Some days it felt like I’d woken up in an episode of “The Handmaid’s Tale” Early on, when we learned that we should wear masks and gloves to the supermarket,...

I say it over and over again and I will continue to say it until I draw my last breath... There is magic in putting pen to paper. Something about the connect...

There's not a day goes by that I don't find myself scribbling something down in my Passion Pulse. It's my private journal and it's also my personal assistant...

There's nothing I love more than falling into a good book. I was one of those kids who read everything I could get my hands on...nothing's really changed. If...

Life has been a little up and down for me lately. Not enough hours in the day. Too many things to do in too short a time. Too many demands and a head that re...

August is the final month of winter down here in New Zealand. It's also a time when we have a ridiculous amount of rain and it's cold and dreary--at least th...

Mum was diagnosed with lung cancer in mid-April and we've been on a roller coaster ride ever since. I'm pleased to report that she seems to be over the worst...

I remember a time many years ago, when I was struggling with early sobriety. I was on my way home from a shopping trip with my two young sons in the car. It w...

I'm asking myself where did the first quarter of the year go? I'm also looking at my goals for this quarter and I'm pleased to report that I've likely hit 80...

It's been a torrid week here in New Zealand. I don't like following the news, but even I would have to have been living under a rock not to have been caught ...

Wonderful Wednesday: Sometimes it's hard when you're feeling as if the world is crashing in on you to find the wonder in the world. That's why practising gra...

Some days it feels like everything is too hard. "Struggle" is the word of the day and all I want to do is go back to bed, pull the covers over my head and pr...

When I was trying to get sober, I had a line drawing on my fridge. I eventually coloured it in I loved it so much. It was a photograph of a pelican trying to...

You know the feeling. All the best intentions and then...Bam! Out of nowhere something gets in the way of your well structured new routine/hobby/exercise pro...

I had time to reflect today. As I write this, it’s the day before Valentine’s Day--the day when every woman (and probably a lot of men) who are involved in a...

This post could easily have a sub-heading, "How to Manage the Unmanageable" or even, "My Stationery Obsession" :-) I was thinking about the way that I keep m...

So I talked about my own struggle with self-care at the beginning of this week. Of course, it’s not only when I’m trying to get back into my yearly routine t...

Today I’m grateful for my cat, Freyja. She drives me nuts at dawn when she meows at me to get up and feed her--which I ignore by the way--but it doesn’t stop...

When I practice gratitude it helps me to look for the positive things, people and influences in my life. It makes it easier to build a shield against the neg...

It’s been my experience that gratitude is so much more than simply saying, “thank you”. Gratitude has, quite simply, changed my entire outlook on life. It’s ...