Gratitude

How to Grow Your Online Community with Gratitude

How to Grow Your Online Community with Gratitude

Over the weekend, my husband Dan and I recorded a podcast together. We had a great discussion on how we have both seen our online businesses grow during the pandemic, and how gratitude has played an important role. You can listen to the podcast here: bit.ly/GrowYourOnlineCommunityWithGratitude

Dan has been building his online business as a video game streamer on Twitch TV since the end of January. Within a few months of starting his new business, we were in a global pandemic, and for many businesses this has led to a complete shut-down.  Thankfully for Dan, more and more people are looking for ways to be entertained and connect online. Much our surprise - his business has doubled every month since he started. In our conversation we share what goes on behind the scenes while building a community and a business online. This blog is inspired by our podcast.

Why Am I So F*ing Tired?

Why Am I So F*ing Tired?
When the pandemic was announced back in March, I thought we would be ok. I already work from home, running several online businesses. My 9 year-old daughter is home as well, and we choose to unschool. My husband's work is easily done from home too. And he had already started his side gig of streaming on Twitch TV before the pandemic. We were set. After I got over the initial shock of the first two weeks, I got into a rhythm and found myself really, really busy. Busier than I have been in years. Both of my businesses growing and my husband's side gig growing too. It all felt really amazing. Until it didn't. Because right now, I'm so fukcing tired.

How I Learned to Wake Up With Gratitude

How I Learned to Wake Up With Gratitude
We are living through one of the most difficult global crises in our lifetime. Every day we are seeing reminders to be grateful in the face of adversity. Several years ago, I went through a life-threatening infection that changed the way I look at every day. I choose to wake up with gratitude, as I know first-hand that tomorrow is not promised. Here is the story of how I survived my second miscarriage.

A Tsunami of Gratitude

A Tsunami of Gratitude

We are seeing a Tsunami of Gratitude all over the world

There has never been a time such as this in our lifetime:

Our Facebook feeds are full of thankful memes.

Flight crews are being called heroes.

Superman has passed on his cape to the nurses.

How I'm Creating a New Vision of Life During the Pandemic

How I'm Creating a New Vision of Life During the Pandemic
The first and most important thing on my list is to protect my mindset. I've been a student of the self-help movement for over a decade. For years, I've avoided the news and fed myself a steady diet of positive, inspiring and motivational work. Like many of you, I've been caught up in the COVID-19 news pandemic too. This past week, I've had to reach into my magical trunk of tools to help me create a new vision of life during the pandemic.

Where Do We Find Gratitude in a Pandemic?

Where Do We Find Gratitude in a Pandemic?
There has never been a more important time to find gratitude in our lives. We are in the middle of a global pandemic that has yet to peak in North ...

Secrets to Being Happily Married For a Decade

Secrets to Being Happily Married For a Decade
My husband and I have been married for over a decade, and together for over 12. I can count on one hand the number of times I thought that things might not last between us. We have been through a lot as a couple - job losses, apartment fire, two miscarriages, cross country move, moving twice in 10 months and now sharing a home with my parents.

What is the Secret to Growth and Success?

What is the Secret to Growth and Success?
The messy secret behind growth and success is that there are always challenges before we rise. What I’ve found is that it is during the challenging times that we grow the most. It’s up to us to decide whether we shrivel up and die (metaphorically), or grow stronger than ever before.

Jealousy is Killing My Business

Jealousy is Killing My Business
Recently, I wrote a three part blog post on what to leave behind in the last decade. As we move forward into 2020 and beyond, the number one thing for me to work on leaving behind is Jealousy.

How I Found Gratitude After a Miscarriage

How I Found Gratitude After a Miscarriage
Photography and gratitude are two of my passions. With this new product launch, I'm bringing the two of them together. Before we get to the product, I'd like to share a story with you. 

*Trigger warning as I will be sharing about my first miscarriage.*

Leave These Things Behind in 2020 (Part 3)

Sunrise on Vancouver Island
This is the final part of a 3 part blog series on what to leave behind in 2020. You can access Part 1 HERE and Part 2 HERE. I've shared the first 12 of 20 things to leave behind in these two posts. In this last part of the series, I'll wrap up with the final eight things. I've kept some of my most difficult ones to leave behind in this last blog post.

What To Leave Behind in 2020 (Part 2)

What To Leave Behind in 2020 (Part 2)
In part one of this three part series, I shared 7 key things to leave behind in 2020. That list includes jealousy and other people's opinions. I continue the list in this post and I'll complete it in part three.