It’s probably time I just admit it: I’m rich

I have a bad habit. I’m often saying I can’t do something because “I’m too poor.”

Knitting Keeps Saving my Life

You know that ice-breaker question you get asked when you’re in a new group, or at a staff retreat, or when…

Can I Make Loneliness Work for Me?

Word on the street is that my city of Vancouver has a loneliness problem. Well, not actually the…

Bucket lists are crap: Time to stop dreaming and start living

It was about four days after my c-section that I realized bucket lists are crap.

If you haven’t had a c-section, you might, like I did approximately 10 months ago, think that they can’t be that big…

Facing Fear: Of scary movies and of others

A few weeks ago, I watched the movie It. It’s scary! I jumped, buried my head in my…

I’m the Problem: An Introduction

I’m the Problem: An occasional series in which I detail how I, in fact, am the problem

Last week I went grocery shopping with my six-month-old, Owen. I’m a big fan of life lessons, so I took a moment while putting back the cart to teach Owen…

In Defense of Bringing War and Peace as my beach read

I’m going through security at the Lihue airport, about to head back to Vancouver from my family vacation to Kauai. It’s a small airport, charming and tropical, lacking in the dreary gruffness of my usual transit hubs.

The Flipside of Empathy

When the counsellor becomes the counsellee

Vulnerability: You’ve gotta give it to get it

The other day I was talking to a family member, who said…