It is making a significant difference to my life to use the lens "is this so hard for normal people?"

Most of my life has been the opposite: I connect on points of similarity, and I dig for them, and whether it's that something is hard or joyful or whatever that is how I align myself. Overlying my root-deep feeling that I'm the only one of my ( Read more... )

I've been showing up for myself emotionally for a long time; we've had that advice to have self-compassion, to be kind to ourselves, and that is a significant part of my practice. I'm good at it. I've kept this journal for over twenty years; this journal is a significant way I show up for myself.

Lately though, I'm learning to show up for myself in ( Read more... )

It's time to make this a little more formal.

All my life I've wanted someone to see me, to not necessarily walk beside me every step but to know my story. That's where I kept my eyes when everyone got married, maybe had kids, got divorced, did careers. There's no one left in my life who's been there from the start and will be there until the end ( Read more... )

This was supposed to be the last day of the high-level heat. Most places in the province beat their previous all-time heat records, most on two consecutive days; in some cases the new record was over 10C higher than the previous all-time record. Lytton broke both the Canadian all-time high temperature record and was also hotter than Las Vegas has ( Read more... )

It's hard to understand. A day spent outdoors all day is always a good day ( Read more... )

I started running last week; it became apparent that yoga was going to take some working to make happen (I may have to drive to school for one of my classes on yoga days, to make yoga without completely sacrificing the whole evening, just with the placement of schedules and the general awfulness of buses) and my shoulders were sore and I'd just ( Read more... )

Today I am deeply grateful for the years I've spent learning myself, assembling a user guide so that when I need to work with myself in challenging circumstances I can do so. I can catch myself when I begin to spin into dark places, I can accept love and help where needed, I can sense what forces are at work and come up with a pretty good idea of ( Read more... )

I'm getting stronger at being myself ( Read more... )

Dave says, going to your place feels like a vacation ( Read more... )

Nothing says security like a full pantry and a fireplace.

Nothing says wealth like gallons of wine made free from things the ground gave you and wildharvest salad every night with your steak.

Nothing says love like... hmm, maybe it's time for a couple in-front-of-the-fireplace-snuggle-puddles-and-food events?