Unforeseen Gems on Moskito Island: A Story of Unexpected Blessings
I am sitting in the doctor’s office for my annual checkup – a routine triggered by my participation in Movember . It brought back a flood of memories of an incredible trip Tina and I won to Moskito Island near Virgin Gorda in the British Virgin Islands in November of 1991. During our stay, we […]
Life is Too Serious
Disclaimer: I did NOT write this article. This is a grand experiment in A.I. (Artificial Intelligence). I asked ChatGPT to write me an article on life with a comedic twist. This is the result. I hope you’re ready to have a good time today because I’m here to talk about a topic that we all […]
Writing a book!
Just trying out Canva’s create video features/functions! What is Canva? It is the online graphics software package I use to create all my awesome graphical designs on! (https://canva.com) This took me about ten minutes to CREATE. What do you think?
PEI MARATHON
As I crossed the finish line in 2021, my third marathon. I was overwhelmed with a huge wave of emotions. Firstly, I am not going to lie, I was disappointed in my posted time. Then mere seconds later immense sense of, “Holy SH$# !! Neil, you did it! washed over me. I was so freakin happy and proud of myself. Here I was at fifty-nine years of age and I had just run 42.2 km! (Okay, there was some walking 🙂 But, “SH$% Neil, you just did your third marathon!”
UPLIFT
Excited to have my running coach Scott McDermott on the UPLIFT show on Monday August 30th, 2021. Keeping a healthy body and mindset when life is feeding you lemons. Scott McDermott will be joining Co-Hosts of UPLIFT Sarah Wade (from our Australian studio) while Neil Thrusselll (will be in our Canadian studios) on Monday, August […]
Every Body Hurts
Somedays you just slide on your favourite headphones. Put on the song or songs that your soul is desperately craving to hear on repeat. Then give in completely to the music and let the emotions wash over your soul! Emerging hours later from your cocoon, refreshed and alive after the music has done its magical […]
The Autoimmune Hour Show #184 Sudden Catastrophic Memory Loss: One Man’s Amazing Story of Recovery
Imagine in the blink of an eye, you can’t remember anything, even the simplest of questions you struggle to answer. That’s what happened to our guest, Neil Thrussell, 4X International Best Selling Author and Master of the Shin Dao…. POOF! He had no memories, none… all gone…. Regardless, Neil maintained his love of life. And […]
Interviewed by Kim O’Neill for Facebook Live
I was interviewed by the awesome Kim O’Neill on May 30th, 2018 for her Facebook Live show. I loved it, Kim is truly a heart open soul. She made it fun, free flowing and deep. I even shared a couple things in the show that I don’t normally share! So you need to listen in […]
My 1/2 Marathon Experience
On Oct 1, 2016 I will be running my second 1/2 marathon race. Just an FYI for you, a half marathon is 21.1 km or 13 miles! On Sept 11, 2016 I successfully ran in in my first ever 1/2 marathon race. It was slower than I trained for. Due to a comedy of errors on […]
10 Years Ago
I can’t believe next month it will be 10 years since myself and a group of family and friends went to Sri Lanka to rebuild houses after the 2005 tsunami. It was an emotional, heat breaking and heartwarming trip! [ms_youtube link=”https://youtu.be/w_SoC4qZTSA” width=”100%” height=”100%” mute=”no” autoplay=”yes” loop=”yes” controls=”yes” class=”” id=””][/ms_youtube]