Kernaghan has the write stuff
People in Business Mar 02, 2022

By Shawna McCrea I first met you, Tom Kernaghan, on May 10, 2016, at one of our first BalAnce Storytelling Tuesdays. You had recently made the big move here from Toronto, and it was great to hear you were happy to be in Kelowna. And I remember you were so inspired by Storytelling that you […]

Master the voice in your head
Columnists Feb 23, 2022

By Dale Choquette What little voice? I don’t have one. Yes you do. We all do. It’s the chatter that goes on in your brain. Some call it monkey mind. Whatever your little voice says sounds perfect. That’s the problem. You tend to listen to it too much because it does sound logical and you […]

Radical forgiveness will pay off
People in Business Feb 16, 2022

By Donna Fairhurst I come to you from the unceded territory of the Syilx and Okanagan people with gratitude for your lessons and the powerful teachings coming forth in this challenging time. I am so grateful for the soulful lessons we are sharing with each other today. What is forgiveness? Forgiveness is the gift we […]

Find your financial balance
People in Business Feb 09, 2022

When I first met Shawna McCrea at a Balance Well-Being event over five years ago, I thought: Wow, she really understands people and sees possibilities for them miles away. When I learned she’d had years of leadership experience in the financial industry and community building, my engaging first impressions came into fuller view.  McCrea supports […]

ROWE the future at work?
Columnists Feb 02, 2022

By Barri Harris Before the time of COVID, workers were hard pressed to get work-from-home solutions approved by their employers. How times have changed. Now, quite the reverse is true. Employers now have difficulty in many cases justifying why employees who have been working successfully from home should have to re-enter the conventional workplace. In […]

ESP can mean many things
Columnists Jan 26, 2022

By Rochelle McFarlane What does ESP stand for? I get this question a lot. Yes, it can mean extra sensory perception, and honestly it’s helping the right people find me. Not everyone believes in extra sensory perception, and that is OK, because I am not for everyone either. I have come to realize that my soul’s […]

Bowen like music to your ears
People in Business Jan 19, 2022

Courtney Kafka strums the body electric, to borrow from Walt Whitman’s famous poem. For Kafka and her clients, however, the song of the body can be discordant or staccato when afflicted by injury, stress or other imbalances in life. The owner of GPS Fitness, Kafka practises Bowen therapy, a modality of treatment developed in Australia […]

Let values guide your life
Columnists Jan 12, 2022

By Dale Choquette Have you ever thought about what your values are? How are you living your values? Values are important to every aspect of our lives so it’s important to know what they are. There are two definitions of values: 1. The importance, worth or usefulness of something. 2. A person’s principles or standards […]

Time to write your story
Columnists Dec 15, 2021

By Pamela Lynch I didn’t start out intending to become a writer. As a little girl, I’d gobble up Nancy Drew books until the bathwater turned cold. I remember looking down at the book sitting on the tub’s edge, thinking, I want to do this. I didn’t know what “this” was. • Did I want […]

Ten ways to spot a narcissist
Columnists Dec 08, 2021

By Tricia Veltri The word ‘narcissist’ has been quite the buzz word these days and has been popping up more and more in our everyday lives. These wolves in sheep’s clothing are walking amongst us and, for some of us, sleeping in our beds. In my counselling practice, I have seen an increase of my female clients […]