A Blog Indeed

At Soleful Harmony, I provide professional mobile foot care in the comfort of your loved one’s home across Calgary and surrounding communities.

Over the next while and in many different ways, we will discuss Comfort as being the opposite of when anxiety and upset take hold. We will give you ideas, tips, stories and suggestions to try so you and your aging loved one can experience more Comfort and meet the needs of the 2nd Area of life. 

There are 8 main areas in life that, when they are working well, everything else seems to be working well too. These areas are Health, Comfort, Safety, Activities, Engagement, Fulfillment, Community and Individuality.   When these 8 areas are working well, it seems as though added grace, patience and even a little higher tolerance are available to everyone involved.

Life is just carrying on as it does when all of a sudden you notice something a bit different with a story from your elderly parent....

We drive in them, we walk through them, we curse their existence! The deeper the ruts, the more we complain. Whether they are built out...

You know what? It's ok to make time for YOU. It is NOT being selfish. More than likely, your kids are calling on you more, your spouse is...

Have you ever encountered a time when the person you came to visit wasn’t contributing much to the conversation? We all know that a...

So, who are you? A realist? And an optimist? A pessimist? A creative? A butcher, baker, or candlestick maker? For most people, they will...

What is a meaningful life? What a big question that is! Have you pondered it before for yourself or for your aging loved one? Maybe you...

With the seasons changing from Summer to Autumn, the weather undoubtedly takes a turn too which means the time with your loved...

The last days of summer aren’t guaranteed. I wanted to do a little writing on this Sunday afternoon of the long weekend. The weather is...

Caregiving: It’s a Marathon, not a Sprint. It's important we revisit this topic every once in a while to remind ourselves it's ok to make...

Part 2   Last month we mentioned how using strategic little cues for a loved one with memory impairment can make a big difference in...

Part 1 Have you ever traveled and checked into a hotel? (Think way back to pre-Covid times!) I had to go to Toronto for a seminar years...

Move Those Dark Clouds Away! ​Dark clouds. We see them almost any time of the year. They usually signify a change coming. Wet weather,...

If one’s Nature and one’s Environment are at odds with each other, that person can become emotionally drained, irritable, and just plain...

I am a daughter in the time of COVID-19. I am a daughter whose mom lives in a care facility. It is a really wonderful place with caring...