October was hectic. From working crazy hours of book release prep, to packing in 5 presentations to 200+ students at 3 different schools around Saskatchewan, to flying to Vancouver to teach MindScape—it was a busy and adventurous month, so no wonder I needed some major processing time. I’m finally coming down from the craze of the Magnus O’Meere book release. To say that I’ve been floored with how well it has gone would be an understatement. I’ve been a mixed bag of fatigue,

If you missed the first blog post of The Mind Behind the Books, click here to see it first. One of the neat things that I noticed when I was writing my author bios for my two upcoming children's books, Magnus O'Meere, Mind Pioneer and Hazel Mist, Hypnotist is that there are a lot of similarities between Magnus' learnings, Hazel's journey, and my own. Truth be told, I honestly didn't think about it in this way before--I just wrote my stories and followed my inspiration. Howeve

I am beyond thrilled to announce that Mayva O'Meere, Creationeer was recognized as a 2018 Nautilus Book Award Winner in the children's illustrated fiction category. It still feels surreal--in a 'pinch me' type way. Since launching my first book, I dreamed of winning an award. I did think this dream was fairly lofty and more of a pipe dream, so it is pretty crazy to have received the honour with my second self-published children's book. This post is not to toot my own horn in

Reading is a wildly important skill for all children to learn. Everyone knows that. But being able to read is not the only important thing. Understanding what is being read is a huge part of the learning process. Posing questions while reading to your child at a young age can greatly encourage independent thinking, emotional intelligence, and skyrocket reading comprehension right from the get go. Here are some ways you can skyrocket your child’s comprehension, reasoning, and

If you are a parent, you know the immense benefits of reading with your child. Here are a few tips and tricks to infuse FUN into reading to keep your child interested and engaged. The best part is that while you're at it, you'll also help to boost your child's speech, vocabulary, and comprehension while learning, connecting, and bonding with your child. I bet you'll even have fun too -- Talk about a lot of wins! Here are my Top 5 Reading Tips: 1. Repeat Back to Me. Ask your c

Book two has been a tough journey in getting it (and me) to a place where it was feeling ready. I had a lot of resistance, left brain freak-outs, self doubt, and self sabotage show up. At first I thought it was just my ego taking me on a fear-based trip, so I tried to navigate without allowing my ego to totally derail me. (Emphasize TRIED). In the end, I felt as though I was forcing it. It didn’t feel right. Was it because of fear, or intuitive gut feelings?? I think a combin