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…
What if there is no moral to this story?
I was at a social justice conference once when a well known storyteller got up to speak. I settled comfortably into my chair, preparing to be inspired. He told a great (and very short) story, and then sat down. I thought he was just taking a break - maybe a musical...
I believe in the resurrection
I love Easter. There is so much good in it. There's something about the resurrection story, and the many little reminders nature offers us at this time of year of how new things are born out of last year's death that keeps me coming back to faith. By the end of almost...
Holding other people’s dreams tenderly
Yesterday was a powerful day. One of those days that leaves you vibrating with energy when it's all over. In the morning, I was a guest in a design class in the School of Art at the University of Manitoba. My friend 'Segun teaches design there. He'd asked me to share...
Artist-Healer – a new name I call myself
I work under a lot of different titles. Teacher. Writer. Facilitator. Consultant. Conversation Host. Advisor. Coach. Mentor. Creative Midwife. I have a new title to add to the list. Artist-Healer. Gulp. That's not a name I ever thought I'd call myself. Both "artist"...
Life is like a labyrinth
It's no secret that I like labyrinths. I visit them often and am very happy that the beautiful Carol Shields labyrinth (in the photo above) is just across the river from where I live. It was at the centre of that labyrinth that I stood with my candle in a small circle...
Letting go of the lies that Ego tells you
Your ego is a fickle dance partner. Some days she wants to spin you around the floor, and show you off to all the world. Other days, she turns her nose up at you and points out how far you fall short of the popular girls in the room. One day, you're on top of the...
Privileged to teach
Last week was full of teaching. LOTS of teaching. In four different subject areas. I taught six hours of writing for public relations, six hours of effective facilitation, six hours of tools for social media visibility, and two and a half hours of creative discovery....
Simplicity on the other side of complexity
I would not give a fig for the simplicity this side of complexity, but I would give my life for the simplicity on the other side of complexity. – Oliver Wendell Holmes I have watched the buzz around Invisible Children's KONY 2012 campaign with interest. It was my...
Women’s Voices – a post in honour of International Women’s Day
Today is International Women’s Day. Not long ago, I was on my way to a coordinating committee meeting for a feminist organization I’m part of, and one of my teenage daughters asked “Do we still need feminist organizations? I thought women already had all the rights...
Do one small revolutionary act – buy coloured markers!!
"But... I don't have coloured markers. Or pencil crayons." Pause... "In fact, I have nothing in my house that I can write with in any colour other than black or blue." That's what I've heard from several of my mandala discovery clients after we've been through the...
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