About Me
- Di Wright
- I am an ESL Instructor, Communications Specialist, Career Coach and Novice Writer specifically for your communication/ career goals, and establishing your brand. For over 11 years, I have led leadership/communication workshops (and now online sessions ) on developing leadership skills, enhancing creativity, creating a work/life balance, and many other subjects for the Toronto Board of Education, and in the non-profit and corporate sector. My approach teaches the vital importance of clear, motivational, yet caring communication. I have recently written a journaling workbook for my students/clients that contains weekly reflections with activities. It has been used by life coaches, career consultants and communications instructors. Here is the link for those who wish to learn about my journalling workbook and to purchase it.. http://tinyurl.com/serendipityjournal I’m currently working on my second workbook – a unique guidebook for traveling your career pathway. For more information about my upcoming other workbooks, email me at: d.wri3420@gmail.com
Showing posts with label work/life balance. Show all posts
Showing posts with label work/life balance. Show all posts
Monday, May 28, 2018
Making the right decision
You know that you have made the right decision about a career plan/ strategy when you feel a sense of peace about it.
Tuesday, April 21, 2015
Books for inspiration and for motivation
eading the right book at the right time can bring you to a new level to understanding yourself, others and the pathway you are meant to travel in your career pathway. Good luck and Enjoy !
Books for Personal Motivation and Inspiration: Some of my Favorites:
Living the Seven Habits : Stories of Courage and Inspiration by Stephen R.
Covey
Yesterday I Cried: Celebrating the Lessons of Living and Loving by Iyanla
Vanzant
Travelling Mercies by Anne Lamott
Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott
The Woman's Book of Soul by Sue Patton Thoele
One Day My Soul Just Opened Up by Iyanla Vanzant
Don't Sweat the Small Stuff and it's all small stuff by Richard Carlson
The Power of Optimism by Alan Loy McGinnis
Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort and Joy by Sarah Ban Breathnach
Life's Little Instruction Book Series by H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
Covey
Yesterday I Cried: Celebrating the Lessons of Living and Loving by Iyanla
Vanzant
Travelling Mercies by Anne Lamott
Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott
The Woman's Book of Soul by Sue Patton Thoele
One Day My Soul Just Opened Up by Iyanla Vanzant
Don't Sweat the Small Stuff and it's all small stuff by Richard Carlson
The Power of Optimism by Alan Loy McGinnis
Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort and Joy by Sarah Ban Breathnach
Life's Little Instruction Book Series by H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
Gift from the Sea by Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
Five People You will Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom
For One More Day by Mitch Albom
The Anatomy of a Spirit by Carolyn Myss ( to identify your spiritual path)
Books on Tapping into your Creative Soul:
Julia Cameron’s Books:
The Artist's Way.
Walking in This World.
The Vein of Gold
The Right to Write
two.
Book on Multiple Intelligences:
" Seven Kinds of Smart: Identifying and Developing your Multiple Intelligences." 2nd edition.... by Thomas Armstrong. The publisher is Canbook. You can try ordering it online at www.abebooks.ca.- textbook section. This site has some good prices for gently used books and some new ones too.
Books on Connecting with the Right Brain By Betty Edwards
The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain (Paperback)
by Betty Edwards
by Betty Edwards
Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain, Seven Lessons to Enhance Creativity and Artistic Self Confidence
Friday, March 7, 2014
To honour international women's day 2014
Don’t walk ahead of me and be above me.
Don’t walk behind me and be below me.
Instead, walk beside me and be my equal in heart, mind and spirit.
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Olympic Fever
The Olympics begin on the 27th... this Friday...
We, the world, can see first hand the truth of the statement--- you are the power of your dreams-- by all those who are participating and who have worked so hard to get there.
Let us experience the Olympic spirt they will personify and exercise it in our daily personal and professional lives.
Let the Games begin!
Sunday, January 9, 2011
What is the colour of your grass
As we begin 2011, a lot of us make resolutions for change in our lives and yes, change is good, yet at the same time- to play the devil s advocate here- we have to reflect on what things we really genuinely should change in our lives.
To elaborate here,do you seriously believe that all the grass in your life is yellow. Something we sometimes simply have to come to terms with is that there is no perfect life, job, spouse, relationship, child or parent.
In other words, there is always going to be yellow and brown spots in our grass. This is something that we must take into account when making a major decision in our lives.
Yes, we all have heard of people who have made a drastic change in their lives—thinking that the grass is green over there only to find out that the grass was just as yellow over there. We often have used filters that coloured our experiences making the grass brown or yellow and so much more delectable on the other side... these filters often make us colour blind to the fact that our current grass is actually quite green exactly where we are. The filters have distorted the true picture for us thereby making us sometimes foolishly ponder a drastic and unwarranted change in our lives.
An epiphany is experienced when you realize that the grass is greener where you water it—in other words-- that only you and you alone are responsible for your life satisfaction and happiness. So sometimes you have to take out that hypothetical watering hose (vessel) and pour more efforts into your life to make that part of it green again.
We can look to others for inspiration and motivation in our watering efforts and how our water vessel is created. We also can journal to explore some of the issues that may be responsible for our yellow and brown spots. Depending on the situation, we can have conversations with loved ones, colleagues, coworkers, our life and work managers to get a deeper perspective on some of these issues.
With a more mature, seasoned perspective with the help of mentors, or life and career coaches, we can now look at our grass with as few of these filters as realistically possible.
Along with these efforts , we can with a little more initiative and patience ,slowly and purposefully, turn the grass green under our feet once again.
If we go through this contemplative and reflective process, better career and life decisions can made if we embrace and accept the reality that the grass is not always greener on the other side.
