Chateau Lachute, Lachute, QC (2026)

07/30/2025

🌿 Water is a Perfect PQ Ingredient!! 🌿

If Positive Intelligence was a delicious recipe book that you could collect ingredients for – water would definitely be on the “add to PQ Reps” list.

There's nothing quite like the gentle murmur of a brook to soothe the soul. 🌿

Taking a walk beside one isn't just exercise; it's pure self-care. The calming sounds and fresh air are an instant reset for your mind and body.

Catherine teaches Positive Intelligence to her coaching clients, and she highly recommends spending time near a river, lake, brook, or ocean to practice mindfulness!

A PQ rep is a Positive Intelligence mindfulness tool that helps ground us. Try sitting near a body of water and listening to the sounds you hear. What do you see? What do you smell? Are you brave enough to dip your toes into the water? How does that feel?

Be present in your body and relax. Nature is here to help you learn how to relax, reflect, and reform your thoughts – fortunately, water is a great teacher!

07/23/2025

🌿 Bubbling Brookside Reflections 🌿

We are inspired by the steady flow of nature today – and the steady flow of this brook!

Alfred, Lord Tennyson's poem "The Brook" reminds us:

"For men may come and men may go, but I go on for ever."

What a powerful thought on permanence amidst change. And it’s also very – because you know we love to on nature here!

07/15/2025

🥵 It’s Hot Outside – So Spend Time Indoors with Cats! 🥵

Our cats know what to do during a summer heatwave, so we’re taking their lead today! Lola, one of our four furry kitties, is cooling off with some air conditioning for the win – especially with that glorious fur. 🐈‍⬛

Freud said: "Time spent with cats is never wasted."

Do you agree? Regardless of the heat that has driven us all inside, spending time with a cat truly is never wasted. A cat will sit with whatever you’re carrying and just be there for you.

Cats don’t judge (maybe when it comes to introducing new pets of different species – we’re looking at you dogs - or food that doesn’t meet their sophisticated tastes).

Cats are serenity that purrs. If you have a cat in your life, go sit with them today and soak in the calm vibes they offer.

You won’t regret it! Consider this friendly reminder – your cat is waiting to help you bring that nervous system into alignment so that you can better handle this weather too!

Tell us about your cat in the comments below. We’d love to hear about them! 🐈‍⬛

07/09/2025

☂️ Embrace the Mud – Don’t be afraid to get dirty! ☂️

Sometimes, the “dirty work” we do is necessary. It can be messy, it can be tough, it can even wear us down – but there isn’t a dirty job around that isn’t required. After all, if we didn’t “need” to do it, we wouldn’t!

In this photo, Catherine is rounding up our flock of chickens before nightfall. It was raining, and there was mud everywhere – but we love our birds, so getting a little dirty for their benefit is a sacrifice we’ll always be willing to make. 🐥

Working on ourselves can be just as messy and rewarding.

Today we’d like to offer you a reminder to check in with yourself, see how you’re feeling, and take inventory of your needs right now. Is there a “dirty job” that you’ve been avoiding? Is it something about your home/environment or something a little less literal – perhaps a difficult conversation you’ve been putting off or a job you know you’ve got to move on from?

Doing what serves us (and those we care about) best isn’t always easy, but it’s worth it!

07/01/2025

🍁 Happy Canada Day 🍁 Bonne fête du Canada 🍁

Wishing everyone a happy holiday from Chateau Lachute and Catherine Thorburn Coaching.

We hope that you spend some quality time with family and friends, get outdoors and experience the beauty of this country today - relax and reflect. Happy Birthday Canada!
Canada Day

06/27/2025

🥚🥚🥚 Eggs-tra Eggs? 🥚🥚🥚

Many people have asked us why we bother to sell our eggs if we aren’t doing it to make a profit. Here is the reason!

Our chickens and ducks produce way more eggs than we could possibly need in one week. So, we sell eggs to ensure that they don’t go to waste!

We love having the birds on our property and we love collecting their beautiful eggs (side note, the eggs pictured have not been cleaned up yet – regardless of the dirt, the variation of colours is always marvelous to see).

Do you know that by not washing eggs, they do not require refrigeration, last longer, and can be kept on the counter? The eggs we buy at the supermarket have been washed (here in North America – Europeans don’t typically do this which is why you will see their eggs out on the counter) that’s why we must keep store bought eggs in the fridge.

Since we love having the birds here, we have adjusted to handing the “eggs-tra” gifts they bring by selling them. We get what we need, our birds are healthy and happy – and a few more omelettes get made every week to prevent waste.

Is there something that you do that people ask you about because it doesn’t seem to add value to your life? Sometimes, we have to dig a little deeper to see value that isn’t obvious!

Have a great day, friends! 🐥

06/25/2025

Happy Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day from Chateau Lachute! ☀️❤️⚜️

Bonne Saint-Jean-Baptiste!

06/11/2025

✨ Backyard Oasis Vibes ✨

We love watching the sun rise - and we love watching the sun set.

