Books for Personal Impact: Suggestions from my bookshelf
I’m a pretty avid reader. I’ve been keeping a detailed reading record since 2006, and although my taste has changed since then, my thirst for knowledge has not. Pass me […]
Outside the Lines – An Unexpected Performance of a Spoken Word Poem
I’ve been trying my very best to remind myself that I don’t actually ever know what is going to happen next. I don’t know that this next email is […]
I’m learning how to look through my own eyes.
For four years I have been grinding away – throwing letters plucked from my computer – at a boulder I thought was blocking me from success; from happiness. I would […]
How do we belong? – a conversation and reflection
After attending a panel about belonging at the Vancouver Writer’s Fest, I started wondering about my own beliefs around this topic. What does it mean to belong? And why, for […]
When I think about love, I think about this.
What does love feel like in your body? I’ve started asking people this question as part of the interview series I conduct on Creative Life, but I’ve never answered this […]
If you’ve ever been sitting across from me when my smile started to tremble
Sometimes the muscles in my face tremble. It usually starts with a smile. Have you ever held a smile for so long that when you finally stopped, the muscles in […]