To elaborate here,do you seriously believe that all the grass in your life is yellow. Something we sometimes simply have to come to terms with is that there is no perfect life, job, spouse, relationship, child or parent.
In other words, there is always going to be yellow and brown spots in our grass. This is something that we must take into account when making a major decision in our lives.
Yes, we all have heard of people who have made a drastic change in their lives—thinking that the grass is green over there only to find out that the grass was just as yellow over there. We often have used filters that coloured our experiences making the grass brown or yellow and so much more delectable on the other side... these filters often make us colour blind to the fact that our current grass is actually quite green exactly where we are. The filters have distorted the true picture for us thereby making us sometimes foolishly ponder a drastic and unwarranted change in our lives.
An epiphany is experienced when you realize that the grass is greener where you water it—in other words-- that only you and you alone are responsible for your life satisfaction and happiness. So sometimes you have to take out that hypothetical watering hose (vessel) and pour more efforts into your life to make that part of it green again.
We can look to others for inspiration and motivation in our watering efforts and how our water vessel is created. We also can journal to explore some of the issues that may be responsible for our yellow and brown spots. Depending on the situation, we can have conversations with loved ones, colleagues, coworkers, our life and work managers to get a deeper perspective on some of these issues.
With a more mature, seasoned perspective with the help of mentors, or life and career coaches, we can now look at our grass with as few of these filters as realistically possible.
Along with these efforts , we can with a little more initiative and patience ,slowly and purposefully, turn the grass green under our feet once again.
If we go through this contemplative and reflective process, better career and life decisions can made if we embrace and accept the reality that the grass is not always greener on the other side.
Sunday, January 2, 2011
Journalling and the year 2011
As we begin a new year, I thought it might be nice to revisit the benefits of journalling in my life and in others.. Journalling is a wonderful way of seeing your life- both professionally and personally in a different light.
So here again are the main benefits of journalling:
-getting clarity re: what you want in your life.
-Creating and setting boundaries.
-Ferreting out life goals.
-Beginning a journey to walking your own pathway.
-Tapping into your intrapersonal/ retrospective side by means of reflection.
-Helping you take yourself and others through the experiential learning cycle.
-Finding hidden talents and abilities within your authentic self
-Finding the positive strengths in yourself and others, and building on them
For a great guidebook on journalling, you can check out my journalling workbook at " A Year in Serendipity: A Journalling
Workbook"http://tinyurl.com/serendipityjournal .
All the best for 2011
So here again are the main benefits of journalling:
-getting clarity re: what you want in your life.
-Creating and setting boundaries.
-Ferreting out life goals.
-Beginning a journey to walking your own pathway.
-Tapping into your intrapersonal/ retrospective side by means of reflection.
-Helping you take yourself and others through the experiential learning cycle.
-Finding hidden talents and abilities within your authentic self
-Finding the positive strengths in yourself and others, and building on them
For a great guidebook on journalling, you can check out my journalling workbook at " A Year in Serendipity: A Journalling
Workbook"http://tinyurl.com/serendipityjournal .
All the best for 2011
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Aligning Your Occupation With Your Inner Core
Your career interest is not what others expect of you but what You enjoy.
Enhancing your quality of life often means pursuing your passion or aligning your occupation with your inner core-- personal values and goals.
Have you ever read the book by Janet Bray Attwood, Co-Author of the NY Times Bestseller "The Passion Test - The Effortless Path to Discovering Your Life Purpose" or gone to the site and taken the free passion test to explore YOU.: http://www.thepassiontest.com/TPT/Free/index.cfm?
Good luck pursuing your passion(s)!
Enhancing your quality of life often means pursuing your passion or aligning your occupation with your inner core-- personal values and goals.
Have you ever read the book by Janet Bray Attwood, Co-Author of the NY Times Bestseller "The Passion Test - The Effortless Path to Discovering Your Life Purpose" or gone to the site and taken the free passion test to explore YOU.: http://www.thepassiontest.com/TPT/Free/index.cfm?
Good luck pursuing your passion(s)!
Monday, January 25, 2010
A Reflective Task for 2010
As we continue into the new year of 2010, it is important to reevaluate your interests, values, ethics, hidden talents and passions – to take a look at where we are in our professional and personal lives..
There are various sites that can help us in this reflective task. . Some of these are free and others are not.
For example you can take MAPP at http://www.assessment.com or you can review your
results online! Simply logon using your email and password. And if you haven't used your free MAPP Match, take advantage of it at:
http://www.assessment.com/MemberCenter/Matching/Onet.asp
There are various sites that can help us in this reflective task. . Some of these are free and others are not.
For example you can take MAPP at http://www.assessment.com or you can review your
results online! Simply logon using your email and password. And if you haven't used your free MAPP Match, take advantage of it at:
http://www.assessment.com/MemberCenter/Matching/Onet.asp
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Breaking Out of Your Comfort Parameters
Yes, we all are tempted to go back to that which we know to be so comfortable .
However, if we are not changing, then we are not growing.
You cannot move forward in your life to achieving your life and career goals if you are constantly looking back in the rearview mirror at your life.
Strive for your goals, but also be open to the possibilities of opportunities you have never thought of.
Work on breaking out of your comfort parameters by developing your peripheral vision and expand your world!
Remember too that the only rut you cannot get out of is the one you have created with your mind.
However, if we are not changing, then we are not growing.
You cannot move forward in your life to achieving your life and career goals if you are constantly looking back in the rearview mirror at your life.
Strive for your goals, but also be open to the possibilities of opportunities you have never thought of.
Work on breaking out of your comfort parameters by developing your peripheral vision and expand your world!
Remember too that the only rut you cannot get out of is the one you have created with your mind.
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