A Gorgeous View

The view from Quails Gate Winery in Kelowna, BC

 Their wine, tapas and lunch are awesome and worth stopping 
in for if you are planning on touring the wineries in BC, Canada.

Beauty and Art - Forms of Therapy

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“Art is a form of therapy. Sometimes I wonder how all those who do not write, compose or paint can escape the madness, the melancholia, the panic inherent in the human situation.” English novelist Graham Greene

My Poem published in "Awakening The Creative Spirit"

A link to  Awaking The Creative Spirit is in the Amazon sidebar

Peaceful Renovation?

In my 14 years of Interior Design I have been involved in many renovations and new home builds. Often my job entails bringing peace and hope to the job sites.

Renovating our homes can be quite stressful. I am considering creating a retreat program to empower people as they go through a home renovation.

A peaceful renovation no matter what's going on around us. Is that possible? What are your thoughts on that?

Delores

Apply Oxygen

A common thread when I facilitate retreats is that many people struggle with the idea of self care as being "all about me". Yet when we are on an airplane and we are told that should an emergency occur and the oxygen masks are required, please ensure that you apply your mask first BEFORE helping your children or any passengers requiring assistance. Self care before helping others is not selfish, it is an act of loving oneself and it empowers us to be faithful stewards to those who rely on us.

Please don't wait for an emergency to apply your mask. Take a few minutes today to simply relax. Take a few minutes to breath deeply, to be still and to listen to that small still voice within inviting you to loving reflection and stillness.

The sun is streaming into my kitchen as I type this.....I am going to go breathe in it's warmth.

Delores

Visual Beauty Inspires

If you choose to journal can I recommend finding a beautiful book to put your thoughts into? The journals in the photo are a compilation of mine over the past few years. All from Chapters. They carry some amazing journals and while you're there how about taking a break with a Chai Tea Latte from Starbucks! Mmm

I think I may do that this week, my journal's almost full and I want a bright colourful one this time.

Chapters also sell their journals on line www.chapters.indigo.ca

Delores

Tools for Reflection

A method that opens us to our inner wisdom is to "be still" and one way to do this is to take time to journal.

Julia Cameron who wrote  "The Artists Way" speaks about taking time each morning to journal three pages of streaming thoughts, "morning pages". This is something I have been doing for seven years. Now to be honest there have been times that I have quit, life has gotten in the way, but like any method of self care I know it works and I return.

What are you being invited into regarding self-care?
Delores

Home Retreats

Interior Design has been my work for many years and I am passionate about creating interiors with clients. The process of transforming a home into a sanctuary is a gift. It's a part of who I am and always will be. However, for the past few years I have been feeling restless. Not sure what I am being invited to focus on but am praying and discerning. A shift may be coming.

Retreating creates an interior shift in us. Your home can be a place to retreat.
Retreat ... Reflect ... Renew.
Delores

New Season of Life

As I begin to promote my new companies Dwell Retreat and Delores Montpetit Fine Art, I am filled with a desire to communicate with family, friends and new friends through this exciting world of blogging.

Dwell Retreat offers retreats that empower people to live their lives to the fullest.Through creativity, Expressive Arts, music, journaling, meditation, photography and contemplation you will grow in self-awareness.

Re-Awaken your inner guidance. Come dwell in your possibilities. Please check out my new website and gift me with your feedback. Thanks!
Delores
www.deloresmontpetit.com