How To Navigate the Vacuous Stage of Crisis

I talk a lot about presence. If you've read my recent blogs, it may seem as if I've got this presence and surrender thing nailed. Yay me! I can cross that bi...

I used to be like a scrappy little dog when it came to making things happen. Surrender my goals? Ha! Just TRY taking that juicy steak away from me. I'm a DO...

Years ago, when I was training to become a coach, I took mind-body classes to learn how to drop into the silence that lies beneath the incessant chatter of t...

It's the end of December as I write this. I'm sitting in quiet contemplation, getting ready to welcome in the New Year with wide, open arms. Instead of resol...

Unlike most people, I wasn’t raised with stories of Santa Claus and flying reindeer. My family didn’t get a television until I was in grade eight or nine, an...

I’ve been observing some disturbing things happening lately in the name of Feminism. It seems that the clean truth of the Me Too Movement has been hijacked b...

There’s a song by the Black Keys that goes something like this: "Oh, my next girl . . . won’t be anything like my ex-girl . . ." And I'm here to say, “Don’t ...

I just got back into town after Officiating the wedding of my Nephew and his beautiful bride. And I'll be honest. I still have goosebumps. And not just beca...

It's already been a busy summer full of parties, funerals, and reunions. People are moving from their homes, retiring from significant jobs, starting a new p...

This is the last entry in my blog series, Brain vs Heart. I started this series because so many of us are caught in a Mind/Body—Yin/Yang dynamic. Our Social ...

I first read about the Body Compass in Martha Beck's book, Finding Your Own North Star. And every word felt like a home-coming. Martha's work is centred arou...

Last month, I introduced you to two of my favourite characters (created and illustrated by Nick Seluk of The Awkward Yeti) If you read that blog, then you kn...

When one of my clients introduced me to the Awkward Yeti's newest spin-off—HEART and BRAIN—I fell in love. Hard. There's something empathetic about the way N...

In my previous life as a Design Professional, I worked closely with several Home Builders in my city. Back then, expansion was the name of the game, which me...

In my thirties, I was plagued by a chronic anxiety that no amount of St. John’s Wort (or Clonazepam) could relieve. On the outside, I was smiling. But on the...

When I was a kid, I used to get teased. A LOT. I walked down back alleyways, trying to avoid the town kids who made fun of me. Looking back, it’s easy to see...

Hi Beautiful! I just got an email from a friend who's back at work after taking some time off for her soul. A month in and she's already feeling exhausted....

I used to think I was a coward. It was a deep shame inside me—a dirty little secret. I had a long reel of memories as evidence. So many moments of shrinking ...

Hi Beautiful! Do you see that Lion? He represents your THOUGHTS. The horse, on the other hand, is your nervous system—and right now it's in a full state...