Unearthed

Hello all, I realize that I have completely ghosted you. I have sat down several times to write and just couldn't focus on words. I have been preoccupied with creating a reading list for my PhD. and it has been all consuming. The good news is I feel so much more...

My slow unravelling I have been slowly unravelling over the past few weeks. Unravelling in a good way. I am wearing my emotions just under the surface and at times they flood out of me like a raging spring creek, bulging at it banks from snowmelt and heavy rains. I...

What I learned from magnetic stones I have these beautiful black, flat, polished stones that are magnetic. I believe it is called hematite. I love how they feel in my hand and I love that they are magnetic. When I hold them I feel grounded. I noticed something I was...

To reflect on emotions Emotions are woven into everything that we do. They are part of every thought, every decision, every event we experience. Yet we like to label some emotions as good and some as bad. Are those judgments really fair? Yet what are emotions really?...

How small conscious actions create big change On the weekend I attended a Feldenkrais workshop. Feldenkrais uses small, slow and gentle movements to rewire neural pathways so the body relearns how to move with fluidity and ease. The workshop was about improving...

It's a magical time of year This time of year can be so magical. There are lights going up all over the neighbourhood. There are opportunities to connect with old friends. Last week there were children running (or walking really fast because they were probably told to...

Words powerfully manifest our lives Words are powerful. The words we choose to use influence what we manifest in our lives and how we feel in our bodies. This week, I was speaking to someone who is very special to me. She was talking about her life and some of the...

With newness comes chaos I have discovered, or perhaps rediscovered, the chaos the newness can bring. My first few weeks of my PhD. have been all about newness - new expectations, new places, new people, new commute, new computer, new software, new challenges and new...

The newness September brings September has always been a place of renewal for me. There is a feeling of shifting, deep within me. There is a freshness and energy in the air that inspires me. September is a time for a new notebook and a fresh pen. There is a calling to...

In-Between I have found myself in that place of in-between. It is a place I have lived over and over again in the last few years. It is the place between what was and what is becoming. At times it has been such a sweet place, a place of tenderness, of meandering and...

How was your experimenting? In my last post, I invited you to experiment with seeing criticism as an object to get curious about. I asked you to create distance between you and the object that was criticism and notice what opened up for you. I would love to hear what...

How do you react? I was having lunch with friends recently and one of them shared how she got defensive when she was criticized at work. She wondered if that was normal. My answer to her was that our brains are programmed to protect us. If we feel threatened by the...