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Push Pause: Life Is Not a Race

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My whole life, I’ve been in a rush. But now, with the benefit of a few extra years of experience, and because I’ve finally allowed myself the time to breathe, I find myself wishing I could go back and push pause. There is so much I would tell my younger self. So much I would do differently with the benefit of hindsight. So here it is, a letter to my younger self.  Read more >

Floating

I just finished a guided-meditation. I’m sitting here now, typing  with my eyes closed, trying to find the words to fully express how incredible it was. It was a powerful meditation on slow motion movement and energy. I visualized warmth and energy flowing from the core of my body, up through my chest and down through my arms and into my hands. The idea was to focus on moving my hands so slow that they would begin to feel like they were moving on their own.  Read more >

Snow and longing

When you think to your life before children, what do you miss most? What memories hold an ethereal quality that is subtle and yet profound? Memories that help to shape your sense of self, or perhaps the joy of a life once lived. I ask not to provoke discussion on how easy life may have been, or how free we were to most anything we wanted. I ask because I’m interested to know your heart, as it exists deep inside of you. What do you long for now that you took for granted then?  Read more >

Finding quiet

I went to my first meditation class this past October. A new yoga studio focused on balance and wellness had recently opened in my community. It seemed fateful.  Read more >

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Full-time communications professional and mom to two boys working to balance career, parenthood, marriage, and a sense of self. I love all four but struggle because they compete with one another. Can't we all just get along?

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Christine LaRocque
Member Since
August 2008
About Me: 

I’m a 30-something, full-time communications professional, wife, and mother to two boys. At Coffees & Commutes I write to find quiet from a busy, hectic life and to share my thoughts and observations on surviving life as a woman and a full-time working mom.

 

 

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Manager, Public Affairs
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Carleton Place, Ontario
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http://coffeesandcommutes.com 

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