Posts By: Monica Graves

First of all I hope everyone had an incredible International Women’s Day, I felt particularly spoiled this year.  Starting with the YWCA Women of Distinction Awards.  What a fabulous night!  I was honoured to be amongst carefully selected nominees who were comprised of a group of women whose life’s work has been to change the… Read more »

I’m sitting here on my couch right now.  It’s gloomy outside and that wind is really picking up.  Boink is all snuggled up beside me and I barely made it out of my PJ’s today. We sure have been hit hard with winter this year,  haven’t we?  I always find that the most frustrating part… Read more »

Last week my husband asked me to watch a documentary with him about one of his favourite comedians, Tig Notaro.   Her story was touching and filled with events in her life that left her heartbroken.  In 2012 Tig’s Mom died suddenly and shortly after Tig was diagnosed with cancer.  Determined to carry on the life… Read more »

Are you into the horoscope stuff or not?  Some people live by it and some people think it’s a bunch of baloney. I have always been intrigued.  Any theories that are magical and connected to the moon, the stars, and the big beautiful Universe, I’m IN! I suppose I love it so much because it… Read more »

So . . . How are you feeling about the new year so far?  Are you working through your goals and all of the things you were convinced that you’d be better at accomplishing this year? Isn’t it crazy what we do to ourselves?  We know full well that we are creatures of habit yet… Read more »

So, back in November on my way to the One of A Kind Show my friend Nancy McMillan called me and asked how much sleep I was getting these days.  I laughed as it was half way through the show and I was averaging about six hours a night.  Then she said, “Well Monica, sleep… Read more »

For many of us, once the Holiday Season is behind us,  we dread the cold days ahead.  Sunny days in May feel like an eternity away! I remember longing for warm, sunny days as a kid.  There were only so many snowmen and forts that I wanted to build.  I longed for

Since the new year began I’ve been thinking a lot about how I spend my time and what makes me feel really good energetically. I did a little experiment over the holidays to announce that I was still resting and it was okay for everyone else to do the same.  For me the “resting” was… Read more »

Are you fearful of change?  If you are not then please, share your secret! Most of us are afraid of change, we fear that we might fail, we fear the way others will look at us.  Believe it or not usually the biggest fear is that we will succeed.  What an oxymoron that one is. … Read more »