Poise® provides discreet help for #LBL

I like the word “Poise,” which means embodying grace, elegance, balance, control, equilibrium. This describes how we should feel and carry ourselves at all times because if we feel and act this way, we are at peace with ourselves and unafraid of accepting life as it comes. This includes the intimate and very personal challenges […]

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The storms of our lives.

“When the going gets tough, the tough get going.” As if there were another option! But there is. The way each of us respond when a storm hits differs. You can hide under the covers and grieve allowing yourself to become paralyzed, or you can rev up the engine and fight fiercely to get through the […]

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What I learnt teaching at school.

There are things that people may not know about schools, because often, teachers are too afraid to open up and share. There are many interesting facts I have seen, heard or experienced. Whether you are a teacher, a parent, an administrator or just an onlooker, these facts are worth knowing, even just for kicks.

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How to fill the existential void.

At some point in our lives, we all experience a sense of emptiness inside, an awareness that we are, in fact, alone and separate beings. We often feel this at times when we feel we are running on empty, lost, clueless, unfulfilled, lonely, sad or downright depressed. To avoid actually feeling these feelings, we try […]

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Adult ADHD – No, you are not stupid!

Adult ADHD is not an easy thing to live with, especially when you don’t know you suffer it. My sister can attest I always thought I was stupid. I had the attention span of a mosquito. I still do, but I have learnt to curb it. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is now worldwide. Its main […]

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We are patchwork quilts.

All the people we care about are like pieces of a unique material that makeup our safety quilts. When one piece goes missing, a whole is left that can no longer be replaced. We can patch it up again, but the reminder of the piece of material that used to be there in its place, […]

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