Living Electronicless in an Electronic Age


Hello my name is Hannah and I am addicted to electronics. I am old enough to remember when there were no real computers and young enough to be "tech savvy".

I have an addiction to electronics, specifically my blackberry or crackberry. Until my crackberry broke last week and I lost everything (phone numbers, email, appointments, everything). I seriously panicked.. oh and I know what you are thinking.. didn't you back up? Probably a few months ago but that was not the real problem.

The real problem is that I felt disconnected from the world, I could not call a friend to even tell them what happened! I realized that while I was at stop lights, I would look at my phone to read the "mini facebook" or text message or see if anyone missed me enough to email me.

I needed to have this crackberry in my hands while I shopped just in case something funny happened. Until it was gone, I never realized how addicted I really was. I mean what did I do in the car before I had a crackberry?

What has become apparent is how much I am disconnected from the present moment. I can not be in the present moment if I am constantly checking my crackberry. I am always wondering and waiting to read what will come next; the next email, the next call, the next facebook status, the next, the next, the next...

I am always looking for a stimulus, always looking external; I have been using this electronic device to keep me from myself. Myself which needs some attention. It is almost as if this device ran me instead of me running the device.

I am on day 4 of no crackberry and I am not even close to being in the present moment but it is slowly coming into my conscious awareness. I have been contemplating living without one until the new year, almost as an experiment.

Just thinking about that makes my heart and hands tremble... apparently I need more crackberry rehab. Not to mention without a crackberry I have absolutely no phone... who knows could be a freeing experience. At least I have my laptop!

Stay tuned...

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Can we play together nicely in the sandbox?

“Work together as a team”

“There are power in numbers”
“There is no I in Teamwork”

We have heard all the clichés when it comes to teamwork and team building. We throw the clichés around so much, it has become apart of our culture from families to the corporate world.
I realized, as much as I think I am alone, there is not a day that goes by that I do not interact with groups of people. Big or small, short or tall, happy or mad, helpful or rude… all sorts of teams. There are teams of people who work in our grocery stores, restaurants, movie theaters, the list goes on. We are always working with people. A team is defined as having two or more people in it. Which begs the question.. “Are we ever really alone?” (Queue twilight zone music please)……

The term team building has been around longer than I have been alive. It has become a “buzzword” in our society. Team building is looked at a way to get to know one another and understand each other through various activities. Do not misquote me here, this is all very important when it comes to teams but I have always felt there was something missing.

In all my years of not only being apart of teams but teaching and training team building, communication styles, conflict resolution and anger management…. We always looked outward and externally. We even sometimes blamed others or each other for teams that fell apart or failed.

“Times are a changin” My mom once said to me. Mom is always right, they are “a changin”. How can people see our greatest gifts if we can not recognize them ourselves? How can people appreciate us if we can not appreciate ourselves first? People can only treat us as well as we treat ourselves.




We are no longer in a time where we can play the blame game. In order for teams to work effectively, we must understand ourselves first. What do I bring to the table? What are my greatest gifts? What makes me so great? Take 100% responsibility for our actions, our words and our thoughts. This makes an effective team.


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Are you the CEO of your desk?

I remember walking into my place of employment; looking around and noticing that I did not get along with a lot of people there… so I decided to quit. I started working at the next place and although I like the place more, I had bigger problems with 1 person there.


It could not be me, it had to be the place I work at, so I quit there too. I soon realized that I was the common denominator in the equation and needed to start looking internally and stop blaming externally.
We all bring complex personalities to the table with different perspectives of the same situation. As individuals, we “mirror” or “project” our beliefs on our outside environments. 




A basic understanding of human mirroring and projection can help us to identify the gift, turning crisis into an opportunity for the betterment of all involved.

I have developed a workshop explores transforming obstacles within our teams into amazing opportunities for growth within our organizations. When we are equipped with skills to enhance our personal development, we are able to become the CEO of not only our desk but our lives.

Find out why there really is an “I” in team. This interactive workshop shows us the importance of understanding ourselves first in order to work effectively in teams. By enhancing each team member’s abilities we can tap into an immeasurable power.


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More Testimonials

You know what? If YOU ever doubt that you are having any impact on anyone, always remember me. You are such a help to me, you may not ever even know how much. You are indeed valued. Take a look at my life from when I first had a session with you to where it is now... you have been instrumental in shifting me to the happy place I'm at! This is exactly what I needed . . . - Thank you L.H. from Edmonton.

I'm SOOOOO grateful that I had my session with you when I did because it was instrumental in making the choice with ease and trust. Hugs - T.C.

I love the energy and the safe feeling that I feel around Hannah. She has opened up my path to a deeper self discovery in ways I could have never imagined. - Tanya

Thank you so much for the amazing experience Hannah! I have learned so much and I can not wait to attend another workshop with you! - Jennifer

This was amazing! It gave me an opportunity to reflect on things I haven't before and the tools to do what I need to do. I know I will be a much better person as a result. Thank you! - M.A.

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Testimonial from Chris Langille

We were introduced to Hannah as she was searching for an incentive house to administer a recognition program for her company.

We are happy to have had the opportunity to work with Hannah through the planning, implementation and the beginning of this program as she was a true ambassador for the program and was very passionate about it. I have no doubt in my mind that she shows this same passion in everything she does.

Chris Langille

Manager, Premiums Incentives, Fraser & Hoyt Incentives

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Testimonial from Katherine Hole

I first met Hannah through our friend Marlene Chapman in the summer of 2006.

What first impressed me the most about Hannah was her intelligence and common sense. She always seems to have the innate knowledge required to complete whatever task she is tackling. I’ve never heard her say “how would I possibly do that?” or “I couldn’t do that”.

Along with her intelligence; her vision, or ability to “see” how things will look like and the “big vision”, is also extraordinary. I am always in awe at her marketing & training material she has produced on her own.

On the intuition and spiritual side, it is obvious that she is connected deeply and that she is continually growing in that aspect.

This gives Hannah the unusual ability to connect with the her intuition as well as the conventional side of this world we live in. Someone who is talented with listening to her intuition and who can also truly function and excel in the “normal” world is rare indeed.

She is a doer and hard worker and once an idea is mentioned, Hannah can be seen literally running with that idea and making it happen.

I’m very privileged to call Hannah my friend.

Yours truly,

Katherine Hole

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Dare To Care Conference

Hannah was fabulous at the Dare to Care Conference! She’s a dynamic, entertaining, heartfelt speaker! Thanks! - Myra, March 19, 2008

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