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As much as my time out here in the Maritimes has been about learning new tools for my readings, it has been as equally important for me to reconnect to who I am.

I think for a lot of us, as we get older and mature into adults, we can lose the true sense of who we are.  We get busy with everyday life…raising families, trying to advance in the workplace, and conforming to the expectations from society that we put upon ourselves.

Most of this is great, don’t get me wrong.  However, what I am able to see with a lot of people is the loss of connection to who they are and the connection to their inner child.

I have a great example.

January here has been a great month for lots and lots of snow!  A couple of days ago, a friend and I decided to go outside and build a huge snow fort in her backyard.  We spent a couple of hours digging out all the snow and had a great time!  I think the last time I built a snow fort was when I was around 11 or 12 years old.  Over the past couple days it is all we have talked about, just like you would as if you were a kid.  We’ve been planning what to do next, how to improve it and planning when we would work on it.  I really felt connected to my inner child at the time.

What interested me the most with the building of our most awesome snow fort, was the reactions we would get from people that we told what we’ve been up to.  Many people were shocked and questioned why we would do that.  Some people thought it was a cool idea and secretly wanted to go and build their own fort.  Then there were the few that were actually going to go and get started on their own awesome snow fort.

So, what is stopping you from going out to build your own fort?  Or try something fun from your childhood?  I think for most people, it’s the worry they have of what other people might think of them.  Of how they would be perceived by their peers.  Some people have simply just forgotten how to connect to who they were as a kid.  Here’s a little secret, the more you try to connect to your inner child, the easier it gets!  The more you connect, the more fun you have in life!  It’s a great side effect of being a kid again!

I have a few pictures of us working on our snow fort, which is not completed yet.  We have currently decided to renovate our fort and are in the planning process of making it bigger and better! 🙂

Enjoy!

Wow, it’s hard to believe that January 2011 is already near it’s end!

I’ve been enjoying my time here in Moncton during the winter months.  We had a fairly rough storm yesterday that brought lots of snow and some strong winds.  Looking out the window today you see a much different story!  It’s a beautiful sunny, but cold Saturday afternoon.

Many people have told me that I wouldn’t last here through the winter when they hear I am from British Columbia and have never seen a winter out here.  Although the winter is only half done here, I am really having a good time!

My husband Paul came out to visit for a couple of weeks and had a really nice time.  The weather at that time wasn’t the greatest as we had a few strong storms and weren’t able to travel very much.  I was able to take him over to Prince Edward Island and around a bit of the surrounding area of Moncton.  We did a bit of winter hiking on some of the great trails they have here, which is one of my favorite things to do in my spare time!  I introduced him to some of the great people I have met out here and he was welcomed in true Maritime style.  🙂

I’ve posted a few pictures below of his visit as well as some winter pictures!

Enjoy!

I was thinking the other day about how my relationship with my husband has progressed over the years and I thought of something that I would share that might help some of you out.

We have been together for almost 14 years now, and have had lots of ups and downs.  Some really good arguments and lots of great laughs.  What I was thinking about was how our communication has evolved over the years and it wasn’t until just recently that I started changing things up a bit when it came to conflict and how I handled it.

Paul and I can both be very stubborn people.  For those of you that follow astrology, I am a Taurus and he is a Scorpio.  This makes for a very interesting dynamic when it comes to how we communicate and resolve our differences.  🙂  Things can get very heated!  We both don’t like to give in or compromise either…or even admit wrong doing.

So, what made me decide to change things up?  Well, I was speaking to one of my very wise mentors, Tamara about how frustrated I was becoming with certain things in our relationship and she gave me some really good advice.

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