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…
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,…
Rise into a New Year
It’s 12 days into 2021. Today is the first New Moon of 2021 so a perfect time to look at the year ahead, with a strong back and soft heart.…
A Year in Review: My Mind Body Soul Rhythms
I am writing this from my bed on my birthday. Another turn around the sun. I am officially in my mid-forties now, as well as mid-life. I am in the…
The Journey to Me: Shadow Work and the Many Moons of the Self
I recently completed a course called Shadow Work, offered by Amy Wright Glenn at the Institute for Birth, Breath and Death. In honour of this darkening time of the year,…
Tips to a Find a Good Trauma Therapist
you are already whole just like the moon, who is only going through stages I’ve been going through a bit of a metamorphosis in my own life, as i have…
Harvesting a Good Feeling
Raise your hand if you have been having some big feelings these last few months! Don’t worry if you are reading this alone, because chances are, all of us are…
Parts of a Mother
My kids have been wanting to paint the walls. And not just figuratively, which they surely have been doing during this pandemic. They have been admiring the graffiti and street…
Perfectly Imperfect Summer Vacation
Today marks the End of vacation mode for me. We were supposed to go to France the first 2 weeks of summer vacation, in honour of 20 years together with…