Envision Your Ideal Holiday Season

Envision Your Ideal Holiday Season

by | Nov 30, 2016 | Authenticity

I used to dread planning the holiday season. There are so many competing interests, traditions are firmly entrenched, and expectations are high. Do you ever feel pressured to say yes, just to make other people happy? Do you leave your own expectations unattended while...
Let’s talk about boundaries.

Let’s talk about boundaries.

by | Nov 22, 2016 | Self-Care

Let’s talk about boundaries.   Do you have them?   I used to not have them. Like, at all. I wanted to be everything to everyone. The first notable time I set a boundary in my adult life was with my ex-fiancé. Realizing that I had put all my dreams on hold to...
It’s Time to Insist on Our Well-Being

It’s Time to Insist on Our Well-Being

by | Nov 15, 2016 | Self-Care

I feel the message above so strongly. When I was in university, I studied International Relations and thought I’d head into a career in human rights law. I am passionate about justice and equality and dismantling the systems that would keep certain people’s well-being...
My mother did a fire walk, and it blew my mind.

My mother did a fire walk, and it blew my mind.

by | Nov 2, 2016 | Get Shit Done

My mother did a fire walk last month, and it blew my mind. She spent the majority of her life living by other people’s rules. One day, she woke up. She inspired me to write this poem in honour of her awakening. I want to share it with you because she’s within you as...