Happiness Can Be Anywhere!

For many years it wasa dream of mine to goon an Africansafari. Last AprilI hadthe opportunity to go to Kenyaand fulfill that dream. The weekend beforeI left, one of my students in the Extreme Freedom Seminarsaid to me that she felt awkwardbeing here andhaving these amazing opportunities while people in third worldcountriesdon’t.I responded by saying that we have different kind of challenge and support here and that studies had been done reporting a greater level of happiness...

TOGETHER we can INSPIRE others!

HEARTLIVING TV starts production on a new web documentary series on May 26th and we would love for you to be a part of it. The series aims at helping families and individuals that are experiencing challenges due to a significant change in their household or life. We would like to feature 2 families, 3 individuals and 2 couples. Dr Lise Janelle is Host and Life Transformation Coach for the web-series. She sets out to strengthen the...

“Men just want to be accepted for who they are!”

This was a very interesting conversation I had with a male client of mine. We were discussing his challenges with his relationship. He told me that in his men circle, the common idea they have, is that they just want their spouse to accept them for who they are. They don’t want to be told what to do or how to do it; they just want to be accepted for who they are. I asked him if...

Dr Lise's Inspiring Meditation To Transformational Leaders

Dr Lise had the honor to lead the meditation at the annual TLC event in New Orleans. This is one of our favorite videos. Its a beautiful meditation that reflects on LIFE and LOVE. Its also a great way to relax from a busy day. HEARTLIVING TV: http://youtu.be/5YDGpv4wuVs Enjoy Watching! The Heart Living Team CENTREFORHEARTLIVING.COM...

What it takes to be a WINNER!

This weekend, I facilitated the Make Work Your Passion Workshop at the CFHL. It was so amazing to see the room fill up with passion and enthusiasm when people started to create clarity around what matters most in their work-life. Going through life without really knowing where you are going is confusing, stress producing and overwhelming. Clarity brings us inner peace and direction, which in turn fuels us with energy and confidence.Not having clarity around passions and...

Conquering Life's Double Black Diamonds

*Double Black Diamond: Exceptionally challenging and steep ski trails with narrow terrain and difficult conditions.I want to share my latest transformational adventure with you: I recently attended The Leadership Summit, at Copper Mountain, Colorado, lead by Lance Seretan. I took this seminar becaues I wanted to gain more clarity on what it takes to be a successful leader and Lance was certainly a great facilitator. Interestingly, he uses skiing as a metaphor for lessons in leadership. His...

Adele Sings of a Life-Lesson We Can All Learn From

Someone Like You. What is it about this song that haunts us and that so many people can relate to? The topic came up while speaking to one of my clients.So, I went on YouTube and WOW, on just one clip there are over 132 million hits! Obviously it strikes a chord in us. When she was introduced, the presenter said “Have you ever heard a song from someone you have never met, who managed to describe...

Is food addictive or is it WEAK will power?

February 03, 2012 --Dr. Oz had an interesting piece on food:It’s one of the most passionate debates in the medical community: can you be addicted to food or is your overeating the result of failed will-power? (Click here for full story) What is addiction? An addiction is a dependence on something that gives you short term pleasure and often create havoc in the long term. From my experience there are three main causes of cravings: one is...

Hiding Under The Balcony

February 01, 2012 --Last week I had a great session with a client which was a perfect metaphor for what happens so often to us as human beings: we create stories according to our beliefs of how things ‘should’ be, which often have nothing to do with the truth. As a result we decrease our worth and our ability to have what we would love in life. While working and exploring the statement “I am worthy of...

Amazon Adventures

September 15, 2011 --Here I am 2 weeks back from my trip to Ecuador and I am just starting to feel like I am integrating back into city life. I had been feeling out of sort like after I come back from a trip to Europe; jet lag kind of feeling like there was a part of me that was out of sync. Except that I could not blame it on jet lag because there was only...

Vacation Riches!

Just a little note to let you know about an article I wrote for Canadian Living Magazine. It’s about vacations… not a bad subject to write on, is it?! 

Full Article: Vacation Riches When I work with my coaching clients, my goal is to help them experience real success. And success is not only career related, success is what happens when we feel fulfilled, when we feel grateful for our life. When we take the time to...

The Powerful Subconscious Mind

June 14, 2011 --The more I study and work with the subconscious mind, the more in awe I am of it. The following is an excerpt from a fascinating book titled The Social Animal by David Brooks.: 

The human mind can take in 11 million pieces of information at any moment. The most generous estimate is that people can be consciously aware of 40 of these. Some experts go as far as saying that “the unconscious mind...

Don't Cry in Front of a US Customs Officer

April 04, 2011 --This blog is being inspired by the fact that I’m flying to Chicago tomorrow for the weekend. Every time you go through custom you can face big surprises. But as for everything else in life, out of these challenges great lessons can be learned. This past summer I was going to New Mexico for a TLC [transformational leadership Council] meeting. I had to fly from Toronto to Denver, and then Denver to Albuquerque. I...

Reflections of Lake Louise

Monday, March 28, 2011 --Last week, while skiing at Lake Louise, I had the time to reflect on what makes me feel most alive. I realized that being in nature is a spiritual experience for me. It helps me to feel connected with myself and the world. I find that it is very easy for me to be so focused on my work and the responsibilities that I have and forget about taking time to enjoy the...

My Journey Of Living...From The Heart

Friday, March 04, 2011 --Tonight I had a conversation with my friend Steve Pavlina www.stevepavlina.com, a fellow TLC member. He gets millions of hits on his website and he recommended that I blog and reveal more about myself. I told him that it went against the grain for me, I am reserved and I don’t really like talking about myself . He told me that if I wanted to get my message across, it would be better...