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Your Uplift - May 2025
Patricia's Resiliency eNewsletter ❤️🐞
Patricia Morgan
May 17, 2025
Table of Contents
ONE. On a Personal Note
Hard Stuff
Getting older includes some hard stuff! My hubby, Les, tells me I talk louder than necessary, that he can hear me working online from way upstairs, and that I’m mishearing—hearing the wrong words more often.
Small font is fuzzy to read. My recent purchase of new glasses was a comedy of errors, from the wrong prescription to having to reorder frames because the ones I chose were discontinued.
If I don’t move often enough, my ankles swell up like tree trunks. Back in 2011, I had blood clots in my right leg, so the veins are stretched. I used to wonder, in my younger years, why old people had chunky-looking legs.
Lastly, I’m on a five-year hormone therapy to help prevent the return of breast cancer. Its main side effect? Fatigue.
Darn it all! I’m a Spunky Senior!
Uplifting Stuff
Friend, Stephanie Staples, Me, Les, & Kelly ❤️🐞
Les, our dear Kelly, and I took a road trip to Vancouver Island at the beginning of the month. It was so lovely to spend time near water, to breathe in the blossoms of Butchart Gardens, and to connect with friends. When is the last time you left home just for the heck of it?
Another recent highlight experience was being in front of a keen-to-learn audience. I delivered a Return to Center workshop for Alberta’s Community Learning Network. The feedback nourished my optimism and gratitude. Here are four comments out of dozens:
“It was awesome. If you get a chance sit with her.”
“She’s high energy, safe, and very entertaining.”
“I loved her humor and passion.”
“She’s knowledgeable, fun, and informed.”
Icing on the cake, was my friend, Brandi Heather, who went from professor to play expert, was the dynamic closing keynote speaker.
We all need to be seen, heard and acknowledged. How do you fill that need in your part of the world?
In the meantime, here’s to your continued resilience,
Patricia ❤️🐞
TWO: Patricia’s Helpful Blogs/Articles
Kristin Neff’s book Self-Compassion: Stop Beating Yourself Up and Leave Insecurity Behind was published in 2011. Neff provides research and stories illustrating the importance of compassion toward ourselves. She also offers easy exercises that invite self-awareness, as well as self-compassion. But her research began long before that in the early. . . CLICK HERE
“Lean on me, when you’re not strong
And I’ll be your friend, I’ll help you carry on. . .
Yes, we all need someone to lean on!
It was at Sunday Service when Amy Bishop began singing Lean on Me, I thought of our world that often praises self-sufficiency and independence. Bill Withers’ 1972 classic, “Lean on Me,” offers a healthier message: that reaching out, leaning in, and depending on. . . CLICK HERE
THREE: Resiliency Video Picks
Patricia’s Videos
FOUR: OPPORTUNITIES with Patricia
"With self-compassion, we give ourselves the same kindness and care we’d give to a good friend." Kristin Neff, Self-Compassion: Stop Beating Yourself Up and Leave Insecurity Behind
Join us to:
Understand What Self-Compassion Is — and Isn’t
Identify Your Inner Critic and Your Wise Compassionate SELF
Discover Practical Tools for Everyday Self-Compassion
Create a Self-Compassion Practice Plan
Cost: Free
11 am MT, Saturday, May24, 2025
Free and Open to the Public. Part of the Microlearning for Resilience series
Register at: https://forms.gle/xj5vtN2HkqDFbq9N7
For more information contact [email protected]
Free for Airdrie and area seniors.
Come join us June 04 for a cuppa tea or coffee and some nibbles while we celebrate Seniors Week in Airdrie!
This FREE event is a great opportunity to connect with the seniors in our community and enjoy a warm cup of tea, delicious treats, and engaging conversations.
Featuring uplifting Speaker Patricia Morgan.
The Balzac Kitchen Party String Band will be providing the music and there will be door prizes.
The Wellness Fair will also be set up in the small hall with different vendors where you can get additional information relating to senior life.
FIVE: More Opportunities for Resilience
Presentations — In-Person or Online
Keynotes/Workshops: CLICK HERE.
Presentation Skills: For those who want one-on-one time to develop a speaking business or simply a specific message and how to effectively deliver it. CLICK HERE.
Therapeutic Counselling: Can be delivered online globally and in person in Canada. CLICK HERE.
Publications: Reduced prices are available for quantity orders. To learn more about Patricia’s books CLICK HERE.
Please let me know how I might be of service at 403-830-6919 or [email protected]
Your Spunky Seniorpreneur, Patricia ❤️🐞