by Alison Braithwaite | Jul 18, 2018 | General
Stories are powerful “There is no greater power on this earth than story.” ~ Libba Bray Stories are powerful things. Stories can engage us, celebrate us, set a direction, open our eyes to possibility, connect us to our personal power and can shift the culture of our...
by Alison Braithwaite | Jul 3, 2018 | General
You know the voice I was about to write something entirely different this morning and then I got a phone call. It was my husband. He was calling from the car and he had that voice, you likely know the one. The voice that signals to you something serious has just...
by Alison Braithwaite | Jun 20, 2018 | General
Self-observation Years ago I lived at a yoga centre for a few months. I received room, board and yoga lessons for cleaning bathrooms and changing sheets. One of the takeaways from that experience for me was a quote I heard there: “Self-observation without...
by Alison Braithwaite | Jun 5, 2018 | General, Unearthed
Yesterday I was taken by surprise. I had hand surgery. I knew I was going to the hospital for 1:00 pm. I knew I was going for a procedure to release my carpal tunnel. I even read about it. It seemed simple enough, in and out in a few minutes. My impression was I would...
by Alison Braithwaite | May 23, 2018 | General
I have been reflecting on the breath recently. The breath is what accompanies us through life from the moment we enter this world to the moment we leave it. Yet we take it for granted and it has so many lessons to share with us. As I reflected, I realized that it is a...
by Alison Braithwaite | May 9, 2018 | General
My strength was striving In my recovery from burnout, I have been faced with the question: How vulnerable am I willing to be? over and over and over again. Being vulnerable is not something that I had ever considered as a strength. In my career, vulnerability did not...