It’s nice to have a cozy place to do that. We’ve created multiple spots on our property where you can have a seat and watch the natural world do its thing.

☀️ Do you have a designated spot where you like to sit and relax outside? ☀️

Relaxation is a must for visitors to Chateau Lachute.

We insist that our guests take time to enjoy a sunset or two, put their feet up, reflect on their day – we hope that our lead rubs off on people and when they return home they remember to keep up the practice. Ultimately, that’s what it is – it’s a practice. We all need to create positive, healthy, daily activities that help us to be our best selves. So, if you visit us – we hope that you also take a bit of us home with you! 🌿

Make it a lovely day friends - and don’t forget to take a moment to sit and reflect on the present moment, the world around you, and your own needs.

☀️ The sun rises and sets every day; you should be practicing self-care and self-love every day. ☀️

Follow us for more inspiring posts and updates as we continue to grow this magical space! 🌿

06/11/2025

✨ Backyard Oasis Vibes ✨

We love watching the sun rise and we love watching the sun set.
It’s nice to have a cozy place to do that. We’ve created multiple spots on our property where you can have a seat and watch the natural world do its thing.

☀️ Do you have a designated spot where you like to sit and relax outside? ☀️

Relaxation is a must for visitors to Chateau Lachute.

We insist that our guests take time to enjoy a sunset or two, put their feet up, reflect on their day – we hope that our lead rubs off on people and when they return home they remember to keep up the practice. Because ultimately, that’s what it is – it’s a practice. We all need to create the positive, healthy, daily activities that help us to be our best selves. So, if you visit us – we hope that you also take a bit of us home with you! 🌿

Make it a lovely day friends, and don’t forget to take a moment to sit and reflect on the present moment, the world around you, and your own needs.

☀️ The sun rises and sets every day; you should be practicing self-care and self-love every day. ☀️

Follow us for more inspiring posts and updates as we continue to grow this magical space! 🌿

06/05/2025

🏵️ What Happens On Your Walks? 🏵️

Catherine is a Positive Intelligence Coach and she brings that part of her practice to daily life at Chateau Lachute.

When we take walks around our property, she uses the time to practice Positive Intelligence – specifically, PQ Reps.

By paying attention to what we see on our walks, we are practicing mindfulness and incorporating PQ Reps into our routine.

You can try this too!

Next time you go for a walk or a hike, stop along your way. Close your eyes and focus on what you hear. Listen for close-by sounds and sounds that are farther away. Touch your fingertips together lightly and feel the ridges of your fingertips.

☀️ Feel the sun on your skin.

Now open your eyes and look around.

What do you see?
What do you smell?

Taking time to focus on your physical senses will help to ground you and keep you rooted in the present moment. It will help you relax, but it will also help you get more out of your time with nature. 🌻

If you try this exercise and find yourself tuning into things you may have missed on previous walks, please come back and share your story with us, we would love to hear about it.

If you’d like to hear more about Positive Intelligence, please connect with Catherine directly to learn about the program and how it can help benefit you in your career – and your life! 👉

Have a great day, friends.🌷

06/05/2025

🏵️ What Happens On Your Walks? 🏵️

Catherine is a Positive Intelligence Coach and she brings that part of her practice to daily life at Chateau Lachute.

When we take walks around our property, she uses the time to practice Positive Intelligence – specifically, PQ Reps.

By paying attention to what we see on our walks we are practicing mindfulness and incorporating PQ Reps into our routine.

You can try this too!

Next time you go for a walk or a hike, stop along your way. Close your eyes and focus on what you hear. Listen for close-by sounds and sounds that are farther away. Touch your fingertips together lightly and feel the ridges of your fingertips.

☀️ Feel the sun on your skin.

Now open your eyes and look around.
What do you see?
What do you smell?

Taking time to focus on your physical senses will help to ground you and keep you rooted in the present moment. It will help you relax, but it will also help you get more out of your time with nature.

If you try this exercise and find yourself tuning into things you may have missed on previous walks, please come back and share your story with us, we would love to hear about it.

If you’d like to hear more about Positive Intelligence, please connect with Catherine directly to learn about the program and how it can help benefit you in your career – and your life!

Have a great day, friends.🌷

05/28/2025

🌿 We’re Excited, It’s Trillium Time! 🌿

The Trillium flower is the provincial flower of Ontario. We see them in abundance this time of year in Quebec. The flower itself is known as a hallmark of Spring because it tends to disappear once the summer heat really kicks in.

We have many ties to Quebec, but we also have many ties to Ontario. Trillium flowers are truly beautiful to see and a reminder of our connection to the province next door to us on the west side.

If you live in Ontario and are looking for a getaway within Canada this summer, the Laurentians are the place to go for a sophisticated domestic adventure.

We would love to see more Ontario tourists come our way this year – just think of the Laurentians as the Catskills of Canada!

If you have questions about visiting Lachute, please send us a DM any time!

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