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…
The fire in you
On Saturday I facilitated a workshop on Leadership and Personality for a diverse group of emerging leaders. The essence of it was my deep belief that by letting our unique personalities shine, we will be stronger and more effective leaders. I spent too many years of...
He’s leaving us
He's going away one breath one touch one aching whisper at a time. He lies there in that hospital bed aged a dozen years in only one. We don't know him anymore this weathered shell this frailness this lost look in his eyes. This man whose strong hands once reached for...
My farewell tour
Well hello there! Long time no talk! I didn't expect to be silent so long, but I've been on this whirlwind farewell tour to Toronto and I've barely had a chance to catch my breath, let alone blog. On the work side of it, I've had a great time zooming all over the...
He didn’t die
Today is World Suicide Prevention Day, and all I can think to say is HE DIDN'T DIE! He tried once, and tried again, but OH MY GOD I'm so glad it didn't work. He is alive and well and still with me and our children and together we get another chance to carry on each...
Why do monkeys get all the bad rap?
I've got a grinning plastic monkey leaning on my computer screen. It was a gift from my friend and former colleague Kelly (hi Kelly!) seven years ago when we were the two (very busy) communicators at the big federal lab in our city (the only Level 4 lab in the...
Transition, transition (sung to the tune of “Tradition” by Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof)
What with summer drawing to a close and long weekends and a quick trip across the border for a little return-to-school shopping and a day of fishing with a bunch of family members and a brain that is over-full with all of what this transition means, I have not really...
Life lessons worth re-learning
I'm in transition mode, preparing to leap into the unknown world of self-employment. As I wrestle with how to promote myself, how to negotiate contracts, what to focus my business on, etc., etc., I sometimes find myself getting tied in knots. It's time to slow down a...
Isn’t there a better way? Musings after a night in an emergency room.
Emergency rooms make me cranky. Lack of sleep makes me even more cranky. So... after 5 hours in the emergency room in the middle of the night with Julie, who broke the growth plate in her wrist (the part of the bone that's busy growing in adolescents) in yet another...
Remembering to pause for the sacred
We are back from vacation, settling back into day-to-day life as we prepare for return-to-school season. I have another month of work and then I'll be setting off on my new adventure in self-employment. (I'm already getting some contract offers even before I've had a...
Savouring Summer
I'm getting ready for a lazy, luxurious week at a cabin with my family, so my thoughts are only dipping into the shallow end of the pool these days. No profound insights, no soapboxes - just easy, sweet gratitude for all that is good in the world. Here's are a few of...
Shawnigan Lake, B.C.
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