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Morning Mindfulness: Start the Day with Awareness & Calm
Every morning the past couple months I've started my weekdays by practicing my meditation. Be it a guided audio meditation, box breathing...
Derek
Jun 6, 20243 min read


The Power of a Healthy Relationship ... With Yourself
I signed up a while back to an email newsletter called "The Journal Prompt" (It's Canadian too! Yay!). Each week, they send a newsletter...
Derek
May 30, 20243 min read


Redefining Self-Care: Beyond Bubble Baths and Spa Music
Self-Care is perhaps an overused term in our industry. I feel without question the message it's trying to convey is not only correct,...
Derek
May 29, 20244 min read


How can we embrace change and overcome the fear of the unknown?
We fear change. We often resist it for the familiar in our days, weeks, months and years. Yet change is inevitable. Change is nature....
Derek
May 23, 20243 min read

Sometimes You Find Gold!
I love quotes. Do you? Granted, the ones we never forget and that we actually use in our approach to our daily routines are the ones...
Derek
May 13, 20242 min read


Empower Yourself: Practice saying "NO"
I recently finished a "mini-series" here on the Zen Blog, with 16 posts (so "mini" is debatable I guess), and in the process I had some...
Derek
May 9, 20245 min read


Final Post of the Series: Part 16 - Unlocking Deep Health Exploring Gretchen Rubin's 'The Happiness Project' Secrets"
Here we are at the last post in our "little" mini-series here on the Zen Blog. Taking my favourite points from Gretchen Rubin's Secrets...
Derek
May 7, 20243 min read


Part 15 - Unlocking Deep Health Exploring Gretchen Rubin's 'The Happiness Project' Secrets"
This is a common conversation with clients and observation in general as the years go by. It's also a reminder for me as to how much my...
Derek
May 6, 20244 min read


Part 14 - Unlocking Deep Health Exploring Gretchen Rubin's 'The Happiness Project' Secrets"
The next point on Gretchen's Paradoxes on Happiness list that we've been exploring, and how I relate it to overall deep health, expands...
Derek
May 3, 20242 min read


Part "12.9" - Unlocking Deep Health Exploring Gretchen Rubin's 'The Happiness Project' Secrets"
Yep, that's right - This is post "12.9". Why? Simple - because I'm very supperstitious and the number 13 just isn't my favourite for...
Derek
May 2, 20243 min read


Part 12 - Unlocking Deep Health Exploring Gretchen Rubin's 'The Happiness Project' Secrets"
Here's a point from Gretchen's Paradoxes of Happiness list that is a tough one: Silence is sometimes the best reply This is a challenging...
Derek
May 1, 20242 min read


"Part 11 - Unlocking Deep Health Exploring Gretchen Rubin's 'The Happiness Project' Secrets"
This point from Gretchen Rubin's Paradoxes of Happiness makes me giggle a bit... Because it's true: Hell is other people. Heaven is other...
Derek
Apr 30, 20243 min read


"Part 10 - Unlocking Deep Health Exploring Gretchen Rubin's 'The Happiness Project' Secrets"
For our 10th post in this series, we're going to go a little deep... maybe? Well, I'm not sure if it's even remotely close to what...
Derek
Apr 29, 20243 min read


"Part 9 - Unlocking Deep Health Exploring Gretchen Rubin's 'The Happiness Project' Secrets"
We're heading into Part 9 of our series that stems from Gretchen Rubin's "Happiness Project" book, and we're now heading into Coach D's...
Derek
Apr 26, 20245 min read

"Part 8 - Unlocking Deep Health Exploring Gretchen Rubin's 'The Happiness Project' Secrets"
Part 8 now? Wow!! I hope you're enjoying this series of posts. I enjoy sharing my favourite of Gretchen's points from her Secrets of...
Derek
Apr 25, 20243 min read


"Part 7 - Unlocking Deep Health: Exploring Gretchen Rubin's 'The Happiness Project' Secrets"
We touch on today's point from Gretchen's list in Part 6 of our series here on the Zen Blog. It's also been discussed here before on the...
Derek
Apr 24, 20243 min read


"Part 6 - Unlocking Deep Health: Exploring Gretchen Rubin's 'The Happiness Project' Secrets"
Part 6 of our little series of posts takes another of Gretchen Rubin's Secrets of Adulthood and adds some thoughts in regards to how it...
Derek
Apr 23, 20243 min read


"Part 5 - Unlocking Deep Health: Exploring Gretchen Rubin's 'The Happiness Project' Secrets"
Part 5 of our series on Gretchen's Secrets of Adulthood list and Coach D's favourite points is a personal favourite. It's helped in my...
Derek
Apr 22, 20244 min read


"Part 4 - Unlocking Deep Health: Exploring Gretchen Rubin's 'The Happiness Project' Secrets"
Part 4 brings us to another point on Gretchen's Secrets of Adulthood list, from her book "The Happiness Project", that is a common...
Derek
Apr 19, 20243 min read


"Part 3 - Unlocking Deep Health: Exploring Gretchen Rubin's 'The Happiness Project' Secrets"
Our third entry into this little mini project is a doozey! A common conversation and "ah-ha moment" with clients, and a REAL BARRIER to...
Derek
Apr 18, 20244 min read
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