Happy New Year! I hope you had a wonderful holiday and that your New Year is off to a great start. Have you set any new year’s resolutions or intentions for 2023? I’m not a fan of new year’s resolutions, but I do like to set at least one intention for the year […]
What Do These A-List Celebrities All Have in Common? You will be surprised by the answer. What do Tina Fey, Ashton Kutcher, Brad Pitt, Amy Adams, Anne Hathaway and Jamie Foxx all have in common? a) They are celebrities – yes. b) They all sang in choir at some point in their lives. Did
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It’s hard to believe that the summer has come and gone. And here we are, four weeks into the fall season. The summer flew by. This summer, more than any other, I was grateful for time with friends and family and the opportunity to travel once again. In early July, the Donais fam set sail
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In my business coaching session last week, my business coach ~ the one-and-only Eleanor Beaton ~ was teaching us about containers. No, not tupperware containers! She was referring to the energetic containers we create within and for our business. The container is HOW we organize and deliver our programming as service-based and impact-driven business owners. This
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In business, we often hear “What is your WHY?” Business leaders and coaches preach that business owners and entrepreneurs must keep their “WHY” at the centre of all they do. So this begs the question, what is my “WHY”? The answer is long, but if I were to share with you a condensed and concise
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Raise your hand if you regret quitting piano lessons as a child or teen?On average, less than 50% of students who start piano lessons will complete more than ONE year of private lessons. We know that music lessons can offer so many extraordinary benefits, so why do 50% of students quit after just one year of
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Have you ever experienced a state of flow? Have you ever been so immersed or absorbed in an activity that you have lost track of time…life just fades away, and nothing else matters in that moment except the task at hand? If so, you have experienced “flow” – the optimal state of enjoyment and intrinsic
As the saying goes, “You can’t control the weather, but that doesn’t stop some people from trying.” ~author, Frank Sonnenberg. Most people LOVE to be in control. We work so hard to control our mood, our emotions, our responses, our schedule, our routines, our environment, our habits, our relationships… and the list goes on. We spend
How are you feeling these days? I’ll be honest – the unpredictable weather, this sixth (?) wave of the pandemic, and the world quickly opening up and returning to in-person events with somewhat convoluted guidelines (or not) to navigate – has me drained and my energy zapped. I don’t think I’m alone on this one!
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Performance season is approaching. As the world is opening up and restrictions are lifting, live concerts, recitals, auditions, and RCM (Royal Conservatory of Music) examinations are returning. This is all VERY exciting and a bit unnerving at the same time. I remember my RCM exams as a teenager vividly. I remember sitting outside the exam
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