A week of insights

6 December 2008 by Natalie Sisson, No Comments
A week of insights

Today I’m feeling a little worse for wear. It could have been the strong vodka cranberries I poured myself at a party last night or the fact that people around me recently have been getting sick and I’m just starting to get the effects.However unlike men who `die’ from ManFlu I generally just ignore signs [...]

A home away from home

3 December 2008 by Natalie Sisson, No Comments
A home away from home

On Thursday my life changed considerably. I took my luggage on a porter’s trolley, loaded it into Dingle’s car and drove over to my new home. Yes that’s right, I have a base, a place to call my own and I absolutely love it. So does Zara, for the first 72 hours we stated to [...]

Out with materialism and in with sustainability

26 November 2008 by Natalie Sisson, No Comments
Out with materialism and in with sustainability

I have to say this imminent recession is a buyer’s dream. Well at least it’s working well for Zara and I as we get overly excited about purchasing furniture for our heritage suite we move into this Thursday. It appears we are both infecting each other with our energy and zest for making our new [...]

Turning Maslow's pyramid upside down

21 November 2008 by Natalie Sisson, No Comments
Turning Maslow's pyramid upside down

So a slightly ambigious blog title if you haven’t heard of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. It’s something I learned about during a Management Essentials course whilst at the BMA and if I cast my mind back probably in university too where theories are always embraced. However this one really does apply, and especially if you [...]

Political fever and halloween

4 November 2008 by Natalie Sisson, No Comments
Political fever and halloween

I wonder if there’s a link between the upcoming elections and the amazing costumes and creatures that came out at Halloween on the weekend? At the end of the day aren’t all politicians just putting on an act, dressing themselves up and pretending to be someone they’re not, whilst saying they’ll deliver on something they’re [...]

An angel at my table

29 October 2008 by Natalie Sisson, No Comments
An angel at my table

Yes even in a recession it seems they do exist, well at least in the form of an Angel investor, and yes I manged to get him to sit at my table last night along with my business partner Daryl and a few other people we’d gathered along with us. Moments earlier we’d all been [...]

Falling in love with Vancouver

22 October 2008 by Natalie Sisson, No Comments
Falling in love with Vancouver

The title is a play on words, it’s fall in Canada and I can see why they’re so proud of the vivid red maple leaf,because at this time of year it regales you in all its splendour. It helps that I’m still staying at Michael’s in Coal Harbour. The view on the left is what [...]

The overindulger goes on a detox

20 October 2008 by Natalie Sisson, No Comments
The overindulger goes on a detox

So today is the first day of my 3 day juice detox. I’ve never done one before and figured after eating my first Canadian Poutine yesterday plus pizza and beer that it was just the final straw in recognising I needed to change up my health habits.Most experts claim you should taper your consumption of [...]

How life works in mysterious ways

10 October 2008 by Natalie Sisson, No Comments

So I just had to update my blog. I feel like I’m in the throws of a new and wonderful world of business and networks and connections and the amount of opportunities just keep mounting. An example of just how is below, this is my Friday so far: After a great night out at the [...]

What one can achieve in a month

8 October 2008 by Natalie Sisson, No Comments
What one can achieve in a month

So I’ve officially been in Vancouver for a month today, and I thought it might be a good time to take stock and see just what I’ve been up to. So here’s quick recap 3 x hikes around Vancouver1 x concert at the Commodore – the Stereophonics1 x BC Lions Canadian Football game1 x Canuks [...]