Once upon a time most community events were places where all generations mingled. Elders, youth, children, adults…everybody had a place in the circle when it came to celebration! These days it seems more and more spaces are anything but...
How Learning Languages Promotes Peace
Language has been a hot topic in Quebec (where I was born and raised) for as long as I can remember. I’ve had ample time...
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Raised Free Range: The Inside Scoop From Outside the Box
I grew up an experiential learner, guided by my interests and the love of learning that is natural to all humans. (That’s right;...
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Ok, But…Where are you Really From?
I come from a mixed heritage background. West-Indo-European would be one simplified way of describing it. On my mother’s side...
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1) Re-framing Freedom What underlies many of these suggestions is the task of re-framing our conception of what it means to be “free.” Due to various chapters in humanity’s history and our ancestral legacies a kind of culture has emerged...
Conscious Birth A couple of years ago I took a two week course on spiritual midwifery with Uva Meiner, a midwife from Costa Rica. She gave the workshop at my mother’s retreat center, Heartroot Farm, in the Eastern townships of Quebec. Though my...
The majority of us living “modern” lifestyles struggle to maintain a healthy balance and connection to our bodies. We move less, spend less time outdoors and consume things like sugar, conservation agents and caffeine in amounts never before...
I’m writing about this because one of the biggest, baddest monsters under the bed of most creative writers is the desire to please others. One of the most inspiration-crushing reflexes of the artist is to analyze and judge everything that comes...