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From our inbox to you From: DailyOm on Creating a Serene Home…

SGC Admin: From our inbox to you From: DailyOm on Creating a Serene Home…

October 23, 2015
Creating a Serene Home
An Invitation to Comfort

by Madisyn Taylor

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Include all 5 senses while making a home, doing so provides safe haven for your evolving body and soul.


Your home is your oasis. Through your efforts, your house or apartment can become both a private sanctuary and a welcoming, serene, and healthy place to live in and visit. An organized and comfortable home can have a calming effect on you, your family, and guests, as well as be your personal escape from the rest of the world. Creating this nurturing space isn’t difficult. Even a household that includes young children or multiple animals can be a serene and peaceful place. In just a few minutes, you can make a number of changes that can turn your home into a safe and comfortable haven that you can be proud to share with your loved ones and friends.

One way to fill your house or apartment with calming energy is to imbue it with a peaceful ambiance that nurtures all five senses. Soft lighting and soothing colors like blue, purple, and green can make a space feel warm and inviting, while pleasant and calming aromas such as lavender and vanilla can positively affect moods. Peaceful sounds, such as running water in a fountain or gentle chimes can uplift and clear the space, while clearing clutter and making the most of open space can ease internal turmoil and dispel negative feelings. The physical objects in your home as well as your home itself can retain the energy of previous owners or creators. You can give your household’s energy a lift by visualizing white light surrounding our home, symbolically sweeping out residual energy, or smudging your home with cleansing sage.

The changes you make to your home can be as unique as you are and may involve utilization of space, lighting, new furniture, decorating, feng shui, or ritual. But what you do is not as important as being clear in your intention to set up your household as a soothing and refreshing place to be. Make your home a place of comfort, and you will feel nurtured and cared for whenever you are there.

SGC Admin Bits and Pieces, Events: Present and Upcoming

From our inbox to you From: Traci Trimble of True Path Consulting

SGC Admin: Check out what Traci of True Path Consulting has coming up … Please note time is running out for you to use any gift certificates relating to The Tranquil Garden please see below… 

*NEW* Booking Appointments with Traci Online!
go to TraciTrimble.YouCanBook.Me

I am loving the new and free technology that is out there these days.  Specifically YouCanBook.Me – so I now have the tools for my clients to book an appointment with me and I only have to manage my google calendar… which I was doing anyway!  So, when you are looking for a Talk Therapy Session, Empowerment Coaching, Energy Work or any combination of these treatments for Business Mentorship or Spiritual Guidance it is easy to not only book but to also to reschedule.  Love it! Check it out here.

$15 Empowerment Sessions
Group Programming ~ Learn to Heal Yourself

I am very passionate about being able to offer affordable tools for Self Care; specifically tools for Self Awareness and Self Healing. I LOVE to teach and my purpose is teaching YOU to learn about yourself, heal what it hurt and then grow into the person you are truly meant to be.  I also want to make a healthy living doing what I am passionate about.  The awesome compromise for this juxtaposition is group healing sessions.  Check out my 90 minute Empowerment Session for just $15 + HST here.

Doctor of Metaphysical Counseling
Traci is back in School!

I love to learn – especially anything about deepening awareness through Spirituality, the Human Mind and Energy Work.

In May of 2015, I was gifted with both the time and the opportunity to pursuit my life long learning dream of attaining my Doctor of Metaphysical Counseling (Mc.D) and my Ph.D in Holistic Life Coaching.  I am on track to graduate in January of 2016 and plan to have my Ph.D thesis finished by June of that same year.
Even today, I love to share with my students what I am learning in Conscious Spiritual Realization, in Metaphysical Principals, in Transcendent Awareness and the Psychology of Consciousness; so I look forward to continue to do so as:
Dr. Traci Trimble, Mc.D; Ph.D

The Conscious Woman Program
Online Programming Coming in 2016

I am “passionately” creating an affordable, interactive and empowering 7 modular personal and spiritual development program for women focused on building Inner Awareness for Outward Success.

