I have tried and failed at many things and learned a lot along the way.<\/p>\n
From my early days as a farm hand, gardener, cook and nanny to 3 younger siblings in a family of 8 among a community of pioneers, I learned from the start that connection is essential for survival and that resilience is non-negotiable when enduring long Canadian prairies winters.<\/p>\n
Since the 70s, I have taken an active interest in writing and was first published at age 13 in the Western Producer<\/a> when my poetry submissions were accepted. The first in my family to graduate high school, I left home at age 16 and worked part time to finance my bachelor’s degree, convocating in 1984 from University of Saskatchewan<\/a>.<\/p>\n My career began in the province and I worked next door in Alberta for a few years before accepting a job in Montreal, relocating to Toronto and I was living on my own in heart of Hong Kong by 1992.<\/p>\n I entered the world of business Asian style after years with nonprofits in Canada.<\/p>\n The corporate experience I gained as an account director, in-house marketing director, sales & communications director, broadcast industry headhunter and membership director for the regional trade association eventually led me to set out my own in 2000 with Connections Unlimited<\/a>.<\/p>\n The following year, HK heartbeat<\/a> marked a return to my roots as I founded Hong Kong’s first wellness community, sharing content and nurturing local connections for natural life in the fast lane.<\/p>\n My approach to business is big-picture — seeing how each part connects with the other, converting renewable resources into positive energy, trading fairly with suppliers, uncovering the story behind products and services, creating a healthy, safe and fun place to work and live.<\/p>\n Beyond providing a service, I encourage clients to learn practical skills, improve efficiency and reduce all forms of waste. My tool of choice is communications.<\/p>\n Clients develop an understanding of how media works, gain market knowledge, understand the basics of branding and receive training and advisory services from my low-carbon headquarters in a remote community in the world’s biggest fishing village.<\/p>\n Knowledge has no borders.<\/p>\n Everything is connected. I have tried and failed at many things and learned a lot along the way. From my early days as a farm hand, gardener, cook and nanny to 3 younger siblings in a family of 8 among a community of pioneers, I learned from the start that connection is essential for survival and that resilience … Continue reading “About me”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":985,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-982","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kinzie.com\/fresh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/982","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kinzie.com\/fresh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kinzie.com\/fresh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kinzie.com\/fresh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kinzie.com\/fresh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=982"}],"version-history":[{"count":35,"href":"https:\/\/kinzie.com\/fresh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/982\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1950,"href":"https:\/\/kinzie.com\/fresh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/982\/revisions\/1950"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kinzie.com\/fresh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kinzie.com\/fresh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nListen to your own heartbeat<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"