Create Space for What is: Self-Compassion
I am beginning to realize that I cannot do it all. Writing weekly or every other week blog posts and sending weekly newsletters is not sustainable when I am working full time on top of a private practice consisting of workshops, supervision, consultation and psychotherapy. And though I have not been practicing that level of […]
Digging Deep Via Creativity
Digging deep into the unknown crevices of your emotional life can sometimes be daunting, even uncomfortable. Its easier to pretend like it does not exist rather than to explore it through our creativity. Why is it that inner reflection so important? The stuff we ignore can stifle us, and block us from moving forward. […]
The Inner Wilderness of Creativity
Canoe camping in the backcountry is always an adventure. We had been away from it for a few years as our kids no longer fit with us in the canoe and it meant taking a second canoe and portaging it- with two kids who at that point were starting to say they were not interested. […]
What’s Your Story?
How many times have you found yourself stuck in the same story line? Telling yourself I can’t, I don’t’ know how, I won’t? We can easily get sucked into believing these “stories” we tell ourselves and find ourselves creating less and less. Eventually putting our creative endeavors off indefinitely. The more we do this […]
Nurturing Our Creativity
“The creative function is the centre of the soul and the psyche it can never be destroyed” ~ Clarissa Pinkola Estés I have been listening to Clarissa Pinkola Estés audio book The Creative fire lately and this quote struck me so deeply I wanted to share it. It is at the centre of my philosophy: […]