The Summer I Became Relaxed
I had a realization recently that I want my kids to see me relaxing. It came after noticing how I would make a point to look busy when they came home. Not just when i was actually working from home, but when i dared to put my feet up and read a book or scroll on my phone. It wasn’t to avoid them but rather to make myself appear productive. I would see them at…
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…
How do I Love Me? Let Me Count the Ways: Six Principles of Self-Love
This month, I have been diving into what ‘self-love’ means. Each year in February, i do a daily practice to honour what needs tending. It is a practice of self-love,…