When you stand beside a river, you cannot help but have the sense of the constant flow from the source to the ocean. You look upriver...

Life is full at this time of year. The days are long and bright in the northern hemisphere. There’s so much energy around summer...

It’s like being stung by a wasp. Your teen has broken the rules, said something really harsh, or crossed the line in some other way....

Last week my son told me he’s thinking about not finishing his university degree. Ooof! He’s been pushing through some big challenges and...

If you could wave a magic wand, what would your parenting look like? No really, what exactly would be happening in your daily life?...

I was reading an article the other day that said, “You have to learn to accept your teenager: their behaviors, their personalities, their...

There’s no such thing as a perfect parent. We know it. And yet we often behave as though we must fulfill this role flawlessly. We are...

Her son had recently moved into his own apartment. She was so proud of him. But she was worried too. There are a lot of responsibilities...

Your teen is walking away from you and yelling, “You just don’t get me!” You remember saying the same thing when you were young and...

My client, a woman from Seattle, related this story: “I was chopping carrots. It sounds like such an unimportant task, when I say it now....

My friend and I are planning a road trip to explore an area to which we are both considering moving. I’m excited about making a change...

As I write today, I am full of anticipation. There’s a new baby arriving into my chosen family, the first of the next generation, and I...

There I stood, frozen. I had just been asked if I wanted to go to a movie on Sunday and I didn’t know how to answer. It’s not that I...

In these first, make-something-happen weeks of January, I was pushing myself too hard. I say 'too' hard because seriousness and intensity...

From Winter Solstice to New Years Day, I am in and out of a lovely long ceremony. Hours by the fireplace. Pages and pages of reflective...

And so we sink into the depth of winter, Hanukkah, Christmas, Solstice, Kwanzaa. Whatever your beliefs and traditions, I wish peace and...

I was honoured this week to hold space for a group of beautiful people embarking on the last leg of their journey to becoming Integral...

I feel like I’m emerging from a cocoon today. I was taken within my heart and home by a procession of west coast deluges and some big...

I was walking in the woods this morning, following my meandering thoughts. I came around the corner and there she was, standing very...

On the west coast of Canada, we just experienced an historic “double bomb storm”. Twenty hours of 50 km/h winds, crashing waves, severe...