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…
Memories of ALIA 2011
Playing with Light
light [lahyt] something that makes things visible or affords illumination: All colors depend on light. of little weight; not heavy: a light load. Last week, the word “light” kept showing up for me in what I thought at the time were two different streams. At first...
What is ALIA, you ask?
ALIA Summer Institute is all of these things: * It’s a place where you dive deeply into conversations within minutes of meeting new friends because you know that the longings in your heart are shared and your common passions build bridges with these people long before...
Shadows of meditation
I have few words for how big this experience has been so far. For now, I'll just share this photo and promise to come back when the stories start to have more clarity. For more photos, go here.
Many points of light
As part of the harvest team at ALIA, it was my role to try to synthesize today's experience in a blog post for the ALIA website. Here is that post... On the OSU campus where ALIA 2011 is being hosted, there are more fireflies than I have ever seen before. They make...
I wish I could tell you… (experiencing ALIA)
I wish I could tell you what it feels like to come to a place where you are understood and deeply seen. I wish I could tell you what it does to one's heart to know that your passions are shared, celebrated, and encouraged. I wish I could tell you what it means to...
Along the path: a story of rape, birth, and redemption
I don't know what compelled me to leave the beaten path on the way to my meeting, but almost before I knew it, I was wandering along a rough, ungroomed trail by the river close to downtown. People tend to avoid this trail for fear of encountering the homeless people...
It’s the way of women
Back in October, I had the pleasure of spending 4 days in a circle of powerful, warm, funny, wise women. We listened to each others' stories, built a labyrinth of leaves, cried together, laughed together, ate together, dreamed together, and plotted ways of changing...
I’m not blaming the men, but…
"The purse strings of the planet are held by men. The greatest expenditure: global military spending at $900 billion. In 2003, according to the Women’s Environmental and Development Organization, the estimated funds needed to look after basic human needs were as...
A ten year journey down a winding path
This article originally appeared in my newsletter. A number of people responded favourably and some wanted to link to it, so I thought I'd post it here as well. Ten years ago, I was in the most difficult and discouraging job of my career. I was the communications...
Shawnigan Lake, B.C.
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