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…
Create, share, and then get your ego out of the way
There's a delight that fills you when you dream up a new idea - a piece of art, a script for a play, a dance routine, a poem, a delicious meal, a kid's birthday party, a course... anything. The delight grows as you entertain the idea and begin to give it shape. You...
Grateful
It's Thanksgiving in Canada. It's the first without my mom, so there is some sadness in the midst of the celebration. Two days ago, for example, the grief snuck up on me when I was at my favourite fair trade store and an elderly volunteer was talking to me about the...
Resilience: A love story
I am carrying a huge basket of stories that I gathered on my trip. Each day I added new stories emerging from the deep conversations I had with people in my travels through Reno, Lake Tahoe, Oakland, San Francisco, Atlanta, Asheville, and finally Lake Lanier. I want...
Why do we need to gather the women?
I am nearing the mid-way point of my journey. Tomorrow I leave the west coast and head to the east. I have been trying to write a blog post about my amazing experience at Lake Tahoe, at the annual Gather the Women gathering. I have been trying to come up with the...
How to be a Soulful Traveler: Ten tips for making your next trip a wholehearted experience
Tomorrow begins my epic journey to Lake Tahoe, San Francisco, Asheville, and Atlanta. During that time I’ll be participating in 2 incredible gatherings with beautiful people with beautiful dreams for the world, I’ll be sharing some of my own beautiful dreams for the...
What is grace?
I knew I wanted to include a lesson on grace in Mandala Discovery, but whenever I tried to write that lesson, I ran into a problem. I don't know how to define grace. I've had lots of experiences with it, and in my heart I know what it was, but that...
Bringing the mandala into your journey of personal growth
I saw the wisdom in her eyes. She’d lived nearly 70 years on this earth and had walked with grace through a lot of pain and growth and self-discovery. As her coach, I wasn’t sure what I could offer her. I often wonder that when I see the wisdom in the eyes of my...
What you learn when you ask for help
Less than a week ago, I asked for my readers' help in achieving my dream of a trip to two events that I want to participate in. Yesterday I booked my flights. I'm going because many generous people made it possible. A combination of gifts and new business has helped...
I could use your help
I'm doing something rather unusual today... I'm asking for help. I have a couple of amazing opportunities coming up in the next two months, but I could use your help to get there. Here's where I hope to go: Gather the Women Global Matrix annual gathering in Lake...
What wisdom is hidden in your own voice?
When you stand at the very centre of the Carol Shield's labyrinth, as I did yesterday evening, and speak out to the edges, you will hear your own voice echoed ever so slightly back to you. You have to listen very carefully to hear it and you have to be standing in...
Shawnigan Lake, B.C.
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