(originally written 2015, updated 2023) There is a inflatable dinosaur with a santa hat eating a gift in the front garden of a neighbour. My 2 yr old is captivated…
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I don't know about you, but my relationship with my phone has become annoying. The compulsion to check it incase there's something exciting is now so irritating. Clearly phone addiction…
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These are the stones that sit by my window. They were given to me by my parents as they downsized. Unbeknowst to me, or at least to my conscious mind,…
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A Mama Day Blessing for All Kinds of Mamas Gustav Klimt, Mother and Child I appreciate this poem. I also recognise it is not very inclusive of non-binary or trans…
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This month I officially start to include acupressure as part of my therapeutic practice as a Registered Psychotherapist. Here's the back story. 20 years ago I was a 20-something not-for-profit…
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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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ART BY Demelsa Haughton Illustration 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…
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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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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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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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