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The Life Notes Blog on a Roll

March 28, 2025 By Helena Kaufman

Posts of ideas and memories to share appear here as they roll in, with the most recent posted at the top. Enjoy. Feel free to comment (with kindness) or share your memory of any post that might spark for you.  ---Our websites are moving to Canadian hosting. Bear with us as the local company and … [Read more...]

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Herstory Repeating Itself

March 27, 2025 By Helena Kaufman

In my desire to tell the whole story, I am telling none of it. "Cooked in the squat," as legendary salesman and motivational speaker Zig Zigler said. The analogy, as I heard it long ago on cassette tape while driving to business meetings, was about a mixture formed with all the ingredients. The … [Read more...]

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Lost Files of the Past, Found Freedom for the Future

February 23, 2025 By Helena Kaufman

Losing past documents from digital file storage force me to look ahead more realistically at what I could manage moving forward in my work now as a creative writer of the family legacy.

"If we don’t need it and we can’t manage it, maybe it is time to clean out the digital garage." This last line in a short blog (posted below) came up as I reflected on my recent loss of highly personal files I had written and saved for many years. I had good intentions. Don't we all? … [Read more...]

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Digging Out By Writing – Daily Jots-Underproduced

February 3, 2025 By Helena Kaufman

Do something .. anything will do when you feel stuck. I clean because I have it in my head that even a spontaneous solution to being stuck, should be productive. So, if I am going to do something, anything, at least I will come out with a clean space. Cleaning and moving things around makes room … [Read more...]

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Habits rewired: Nighttime Routine Eating, Reading, Lighting

January 11, 2025 By Helena Kaufman

woman in graphic with sunset behind her leaping between hilltop to show: Best intentions to leap into better health and more energy in 2025 with food and sleep timing

Tonight 91/11/25 I stopped eating at 6:30 and then found one tiny piece of sourdough I defrosted to have with some topping to have a non-sweet or fruity chew after a soup and salad dinner. Wow, I couldn't even get to the end of my first sentence in this New Year declaration before I realized I … [Read more...]

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Birth Order Out of Our Control Yet Steers Our Life

January 2, 2025 By Helena Kaufman

Tonight I bought a kilo of millet and searched on YouTube about its benefits and how to prepare it. Somehow the 6-minute Vimeo led me to the Focus on the Family channel. I immediately recognized the voice of the man being interviewed and even the aged version of his familiar face. … [Read more...]

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Dropping Dead Weight: Spontaneous Facebook Friend Purge 2025

January 1, 2025 By Helena Kaufman

Living to deadline, a writer's diary begun Jan 1

On 01 of 01 2025 at 11:00 pm I staved off the sleepiness that was claiming my eyeballs and my energy by deciding I wanted to spend some time deleting Facebook 'friends.' I went at it using the quickest method I had found, to date. The friends who fell came from past networking events, friends of … [Read more...]

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Life Rules: You Are the Average of the 5 People Closest To You

December 7, 2024 By Helena Kaufman

An adventure out with walker and a plan to expand my life after a year of restricted activity

If we are the average of the 5 people closest to us, I need an upgrade. This warning that we are the average of the 5 people closest to us is well-known in circles dedicated to helping us find the clues to success in life, work and community. For me, since I chose to lessen my workload while … [Read more...]

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I Saved Big on Black Friday By Shopping My Own Closet

November 30, 2024 By Helena Kaufman

This year I unexpectedly saved a fortune on new fashion, not because of Black Friday, but because I discovered the nearly new treasures at the back of my closet. Seems like the holiday season sales started in my neighbourhood a day after Halloween's sweet treat debauchery ended. All I needed … [Read more...]

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A Day, A Date & Out In the Wind Entry 4

November 19, 2024 By Helena Kaufman

Dateline: Kitsilano and Kerrisdale, Vancouver I rose for part one of the day at 4:00'ish, made tea, prepped a salad for later and was still around to join at 6 a.m. Zoom meeting for which I had submitted a question. Mine waited between #24 when the Ask Me Anything session stopped with 59 waiting … [Read more...]

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Vancouver-based storyteller Helena Kaufman helps professionals, entrepreneurs and companies discover the narratives that make them memorable. An award-winning communicator with over 25 years experience, Helena uses her writing and marketing skills to plan, produce and promote her clients’ projects.
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