Do you struggle to get everything done in a day, to find time for yourself? How do you cut through the overwhelm? We all know self care is important, but how do you wade through the to-dos and make the time you need to re-charge? It can be simple – really. As I enter the…
Fall feels to me kind of like falling in love. It has the qualities of cocooning, discovering new pleasures and of sensuousness. What does September and the beginning of fall mean to you? For many it means new beginnings, getting back to familiar routines. In the Northern hemisphere fall represents the return to cooler weather,…
Do you have a favourite song? One of my favourites is What a Wonderful World. I love the line “I see friends shaking hands, saying how do you do? They’re really saying I love you.” I’ve been reflecting lately on what brings me joy. I’m sharing this with you today in hopes it will inspire…
I’d always believed this at some level. However, it wasn’t until I was recovering from treatment for breast cancer that I really understood it at a deep level. I had been struggling with my scar. It wasn’t the tiny, beautiful scar I had imagined going in to surgery. I had some complications after surgery, plus…
What does being part of a community mean to you? Have you found your communities changing as time goes on? Has your sense of community changed? As life changes, so does our community. When my children were young our community revolved around them and their friends. Our friends were the parents of their friends. In…
When is the last time you played like a child – carefree, full on, with abandon? The ability to play is something I have been thinking about lately. When I ask participants in my Hook a Healing Mat workshops what drew them to take the class, a common theme is the need to learn how to…
What does enough look or feel like? How does it feel to have enough? To be enough? Do you find yourself needing to sit and relax, but keep thinking of one more thing to do? Do you accomplish a goal only to race off to the next goal? Or do you take time to…