The beach. Last week I wrote about my experience on a beach walk. That blog post was all about the ups and downs of learning. In this blog post, I want to talk about how children become fully immersed in what they’re doing. I was walking along...
The beach. Who doesn’t love the beach. I certainly do! And I love visiting the beach all year around. During Summer and warm weather, I enjoy either basking in the sun or taking a walk. During Winter, I could easily grab a coffee and sit at...
Learning those hard lessons I recently shared how hard it was for me to literally get back on the bicycle and learn to cycle again. Technically I wasn’t learning to ride all over again but after 30 years of not being on a bicycle, it...
Common sense is not so common after all. I remember reading this for the first time and thinking, wow, that is SO true! Common sense is really not so common after all. What is obvious to me may not be obvious to you and there could...
Setting the scene I have been secretly admiring people cycling on the promenade for a while now. It looked like a whole lotta fun. When Shane surprised me with a bicycle for my birthday this year, I was on top of the world. Turns out my...
Here is what I wish my younger, curious self knew and believed. There is nothing wrong with you. So what if you enjoy asking questions? It doesn’t mean that you’re stupid. And so what if you take a bit longer to process things? Do you know...
Growing up, I loved reading and I loved adventure. Two of the fundamental things that I loved were not easily accessible to me. However, reading was the easier of the two. And so, every 3 weeks my mother would walk us to the nearest library....
Sometimes curiosity may appear to be doing nothing. It may seem dormant. Trust the thinker and create space for the curiosity to emerge when it is ready. Curiosity has its own timing. ...
Ask anyone whom I know and anyone that I work with. They will tell you how much I value reflection and how I create space for reflection in all of my learning engagements which I facilitate. It’s like one of the cornerstones of Bold Curiosity....
I make a call to the family homeopathic doctor to enquire about an immuno-strengthening pack of medicine that I would like to purchase. The list includes Vitamin D, C and a few others which I’m unfamiliar with. I ask the receptionist to please provide me...