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…
Searching for authenticity
A few weeks ago, I was in Toronto for a three day workshop on leading remote teams. My staff is spread across the country, and that has been REALLY challenging, so I’ve been looking for inspiration on how to be more effective at it. Unfortunately, though, this was not...
Carrying water
I didn't go to Good Friday service today. I'm not sure why - I guess I just didn't feel motivated to sit in a church "pew" for an hour. Instead I stayed home, had a hot bath, went for a couple of walks, made butternut squash soup... and painted.I've been longing to...
Catching fish
There were fish everywhere. One minute the water was calm, reflecting the last rays of sunlight. The next minute the water erupted in a cacophony of glistening silver bodies leaping in the air, searching for freedom. The young men in the water, drawing the net...
Auntie Rose
I've been to the funerals of two of her sons, two of her brothers, both of her parents, and as of yesterday, two of her husbands. Some people get more than their fair share of grief.
Mini-vacation – come h*** or high water
Despite some lousy weather that made some naysayers urge us to stay off the roads (will this winter EVER end?), AND the fact that the flood is gradually making its way across the border from North Dakota to Manitoba, three stubborn women (my mom, sister, and I) packed...
In bloom
They don't agonize over their calling, asking endless questions like "was I meant to be an iris or a rose? Perhaps I've missed my true destiny and I should have become a lilac bush."They never worry "does this shade of hot pink make my stem look fat? Does this purple...
Two for two!
We have another city champ in our house!At the end of an exciting come-from-behind season, Julie's team emerged victorious! What a week it's been!
Making the best of it
Even though the course is less than stellar, and I will not walk away with great inspirations about being a better leader to a remote team (like I'd hoped), I am still thankful for:- a lovely conversation over pork chops and steak with a kindred spirit and fairly new...
Living the dream. Sort of.
For as long as I can remember, I've had this little fantasy. I'm on an airplane. I look over and spot someone reading a book or an article I've written. I lean over and ask them how they enjoy it and they wax poetic about the amazing writing before they spot my...
One down, one to go
In a nail-biter that went into double overtime (and caused a few stress ulcers for the parents in the stands), Nikki's team emerged with the city championship!
Shawnigan Lake, B.C.
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