Sorry

“Sorry, not my Thanksgiving Day today” I am so tempted to say this when I am wished “Happy Thanksgiving Day” on this special American holiday.   Thanksgiving Day is not a tradition in my Jamaican culture, and the national Thanksgiving Day in Canada takes place in October.  So why do non-Americans insist on wishing me “Happy […]

How would you like to live in a happy city?

How do we get a happy city? This was the essential theme of an address by Rahul Bhardwaj, the CEO of Toronto Community Foundation (TCF) at a Ramsay Talks luncheon yesterday.   Rahul was there ostensibly to present the Vital Signs 2012 Report on Toronto as a liveable city.  Instead, he upped the ante and posited […]

The Risk of Asking – a HUGE lesson!

The road to the launch last Friday of my first online course “Free and Laughing in Crisis: How to turn moments of Crisis into Opportunity” has been long, and full of surprises!  First I had to redo my website www.margueriteorane.com as a platform for the product, and one of the important elements is the testimonial! […]

Laughter SERIOUSLY matters

  LAUGHTER …..Babies do it about 300 times per day.  Adults do it on average 15 times.  Those of us who love dogs, know that they do it too – ALL THE TIME.  And monkeys and even rats do it.   Where do you land on the laughter spectrum of dogs (all the time) and […]

Jamaican Lady Got Personal Growth On Ski Slope

When I moved to Toronto in 2009, one of the best pieces of advice I received from Canadians was that to enjoy winter, I should find a winter sport.  In my second winter, I tried iceskating – had great fun, even though I spent quite a bit of the time on my butt.   Now […]

Soaring with happiness – power of appreciating someone’s work!

Now, whilst I know that I am in charge of my own happiness, it really is lovely when someone actually tells you how much they appreciate you.  I just received this e-mail from a client, and it has just simply made my heart SOAR!   “Marguerite,  I’ve been meaning to thank you so very much […]

The secret to learning fast ….

As I trudged my way to the bunny slope for my second ski lesson, I watched a 4 year old boy walking with his dad, stoop down, grab a handful of snow, place it in his mouth and then continue on his journey, much joy and delight on his little face.  Throughout the morning I […]

Hallelujah – Harvard Business Review has finally got it!

  As I strolled through the airport yesterday en route to Jamaica, my eyes were drawn repeatedly to the latest issue of Harvard Business Review – the one with the BIG smiley face on it and the headline: “The Value of Happiness: How Employee Well-being Drives Profits” – http://hbr.org/magazine   Well well well ….  Happy […]

“What are you going to do different this year” – continued ……

I received some great responses to my blog – among them one from Sarita Rowe, a friend and fellow free-and-laughing  soul who is committed to helping people achieve total wellness – check her out at: http://www.puravidawellnesstnt.com/   I thought I would share her list of things that you can do differently in the area of […]

Running Sisterhood

Running is the most natural of human impulses – babies crawl, walk and then run.  Once they know about running, they never stop – buzzing everywhere at breakneck speed until some adult says “Careful” “Stop” or “Don’t”!  And that’s the beginning of the end of the joy of running for most of us.  Heard enough […]

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