Canadian author Elen Ghulam was born to a Czech mother and an Iraqi father. Mother to three grown children, she is also a flamenco dancer, an artist, and a hostess-chef extraordinaire.
Category Archives: FOCUS ON YOU
Nonviolent Communication by Marshall Rosenberg
The concept of nonviolent communication is powerful. It’s all about being conscious of the impact of our messages. The key is to listen with curiosity.
Complex PTSD by Pete Walker
A wonderful book that describes CPTSD and how to heal from its devastating effects on daily life.
You Bake, I Write
What delights you and tickles the creative wrinkles of your brain? What are you willing to keep doing over and over again until you start becoming better at it?
Healing from Complex PTSD
Linda Meredith is Australia’s first Certified Trauma Recovery Coach and she shares why we must be the generation that changes how we treat children.
Doing “More with Less” Does Not Work!
I would like to flip the Do More with Less mentality to more a Reflect and Rest approach, which ironically allows us to do more with less in the longer run.
Easier to Move Mountains
A Chinese saying reminds us that it is very difficult to change the nature of who we are, that is it easier to move mountains and rivers.
I Am Where I Should Be
We cannot control the past. We cannot control other people. If I am here, I am going to make the best of it.
Not Doin’ Nothin’ This Weekend
So I’ve decided… I’m not going to do anything this weekend. I’m not going to make a list, I’m not going to feel guilty.
Lazy Procrastinating Mama
You know where I’m going with this, right? I’m not that mom who spent a month planning and creating the perfect homemade costume, who is decking out the porch in Halloween decorations, who spent the weekend carving Jack o’Lanterns with my kids and their cousins… Nope. I had to all day work Sunday. I wasContinueContinue reading “Lazy Procrastinating Mama”