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Your Business Needs a Skeleton, Not a Cage
Note: So this might not be the perfect metaphor, it's still being fleshed out (ba dum tsh) but since it is Halloween today, I just HAD to post it. I mean, how can I not post something that talks about skeletons and businesses on Halloween??? Rethinking the Framework of Your Creative Business During a recent voice work session, I stumbled into a conversation that completely shifted how I think about structure in business. It started with a simple body awareness exercise—the
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Sweet Surrender?
August 28, 2025 I had no plans to write this morning. Honestly, I was feeling lazy—or what I thought was lazy. But sometimes the most...
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Empowering Women Through Circle Work: Building Community in a Post-Inauguration World
In a world that seems increasingly intent on silencing women's voices, the simple act of gathering together has become a radical...
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Shame, trauma and creativity
I was out walking in the river valley this morning. Trying to find my church. My head has been full to bursting the last few days with...
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Tired
I've seen many people in my Facebook feed talking about their exhaustion, and have had conversations with two girlfriends about the...
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Sour wine gums as self-medication
I went to the grocery store this afternoon and while I was there I remembered that I wanted to buy a sympathy card for my friend whose...
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"The Work"
Recently I was privy to observing a situation online where someone said something racist and was called out for it. They made an apology...
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Grief
I've written about grief before. Experiencing loss, death - well, it isn't new to me. This time is different. At the beginning of July,...
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Sunday morning and the world is...
Sunday morning. I woke up early today feeling refreshed. I made some coffee and got dressed and headed outside to finish planting my...
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For allies. A question and an offer.
It's been just over two weeks since George Floyd was murdered. In the days following his death, I saw a flood of people vowing to become...
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Everything sucks - part two
Today is May 29th and nearly everyone on my social media feed is incensed about the events that took place in Minnesota recently, and...
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Everything sucks
There were some terrible things in the news yesterday. My social media feed blew up with articles about it and about racism and how to be...
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Puzzle Pieces
Life has been challenging lately. For everyone. I know I'm not alone in this experience and perhaps my challenges would seem minor to...
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Deep Calm
In the wee small hours of the morning I woke up with words echoing in my head. I tried to ignore them and go back to sleep but they...
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Messy, messy
I sat down tonight with the full intention of writing a blog post. It started like this: I cried today. And yesterday, and the day...
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Courage in the darkness
I can't get this idea out of my head. The darkness is coming. The forces of darkness are gathering. The darkness is here. Darkness. ...
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Shining a light
The forces of darkness are gathering. Those word struck me as rather dramatic when I heard them uttered by my husband last week, but he's...
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Reflections
Well, it has indeed been a while. Almost every morning for the last month and a half, I've been making my pilgrimages. But when being in...
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Here I go again...
So last week my walking buddy had surgery to repair the ligaments in both her knees. Our jaunts and church are therefore on hiatus until...
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Fire
I love fire. Sitting around a roaring campfire is one of my favourite things in the world to do. Fire can nurture and it can spark...
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