Episode #17 :: Jumping Mouse + Celia McBride

Episode #17 :: Jumping Mouse + Celia McBride

Today I’m chatting with Celia McBride, a multi-disciplinary artist and Pacific Jubilee-trained spiritual director from Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada. We’re from the same hometown but I first met Celia when I interviewed for a job she posted, and over the years have...
On belonging

On belonging

For a long time, I didn’t feel like I belonged anywhere. Not in my family, not in my culture, not with my peers, and not even in my body. Those were times of deep loneliness and excruciating shyness, times when I felt out of place, awkward, judged and wrong,...
Gut-clenching tummy aches and big big feelings

Gut-clenching tummy aches and big big feelings

My past week has been the surreal experience of remembering that winter does not mean the same thing around the world. Here in the Cowichan Valley it involves a lot of rain, grey skies and very warm temperatures. I’m so conditioned to expect crisp cold and snow...