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Elevating Life Into Love·2023-10-15

Embracing Our Dual Nature: A Path to Self-Acceptance and Growth

It’s a tricky business, being human. We spend so much of our lives trying to be “good,” trying to be seen in a certain light. We curate our lives, our homes, our very selves, hoping that if we just present the most polished, acceptable version,

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A Teaching in Resilience and Grace: A Journey Through Cancer and the Promise of Eternity

It’s a tricky business, being human. We arrive with such promise, such openness, and then life… happens. We learn to brace, to protect, to build walls around the tenderest parts of ourselves. And then, sometimes, a wrecking ball comes along in the

Elevating Life Into Love·2023-09-15

Pain and Transfiguration Into Love

It’s a tricky business, being human. One moment you are moving through your life with a sense of ease, and the next… everything changes. An invisible switch is flipped, and you find yourself in a foreign landscape, a territory of pain so vast and

Elevating Life Into Love·2023-09-01

Human Doing or Human Being?

It’s a tricky business, being human. I remember a time, years ago, when my entire sense of self was wrapped up in my own productivity. I was a human doing, not a human being. My days were a blur of appointments, clients, and an ever-expanding to-do

Elevating Life Into Love·2023-08-15

Soothing the Angst of Absence

It’s a tricky business, being human. We are wired for connection, for the warmth of a hand in ours, the comfort of a shared glance, the steady rhythm of a familiar presence. Our brains are, in essence, relational organs, constantly mapping and

Elevating Life Into Love·2023-08-01

Opening Your Heart — Wherever You Are Right Now

It’s a tricky business, being human. We long for connection, for wide-open spaces in our hearts where love can flow freely. Yet, we are exquisitely designed for survival. And survival, in the short term, often means closing down. A few years ago, I

Elevating Life Into Love·2023-07-15

Healing – It's in the Energy

Healing – It's in the Energy It’s a tricky business, being human. We inhabit these beautiful, complex bodies, navigating a world of sensory input, emotional currents, and relational dynamics. And sometimes, the body speaks to us in a language we

Elevating Life Into Love·2023-07-01

Look Inside Your Heart

It’s a tricky business, being human. Just the other day, I found myself standing in the kitchen, the late afternoon sun slanting through the window and illuminating a million dancing dust motes. The kettle was whistling its insistent, high-pitched

Elevating Life Into Love

Built to Evolve

It’s a tricky business, being human. I remember standing at the edge of the ocean in Tofino, years ago, the salt spray misting my face. The waves were immense that day, a churning, roaring power that seemed to shake the very sand beneath my feet. It

2023-06-15

Elevating Life Into Love·2023-06-01

A Vacation from Our Thoughts

It’s a tricky business, being human. And one of the trickiest parts, I’ve found, is navigating the relentless chatter of our own minds. I remember standing in my kitchen one morning, the soft Vancouver light filtering through the window, a cup of

Elevating Life Into Love·2023-05-15

A New Kind of Resolution

A New Kind of Resolution It’s a tricky business, being human. And never does that trickiness seem more apparent than in the first cold, quiet weeks of a new year. The ghosts of resolutions past… they hover, don’t they? I remember one January, years

Elevating Life Into Love·2023-05-01

Pain: Moving Beyond Opposites

Pain: Moving Beyond Opposites It started with a flicker. A barely-there, electric hum along my jawline as I was washing dishes one evening, the scent of lavender soap in the air and the day’s last light filtering through the kitchen window. I was in

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