HOLLY'S BLOG

Have you ever tried to make headway by making change, only to find that it doesn’t stick? I’ve been studying James Clear’s Atomic Habits in my local book club, and the concepts are so good that we decided to give it a second month for implementation. The ideas are...

  Have you ever seen someone who enjoys vivacious health and wondered how they do it? Or wished that YOU’D won the genetic lottery? My grandmother, Dusty, was one of those people who was a beacon of vitality. She always looked younger than her age. Whenever I was...

  Back in the days when I used to stay up late and drink more than a mere medicinal amount of alcohol with dinner, I worked at a theatre company as an usher. Naturally, I’d hang out with the artists whenever an occasion called for it, which is where I met...

My Grandpa was one of my favourite people, even before I can remember. My family still tells stories about how we were like two peas in a pod, even when I was a toddler. I was known as his favourite granddaughter, but I doubt any of my cousins felt slighted because he...

This article was originally published on The Meaning Method blog in December, 2018. Ayurveda is the ancient “Science of Longevity” that developed alongside the yoga system. Each person has their own unique blend of traits, which make up their overall type. Creativity,...

In recent months, I’ve often found myself using the phrase, ‘I’m drowning in paper.’ While my clients assure me that my office isn’t really that messy, that’s not the way it feels to me - probably because every stray piece of paper symbolizes a hateful task (still)...

A few years ago, I went to see my acupuncturist who I hadn’t seen in awhile. He started by asking, “You’re the flamenco guitarist, right? How’s that going?”  With him, small talk is never just small talk, it usually has some kind...

“I JUST CAN’T UNDERSTAND HOW ANYONE CAN SURVIVE WITHOUT BOOKS AND ART AND MUSIC!” My maternal Grandmother, known by everyone as Dusty, has always lived by these words. The bookshelves in her sitting room sag, filled not only horizontally with books, but vertically as...

Anyone who has played music with me knows that you won’t come to my home without being offered at least a cup of tea. In my world, sharing food and drink with others is a really important way of connecting and acts as a wonderful conduit through which to build a...

Back in my university days, I felt myself burning out badly in the fall semester of my second year. Feeling that I was losing my mind, I went to the administration office to drop one of my courses, where I found out I shouldn’t have even been able to sign up for 6...