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The Rainbow Reflection: Your Tool Against Deception
Our minds are constantly processing a flood of information. To make sense of the world, our brains quickly sift through these details, picking out what is considered important for the circumstances. Then, our minds compare the new situations to our…
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Why Fixating on the Details Keeps You in a Scam
You’ve likely been the target of a scammer, or you know someone who has. In a world where scams are becoming more and more common, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed. But the truth is, a scammer’s greatest tool is their…
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Your Personal Compass: Navigating Real-World Decisions
Even critical decisions seem to boil down to simple considerations when a more thorough deliberation should take place. Major decisions can be much more complex than we normally give them credit for. In our last blog, we used Rainbow Reflection…
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Sculpting Your Needs into Your North Star
When you take the time to reflect on your needs, many things that were likely bubbling around in your mind become much more clear and apparent. As we saw in our last blog, using the Rainbow Reflection to contemplate your…
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Your Personal Compass: The Rainbow Reflection
Have you ever felt conflicted in deciding which option is the best way to deal with a situation? I remember when I was nearing the end of my high school days and looking ahead to post-secondary school. I had not…
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What is Your North Star?
What are the words you use to define yourself? We all have an inner dialogue, and what you hear from that inner self is profoundly important. In our last blog, we discussed the need to drive your life choices in…
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The Hidden Price of Inaction – Understanding Opportunity Cost
We’ve all heard the saying: choosing not to decide about an issue is a decision in itself. This strategy, often passive, comes with its own set of consequences. Some believe that by simply letting fate take its course, the results…
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The “Random Walk” of Life – Are You Just Letting It Happen?
When you step back to look at your life, do you get the sense you are in control, or instead, is life happening to you? In other words, are you acting with purpose, or are you reacting after an event?…
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Navigating Responsibility in the Age of Scams: Where Does the Buck Stop?
Scams are indeed becoming more sophisticated with each passing day. The statistics are staggering. The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center, in its 2024 report, states that losses reported to the FBI that year totaled over $16 billion. That represents a…
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Your Opinion Matters Less Than You Think – Part 3: The Power of “It Depends” Thinking
How do we break free from the pervasive categorization that our opinions trigger, preventing us from being truly listened to? Or the aggressive, antisocial behaviour we constantly encounter in online interactions? Divisiveness and polarization seem to be the very nature…
















