This month's focus group continued from conversations at our recent Retreat, to fully know who we are and then say yes to ourselves. Our February Focus Group revisited our Core Values and how they shape us as individuals. Those Core Values are intrinsically part and parcel of who we are, who we aspire to be and who we determine not to be. Yet, all too often, they are hidden from our view. We often bury them or maybe use different words to name them.   Remembering a story or situation in a...

Our theme for this year’s retreat, was Saying Yes to Yourself and Your Unique Brilliance, and naturally, part and parcel of that, is the need for self-care, so we were each welcomed into our temporary boudoirs with this beautiful quote of Eleanor Brownn’s: “ Rest and self-care are so important. When you take time to replenish your spirit, it allows you to serve others from the overflow. You cannot serve from an empty vessel.” And with that gentle reminder, our annual retreat at Vincentia on...

Often, for me at least, the hardest thing is starting; the easiest thing is giving up, and the most rewarding, is completing. So here I am, and I’ve already accomplished the hardest thing: Starting.  Although I hasten to add, it is not because I don’t enjoy writing this blog, but rather, by year’s end, my ink well is looking severely depleted! And as the years pass, it’s never overflowing at the beginning of each year either. Not to despair, I should be able to scratch out a few more lines...