Insight-Clarity-Growth Blog- What I Know for Sure November 1, 20212 min. read When I was much younger and new to the work world, I met many opinionated people. At the time, I associated having very strong opinions with being smart. I assumed that they must be very knowledgeable to … Continue reading →Lisa Ivaldi
- Help September 1, 20213 min. read Lately I’ve been seeing a lot in the media about how it’s okay to ask for help. I found a rough version of my own story about asking for help. I’d filed it away. Now seems like … Continue reading →Lisa Ivaldi
- Comparison Envy August 1, 20213 min. read I’ve sometimes been riding what feels like an emotional roller-coaster this last year or so. Super up one day and then plummeting the next, or sometimes even later that same day. One thing that can bring me … Continue reading →Lisa Ivaldi
- Curious June 5, 20213 min read I haven’t been journaling lately, but last month I had no choice. I felt like I was going to explode. Or maybe implode. I’m not sure which, and it really doesn’t matter, because according to a quick … Continue reading →Lisa Ivaldi
- I Would Never Do That! April 27, 20213 min read I recently read Untamed by Glennon Doyle. When I finished her story called rules, I shook my head and said to myself “Sad, I would never do that!” Right – I would never do that – code … Continue reading →Lisa Ivaldi
- From Rescuer to Coach January 20, 20214 min read I recently listened to a podcast called the Antidote to the Drama Cycle1 and it brought to mind an incident with my daughter. It was snowing and an accident had closed a portion of Hwy. 401. That’s … Continue reading →Lisa Ivaldi
- Resistance August 23, 20203 min read Last year I read a book called Resisting Happiness1. I found the title intriguing. Why would anyone resist happiness? Doesn’t everyone want to be happy? Well yes, but apparently resistance stands between us and happiness and the … Continue reading →Lisa Ivaldi
- I Can’t Know May 16, 20201 min read A few days ago I woke up anxious about something. Given our current COVID-19 state of affairs, I just couldn’t see how a particular scenario was going to turn out well. I started going down a nasty … Continue reading →Lisa Ivaldi
- Now April 14, 20201 min read So still struggling at times. Before the pandemic I was finding my way through grief and mourning. My father passed away last June, my last living aunt died in January, and my eldest sister passed on March … Continue reading →Lisa Ivaldi
- Struggling April 2, 20201 min. read I’m struggling with this new normal. At times I’m fine and getting on with my life – such as it is. At other times I’m sad for no particular reason – just feeling sad. Life has changed. … Continue reading →Lisa Ivaldi
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Savour Life
3 min read I went through a very busy period last year. I was quickly moving from one task to the next, always rushing and often trying to do more than one thing at once. It was stressful and tiring … Continue reading
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Tagged insight clarity growth, Lisa Ivaldi, mindfulness
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You Can’t Know!
4 min read When my daughter was little she used to say “I can’t know” instead of “I don’t know”. It was very cute – “Where’s your teddy bear?” – “I can’t know!” However, over the years I have come … Continue reading
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Lighten Up
3 min read This year I have been reading Pema Chödrön’s Comfortable with Uncertainty: 108 Teachings on Cultivating Fearlessness and Compassion. I try and read one of the teachings each morning before I get up. Number 29 struck home so … Continue reading
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Focus on What You Want
3 min read Back in July 2011 I wrote a blog post about Setting Your Intentions. The general idea was to focus on what you do want and not on what you don’t want. Sounds simple enough, but it is … Continue reading
Illusion
3 min read I recently read an email from my sister-in-law where she mentioned her “baby food processor”. When I jokingly wrote back that I wasn’t even going to ask why my babyless sister-in-law had a baby food processor, I found … Continue reading
Are you excited?
2 min read My 15 year old daughter is always asking me if I am excited about things that are coming up. Even though I am usually looking forward to whatever it is that she is asking about, I can … Continue reading
Preconceptions
3 min read Preconceptions … we all have them, about everything – that guy looks mean, she looks smart, that course will be hard, that jacket will be expensive. We form a judgement “in advance of adequate knowledge or experience” – the … Continue reading
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Tagged Clarity, Growth, Insight, limiting beliefs, Lisa Ivaldi, perception, preconceptions
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Me and My Shadow
3 min read Up until a year or two ago, I had an idea or a mental image of how I should look that was nothing like I actually looked. I had it in my head that other people all … Continue reading
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Tagged Clarity, Growth, Insight, Lisa Ivaldi, self-image, shadow, The tools
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Choose to be Happy
2 min read We recently watched a movie called Small Apartments. It was pretty offbeat but I’m really glad we watched it because at the very end there was a real nugget of wisdom in the form of a man’s advice to his younger brother: … Continue reading
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Tagged choose to be happy, Clarity, control, Growth, happiness, Insight, Lisa Ivaldi
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Incremental Change
3 min read Change can be overwhelming. We look at where we are and where we want to be and the gap can seem huge and insurmountable. That’s why, many times, we don’t even try. We can’t. The change appears … Continue reading
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