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The Pilgram’s Way

I’m in the elevator peeking at emails that have flowed in and one in particular catches my eye. It’s from David Whyte sharing his upcoming events. San Antonio… Minneapolis… West Vancouver… WEST VANCOUVER?! It’s true – David Whyte will be in West Vancouver: Saturday, December 1, 10am – 4pm: A Day with David Whyte The […]

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Conversation, Not Just Connection

One of my teachers, Christina Baldwin, shared a great article called The Flight from Conversation by Sherry Turkle. We live in a technological universe in which we are always communicating. And yet we have sacrificed conversation for mere connection. Two sentences that articulate why I believe, even with all our technological enhancements, there will always be a […]

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From Stuck to Starting

I was feeling stuck this weekend. The words wouldn’t flow. It wasn’t for lack of topics, ideas or muses. I was just stuck. The closed-in-spiralling-down-air-sucking-out kind of stuck. So I decided to let myself be for the night. And this morning came a beautiful reminder: the opening words of David Whyte’s Start Close In. Start close […]