How to Get Unstuck

photo by Jaime Kowal

Are you stuck? Are you stuck in a job you don’t like? With a partner who’s not a good fit? Or generally loathing your life, but afraid to make a move because right now it’s safe… Little Woo is intimately familiar with the feeling. As the subject of our cover story, the darling and intriguing performance artist and teacher has been to that edge of despair in leading a life that was safe but slowly draining her.

The stirring news is that the journey from stuckness to freedom can be scary and full of uncertainty, but ultimately hugely rewarding as you shake off the myth of being safe (safe from what?) and discover, like Little Woo, the joy of pursuing your true path. After all, in order to contribute toward making the planet a whole and healthy place to live, we must first do the work to make ourselves whole and healthy. Read Little Woo’s story.

Empowering Events

November is jam-packed with events to enhance your life. Here are two favourites: First, Brian Pinch is invested—literally—in making the planet whole and healthy. As an environmentalist and a financial planner, Brian specializes in socially responsible investing and has become one of Canada’s premiere experts on aligning our values with our investments (and getting a competitive return).

On Nov 8th, Brian will present an excellent opportunity to learn more about how to support those companies that are pointing the way toward climate change solutions.

Second, if you’re a woman on a leadership path you’ll want to know about the three-day leadership retreat in mid-November called Women of Vision and Passion.

The founders have created a weekend for women to connect, share grounded business practices, explore a new paradigm of leadership, and, importantly, learn to embrace your own inner knowing.

Join happyfrog.ca: Shop Local, Have Fun

Why not get a jump on holiday shopping? I want to remind you that there’s no better place to find values-aligned companies and fair-traded gifts than happyfrog.ca. The new website makes it easy to spend your money locally and find the most stylish, healthy, and hip holiday ideas.

Reader Survey Winner

Our thanks to the hundreds of readers who completed our Reader Survey in September. Kathy Nash of North Vancouver won our grand prize of a weekend stay for two at Victoria’s Marco Polo Bed and Breakfast. That was actually icing on the cake for Kathy; she said she was prompted to complete the survey “because the magazine has changed so much that I wanted to give feedback about it.” We think that’s a good thing, as she also added, “I read every issue.” In fact, 77 per cent of our readers said they “don’t miss an issue.”

Transitions

Our talented and wonderful editor Kathy Sinclair has decided to downshift her responsibilities at the magazine to make room for a burgeoning freelance career. In a clever move, our copy editor Tamara Letkeman, a seasoned editor in her own right, will be taking on the editor assignment, while Kathy assumes

the role of copy editor. Congratulations to both.

It’s all good. It’s all a SharedVISION.

In gratitude,
Rebecca