My 99-year old grandma continues to inspire me. Ten years ago, when she was still nimble on her feet and energized in her body, she decided to close up her city apartment, sort through all her belongings and move to a home for aged people a few city blocks away. She downsized everything to fit […]
Last week in our parenting course, one set of questions we reflected on as we consider where we come from and what we pass on to our children was: “What do we include and bring along from our past? What do we choose to release and discard? And what do we transform? In short: keep, […]
Often our love for our children expresses itself in hugs, in yes’s and “for sure’s”. In “let’s do just what you wish and want”, in following our little (or big) one’s lead, beck and call. And sometimes love expresses itself in clear direction, in no’s, in putting your foot down and saying “not beyond here”. In […]
In my weekly phone chat with my 98-year old grandma this morning, we spoke about this and that, and with it being the Day of the Dead here in Canada (in Switzerland where she lives, they celebrate All Saints Day tomorrow), we also spoke of death, of dying, of our shared love for graveyards and […]
These past couple of days my mother-heart stretched again some more. It seems this is and will be a lifelong stretch. What struck me today is how visceral it is above all else. My mind was calm. My emotions too. What was in movement, where I was noticing the stretching happening, was at the layer […]
Dear Fathers! Today we celebrate you. We pause and reflect on all the ways you shape who we are, as individuals and as a humanity. We celebrate the many examples you share of courage, protection, strength and deep care. We thank you for all the time you get on your knees and play wholeheartedly with […]
Dearest ones – mamas and mothering ones, all of you who pour your hearts and minds, bodies and souls into nurturing and sustaining Life in its myriad forms – so, to all of you, blessed keepers of the Hearth, I wish you a most blessed mother’s day! As I sit quietly at the dawn of […]
You know those moments just before a symphony concert, when the audience is settling, the last rustlings of handbags and programs travel across the space, the air is sparkling with anticipation… and the musicians are tuning their instruments… That sound. A wild-yet-synchronized cacophony of violins, cellos, double bass, clarinets, flutes, trumpets and harps sliding up […]
FROM THE OUTSIDE IN ~ So much of my focus – in both my personal life and work with clients – is to explore, practice and ignite CHANGE from the inside out. But! There is also the other way, which is to go at change from the OUTSIDE IN. I first came to really appreciate […]
A week ago I walked through a beautiful snow labyrinth made by my friend and neighbour. It was the day of Imbolc, the mid-point between the start of winter and the beginning of spring. Like a tipping point, where we note that we are halfway through winter and from now on, every day brings us […]
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