What is your big dream? Are you working on it, or is something holding you back? My advice is this: Adopt a Triple-A attitude for getting closer to your big dreams. Our 12-year-old son, Simon, recently landed an opportunity to interview Jim Benning, the General Manager of the Vancouver Canucks. “What?! How did you get
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Ready For Forest Therapy What the heck is Forest Therapy?! That’s what I was wondering the first time I tried it. I felt lucky to have Haida Bolton‘s beautiful spirit all to myself on a day when no other patrons were available. Although she mentioned there would be invitations to try new ways of being in
Mum’s Advice Have you ever felt wracked with indecision? Wondering … what to do. What should I do? I don’t know what to do. During a particular tricky point in my life when I didn’t know what to do, my mother offered me this advice. “If you don’t know what to do, the best thing
What’s Your Niche? In the world of book marketing, and marketing in general, this question keeps coming up. I get it. I understand how talking to a small group of interested people is better than talking to a large group of uninterested people. My tagline for a while now has been that I am passionate
It may seem like I have been on hiatus since publishing Shine Bright: Live A Supernova Life, but that’s not it at all. Actually, I have been transformed. Where Have I Been? This spring was intense! Publishing a book at the end of March was just the start. I devoted April and May to starting
Chelsea Avery. This woman is the real deal. Living her dreams, sharing her truth and setting an example of leadership in all she does. Chelsea blogs regularly at thenewwifestyle.com, a website dedicated to empowering women and our relationships. She posts about self-empowerment, motivation and motherhood. She posts about acts of kindness, improved communication, and equality
Leonie Croy. In a chapter called Transition in my new book, I describe a vision of bringing people (with a shared interest) together over a theme. Mark and I wanted to contribute to our community by facilitating the connection of people — and get them interested in taking action on environmental or other community-impact projects. A
Shannon Rosnau. What a gift. I met Shannon through our Distributed Learning homeschool program only eight years ago, and it feels like we have packed a lifetime of experiences into that time already. Shared values, shared desires, shared travel, shared spaces and shared meals have all contributed to a supernova friendship. Though we live in separate
How can an introvert best move forward with the daunting task of book promotion? By sharing the good vibes! My next four posts will reveal the supernova power of some wonderful folks who shared their light with me! Michael Worsfold. When I asked for a role play partner (for an advanced speech project) at my MorningSTARS Toastmasters club,
Fiction or non-fiction — which gets closer to the truth? Non-fiction writing is — by its very nature — the truth. A writer relays the facts as they know them. As long as the writer is careful about facts and honest about feelings, non-fiction must be the truth-iest form of writing. Or is it? Honesty