Every spring, something wakes me up. Not an alarm. Not my phone. Tap. Tap. Tap. For a split second I think…what’s all that racket? And then I smile. Ohhhhh. It’s just Woody. If you’ve been feeling the quiet pull to stop playing small — to live a little more honestly and fully as yourself — you’re […]
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Feeling stuck and unmotivated even though everything in your life looks fine on the surface? Sometimes the way forward isn’t a big life change — it’s a small experiment that helps you reconnect with what feels alive again. Lately I’ve been wondering: what the hell am I doing with my life? I mean nothing is technically
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There was a season of my life when everything looked fine from the outside. I had a job. I was capable. I was doing what I was supposed to do. But every Sunday night, my stomach was in knots. By Monday morning, I was already exhausted. I spent my weekdays driving around Vancouver in my
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There’s a question I hear more often than almost any other. Not from women who are falling apart. Not from women in crisis. From women who are functioning — doing all the right things, showing up for everyone who needs them, managing life remarkably well. And still, quietly, something has shifted. A few months ago, a
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I’m dealing with something I thought would be over by now. For me, that something is a foot injury from playing pickleball. Something that didn’t resolve At the time, I assumed it would heal on its own. I know my body well. And I’ve always trusted that if I listen, adjust, and stay positive, things
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Sometimes the hardest part of healing isn’t what happened — it’s our urgency to be “fine” again. Especially when we feel pressure to keep holding it all together, even when we’re not OK. The pressure to be OK My friend had just been in a serious car accident. She looked at me and said “I
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This morning, I was sitting at my desk trying to coax myself into creating something…anything. But the truth is, I just didn’t have it in me. Outside, the sky was a dull grey and the rain was coming down hard — a typical Vancouver winter day. The kind that settles into your bones and asks
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Ever heard the word hurkle-durkle? It’s an old Scottish term that means lying in bed and lounging long after it’s time to get up. Just resting, without guilt. Not rushing into your day. Not trying to accomplish a single thing. Simply…being. When I first heard “hurkle-durkle” from a friend, I smiled. And something inside of
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Growing up as the youngest of four, I quickly learned that keeping the peace was part of my job. I wanted everyone to be happy. But whenever I wanted to do my own thing (like hang out with my friends instead of staying home), my mom would sometimes call me: “Selfish.” For me, that was the
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When I was in my teens and 20’s, I signed up for all sorts of dance classes — ballet, jazz, zumba. You name it, I took it. But honestly? As much as I loved to dance, I sucked at all of them. ( But not quite as bad as Elaine from Seinfeld though! 😂) I could never get the
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