Heels_HS Archives - Heels and High Standards

As our communities, classes and communication have moved primarily online due to COVID-19 it can be more tempting than ever to compare others' highlight reels to our inescapable realities - don’t. Most of us are spending more time online and therefore encountering uplifting quotes that might feel accusatory or snippets that show perfect poise, fashionable spaces, talented and resilient people and flawless finishes. This should not in any way threaten our concept of self or encourage us to judge our current realities. If nothing else, this pandemic has surely proven what matters and alternatively what really does not...

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The Sweet In The Sour

Feb 03. 2020

The real tragedy is not that we experience things that are less than savoury - this is life, it involves loss, pain, sadness, surprisingly hard circumstances and things beyond our control. The real tragedy is when in the face of the darker side of encounters with life we stop hoping, stop voicing, stop expressing and stop encouraging. Life almost stole my voice but I’m taking my silent battle to my audible platform and saying a clear - NO. . . . Somewhere between the loss of loved ones to death under 30, watching others’ hearts break in ways that...

Self Development

Alexa, Turn Off Autopilot

Oct 16. 2019

Before a pilot sets out on a flight they plot the coordinates of their journey. They consider a number of factors including the weather, other flight conditions, estimated time of arrival, etc. They know where they are going and how they are going to get there. For most of the journey, given continued favourable weather conditions, pilots are able to press a single button and enter auto-pilot. This allows the vessel to fly itself essentially while they just supervise to ensure all systems are working appropriately. Take off and landing are a hands on affair...

Self Development

Fight Before You Flee

Aug 02. 2019

New situations can be daunting; even when those situations are clearly for your own good. It can be scary to embrace change, to ride the waves of uncertainty and continue to forge on when you find yourself faced with new faces, new challenges and/or new surroundings. It can be tempting to flee what is new and go back to what is familiar. Even when what is familiar is what we have been hoping would change. When the change eventually comes it often comes with factors we did not anticipate, feelings we cannot quite articulate and...

Professional Development

Opportunity Called: Luckily Preparedness Answered

Jul 19. 2019

We all have a responsibility to prepare ourselves for that time when luck will meet opportunity. There will come a day when you could find yourself in a privileged position for promotion. You'll have an opportunity to leap frog a few steps forward and start earning more, taking on more responsibility, commanding more influence and/or playing on a larger stage. This will likely not happen without any investment on your part though. Yes, the opportunity may come regardless, but if you have not invested time, effort and hours into building yourself you will not be...

Self Development

Is thiS Thing oN?!

Jun 27. 2019

Sometimes the problem is not you, it is what you are plugged into. A few years ago my dad gifted me a beautiful kettle. It was transparent with a blue light that comes on at the base on while it is boiling. As a committed tea and coffee drinker my kettle has spent a lot of time on. In addition to enjoying the hot beverage I also began to enjoy the boiling experience. Watching the little bubbles dance all around the transparent orb with the blue light highlighting the progress of the boiling was excellent....

Self Development

Inspiration Over Intimidation

Apr 16. 2019

When you feel stuck, uninspired, lost and demotivated and you don't know what to do or how to get out of it start with step one: do not panic. Do not allow feelings of being last in the race, of being lapped and disgraced, or of being the only one not ‘making moves’ to assuage you. It happens. Sometimes you stand still for too long and negative feelings wash over you to the point where you feel like you are drowning. You’re not drowning. Breathe, focus on what is going right and keep the bigger...

Professional Development

Reclaiming My Time

Nov 06. 2018

Have you ever experienced that awkward pause when money falls to the ground? There is usually a crisp tension in the air. It is unnatural. No matter how busy, tired, hot, bothered or rushed the person who drops the money is, they always take the time to pick it up. They stop what they are doing and retrieve their money. You just don’t throw money away. It is simply not done. Perhaps this is because money is finite. You only have access to a certain amount of it. No matter how large that amount is...

Relationships

Looking Forward to Looking Back

Oct 30. 2018

Do you remember when you thought you might never breathe properly again? That it would always hurt? That you would always know exactly where your heart was located because of that incessant pain in your chest, lump in your throat and nausea in the pit of your stomach? Do you remember when you thought that life could not possibly go on? Heartbreak hurts. Whether it occurs in the form of the loss of a relationship, the loss of a person or the loss of something else one holds dear – it hurts. Initially it consumes...

Professional Development

But Darling, What If You Fly?

Sep 27. 2018

Is there a dream or a desire that you have had for as long as you can remember? Have you always seen a life that is bigger, better, fuller and more fulfilling than the one you currently have? Is there a skill or talent that you know is connected to your purpose and destiny? Have you been doing everything you can to connect the dots, advance towards the goal and achieve that thing which tugs at your heart? If yes, wonderful! This address is for those who know what they carry, who know what they...

Older Posts

Pandemic: One Size Never Fits All

May 12. 2020

The Sweet In The Sour

Feb 03. 2020

Alexa, Turn Off Autopilot

Oct 16. 2019

Fight Before You Flee

Aug 02. 2019

Opportunity Called: Luckily Preparedness Answered

Jul 19. 2019

Is thiS Thing oN?!

Jun 27. 2019

Inspiration Over Intimidation

Apr 16. 2019

Reclaiming My Time

Nov 06. 2018

Looking Forward to Looking Back

Oct 30. 2018

But Darling, What If You Fly?

Sep 27. 2018