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The articles you find here are either ones I’ve written myself or have been collected by me from others sources. They represent not only topics that I am interested in, but often document my progress in dealing with life issues. I love writing and I know that my own evolution has been greatly aided by putting my thoughts and struggles down on paper.

These articles, whether written by me or not, represent a very personal perspective. I hope they at least get you thinking. And if they help you sort through a problem you’re having or help you to feel less alone, that’s great too.

• Coaching
• Business Topics
• Career Corner
• Reflections from a Life Well Lived
• Ottawa Valley Living Magazine
• Thought Waves series for Australian Business Magazine

Coaching

• Take Your Coaching to a Higher Level (.pdf)
• The Art of Choosing a Coach (.pdf)
• On 'Being' Coach (.pdf)
• Career Coaching Using The CODE Model™ (.pdf)

Business Topics

• 5 Tips Guaranteed to Make Networking Work (.pdf)
• The Productivity Paradox (.pdf)
• A Challenge to the Central Dogma of Business (.pdf)
• Best Practices ...the practice guaranteed to keep you small (.pdf)
• Thoughts on Self as an Instrument of Change (.pdf)

Career Corner

• 5 Steps to Effective Career Networking (.pdf)
• Self Managing Your Career (.pdf)
• Acing that Job Interview (.pdf)
• Creating A Great Work Experience ...One Critical Factor (.pdf)
• Picking the Right Work Environment for You (.pdf)

Reflections from a Life Well Lived

• 3 Steps to Keeping a Self Reflection Journal (.pdf)
• Planning Your Funeral (.pdf)
• Low Standards ...pathway to a great life (.pdf)
• Deadheading for the future (.pdf)
• The Dream (.pdf)
• Bifurcation or Bust (.pdf)
• There is no enlightenment ...get over it! (.pdf)
• Food is an "F" Word ...but what an F word! (.pdf)
• Fun is an "F" Word (.pdf)
• Oh Just Get Over It! ...as if (.pdf)

Ottawa Valley Living Magazine

• Fiddling Away the Day (Jan 08) (.pdf)
• Discovering the Upside of Winter (Feb 08) (.pdf)
• Off to the General Store (Mar 08) (.pdf)
• Spring SnowScapes (Apr 08) (.pdf)
• Betwixt and Between (May 08) (.pdf)
• Pioneers in Our Midst (June 08) (.pdf)
• Nature with Creature Comforts (July 08) (.pdf)
• Fruits of their Labour (Aug 08)
• Freezin’ Cold on a Blistering Day (Sept 08) (.pdf)
• Autumn’s Bounty (Oct 08) (.pdf)
• Adversity Becomes Opportunity (Nov 08) (.pdf)
• A Baby Birthing Community (Dec 08) (.pdf)
• Blowing Out the Cobwebs (Jan 09) (.pdf)

Thought Waves series for Australian Business Magazine

• Choice (.pdf)
• Reality – Fact or Interpretation (.pdf)
• Change – Is the spirit willing when the body resists (.pdf)
• Deck Chairs on the Titanic (.pdf)
• The Power of Not Knowing (.pdf)
• Our Interconnectedness, its implications & potential (.pdf)
• Big thoughts for Big Results (.pdf)

Important Articles by Friends, Colleagues and People I've never met!

• Business
  • Walking the Labyrinth by Anita Allen (.pdf)
  • Salt and Energy by Don Henderson (.pdf)
  • Do You Really Want More Customers by Mike DiLauro (.pdf)
  • Best Practices by Mike DiLauro (.pdf)
  • Its Not too Taxing by Mike DiLauro (.pdf)
  • Let My People Do What? By Mike DiLauro (.pdf)
  • No More Customers by Mike DiLauro (.pdf)
• Money
  • The Game of Money by Mike DiLauro (.pdf)
• Relationships
• Retirement
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  • Preparing for Retirement, Canadian Social Trends, Autumn 2005 (.pdf)
  • Enjoying Retirement, Canadian Social Trends, Autumn 2005 (.pdf)
  • Marital Satisfaction in Retirement, Canadian Social Trends, Spring 2005 (.pdf)
• Creativity and the Arts
• Living Life
  • Reclaiming Voice – the Potential for powerful aging by Cathy Carmody (.pdf)
  • Hiding in the Bushes by Cathy Carmody (.pdf)
  • A New Perspective in Medicine by Anita Allen(.pdf)
  • Beyond the Veil of Fear by Anita Allen (.pdf)
  • Ignite! By Anita Allen (.pdf)
  • Stress Free by Anita Allen (.pdf)
  • Crohn's "Dis-Ease" by Karina Evangelista (.pdf)