Giving Voice

A few weeks ago my daughter’s middle school was holding a career day, a day in which each child was to find a person to shadow in a...

As a child I was taught to obey authority, to look to leaders for answers and assume that they had my best interests at heart. It took me...

There is one discomfort I sit with during quarantine that I keep coming back to over and over again: the great privilege I have in this...

If you would have asked me five years ago what I feared most in the world, I would have said a free day to myself without anything to do....

I used to believe that I had to let everything into my body including violent images, unkind words, negativity and hate. I believed that...

We’re not even two full weeks into our self isolation during the coronavirus and already it feels like years have passed since life felt...

It’s hard to fathom the rate at which our lives have changed over the past week due to the coronavirus. Last week I was debating whether...

Uncertainty is rarely a friend to those who suffer from anxiety. Living with circumstances that are well beyond our control can be...

I love a good memoir. I enjoy the insights into other people’s lives, how they interpret their experiences and how they’ve grown...

As long as I can remember, I’ve had a nagging sense that I should be doing more with my life. I often feel like I’m not living my...

I’ve always been a writer, but it’s only in the past two years that I’ve felt comfortable calling myself one. When I was a girl, I’d sit...

I’ve long felt an affinity with trees. When I was young, I liked to climb them, hide in their branches and pretend it was my home. It...

It’s campaign season, which means it’s time for me to get out of my comfort zone once again and engage with voters. Even the thought of...

The last few weeks it’s been exceptionally difficult for me to maintain positive mental health. Australia is burning uncontrollably,...

***Trigger Warning*** - This post discusses sexual assault and rape. I find myself consulting the dictionary more often as I get older...

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about what parents owe their children. When we become parents there is no covenant that exists expressing...

I found it difficult to be a contemplative, thoughtful and loving human being this past week. I spent several hours over the last two...

The truth is I've been sitting on this blog post for months wondering if it will resonate with anyone other than me. I came back to this...

I recently had the opportunity to spend three days by myself in nature during a particularly challenging time in my life. It wasn’t lost...