Befriend Your True Self + Walk in Freedom, Health and Joy
Sensitive content: In this post I speak to child loss and early grief. 10 months ago, I lost one of my favourite people. A kindred spirit (though he’d roll his eyes at that). At 23, my son Jairus had his own best friends, but he was one of mine. He made my life better, more …
Inside: Curiosity helps us name our limitations and get creative as we choose our response. Curiosity shifts us from judgment into joyful possibility. This post contains referral links. Have you ever experienced the serendipity of how an unexpected lesson from a book or movie in exactly the right moment leads to a podcast that leads …
On this page, I offer a thoughtfully curated collection of favourite resource recommendations to help you show up fully to your life in progress. This post contains referral links. I’ve set a boundary for myself of 7 resource recommendations per section – hard work! The decision to exclude fiction from this list is rooted in …
Inside: As I celebrate the 5th birthday of A Life in Progress I reflect on the journey and on all the people who have come alongside and helped me keep going. I witness my strength and look forward with curiosity and hope. Five years ago, A Life in Progress officially came to life as I …
We know that to accomplish a goal it must be broken down into small intentional steps. To build a home you first dig and lay a foundation. To live on purpose you have to get up each day and do all or something. All or something. All or some small thing. Because small thing after small …
Inside: Child loss is excruciating. Letting go feels like creating a safe and special corner of my mind and heart in which to gather and house my memories and love for my son so that I have some room left for hope and joyful possibility. Sensitive Content: Suicide, grief, child loss The agony was intense …
Inside: Yesterday marked nine months since his death. Nine months can feel like a lifetime or the blink of an eye. Enough time to help create and birth new life but not enough time for my heart, mind, or spirit to figure out how to say goodbye. Sensitive content: grief, child loss, suicide I took …
Inside: We need PERMISSION TO FEEL and the ability to name emotion in order to move through it and choose a healthy response. This post contains helpful resources along with an affiliate link. The vulnerable work of moving toward wholeness or integration, of examining our identity and embracing the fullness of who we are and …
Inside: For happiness and a full beautiful life, it’s essential that we slow down and make space for purposeful rest and that we learn what it means to honour our wiring for a soul-sustaining life. We can’t pour out what we don’t first pour in. For years I repeated a cycle of ignoring my body …
Inside: Our real, messy lives will be “never enough” until we embrace imperfection and accept that we are not in control of it all. I opened up my inbox as I often do in the morning to sift through interesting articles and ideas, share some online, and save a seed or two of thought for …
Inside: Walking each other home is a privilege. Here are 19 bittersweet gifts I’ve picked up as I walked alongside my son through the final year of his life. Sensitive Content: in this post I speak to child loss, suicide loss, and severe depression On a cold wintry night, just over a year ago, my …
Sensitive Content: suicide, depression, grief I’m choosing to process some of my grief out loud. First, it is helping me when I feel like I’ll explode with rage or pain. Second, maybe it’ll help another parent feel less alone. This is a very personal journey. Please click away if reading about someone else’s loss – and …
