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…
This is a pilgrimage story
This story has no clear beginning and no clear ending. It’s a pilgrimage story, and without going all the way back to the beginning of my life (and even the lives that were lived before mine that thread through mine), or waiting until I’m ready to die, I can only tell...
Gratitude practice – letting the light through the crack
I won't pretend that things are easy right now. It's not the way I walk in the world. I won't dump every sadness on you every time we meet, but when it comes to my writing, I choose not to plaster a shiny happy mask over a broken life. I believe that's what you come...
How to offer compassion in times of trouble
I have been the recipient of a great deal of compassion lately - openhearted, open-armed, soul-enriching compassion. I am deeply blessed. It brings to mind the simple words my Dad used to say almost every time we left the house. "Be kind," he said, and we knew that if...
Balancing rocks – on creative practice and finding hope
"Find a creative practice that works for you," I tell my clients in classes and coaching sessions. "Something that opens your heart to the mysteries of life. Something that nudges you out of rigid left brain thinking and frees your right brain to meander through...
Sitting with Mom
I sit across from her, waiting for her to take her next move. Neither of us has any capacity for strategy today, and so we play slowly, absent-mindedly, unconcerned about winners, losers, or points. We've always played games together. It's how we've passed many a...
Not quite as strong as you (or I) think I am
I am sitting here wiping tears from my eyes. I've just spilled a glass of water all over my cluttered desk. I'm crying for the mess that I had to clean up, I'm crying for the clutter, and I'm crying about the weariness that has made it so very difficult to clean up...
The woman with the basket of sorrows – my journey and a story of Gather the Women
It seems appropriate and metaphorical that my journey to the Gather the Women event I was co-hosting was a long and arduous journey, and yet filled with moments of beauty and grace. The thirty-five hours I’d planned to spend on a train turned into forty-five and a...
Getting through the tough weeks
Last week was tough. It was one of those weeks when it felt like every story that was shared with me was a tough one. To start with, we're afraid my Mom's cancer may have come back. Nothing is confirmed, but she's not been well and the symptoms seem to point back to...
Marriage by numbers – the anniversary edition
19 years of marriage 4 babies born 3 thriving daughters 1 stillborn son 1 miscarriage 3 homes 2 mortgages 5 major career changes 4 reductions in income 5 vehicles 2 university degrees 60 business trips 5 surgeries 100 soccer games 11 school Christmas concerts 7000...
Karma coaching – a new business model and an experiment in gift economy
I am a coach who loves to help people make a difference in the world. Like the gymnastics coach at the Olympics who sits on the sidelines and bursts into wild applause when the gymnast excels sticks her landing, I love nothing more than to watch my clients shine in...
Shawnigan Lake, B.C.
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