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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
In the last year I’ve had my first few client presenting with what boils down at least in significant part, to climate change anxiety. Clients have been presenting with panic,…