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Confessions of a Faithful Servant
It all started late last fall, I was working away at the farm consumed by the task at hand. As I took a moment to look up and appreciate my surroundings, tears started to roll down my cheeks. They were tears of amazement. “This was all just a dream! It was all just seeds and an idea and it …
Generosity Actually Gives You More?
What if everything I had was really for me to give?
I’m being reminded of the importance of generousity as I transition into this new being I’m becoming. In my insecurities I’ve turned my focus away from others to myself. I’ve been so worried about my own well-being, trying to get thing…
The Kind of Person I Intend to Be
I find it interesting how this idea of setting a vision and mission statement exists for business but yet as a society we don’t tend to incorporate these ideals into our own lives.
Most of us go through life living out our day-to-day list of things to do, overwhelmed, and simply just trying to ge…
Self-Exposure Part II. The Good Stuff
What if there were a place so supportive that I could celebrate who I am and the world would applaud?
In our society, celebrating ourselves has been confused as something that is egotistic. But is this really what self-love is? Why does it sometimes seem wrong to love ourselves?
As I’ve be…
Eeek...Exposing Myself
What if there was a place so safe that the worst of me could be known?
Ok, so here I am…happiness coach…and going through a ‘down’ cycle of life…somedays feeling like a fraud, ‘I think I’m happy…aren’t I happy?’, my mind questions my reality. In my insecurity I’m letting oth…
What's the Hurry?
Have you ever rushed through something simply to 'get it done'? I noticed the other day how I was rushing through my walk just so I could get home to .... ? Do work? Sit on the couch? Hmm, why was I so rushed? I guess I felt guilty for taking time for me?
The next day I went into town to …
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The Power of Simply Starting...Yes, it is really THAT easy
So I've been wanting to venture into writing as a career for some time. I have had the desire but felt like the conditions weren't quite right...I wasn't ready, didn't have enough to say, didn't have a topic!! What would I write about? My mind loudly insisted, "You can't write a book until you…
Rocky Road...The Ups and Downs of an Eternal Dreamer
As I move into my new role as 'Happiness Coach'...I am equally filled with excitement and trepidation (wondering if I'm really happy enough to pull this off, hehe). I'm on a serious emotional roller coaster...geez!! As soon as I move forward and put myself out there, I literally feel every c…
Wishes GRANTED...Reincarnated as a Fairy Godmother!
So I'm hitting the road runnin'...!! I'm launching my new adventures THIS Saturday (February 16th)!!
You can find me Saturday at The Queen St. Commons (43 Queen Street South, Kitchener)...I hope to make this a bi-weekly thing. I will be there from 1-4pm and dressed as FAIRY...not to be missed! I'…
My BIG Decision New Plans for 2013
I have some sad but also exciting news to share. I have been mulling this over day and night for weeks on end and I've decided to take a year off of running the CSA. I think this likely is just as much a shock to me as it is to you because I do LOVE farming. It provides so much to me and in s…
Tip Toeing Through Life…What are we so scared of?
I recently heard someone say how so many of us ‘settle’ into our lives…tip toeing through life trying to keep things as ‘safe’ as possible and to just ‘make it’ till we die. When I heard this my ears perked up and my mind ‘clicked’ with YES! Having noticing myself fall into this t…
Revamping The ‘To Do’ List…What my Grandma taught me about life
This month again I haven’t been around very much. All my family is out West and my grandma wasn’t doing well so I went to visit the family. Although she died during my stay, I did get to see her (and laugh and smile with her) before she passed. With all the sadness this brought the famil…
The Joy of Discovery
So as I continue to reflect on last season and plan for what is to come, I surprise myself with more insights as to what really propels me forward. I realized that last season I was trying to do too much. In farming, as in most things in life there are so many facets to know about...there is the f…
Making the tough decisions and being happier because of them
This last month (among other things:) I have been busy entering in all the field data that I collected over the summer. I keep records of the temperature, rainfall, crops and varieties planted, when they were planted and how they faired. I also keep track of harvest totals, quantities given out fo…
From Eating Disorder to Organic Farmer? Healing through Food and Farming
So it's December...I've had a month (sort of...damn paperwork!!) to 'reflect' on where I'm at and how I got here...and well...where I'm going from here! I now feel inspired to share the 'whole' story as to why I got into farming...I'm seeing now how sometimes our stories don't really make any sens…
Tragedy to Triumph? Lessons from a Death
This week at the farmers' market a young woman was hit by a car and killed just across from the Town Square during the market. Everyone there was pretty shook up from this experience. I felt my own heart sink and my body fill with tremors while still trying my very best to focus on all of you, sp…
A New Twist on Success...Acts of LOVE
The time is fast approaching... the end of another growing season. As I start reflecting on the lessons and gifts of the season I am already seeing how although challenging, it has turned out to be one of the
greatest gifts I have been given. I feel like I found a new sense of freedom and unde…
Are you Ready? Transforming Dreams to Reality
Have you ever wanted something so bad and then when it comes you aren't sure you are ready? Well this is what this week has brought me. A dream opportunity has presented itself and now I'm gettin' ready for the 'next' step on my journey. In all the awe I still feel about this, I noticed how …
Sometimes I feel like I'm cheating
This week I asked my landlord to help till in some over grown sections of the field. In his generous spirit, he sent the tractor right over...wow! He has helped me out so much, providing me not only a space to 'plant' my dreams, but space for storage, washing and prepping of the veggies, tractor h…