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Writing: Lessons Found in Life

Inhale, Exhale… Smile, Celebrate!

Inhale, Exhale… Smile, Celebrate!

How does it feel to just breathe? When you lay down in your bed tonight put your hands on your stomach and take a nice inhale in. So deep that you can feel your stomach swell. Breath is what gives us life. And it helps us to feel alive. It’s so easy to take that...

I Had My Own Notion of Grief.

I Had My Own Notion of Grief.

I had my own notion of grief. I thought it was the sad time that followed the death of someone you love, And that you had to push through it To get to the other side. But I’m learning there is no other side. There is no pushing through, But rather, There is...

Communication is Key to a Happy Relationship

Communication is Key to a Happy Relationship

It’s true, and while I’m no relationship counsellor I know how important it is for a couple and family to communicate about their money. Whether you feel that money is important or not, it plays a vital role in the North American family dynamic. It can make or break a...

Breathing

Breathing

How does it feel to just breathe? When you lay down in your bed tonight put your hands on your stomach and take a nice inhale in. So deep that you can feel your stomach swell. Breath is what gives us life. And it helps us to feel alive. It’s so easy to take that...

2020

2020

Would it be fair to say the 2020 hasn’t been the most wonderful year so far? So I’m just taking a moment to check in with you….. How are you keeping? Are you finding balance, are you at a standstill, or finding yourself slowing beginning to move forward again? It can...

Mindfulness vs. Meditation

Mindfulness vs. Meditation

“Mindfulness is the aware, balanced acceptance of the present experience. It isn’t more complicated than that. It is opening to or receiving the present moment, pleasant or unpleasant, just as it is, without either clinging to it or rejecting it.” ~Sylvia Boorstein As...

Insurance and Family Planning

Insurance and Family Planning

Insurance Protection Isn’t For You I’ve been in this business over a decade and I always remember an old quote about life insurance, “you get life insurance if there’s someone you love.” That’s relevant and true, because life insurance isn’t for yourself. In fact, you...

Intelligence & Intuition are Friends

Intelligence & Intuition are Friends

How do you make decisions? The other day I poured myself a cup of spice tea, and for the first time, I noticed a quote on the back of the little tab that’s attached to the string of the tea bag…it said “Intelligence and intuition are friends”.  Not only do I love the...

When There Are Only Two Certainties In This World…

There’s an old adage that “there are only two certainties in this world: death and taxes”. Planning is required for both, but death only happens once in a lifetime (usually). Taxes are an annual festivity that should be properly planned for throughout the year. That’s...

About the Contributors

About the Contributors

RetroScripts- Kimberley Rivando- Robbwww.retroscripts.cawww.facebook.com/retroscripts RetroScripts Kimberley Rivando-Robb has an English Language and Literature degree, a post graduate degree in Journalism New Media and her diploma as a Personal Support Worker. She is...

Black Lives Matter Reflection

Now more than ever we must speak our truth and stand up to injustice. Through our stories and listening to each other we share our stories and can create change and awareness. https://www.facebook.com/89906008/videos/10102045993679960/

How to be Better Today

Does finding a direction for yourself during a trying time feel like finding a needle in a haystack? With all the changes that we experienced 7 weeks ago, to the daily updates and changes that are still affecting us now, it makes you wonder how to process it all, as...

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