THOUGHTS &
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There is something about the middle of summer that always catches me by surprise. The days are long, hot and sometimes so humid that you feel like a wet dishrag! Life seems to slow down just a little as many people go on holiday, children are home from school, and routines sometimes just don’t exist. . It feels as though everything has pressed the pause button. Yet beneath the surface, something else is happening. Without us even noticing, the seasons are quietly preparing t

How Losing Myself Led Me to My Life’s Work For 15 years, I worked as a teacher in the school system. I was good at it. I enjoyed it and I cared deeply. Yet after a few years somewhere inside me, a quiet voice kept whispering, this is not what you are meant to be doing. I began to feel that I had had enough. One particular incident stands out for me. I remember it was the end of the year and as I was waiting for my students to finish a task, I looked out the window as saw th