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…
Sun, snow, and skates
This weekend we finally had the kind of magical winter weather that makes a person happy to live in a place with 4 seasons. We've had to suffer through alot to get to these few enjoyable days.(Because we're all missing Nikki, we had to pick up an extra daughter to...
The year of living fearlessly – chapter 4
Sometimes living fearlessly means letting your daughter go to a place far away from where you stand, so that she can take steps into her own fearless life.There are many, many steps in this letting go thing, starting with the moment they slip out from the safety of...
Stuff
1. I'm in Calgary, sitting in a comfy reclining chair at my brother and sister-in-law's. I'll be flying home in a few hours. I just finished doing a round of interviews. Sadly, we're losing our Alberta staff and I have to hire again. Sigh.2. After 8 interviews, I find...
Interviewed
I was interviewed by the lovely Karmyn of Dreaming What Ifs...#1 - You have been writing about living Fearlessly. What is the biggest obstacle you face to accomplish this?Well, the most obvious answer to that would be “fear” is the biggest obstacle. But to get a...
The amazing technicolour dreamcoat and other photos
The jacket that spoke to me in Toronto... (My daughters' reaction? They prefer not to comment on the grounds that it may incriminate them. Let's just say it's not preteen fashion.)Nicole's first band concert (that's her in the centre front with the clarinet in her...
The year of living with a camera in front of my face
After buying my new camera at Christmastime, I started trying new things and looking around for ideas to inspire me. One of things I decided to do was the 365 project on Flickr. Starting on January 13, I'm trying to take at least one picture per day for a year....
The year of living fearlessly – chapter 3
Just so you don't think I've mastered this fearlessness thing, I'm also going to try to post about the times when I don't feel fearless at all. Like today. There's some fallout or follow-through from the staff retreat over the weekend. Some people saw it as an...
The year of living fearlessly – Chapter 2
Note: My word for the year is "fearless". Throughout the year, I'm going to write periodic posts about my attempts to live a little more fearlessly. The introductory post and video can be seen here. I fingered the silk patchwork jacket. My heart did a little...
No excessive noise
I've had one of those weeks that will take longer to process than it did to live. A quick trip to Toronto, a few important meetings, a couple of back-to-back staff retreats that sort of melded into one, a few moments that tested my resolve to live fearlessly, even...
Fearless
When I am feeling strong, I remind myself of the bold things that I have done, like jumping out of an airplane, taking on a major project that required tricky negotiations with foreign bureaucracies, quitting a secure government job for one with less pay but more...
Shawnigan Lake, B.C.
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