Surviving November
September was amazing, October was wonderful. I don’t know what happened in November but it hasn’t been my month. Is it the weather? That I’ve…
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Random Thoughts: Slow Mornings
(Random Thoughts are little notes rather than full-blown blog posts) Sometimes I wake up at 5 AM and conquer the world, sometimes I only have…
The Apex of Happy
I grew up in a small town, in a house with a large yard. My dad had 2 huge gardens that he worked diligently on,…
Make Time for Art, Feed Your Soul
Despite every day job I have ever worked, I always needed to make time for art to have a place in my life. There have…
Create and Create and Create, Until Your Self Finds You
Last night, my husband and I went to a concert. It was weird. Not the concert, that was good. But me, being out of the…
On the Hamster Wheel of Life, Make Space for Kindness
Lately, my life has felt like a hamster wheel. I keep running and running and running, but all I am met with is the need…
The Not-Lazy Path of Accountability
One thing I hear a lot from my kids is, I can’t help it, it’s who I am. When they have a behaviour or a…
Do it Again
In our culture we’re often told to hustle, we’re often told to work harder and longer, and we’re often told to strive for perfection. We’re…
We’re Taught to Play Small
It’s Up to Us to Play Big I remember being in my final year of high school and applying to university programs. I had zero…
Inspiration: A Poem
When I write something from a head space it always feels forced, like I’m trying to push the words out. If I’m writing just to…
You Will Always Fail Until You Love Youself
Growing up for me has been a gradual process. Now, at the age of 45, I think I may have grown just enough to have…
Reconnecting with Self: A 10-Day Island Walk Journey on PEI
Even as someone who spends a lot of time talking about self-care and making time for self, I find it easy to push my own…
How Some Ancient Wisdom on Feelings is Helping Me Now
This might sound crazy but I only recently discovered, as a forty-something woman, that it’s better to recognize, pay attention to, and acknowledge the feelings…
Assumptions: Making an Ass Out of Me, Every Day of My Life
Back in November, my husband let me know that our daughter would be performing in a Christmas recital. “Cool,” I replied. I assumed that the…
Wonderul, Colourful, Magnificent
About 18 years ago I wrote a children’s story. I decided that I wanted to do the illustrations myself, but it was one of those…
Personal Essay: The Girl Who Never Knew What She Wanted to Do With Her Life
They gathered all of us into the school auditorium, the entire senior class. We were there to listen to university reps do their best to…
Self-Care Mama
When I was 22 I saw a therapist. It was a required component of my school curriculum. I went to the counseling centre on campus…
What Happened After I Surrendered
I had this moment, at the start of March 2020. I was lying on a bed in a hotel room. My son was lying againt…
Make Space for the Pivots
Recently, I came to understand that there is a vast difference between being defensive and defending oneself. One comes from a position of lack; it…
Random Thoughts: Self-Care vs. Individualism
There is a great misconception in society today, a divide between honouring our individual needs, and respecting our community. The message to go after your…
Self-Care & Pandemic Parenting
I’ve been having a hard time focusing lately. I’ll sit down at my computer in the morning, prepared to get to work, and I’ll just…
We Are Born the People We’re Meant to Be
I believe we are born the people we were always meant to be. Whether or not we remain that person over the course of our…
In the Face of Failure, Be Fearless
A few months ago, I was walking down the street with my family. It was an unusually warm day for March. I love going for…
Protecting My Inner Introvert During a Pandemic
I am an introvert. I wear this label like a brand because it offers me a shield of protection, as though just saying it helps…
YOLO
There are times in your life when you are given something, a message to heed or advice to hear, or a sign of sorts, and…
On the Importance of Being Silent
I’ve had visions these past few years, yearnings more like it, of leaving my life behind, moving to some deserted island, living off the land.…
What looks like bad parenting…
The kids and I were leaving their daycare, and just like other days since the weather changed, when all other children across this fine country…
