Time for Rest: A Winter Ritual Bath
I have been struggling this month with slowing down and just being present with the moment that is right in front of me. I have found it hard to write and allow space for my dreams to land. Even as i write this, on the final days of January, my heart is racing and i am needing to practice what i preach. I am turning inwards, listening to the soft call of my body. I…
The Serpent and the Butterfly: Shedding the Skin that No Longer Serves
When i was contemplating my decision to have children many moons ago, i had to ask myself some hard questions. What kind of mother did i want to be? Did…
Highs and Lows of Healing in Real Time
This summer, i intentionally turned inward a lot and slowed down even more. This sacred pause has given me gifts of soft fascination: I have been in awe of the…
Love/Her: Reclaiming Myself as a Sexual Mother
“One of the most radical things you could ever do is to decide to really and truly get to know yourself“ Cleo Wade I recently watched the show, Sex/Life, for…
My Daughter is a Fawn
Last year, on one of my escapes from the city during the pandemic, i came across a baby deer. It was truly a magnificent sight. We locked eyes for several…
7 Days of Embodied Sensual Pleasure: Implementing a Pleasure Practice
I recently completed a course that I have been wanting to take for years. After being a student at University of Guelph for my undergrad, it had always been a…
Two Sides of the Same Coin: The Journey to Embracing Myself as a Sexual Mother
These past couple of years, i’ve been diving deeper in the parts of me that make me whole. It’s been a very intentional journey of getting to know what is…
My Embowered Birth: A Polyvagal-Informed Birth Story
After giving birth to my first child, i knew when it came time to birth my second, i wanted it to look different. It took a lot of inner work…
Stepping Out of the Fire: A Year of Living in a Pandemic
This has been the longest year. The official anniversary of the global pandemic was this week. Where i live, while we heard of Covid19 before March, my own life changed…