I had the distinct pleasure of sitting down with another one of our graduates last week, Mary.

Honestly, I am deeply humbled and excited to have these deeper conversations with our alumni. It is such a gift to see where this work actually goes in the real world.

Mary’s story is particularly ...

When Jessica Malach found the Certified Resilience Coach Program (CRCP), she wasn’t short on passion. A former national-level gymnast with two decades in wellness and leadership, she’d lived resilience.

What she didn’t yet have was a credible, evidence-based framework to coach it.

“I knew...

When Giorgio Carnesecchi, an experienced executive coach based in Milan, Italy, knew he needed to earn his ICF Continuing Coach Education (CCE) credits, he didn’t take the decision lightly.

In fact, he researched over ten different training programs in detail.

He was looking for something...

Supporting your mood, energy, and well-being through winter

We were absolutely pummeled with snow in Toronto this past weekend.

Over 60 centimeters fell in under 12 hours. It was stunning. It looked like a true winter wonderland. Trees bowed under the weight of the snow, and the streets grew quiet a...

A personal story and an invitation to choose a new way to be.

The last couple of weeks have been a whirlwind.

Not the “busy but manageable” kind of whirlwind.

The life-is-happening-faster-than-I-can-process kind.

The kind that once upon a time would have sent me into a full spiral.

It started w...

How appreciation helps us rise up the emotional scale; backed by research, not woo-woo.

It was Thanksgiving here in Canada this past weekend and I found myself reflecting deeply on gratitude and all that I have to be grateful for.

We spent the weekend at my parents-in-law’s cottage (pictured...

Small Practices For a Steadier September

As I write this, it’s warm and bright. Cicadas hum. My older daughter is stretched out in the backyard with friends - country music on, tanning (ugh), soaking up the last rays of summer. And yet the air already has that September feel. In our house, one g...

This isn’t the message I thought I’d be writing in the middle of summer, but maybe it’s exactly the one that needed to come through.

I’m sick...and not the cozy, stay-in-bed-with-soup kind.

No, I’ve been taken down by a summer cold which feels unnatural, unfair, and frankly, rude.

It started mid-...

Have you ever wondered what makes resilient relationships? Why some deepen through challenge while others fall apart?

The secret isn’t just compatibility or communication. It’s something deeper, more foundational: psychological safety.

It’s that powerful sense of I’m safe to be myself here.

To sp...

Every so often, you meet someone different.

You can’t quite put your finger on it, but you feel it. They are calm. Grounded. Centred. Strong.

It’s not the kind of strength that shouts or performs. It’s a quiet, internal strength that radiates from within, a kind of silent power.

That’s what resil...