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Mar 11
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Clear some space, find some inner calm, in 6 minutes!

By Stephanie Tools and activities

I draw a lot on Focusing-Oriented Therapy and here is a simple exercise called Clearing Space taken from Eugene Gendlin’s work, with help from my dog Mango. It’s a fairly…

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Feb 21
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Become an apprentice to sorrow: Tara Brach’s guided meditation on grief

By Stephanie Musings, Tools and activities

My own grief process lately has led be to re-find Tara Brach’s teachings and her sweet, kind wisdom. In this video she refers to becoming an apprentice to sorrow, deepening…

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Feb 03
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Attending to our unfolding vs finding solutions

By Stephanie Musings

We live in a society that peddles solutions, whether it’s solutions to those extra pounds you’re carrying, or to your thinning hair, or to your loss of appetite, loss of…

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Nov 08
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Take in the bad stuff… go on, try it! The buddhist practice of tonglen

By Stephanie Mindfulness, Tools and activities

I love the paradox of tonglen practice. I love it particularly because some folks these days are so focused on clearing their lives of “negative energy”. I get what they…

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Jun 20
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Celebrate diversity: on being a good ally

By Stephanie Musings

During pride month let’s celebrate diversity! Let’s be curious, open and supportive to those identifying as LGBTQ+. Let’s stand up to prejudice and discrimination! “Pride is unconditional love, the belief…

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Jun 01
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office

Office reno is complete!

By Stephanie News

I am thrilled to be back working in-person both to see clients and because I have a newly renovated office! I had been renting my office for 7 years from…

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Feb 08
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Motherhood and the Nervous System

By Stephanie Parenthood, Tools and activities

I’m thrilled to offer this guest post from my friend and colleague Joanna Hermano. Joanna is a Trauma-Informed Physiotherapist and Somatic Experiencing Practitioner-in-Training with special interest in persistent pain.  Understanding…

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Aug 03
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Announcing new group for Fall 2021

By Stephanie Creativity and the Arts, News

I’m thrilled to announce that I will be offering an 8-week Inner Work Studio group beginning October 2021. Assuming public health regulations allow it, we will meet in-person, if not…

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Jun 26
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Happy Pride! LGBTQ+ resources in Hamilton

By Stephanie Musings

Happy Pride month! Let’s celebrate the diversity that is among us here in Hamilton and all over this beautiful earth. Let’s celebrate harder as some people, past and present aren’t…

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Jun 08
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Towards justice, peace and reconciliation

By Stephanie Musings, Tools and activities

While this was the beginning of Indigenous History month as well as Pride month, this year, we mark the occasion filled with sadness and outrage at the news from Kamloops…

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  • Clear some space, find some inner calm, in 6 minutes!
  • Become an apprentice to sorrow: Tara Brach’s guided meditation on grief
  • Attending to our unfolding vs finding solutions
  • Take in the bad stuff… go on, try it! The buddhist practice of tonglen
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