Silken's Blog
Feb
03
In January I kept a diary, a diary of how I was investing my physical, mental and spiritual health each day. I purchased the Eckhart Tolle Day Timer for extra inspiration as I began tracking...read more
Jan
24
When I opened the Globe and Mail this week, I was absolutely delighted to see the centre section with a two- page spread of the intense faces of three female Iranian athletes in the full...read more
Jan
18
A teen boy sits opposite his mother and asks this question in an advertisement running in Georgia. The next caption says 75 per cent of Georgia parents with overweight kids don't recognize the...read more
Jan
06
Goal setting has been part of my life since my early days as a track runner. With four Olympics and years of leading others in the discovering and living their potential, you would think...read more
Jan
03
I am writing my list: the list of all the things I am proud I have accomplished in 2011. It sounds kind of inspiring, but in fact it encompasses mostly modest things like giving up running yellow...read more
Jan
02
On Sunday I was skiing down Mt. Washington in British Columbia alone on a glorious sunny day when I caught an edge and veered out of control off the groomed part of the trail, where I immediately saw...read more
Jan
02
The greatest risk I have taken in my life, I took unknowingly. Fourteen years ago I became a parent, and when I did, I risked my very happiness on my children's lives. The...read more
Nov
30
Last week I was driving back from Mount Washington with my girlfriend Karin when I chanced to look at my gas gauge. Chanced, may be a clue to the systematic way I remember my gas levels. The gas...read more
Nov
15
I have been in a rage of late. I feel it as I read the newspaper, as I read stories about women from around the world: women in Saudi Arabia who cannot drive their children to school, girls being...read more
Oct
21
The National Post ran an article last week on kid's health, titled "Are year-round sports taking toll on kids?" Parents are enrolling their kids into sports earlier and earlier, and the pressure to...read more
