IMPORTANT UPDATE
As of April 2024, my blog has moved over to Substack where I’m co-hosting A Tender Space (together with my business partner at Centre for Holding Space). You can find my new writing plus podcast episodes there, or sign up below to get them in your inbox.
Here’s some of my earlier writing…
Some instructions before you write
Yesterday I hosted an Openhearted Writing Circle. It was beautiful. When people dare to come together to explore and share their raw and courageous stories, magic happens. Before they started to write, I gave them these simple suggestions. I give them to you, too, in...
Exploring your roots – a sample Mandala Discovery prompt
Today, the doors open once again for Mandala Discovery: 30 Days of Mandala Journaling. Sign up now and you'll receive a prompt every day for 30 days during the month of March. This course is changing people's lives. Nearly 200 people have been through the course since...
That thing you love to do? It is not trivial.
I see more and more women (and some men) who are finding their way back to the things they love to do - painting, dancing, writing, hosting, horseback riding, hiking, taking pictures, acting, etc. I work with a lot of these people, in my coaching and workshop...
Writing that cracks my heart open
When I am in pain, I turn to books. When I am lost, I turn to books. When I am confused, need to feel less alone, long to be inspired, need help with relationships, or want to change the world or myself, I turn to books. I turn to books. A lot. Yes, I also seek...
Should we do what we love and love what we do?
A few days ago, Tara Mohr shared this post on Facebook, asking people whether or not they agreed with the critique of "do what you love, love what you do". The article suggests "the problem with DWYL is that it leads not to salvation but to the devaluation of actual...
How do you find your Path?
Good news! "Pathfinder: A creative journal for finding your way" is now available as a beautiful spiral bound journal! I am very excited about this and hope that many, many people will dive into its pages, dig into the juicy journal prompts and creative exercises, and...
Growing my body of work
Pam Slim's book Body of Work arrived at the perfect time - just as I was on the threshold of doing some big work that marks the next stage of my own body of work. A few months ago, Dianne McCoy and I accepted a contract to facilitate a major meeting of a national...
Letting grace in
My word for 2014 is grace. At first, my intentions revolved around "serving as a channel of grace" and "being a co-creator of circles of grace". Surprisingly though, the most valuable lesson I've learned so far is this... In order to extend grace, I also have to be a...
Am I REALLY ready to trust the feminine, or will the plane crash?
Archbishop Desmond Tutu was once boarding a plane flying out of South Africa, a few years after apartheid had ended, and he was delighted to see that the pilot was black. “Finally!” he thought. “My people can fly planes! We’re making progress!” A few hours later, the...
How to stop the spiral of self-doubt
You fail at something, your work is rejected, or you second-guess what once had value and suddenly you find yourself spiraling into a dark chasm of self-doubt. It starts with a critique of one project (“this is no good”), and before you know it, you question...
Shawnigan Lake, B.C.
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