This past year has been generous in its offering of chaos and mess. It is so challenging to maintain our mental health during Covid-19. I will write more soon about...
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Has Hallowe’en has become a bit stale? Typically a bit too full of plastic jack o’lanterns and skulls, over-produced costumes and absurd amounts of candy? For me, yes to both. This Covid…
A man in his mid-life came for counselling to help with anger that wells up inside him playing certain sports. He had a sense that it’s deep and old anger….
A bird flying upside down. A tightly wound coil. An open lake. A powerful dragon getting flight and exploring the world for the first time. What do these have in…
An unforeseen, recently-acquired hobby of mine is clowning. I’ve attended a few trainings with my now esteemed teacher Helen Donnelly in Toronto. Aside from being a skilled theatrical clown, she is also…
I don’t usually buy art. I’m too thrifty to justify that expense. This week I did something unusual. In fact this past month has been a bit different. I’ll tell…
Let’s face it. Even with good counselling we all get in ruts, even comfortable, velvet-lined ones. We try to plan and think our way out often. Occasionally it helps. Lately…
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…
My husband and I recently made one of those Big Life Decisions. One that was a fair bit harder and more confusing since we were trying to run our own…