Allow a gentle Mona Lisa smile to be with you and invite yourself to be open to the unexpected possibility in each day. At the end of each day reflect on a "warm moment" that touched your heart; a moment that places a smile on your face. And go to sleep, sigh, and breathe with that smile. 

"Every joy is gain. And gain is gain, however small." 

Beverley has been a practicing counsellor for over 30 years. She has worked extensively in Canada, Australia, Japan, and Thailand. Beverley currently has a full-time practice on the North Shore. Beverley has a highly intuitive ability to help people uproot core issues that are holding them back from moving forward to where they want to be in terms of their own self-growth. She works extensively with couples and families and individuals with numerous presenting issues.

As our beautiful summer moves toward September, I am reflecting on the moments this summer that I want to take forward with me into the fall. I often imagine inside of me that I have a fuel tank and I get to choose the fuel that I want to put inside it. I love being aware that I have choice and that really energizes me. I personally find that choosing consciously brings me more energy rather than sleepwalking through the choices I make.

I want to share a very moving moment that I experienced this summer. I still smile and my heart opens whenever I think about it.

This summer I visited a wildlife rescue and rehabilitation centre. It was for all animals that have been abused, abandoned, lost, shot, maimed, etc. There were so many!

One animal was a horse named Mona. Mona had been neglected and abused so badly that when they found her she was skin and bones. She was dying. The staff nursed her back to health. When Mona became strong and healthy a staff member tried to ride her, but Mona stubbornly refused. No one could ride Mona. Read More