Connecting the dots
Our wisdom teacher Shiloh Sophia McCloud calls them “marks of intention”.
There’s a power or energy in taking a thought or idea and bringing it into a form you can observe and interact with.
Creative Accounting
Have you done any creative accounting lately? The kind I’m talking about doesn’t involve numbers. It involves looking at what matters to you, finding out what resources you have to act on those matters, and why it hasn’t happened yet. You could say we’re pencil pushing to find your money blocks. Only in this case, there are no erasers and the pencils are coloured, or even markers.
Peaces of PIE
We affirm that all people are endowed with inherent dignity and worth and we are called to treat each other in ways that honour and value that worth.
The Opposite of Love is Apathy
I believe people who have identified as white women need to have conversations about what that means in terms of power, expectations, resources, and legacies.
Creativity in Grief
I made this video “lighting candles” for the people who died a year ago in the shooting that shook Nova Scotia.
Co-Creators’ Connection April
April 2021 Newsletter
Have I told you lately that I love you?
Dynamic Doodles - Spiral
This is a great way to have an argument with yourself.
Drawing a Picture of the Costs of Racism
If you are in, or have connections to, health care, how can I work with you to make these changes?
The Magic Formula
There is a magic formula for life on this planet
A formula as mysterious as the dawn
As precise as the tiniest quark
As expansive as the Universe
Dynamic Doodles - Meet Your Critic
Your critic voice is always looking for attention, so let’s give them what they want.
Co-Creators of a New World
So begins my value statement ….. But this post is about other business insights gained when I put brush to canvas and marker to paper. We’re not talking pipelines, lead magnets and clicks. We’re talking about people and how their needs intersect with my gifts.
Values and Things That Matter
I celebrate the wisdom inherent in each of us, regardless of whether we are 3 or 103, speak the same language, share different life experiences, or feel the pressures of social constructs designed to favour one over another.
Co-Creators’ Connection March
March 2021 Newsletter
UN Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination and my Value Statement
Dynamic Doodles - Body Scan
Unresolved trauma stays in the body, oftentimes unnoticed as we go about our daily lives. But subconsciously our body knows it is there, and even tells us with things like cravings, anxiety, and health issues.
I am really, really missing hugs.
Perhaps my lack of hug opportunities prompted the word that fell into my lap for 2021. The word “connection”. I set out to explore how to nurture connection without the physicality of touch.
Dynamic Doodles - Two People
Who are you inside vs who are you to the world? When those two personas differ, it takes up so much energy switching back and forth that it is exhausting.
Co-Creators Connection January
Dynamic Doodles - Your Permission Slip
Write your own permission slip.
I’m Not Doing It!
I believe long before diving into goals, one needs to examine intentions, from the inside out.
Dynamic Doodles - Unraveling
Ever realize you've been holding your breath or grinding your teeth without realizing it? Deep breathing helps. So does drawing.