by Gail Mercer-MacKay | Apr 29, 2018 | Personal Development
This week I’ve got a good friend with me — Pam Maguire — who has been so helpful as to assist me in eating the delicious lunch I have prepared. Pam, as any good friend should, is also talking with me about life, the universe, and how strangely difficult it can... 
by Gail Mercer-MacKay | Dec 10, 2017 | Personal Development
As I write, I’m in the middle of a 30-hour journey home from Thailand — from Phuket, through Seoul, Incheon and Taipei, and finally home to Toronto. Aside from the tiredness that can be expected on a journey of this length, I’m feeling gratitude that my... 
by Gail Mercer-MacKay | Nov 26, 2017 | Personal Development
In last week’s newsletter, Going Back to the Well, I shared how I’m returning to the wellspring of creativity within myself by going on a three-week sojourn in Thailand. I’m there now and am already amazed at the places I’ve travelled and... 
by Gail Mercer-MacKay | Nov 19, 2017 | Personal Development
We all need to take an occasional break from our day-to-day lives, with its deadlines, to-do lists, and endless commitments. But sometimes it is difficult to put on the brakes and just stop. Why is taking a break so important? I know for certain that our brains need... 
by Gail Mercer-MacKay | Oct 29, 2017 | Personal Development
This week, I want to address the topic of fear. Fear will always come up for us, as individuals, much more frequently than we think is common or acceptable. The question is, how do we approach such a negative, pervasive feeling when it relates to our businesses? For... 
by Gail Mercer-MacKay | Oct 1, 2017 | Personal Development
It is one of the seemingly constant traits in humans that we tend to focus on the negative. When it comes to assessing our own strengths and weaknesses, our attention goes most naturally to the “weaknesses” part of this dichotomy, and we try to improve by...
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