I am hopelessly old-fashioned. So old-fashioned that even in the whacked-out, surreal world of social media, I still cling to quaint notions that people are who they say they are, especially when they have built an authentic reputation on a site. Of course I know that skulduggery, bullying, duplicity and criminal behaviour abound online, but it’s ...
I led a workshop a while back and all 16 of the participants filled out a “wheel of life,” a coaching tool that helps people focus on the areas where they feel the most satisfied or dissatisfied in their lives. Everyone was asked to identify their levels of satisfaction in eight different areas. Not surprisingly, ...
Years ago when I was a reporter for a daily paper I covered a visit by Mother Teresa to the small northern Alberta town of Lac la Biche. I am not particularly religious but she said something to the thousands who flocked to see her that hot spring day that has always stayed with me. ...
Charlie Sheen’s career in 2011 was imploding faster that he could say “winning” or drink a vial of his own “tiger blood.” His public slide into the profitable state of media-promoted mental illness was pitiable but hardly new. I remember the first time I ever met Sheen. It was about 2 am, and I was ...
