So far, 2020 has done a wickedly stellar job at painfully jabbing at our buried fears. No other year in recent memory has collectively triggered us so deeply and so relentlessly. What if I told you that you could put all this fear, anxiety and worry to good use? What if you could use the […]
(Photo: Amadeo Valar) Lost in the Darkness Sitting in a grassy park overlooking the water, I soaked up the spring sunshine and settled into a much-needed catch-up with a girlfriend. The self-isolating, social-distancing, homeschooling, shutdown-of-all-things-we-love saga had taken a toll on all of us. As my friend spoke, I noticed the exasperation in her eyes […]
On a beautiful spring evening 15 years ago, I experienced an epiphany that rocked me to my core. Sitting in the front row of a book-signing event, I watched as the author stepped onto the stage. Wearing a crisp white blouse and a tidy ponytail, she struck me as an individual who had her life […]
(Photo: Guy Roberts on Unsplash) One soggy morning in Spring, I pestered my kids for what seemed an eternity to get themselves dressed and ready to go out for the day. As the minutes flew by without any signs of progress, I felt myself becoming increasingly tense…and more and more intense. Suddenly my eight-year old […]
