Make Room for Magic

When I was a child, I happened upon a magical world just by lying in a patch of sun on our basement floor. When positioned exactly right in the sunlight stream, I could suddenly see

Have you ever known someone who has “come alive” after an accident or a recovery from an illness? Have you witnessed, or experienced, the intense gratitude and renewed appreciation for life that a brush with

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Love and Endings

For the last five years, I’ve taken a yoga class at a historic church in Halifax’s north end. My yoga morning is one of the highlights of my week. My teacher, Isha Ward, who has

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The Space In Between

Late last week, I was pacing around outside my comfort zone, waiting to get picked up by a friend to go to a “mystery” event. We had both been invited to take part in something

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Using Our Gifts For Good

Recently, I heard singer-songwriter Glen Hansard (The Swell Season, Once) being interviewed on CBC. He said a lot of amazing things, but one line in particular had me running for a pen and paper.

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Love, Presence, and Sauerkraut

Last weekend, I drove my girlfriend to the airport. She was flying off to Northern Labrador, a place where she does important work of her heart. She’s the kind of person who arranged to send

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Finding Your Tribe

Last weekend I co-led a writing workshop, with Anne Simpson, called “Listening Within.” Five wonderful women writers spent three days with us at the Trappistine Monastery in Rogersville, New Brunswick (my favourite place to retreat).

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An Energetic Invitation

Since the eclipse earlier this week, I have been feeling a really wonderful, and slightly surreal, sense of heightened or accelerated energy. It adds to a similar feeling I’ve had since I started this blog

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Morning Goodness

You might be able to tell from some of my blog content that I am a morning person. It hasn’t always been this way. As teenagers, my sister and I would sleep in until 11

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