by Dominique Dennery | Mar 30, 2020 | Compassion, Genuine Conversation, Genuine Life, Personal
This is a tale of three meltdowns. I’m sure there are many similar stories emerging around the world right now. Meltdown #1: The overwhelmed five-year-old A man I work with had to postpone a Zoom meeting because his almost-five-year-old daughter had reached the end of...
by Dominique Dennery | Mar 23, 2020 | Compassion, Customer Service, Genuine Life, Perseverance, Transition
This is the Second Part in a Two-Part Series. If you missed it last week, here is Part One. After I finished my chat with the naturopath at the health food store, I went to the bigger grocery store. I was feeling trepidation about going, but I quickly found the store...
by Dominique Dennery | Mar 18, 2020 | Fear, Genuine Life, Perseverance
This is Part One in a Two Part Series. Watch for Part Two next week. I needed to do a grocery run today. I wasn’t out of food, but I was out of some necessities and fresh fruits and vegetables. On my way to the grocery store I stopped at a little local health food...
by Dominique Dennery | Mar 16, 2020 | Compassion, Genuine Life, Perseverance, Personal
This week I spent a few days in a hotel while on business in another province, as the COVID-19 pandemic was hitting Canada. I’m reflecting on the human behaviours I noticed as I stayed in a deserted hotel and travelled on a mostly empty plane, anxious to get home. The...
by Dominique Dennery | Nov 19, 2019 | Asking The Right Questions, Genuine Life
Two words that will ruin your life Yes, ruin! I’m only being a tiny bit hyperbolic here. There are two innocuous-seeming words I avoid when I’m trying to manifest something. They’re “when” and “if.” They’re not inherently bad words—we use them all the time. But they...
by Dominique Dennery | Oct 2, 2019 | Creativity, Genuine Conversation, Genuine Life, Podcast, Poetry, Transformation
I had the pleasure of having on my podcast Jamaal Jackson Rogers, Ottawa’s past English Poet Laureate (2017-2019). In addition to being an award winning poet, Jamaal is also a creative entrepreneur, performance artist, educator and mentor! He speaks to us about...
