electing Barrack Obama for a second term; I can only imagine how Americans are feeling. Actually, I want to comment on what they are feeling as it seems pretty simple; 50% are elated and 50% want to launch […]

This entry will be a teeny bit different than my last one and unfortuntely, a bit raw and rantish but here we go again! Another tragic teen suicide attributed to bullying. I really tried to ignore this and not blog about it but as you may know, the not so squeaky wheel needs some grease […]

So, if you follow my blog, you will have noticed I haven’t written for a long time and I make no apologies, by the way. One of the benefits of being self-employed is I have no boss, unless you count Darlene but for 24 years now, summer is very slow and after an adjustment to […]

My apologies for ignoring my blog but my schedule has been over the top busy (I am grateful) but the last entry has continued to be current since the losers protesting Quebec’s tuition increase are still at it and an event I spoke at in Toronto last week proved to me that my opinion of […]