Creating Healthy Communities

Creating Healthy Communities

I was at a local screening of the movie “Vanishing of the Bees” last night, and two weeks ago saw a screening of the movie “Genetic Roulette: The Gamble of Our Lives”. The message that is incredibly clear to me is that, because very (make that VERY) large companies are focused on bottom line and shareholder value, there is little or no thought to the consequences of their actions. But the Side Effects of their actions...

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World’s Healthiest Community – Finalizing the Business Plan

World’s Healthiest Community – Finalizing the Business Plan

I’m stuck! Have you ever had that feeling? You’re on to something. You just know it’s something that you’re meant to do. You’re passionate about it, you wake up every day and take steps to move your dream forward. But it’s getting tougher. With each step forward, your shoes are getting stuck in the mud. You can’t see the forest for the trees. You know it’s not supposed to be this hard. You’ve already seen the outcome in your...

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World’s Healthiest Community

World’s Healthiest Community

In a previous post, I talked about being Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired, and I said I was going to do something about it. I shared the Message of Hope and Healing that I posted as part of the “Are You A Messenger?” program I was recently involved in, and today I’m taking it one step further. Today I’m kicking off the plan for the World’s Healthiest Community. It all starts with a declaration, a vision. Every successful...

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Paradigm Shift in How We Look At Our Health

Paradigm Shift in How We Look At Our Health

It’s coming. Can you see it? Can you feel it? Can you taste it? Can you smell it? Weird questions? Maybe, maybe not. I was at an event last night, a gathering of board members for our local hospital. I sit as a Director on the Foundation Board of the hospital. Our group got together with members of the Governing Board of the hospital in a social setting. I was talking with two of the folks from the Governing Board and one of them asked me what...

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What’s the Value of a Community?

What’s the Value of a Community?

Have you ever stopped to think about that question? I’m not talking about a monetary value, I’m talking about the impact that being part of a caring, sharing community can have on your life. I had never really thought about it, it just seems like something we take for granted. Most of us are actually a part of many communities. I live in a community in Ontario, I am part of a curling and a golfing community, the company that I own and manage...

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The Power of “WE”

The Power of “WE”

Will you have more success by co-operating or by competing? In one of my earlier blogs regarding the concept of Love vs. Fear, I wrote about two comparisons of love and fear being Community vs. Alone, and Cooperation vs. Competition. Thanks to a reader’s comment that reminded me that in that blog, I went on to describe my thoughts regarding the Community vs. Alone concept, but I neglected to elaborate on the Cooperation vs. Competition...

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