Our Writings

Last week I spoke of trusting the unfolding process of life from within ourselves. With the help of others, as […]

To continue the reflections of the last few weeks. I would like to recall an expression that has resonated with […]

This week’s reflection is presented by friend, colleague, and co-author, Jane Ripley. It is a followup to the last few […]

Last week, I suggested that our true home is the place of our authentic personal voice. This is the voice […]

Last week, I spoke of our inner journey as a journey home, a journey to the core of our being. […]

Last week, I suggested that at the very core of our being, there is an aching longing. This is a […]

The Healing and Challenging Power of Beauty I have spoken recently of winter as a time of slowing down and […]

I have spoken recently of winter as a time of slowing down, resting, doing things we enjoy for their own […]

Last week, I spoke of wintering as a time of slowing down, resting, doing things we enjoy for their own […]

Last week we talked of the need for solitude, quiet time by oneself, in which we approach ourselves with kindness […]

In the last reflection, I suggested that our worth cannot be lost only if it is inseparable from who we […]

I have often spoken of the importance of recognizing our identity and sacred worth as present from the beginning, as […]

  May all our sorrows gradually stretch our heart to be more fully open and compassionate. May we experience a […]

Last week, I spoke of trust: trust in the process of unfolding life within ourselves, trust in an intelligently caring […]

I have spoken of kindness, friendship, and love as involving an openness and vulnerability. We open our heart, our core, […]

Last week, we spoke of kindness as an essential quality of a fulfilling life, beginning with kindness to ourselves and […]

I was very struck lately by Susan Cain’s observation that Darwin has been readily misinterpreted. She notes that perhaps his […]

Last week, using the image of tears, we suggested that there is a place within us that is deeper than […]

In the last while, we have spoken of the difference between life scripts we inherit from without and our true […]

Last week we mentioned the importance of discovering what we have called a true story–a true image of who we […]

Last week, we spoke of imagination as a gateway to freedom. Imagination does so by opening up alternatives, new possibilities, in […]

Many years ago, when my children were small, I came across a bookmark that really resonated with me. It was […]

We have spoken lately of the inseparable joy and sorrow, fear and love, labour and rest, darkness and light that […]

Along with Leonard Cohen, one of my favourite singers has been Louis Armstrong. In the past few days, I listened […]

Last week we mentioned that our life includes both joys and sorrows, winters and springs, darkness and light, storms and […]

Last week we referred to the stories, The Wizard of Oz and The Secret Garden. The first story especially illustrates […]

Last week, we mentioned the story, The Wizard of Oz. It illustrates how the longing for understanding (scarecrow), love (tin […]

Last week’s reflection spoke of listening gently to our own feelings. Even our difficult feelings, such as anger, indicate that […]

Last week we spoke of listening both to oneself and to one another. And of listening from the core or […]

Last week, we spoke of the eyes through which we look at life, where we see from and how we […]

As you may suspect from my references to Winnie the Pooh, I have found very valuable, the brief words of wisdom […]

Last week, I wrote about the possibility that the underlying energy in the universe is love energy, illustrated from a […]

When I wrote last week about contact with the spirit horses, I was struck both about our inseparable connection with […]

Yesterday, a small group of us had an experience, that was outside of the everyday routine, and resulted in a […]

Last week, we spoke of our need to belong, and that it is a need to belong in our very […]

Last week we referred to Gabor Mate, who says that the need to belong, especially in a child, can, at […]

Last week we suggested that we can experience gratitude for life, for our own life as well as for the […]

In speaking of kindness last week, a quotation from the late educator, John Holt, came to mind. I looked it […]

We have most recently spoken of vulnerability and of healing. Vulnerability involves an awareness of the possibility of being hurt, […]

As you know, I am fascinated with the etymology or roots of words, one of which is healing, the counterpart […]

Last week we wrote about fear and anger, and how beneath them are the deeper realities of our longing for […]

This week I would like to consider the experiences of fear and anger and suggest possible ways to respond to […]

I have been speaking lately of a way of interpreting our life experience as a gift and call to bring […]

Last week, in light of the story of The Old Man and His Grandson, we suggested a way of interpreting […]

I mentioned before that I have been teaching a five-week class on folk tales. This past week we looked at […]

We have been speaking of words, especially in images and stories. We have mentioned how these speak to our heart. […]

During the last two weeks, I have been teaching a course of folk tales which, like the ancient mythologies, draw […]

We have often spoken of story and retold many stories in our weekly reflections. We might recall again that, in […]

Last week, I referred to an interview in which children’s book author, Kate DiCamillo said that life is chaos and […]

Last week I spoke of trusting the unfolding process of life from within ourselves. With the help of others, as […]

To continue the reflections of the last few weeks. I would like to recall an expression that has resonated with […]

This week’s reflection is presented by friend, colleague, and co-author, Jane Ripley. It is a followup to the last few […]

Last week, I suggested that our true home is the place of our authentic personal voice. This is the voice […]

Last week, I spoke of our inner journey as a journey home, a journey to the core of our being. […]

Last week, I suggested that at the very core of our being, there is an aching longing. This is a […]

The Healing and Challenging Power of Beauty I have spoken recently of winter as a time of slowing down and […]

I have spoken recently of winter as a time of slowing down, resting, doing things we enjoy for their own […]

Last week, I spoke of wintering as a time of slowing down, resting, doing things we enjoy for their own […]

Last week we talked of the need for solitude, quiet time by oneself, in which we approach ourselves with kindness […]