Because I’m a woman I face the possibility of an unintended pregnancy. Highlighting the unique challenges of displaced women, Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) remind us that 40% of pregnancies worldwide are unintended. For those who prefer numbers, that’s about 85 million unintended pregnancies per year. With such high numbers, much attention is directed toward […] Read More
Social Media & Abortion Predators
A CNN article titled, “In Lesotho, women are finding their abortions on Facebook” details the shocking account of a Basotho woman by the name of Mpho (not her real name) who purchases illegal abortion pills called “womb cleaning pills”. She turns to the popular social media platform Facebook and finds someone claiming to be a […] Read More
Decision Coaching & Holding Space
When you hear the phrase “holding space for others” what images conjure up in your mind? We often hold seats for people at an event, or a place in line, but that’s not the kind of space I’m referring to here. Although I’ve been practicing the concept of “holding space for others” for […] Read More
Even Birds Make Decisions!
The Gulf of Mexico early September is blissful. I was thoroughly entertained one afternoon while watching the shoreline birds. It struck me that even birds make decisions, from the wee wave chasing Sanderling, to the diving Seagull, and even the patient Great Blue Heron. Driven to eat, each one takes a calculated risk at the […] Read More
I said YES!
One of the highlights of my summer vacation is watching the sunset on the beach. One evening while walking the beach minutes before sunset I spotted a message in the sand, I said yes (heart). Someone I’ll probably never meet was proposed to, perhaps just minutes before I arrived at that very spot. […] Read More
A New Blog to Introduce New Resources: Resources you won’t find anywhere else
It’s amazing that in 2014 there are still new things being invented. In reality, as long as there are living breathing creative beings on earth, there will be new things! Creativity will never be quenched, especially creativity that comes out of a desire to make a difference. To fill a void that has yet to […] Read More
4 Decision Support Resources You Should be Using
Until very recently these 4 resources couldn’t be found anywhere. ClearLinQ has been doing some very innovative resource development. Unintended pregnancy affects upwards to 156,000 women in Canada annually. Worldwide the number of unintended pregnancies is in the range of 83 million or 40% of all pregnancies. 83 Million Women Making Decisions It only made […] Read More
Decisions Don’t have to Define You: But You can Define Your Decisions
We are all decision GURUS, whether we like it or not. How many decisions do you think you make in a day? Some would say you make thousands of decisions each day. A quick Google search will confirm. Psychology Today published a much lower number. On average, they say, you make approximately 70 conscious decisions […] Read More