Mother’s Day can bring sadness and loss as well as joy and delight. I’m not trying to be a complete downer. I just want to acknowledge what often isn’t incase it…
Many women feel relief if they make it through the first few months with no sign of ongoing post-partum depression or anxiety. Having studied, and experienced, post-partum challenges myself I was…
Ooh, I had an uncomfortable “I’ve gotta get it out” inner itch today. Do you get that, when you know something is bubbling up inside, but you don’t quite know…
Easter Day comes around again and if you’re like me you wonder… why do we do what we do on Easter? Chocolate eggs, rabbits? And how again does this link…
Throughout the day yesterday I felt a gnawing anxiety in my body. Mostly it sat in my chest as agitated tight heaviness. Like the too-much-caffeine feeling, but with stuckness and…
I’m moved and inspired by the recent Guardian article: “My friend breastfed my baby” by Elisa Albert. ‘I had never heard of anyone I knew nursing another woman’s child and I…
Beyond Meditation Want to explore how group process, movement, expressive arts, meditation, and psychological inner work serve to wake up the lifeforce and our deepest potential? Are you interested in learning…
Finding a therapist with whom you “click” is not an easy endeavour. Thanks to Megan Sutherland of Willow Tree Counselling in Vancouver, for her article which I’ve copied here with her permission. Choosing…
Since we arrived in Hamilton 1 month ago the outside temperature has oscillated between a balmy -5 and a frigid -23 (colder with wind chill). Most days have loitered around…
I’m thrilled to have found a beautiful office space. It’s behind Melrose Church on Locke St in West Hamilton. I have lots of flexibility: I can see clients Mondays, Tuesdays,…