Writing in New York
I’m writing in New York, my first international stop on my Write Around the World journey. Today is my day to explore on my own and I found my way to Bryant Park and lingered there for a few hours.…
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Present over Perfect Book Club: Lessons in Lightness
Living in lightness—physically, emotionally and spiritually is my goal for this year. Part of that journey is accepting that I’m not perfect, my life is not perfect and that it never will be perfect. The big lesson for me is…
Present over Perfect Book Club: Happy to be Medium
I remember looking down at my legs in a gymnastics class and wondering why they were chubby. That was the first time I thought I was fat. The first time I compared myself to others. In grade seven I was…
Present Over Perfect book club: Fake Resting
Present Over Perfect book club: Fake Resting ‘How are you?’ ‘I’m busy.’ I was busy for years and before I knew it I was real tired. In fact, I was exhausted. Real-exhausted. I was working, the mother to two children,…
Present Over Perfect Blog book club: Tunnels
Present Over Perfect Blog book club: Tunnels I sat on the couch next to my husband and every word he spoke grated against my soul. It was like fingernails scratching down an old-school blackboard. Everything in me felt scraped and…
Present over Perfect book club: Sea-change
Present over Perfect book club: Sea-change I ended last year with a crash. Running on adrenalin and coffee for years on end, allowing my body, mind and soul to fracture resulted in a ‘frantic and frayed’ life. I craved silence. I…