As you “engage” through each module you are creating the tools that work best in your Life to bring to you Self Awareness, to be able to acknowledge then let go of your demons, to be able to finally make a commitment to who you truly want to be, so that you are not only Living on Purpose but also Living Your Best Life!

Personal Development Possibilities
The Event Calendar for November 2015

I am very excited to share the personal, professional and spiritual development events that are happening in November 2015.  Check out the *new* Exploring Energy Healing discussion group, gift yourself with Soul Healing Circle or Guided Meditation, finally take the chance to connect to Reiki 1st Degree or Conscious Entrepreneur.  Find the details here.
*REMINDER*  Tranquil Garden Gift Certificates
Last Chance to Book with Traci using Your Gift Certificates…

As was announced in May 2015, and since the beginning of September, I have been doing my very best to honour the Tranquil Garden Gift Certificates that were unfortunately left outstanding.  This is a gentle reminder that YOU must bring to my attention, before December 20,2015, that you have a Gift Certificate.  If an appointment or an intention to use them has not been set with me by then I will not be able to assist you. If you have questions or concerns please do not hesitate toemail me directly.
SGC Admin Bits and Pieces, Views and Tips...

Tips on keeping your dog calm this Halloween… :)

SGC Admin: Halloween is a fun time, where things out of the ordinary are going on… :) However, for some of our furry family member’s it can be as scary as a thunder-storm…

Check out the following tips on keeping your furry family member feeling as safe and loved as he/she truly is on this coming “All Hallow’s Eve”… :)

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  • Don’t force fluffy to face her fear, if she wants to run and hide that’s o.k..
  • Don’t get yourself all in a tizzy, it will only make fluffy worse… speak calmly and reassure her all is well. 
  • If you have a t-shirt handy for Chester, put it on him, it might just give him the sense of security he needs
  • This could be the perfect time to go over some of those tricks you have been teaching Chester, it will get his mind off all of the noise and the reward of his absolutely favorite treat is sure to distract him… 
  • Pop on some classical music, or give furry filly a tummy massage, :) everyone will be feeling relaxed in no time. 

Source: Whitby This Week Advertising October 22 2015:

Dogs on Campus: Dog Training made fun: 190 Waterloo Street, unit #1, Oshawa: 905 449 6017

Tru Country & Garden: Equine feed & tack: Livestock feed: Farm Supplies: http://www.TRUCountryandGarden.ca: Two locations: Orono: Grafton: 

The Animal Guardian Society (TAGS): Registered Charitable Pet Rescue. Always on the look out for loving foster homes… all expenses paid. 905-263-tags (8247)

 

 

SGC Admin Events: Present and Upcoming

SGC Admin: From our inbox to you from: The Whitby Library… What’s on for November… :)

SGC Admin: From our inbox to you: From The Whitby Library… What’s on for November…

November Noir

Join us in November when we delve into mysteries, both real and imagined.

On Thursday, November 12 at 7:00 pm, we welcome Whitby’s Station Gallery  Curator Olex Wlasenko as he teams up with our Archivist, Sarah Ferencz, to examine The Curious and Unsolved Case of Billy P. Stone, a 100-year-old unsolved Whitby murder.

Keeping the theme local, we are excited to host An Evening with Steve Burrows on Wednesday, November 18 at 7:00 pm. Burrows’ first novel, A Siege of Bitterns, won an Arthur Ellis Award from the Canadian Crime Writers Association. A Pitying of Doves, the second book in his birder murder mysteries series featuring police inspector Domenic Jejeune, was released earlier this year.

Registration is required for both programs. Register for The Curious and Unsolved Case of Billy P. Stone and An Evening with Steve Burrows online or by contacting any branch.

Help Shape Library Services with Your Input

We want to hear from you! Give us your feedback on library services, facilities, resources and programs and you could win a Whitby prize pack!

The survey is available online and paper copies are available at all public service desks until November 30. The survey only takes about 5 to 7 minutes to complete and will provide us with valuable information as we plan for the future.

Did You Know?

You Can Pick Up and Return Items at Any WPL Location

Did you know that you can request material from any of our three locations to be sent to your WPL branch of choice?  When placing a hold, choose your preferred pickup location and we’ll send it there. Don’t know how to place a hold online? Watch this video to learn how.

