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Glass Half…

Pamela Russell

Life is an intricate dance of experiences, with both joys and challenges guiding our journey. Amidst the ups and downs, acknowledging our emotions is crucial for cultivating emotional intelligence and self-awareness.

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Live Strong & Vulnerable

Padma Gordon

Can you be strong and vulnerable at the same time? This was the topic of our dialogue this week in our Rare Family Dynamics group.

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Friendship: The Account of Trust, Love, and Reciprocity

Pamela Russell

Imagine friendship as a precious bank account, where trust, love, and reciprocity are the currencies. Just like a financial account, you cannot solely take withdrawals from it without making regular deposits.

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Gratitude Amidst The Chaos

Padma Gordon

We gathered this week for our Rare Family Dynamics workshop. We began this new series by focussing on gratitude. As a raregiver, it can be hard to find moments of gratitude amidst the chaos and it's possible.

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Contradictory Emotions

Pamela Russell

Think about the happiest moments in your life, whether with family, on your own, or enjoying a huge success at work or something else... In all honesty, are you happy?

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Talk To The Bus Driver

Padma Gordon

This week the topic was noticing changes and the self-care practices we use to stay connected to ourselves as we notice the changes in our Rare child or children.

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Tending To Your Garden

Pamela Russell

In our bid to be everything to everyone, we often neglect our own needs and desires. We make sacrifices for our families, careers, beliefs, and everything in between, and we don’t always get much in return.

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Intuition

Pamela Russell

When learning to develop our intuition one of the most common hurdles is distinguishing our voice of intuition and our voice of fear. We all have intuition, but this is a skill that is often not nurtured.

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Hope

Pamela Russell

In our culture, somehow we have created a particular “glamour” around those who persist and win, in spite of limited hope for success. But we often don’t hear the sorted details of the painfully difficult journey…

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