Having a high vibration is not better than low vibe

Having a high vibration is not better than low vibe

So let’s stop describing a positive preferred state of things as ‘high vibration’ and suggesting it’s better than ‘low vibration.’ It’s a common way, in the healing, spiritual, ‘new age’ and ‘conscious’...
Father Should Be A Verb

Father Should Be A Verb

My own father passed away almost 8 years ago, at the age of 53, after living with an aggressive form of leukemia for 4 years. His birthday was last month (he would have turned 61) and his death anniversary is in July. My heart still feels tender and I still feel his...
I’m not the hero of this story

I’m not the hero of this story

I haven’t always questioned things the way I do now. A memory surfaced the other day. I think I was around 12 years old, and I went to a Catholic public school in northern Canada. I wasn’t Catholic, my parents didn’t take us to church, nor were they practicing...
A Crushing of Snails: predator and prey exist within

A Crushing of Snails: predator and prey exist within

It rained last week, which was an event in this dry Okanagan climate. It didn’t just rain, but it dumped, it poured and humidity ballooned out, entered my pores and made the air feel like silken water. After the rain, all of the snails came out. Coin-sized and...
Why I’m Sick Of People Like Me: an open letter

Why I’m Sick Of People Like Me: an open letter

We need to talk about a gap in the healing path for creative healing types, and the resulting lack of kindness that arises. As many of you know, I often describe and identify myself as a highly creative person, as ‘spiritual but not religious,’ as a highly...
Writing through painful memories and trauma (with a capital T and a little t)

Writing through painful memories and trauma (with a capital T and a little t)

This is a real and common challenge – how do we write about the compelling parts of our personal history when those tragic, comedic and painful memories are often tied to trauma that is still humming away inside of ourselves? (If you’d like this post as a PDF,...