You can also return Whitby Public Library items to any of our locations, no matter where you picked it up.

Bomb Girls at the Central Library  
Wednesday, November 11
7:00 to 9:00 pm
Meeting Room 1B

What was it like to work in a Canadian Second World War munitions factory? How closely did female employees embody the iconic image ofRosie the Riveter?

Bomb Girls delivers a dramatic, personal and detailed telling of Canada’s largest fuse-filling munitions factory, located in Scarborough.

Author Barbara Dickson recounts the lives of more than twenty-one thousand brave men and women who risked their lives daily while handling high explosives in a dedicated effort to help win the war. Join us this Remembrance Day as we discuss the important role played by those on the Canadian home front.

Registration is required. Register for Bomb Girls online or by contacting any branch.

More Adult Programs at the Central Library

Job Search Help for Youth at the Central Library 
Monday, November 16
2:00 to 4:00 pm

Are you a teen looking for a job or a volunteer opportunity?

Each month an employment counsellor from Northern Lights Canada will be available in the lobby of the Central Library to assist youth with their job searching needs. Services includes:

  • On the spot assessment of eligible clients (permanent residents, convention refugee or live-in caregivers between 14 to 24 years old) interested Northern Lights’ Job Search Workshop.
  • Information about Northern Lights Canada’s employment services and referrals to local community organizations related to job searching and volunteering.
  • Access to current volunteer opportunities through the JSW program (such as the community garden and Youth Advisory Committee).

Can’t make this date? Northern Lights will be back at the Central Library on Monday, December 14.

Registration is not required. Just drop in!

More Teen Programs at the Central Library

Scenty the Squirrel at the Rossland Branch
Friday, November 20
3:30 to 4:30 pm

Drop in on your P.A. day to make a nutty friend. He has lots of energy and he smells like coffee. Make and Take crafts require adult supervision and require only a few minutes of time. All materials will be ready for you and your child. Limited to the first 20 participants.

Registration is not required. Just drop in!
Book Marks 

The World Illustrated 
If you enjoy the wonders of armchair travel, you may want to look at our graphic novel collection. Cartoonist and animator Guy Delislehas created four terrific graphic novels about his experiences living around the world. These black and white works are simple yet detailed, and give you real insight into his experiences living in some of the world’s most interesting places. In Shenzen, he experiences the southern Chinese city while supervising animators for a Belgian company. The totalitarian weirdness of North Korea is evident in Pyongyang, where he unsuccessfully tries to convince his guide to read Orwell’s 1984. Next is Burma Chronicles, detailing time spent there with his wife and infant son, after which he sees Israel and the occupied West Bank firsthand in Jerusalem. Quick reads, but hard-hitting ones.
Books, Research and More

Multilingual Matters

Internationally known Swedish author Henning Mankell died in early October. He was best known for his crime novels and, more specifically, for the character Inspector Kurt Wallander. The Nordic Noir genre in which he wrote translated well into crime TV dramas, such as Wallander.We have several of Mankell’s books in English as well as a selection of titles in German and French. Learn more about Mankell in this CBC News article.
Virtual Branch: WPL on the Web

The WPL Website Gets a Makeover 

Have you seen our new website? Launched on October 19 as part of our Ontario Public Library Week celebrations, our new site offers a streamlined look and better mobile compatibility. Our streamlined new site offers a better mobile experience, and important news and highlighted items are readily available, as are our Twitter and Facebook feeds.

We’re quite pleased with the new look. Check it out and pass along any comments or suggestions that you may have.

And while we’re on the topic, let’s note the passing of our old site. Launched in 2010, the previous style served us well. It offered news in a blog format (which meant that it was easy for us to add up-to-the-minute happenings), quick catalogue searching and an improved layout. But like everything online, things change. Five years is a long time in internet years, and that time saw an explosion in phone/tablet use and the growth of platforms like Twitter. Who knows what we’ll be incorporating into our website five years from now?

A final thought: if you’re feeling nostalgic, you can always check out old versions of our site (dating back to the mid-1990s) at the always cool Internet Archive.