Life initiations

Life initiations

My biggest life initiation was navigating a miscarriage while being cheated on in my late twenties. I had no support network around me, no one to call, and I went into the depths of isolation and despair. I remember a pivotal moment when I stopped fighting it and...
Honouring the Descent

Honouring the Descent

When I’m down I tend to withdraw and yet there’s such power and medicine in being transparent when we struggle, right? Letting go of the shame and blame, and of feeling that it’s our personal shortcomings. Bringing awareness to how impacted we are by...
Oudated definitions of power

Oudated definitions of power

      Recently I was told by a man that if I only stepped into my power, I could be such a powerful force.     Oh.     So you get to define power and then assess whether or not I am powerful!   Bwhahahaaaaha!    In my past, I have doubted my expressions and sense of...
On being without child

On being without child

        I think there is a certain flavour of angst, belonging only to women who are childfree or childless that invites witnessing and compassion (‘childfree’ is the term often used for women who have made an empowered choice not to have children).   It...
On Feeling Safe

On Feeling Safe

When do you feel most safe? Someone I worked with for a while, asked me to leave the team we were both on this past year, because they didn’t feel safe with me, due to me triggering something in them. At first I felt like it was really lame to not want to unpack...