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September 29, 2025 In clarity, Confidence, focus, Personal Growth, perspective, Self Mastery, Transformation, travel

Insanity & Sexuality

The thing having lived in four countries and traveling the amount that I do, is that I’ve made great friends. There are my friends that I grew up with, friends from my teen years, friends from the neighborhood, from my various career paths, my marriage and my travels. Many have come and gone. Sadly, I’ve been ghosted too often from the takers in the world when I no longer have served their purpose. My givers, you are the ones who remain and I love ya!

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August 31, 2025 In clarity, Confidence, focus, Personal Growth, perspective, Self Mastery, Transformation, travel

What a Difference a Summer Makes!

In my coaching, podcast (see: www.pamelapitcher.com/podcast) and blogs, I speak about perception. Beauty, as everything else, is in the eye of the beholder. We perceive, think what we think, based on our socialization and the environment we are born into.

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July 1, 2025 In clarity, Confidence, focus, Personal Growth, perspective, Self Mastery, Transformation, travel

Elbow’s Up

Happy Canada Day!

Today, July 1^st, is Canada’s 158^th birthday and I just did the math and just realized how young a country Canada was when I was born in 1959. Thankfully, the values of its youth and optimism were passed on to me.

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May 30, 2025 In clarity, Confidence, focus, Personal Growth, perspective, Self Mastery, Transformation, travel

Mi Corazon no esta en España – Tal vez Mallorca

This month we found ourselves in the Costa Blanca on Spain’s East Coast in our search for the spot to spend the shoulder months in retirement. We started in Valencia, Spain’s third largest city.

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April 29, 2025 In clarity, Confidence, focus, Personal Growth, perspective, Self Mastery, Transformation, travel

Soul Journey

It’s funny. What I didn’t know about coaching is that when you retire, you never really do. When I observe another person needing help, the mentor in me shows up. I have also learned that she is not always welcome.

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March 31, 2025 In clarity, Confidence, focus, Personal Growth, perspective, Self Mastery, Transformation, travel

Out of Life’s School of War

Now that it’s finally finished, this past month I’ve sent my memoir to four literary agents; one based in Toronto and three others in London. I have received one rejection from London and that was to be expected.

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March 1, 2025 In clarity, Confidence, focus, Personal Growth, perspective, Self Mastery, Transformation, travel

Bullies & Saviours

It’s been a while since my last blog and that’s due to travel. Most of January was spent in Antigua where the sun and heat helped my bones as I golfed. Antigua is a beautiful island and so are its people who were always eager to help.

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January 6, 2025 In #family, clarity, Confidence, focus, Music, Personal Growth, perspective, Self Mastery, Transformation, travel

Music & Chandeliers

For those of you who live in the sun, this may be a non-event but the UK has had the The sunrise was spectacular this morning. Drinking tea in bed watching her rise was a joy. Despite ‘red sky in the morning, sailors take warning’, it’s almost midday and the sun is gloriously shining. wettest weather the past year that I’ve experienced on this side of the pond, reminiscent of the rainy months in Vancouver where I spent my first forty years.

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November 25, 2024 In clarity, Confidence, focus, Personal Growth, perspective, Transformation, travel

Despite My Age

Today the wind is blowing the sleet sideways. Frozen slush is pelting against my window and I’m thankful to be inside a warm home. My bones hurt. More than ever, I dream of our winter home-to-be in Spain.

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September 2, 2024 In Animal Conservancy, clarity, focus, Kenya, Personal Growth, perspective, safari, The Great Migration, Transformation, travel

Our Great Migration

Waking up in the Maasai Mara of Kenya is like waking to a symphony with birds singing their song and the animals grunting and shrieking. It was a new dawn every morning. Sometimes we’d see baboons, elephants, hippopotamus or lizards from our tent during the morning.

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