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This is Your Life

This is Your Life

It’s been over a decade since the father of my boys and I separated but I remember this moment clearly, as if it just happened a few days ago. I was driving home from dance class, knowing I’d be alone when I returned as the boys had gone to their father’s home, where...

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The Grand Invitation

The Grand Invitation

Like you, I’ve been hearing and reading about the Great Resignation and the wave of empowered employees who are ready to make a move or change gears and start something new. As a person who left a long career in the government to follow my passion 17 years ago, I...

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Canada Day. But it’s hard to celebrate.

Canada Day. But it’s hard to celebrate.

July 1, 2021 The recent discoveries of unmarked graves and remains of hundreds of Indigenous children who died and were killed at Canada’s residential schools over the past century have been so hard on my heart.  It is excruciating to imagine their lives, their...

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Easy’s Offer

Easy’s Offer

In order to make any sustainable change I believe that unearthing the deeper and difficult things is essential. Bring them into the light where we can look at them together, then we can work usefully with this rich fodder. I’ve become quite good at this over the...

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Turning Towards Our Fears

Turning Towards Our Fears

Dear Readers: This piece came through today as I wrote my morning pages. I have been feeling a lot of anxiety about the coronavirus and through a powerful conversation last night with two friends, I finally got clear about what exactly is bothering me. It is the...

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Enough’s Invitation

Enough’s Invitation

As the end of the year approaches, when holidays, celebrations and gatherings abound, you may notice your "not enough" button getting pushed a bit more than usual. Like when you feel like you should be doing more. Or you're concerned about what that certain someone...

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