Envision Your Ideal Holiday Season

Envision Your Ideal Holiday Season

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...
It’s Time to Insist on Our Well-Being

It’s Time to Insist on Our Well-Being

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.

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...
When Feelings Feel Too Big

When Feelings Feel Too Big

It’s amazing how often we sit in judgment of ourselves. Just because I teach this stuff doesn’t mean I’m over it. In the past two weeks, I’ve gone through a clear call to get back to self-compassion. Here’s what happened. I had a mole that started to look a little...
I shouldn’t complain.

I shouldn’t complain.

A number of times over the past couple of weeks, women have told me the ways in which they want more for themselves. In some ways, I think this is every woman. Maybe you can relate. She… Wants more support from her partner. Desires higher compensation for her...