Aug 27, 2023 | Expanding self-awareness, Featured Posts
It’s taken a long time for me to recognize that the challenging things that have happened (and continue to happen) in my life are designed for my benefit. For most of my life I could not see them as such, and only in this past decade have I been able to remember this...
Aug 13, 2023 | Befriending sadness and grief, Healing, Love & Relationships
Recently I received an emotional blow, unexpected and surprising. For a few days (weeks) I was challenged to move through without the emotional bombardment of deep sadness and self ridicule. I opened myself up to someone in a way I haven’t in a long time, and in the...
Jul 24, 2023 | Featured Posts, Healing, Love & Relationships
‘The version of yourself that you had to be in order to survive through something difficult, is not the version you can now be to move forward’. Healing is a complex process of time, acceptance, releasing, forgiveness (most often of ourselves), tending to your needs,...
Jun 25, 2023 | Expanding self-awareness, Imagining a better world, Raising children, The wisdom of anger
Recently I was listening to a podcast on which the host is known for being a bit ‘radical’ in her thinking. She pushes boundaries and questions things that most of us have accepted as normal and the way the world works — which is concerning in itself. I like her and I...
Jun 19, 2023 | Contemplations, Expanding self-awareness, Joy & Contentment, Love & Relationships, Overcoming self-doubt and fear
About 25 years ago I wanted to live in a community called Noelleville; a place where I had all my friends. My vision wasn’t a town that revolved around me, it was for community, I just didn’t have the language to express that. I wanted to have a life that was full of...