musings

Hope, Faith and Basic Trust – Part 1.

I’ve been thinking a lot about hope, lately. Specifically, the question of whether hope is necessary, helpful, or even remotely in the...

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Jul 34 min read

The Subtle Art of Noticing

One of the questions I often find myself asking clients is: What are you noticing?. This might be in real time, after we’ve dropped into...

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Jun 25, 20243 min read

Marvellous Men at Work

Earlier this year, via Tami Simons’ Sounds True podcast, I was introduced to Edmonton-born Connor Beaton, the founder of ManTalks; an...

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Nov 22, 20232 min read

Adapting to our Changing Home

I recently learned a new word: solastalgia. Coined by Glenn Albrecht, an Australian philosopher, solastalgia is a combination of sōlācium...

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Jun 22, 20233 min read

Unbroken Bonds of Love

Last night, the theme of the seven-week bereavement support group I am currently facilitating, was: Continuing Bonds. In...

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Apr 6, 20234 min read

Doing Love's Work

Kahlil Gibran's exquisite depiction of work as "love made visible" succinctly expresses the relationship between being and doing, between...

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Jan 20, 20233 min read

The Sense in Absence

It is early in the new year of 2023 and I am spending three days, mid-week, at the ‘peaceful, paradise barn’ in rural Alberta. I first...

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Jan 20, 20233 min read

longer pieces

2022: Love beyond death: Suicide, acceptance and the awakening of the bereaved.

An autoethnographical enquiry into the profound and transformative journey of a beloved's voluntary death. (master's thesis)

2020: Psychotherapy as Love made Visible

This paper offers an in-depth exploration of the topic of work, as an expression of love, in the context of a spiritual orientation. (Approx. 5000 words)

2019: Spirituality, Psychotherapy and Transformation – A Dance Toward Wholeness

An essay about spirituality, psychotherapy and the relationship between the two, particularly with respect to the healing, growth and transformation possible within the context of a psychotherapeutic relationship. (Approx. 5000 words)