Climbing Literary Peaks: Celebrating 70 Years of Everest and 26 Years of Writing Dreams

Sharon Halliday proudly shows off her debut book Messages from the Heart

70 years ago, Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay, became the first people to reach the summit of the highest peak in the world, Mount Everest. Just like Hillary who developed a deep interest in mountains and exploration from an early age, I developed a deep interest in reading and writing from an early age. […]

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Why stepping out of your comfort zone and taking care of yourself go hand in hand

Broaden your horizons and see where it takes you

There is something wild and wondrous that occurs when you step up and step out into the world. When you announce your grand goals and big dreams, at first you feel completely exposed and vulnerable. Then what happens is something takes over. It’s a force that allows you to connect with the deeper part of […]

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Once in a supermoon…

At 12:52am tomorrow morning the moon will be the closest full moon to Earth since 1948. To see something like this again we’ll have to wait until 2034. This full moon has been referred to as “the supermoon of all supermoons” for obvious reasons.   So what is this particular supermoon (or perigee-syzygy, for those […]

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Ask Sharon: You don’t have to follow along

Following is the full version of the column featured in The Area News complete with the “Conditioning” card from the Osho Zen Tarot deck. THIS week a question was submitted anonymously: “I went to a family BBQ and I realised I’m not like them anymore, it was confronting to see the way they carried on. I love my family […]

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