A friend wrote to me recently to ask how to handle the situation when your boss gives long-standing employees assignments because they've been in the organization many years, but overlooks you for the same tasks.
I acknowledged that it's frustrating w...
Jennifer Hollington
Posted on April 24th, 2024
Very early in my career, my boss arrived in my office and said that we needed to define our organization's corporate culture. That bewildered me. I had no idea what culture meant. I looked "culture" up in the dictionary—one of those pre-Internet dictio...
Jennifer Hollington
Posted on April 23rd, 2024
Today, I took part in Ovarian Cancer Canada's Board of Directors meeting in Toronto. I always welcome the opportunity to hear about the organization's accomplishments. Since our last meeting, OCC's Walk of Hope made the 2023 list of top 30 peer-to-peer...
Jennifer Hollington
Posted on April 23rd, 2024
Mel and I grabbed the train from Ottawa this morning and passed a pleasant few hours hurtling through the countryside en route to Toronto.
I've traveled to Toronto to attend a meeting of the Ovarian Cancer Canada Board of Directors tomorrow. Mel came ...
Jennifer Hollington
Posted on April 21st, 2024
This week's favourite find is my post on Friendship and illness. It includes several quotes from the late Irish poet and author John O'Donohue. In addition to the quote I selected below, I would share this one:
"I think there's a natural hunger in th...
Jennifer Hollington
Posted on April 20th, 2024
Today was spent in the company of old friends Jim Farrell and George Bruemmer plus newer friend Susie Bruemmer. I worked with Jim and George in the Canadian Forest Service between 2008 and 2011. This morning, we traipsed through George and Susie's wood...
Jennifer Hollington
Posted on April 19th, 2024
I saw my family doctor today for what I think of as my annual check-up but what my provincial health system describes as a "personalized health review."
This term emerged in Ontario in late 2012 when the Ontario Medical Association (OMA) and the Onta...
Jennifer Hollington
Posted on April 18th, 2024
I woke up feeling anxious. Worried about little things. Nothing major. Just feeling a little off.
After my morning routine of breakfast with my daughter, shower and Duolingo, I got started on making S’mores Chocolate Chip Cookies. The dough needed to...
Jennifer Hollington
Posted on April 17th, 2024
A friend recently sent me this quote from an article by Susanne Täuber, who was fired after filing a complaint about gender bias:
So, if you can: don’t waste time doubting yourself. Walk away and take your bright mind to a place where it will be value...
Jennifer Hollington
Posted on April 16th, 2024
On our lunchtime walk today, Mel and I encountered a mother with her young son. The boy, who looked to be about three years old, was on a small bike, which he was gleefully pushing through a patch of mud.
— "How cute!" I said to the mom.
— "He loves...
Jennifer Hollington
Posted on April 15th, 2024
