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We don't need AI. What we need is renewable energy and a future that centres human beings. The time is now, and this work is urgent.

Perhaps that's what this word release has really been for me: a re-alignment of who I am and where I'm going (and how I communicate this).

Choosing words to focus on is a favourite practice. Every year, I think nothing will be there, but then, like magic, words arrive.

Farewell, 2025. You've been a hard one. Maybe 2026 will offer a little more light and hope for my fellow human beings.

I know for sure that privacy has value. So does our human experience, as messy and unpredictable as it's always been.

We all have to start where we are. To do what we can. To remember that sacrifice is supposed to cost us. Nothing worth achieving is free.

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For a dormant season to be effective, we have to surrender to it. To enjoy our lives without feeling guilty that we aren't being creative.

Scrolling through the news makes me so depressed that one question keeps floating up through my subconscious: Does morality still matter?

I realised I know how to care and I also know how to carry stress for other people. But I don't know how to do one and not the other.

If you've been married for a long time, you begin to recognise that this fight wasn't about the cat food. It's never about the cat food.

I feel like my nerve endings are awake now. It's been an extraordinary time, waking up to the meaning and purpose that's all around me.

We are all Canadians, more alike than we are different. When voting, please ask yourself, "What world do you want to live in?"

The long term damage of what is happening here will have ripple effects for generations. When trust is broken, it's not easily repaired.

The Long Yearn is how I'm describing this murky expanse that I cannot reach with my mind. This is a feeling place.

Most of us willingly offer nurture and care to other people. But how skilled are you at nurturing yourself? We cannot pour from an empty cup, so it’s essential that we prioritize our own self-care …

I've decided that 2025 is a year to turn inward. For this year, I picked these 3 words: Deeper. Simpler. Quieter.

Goodbye 2024. What is your soul saying to you as we close out this year and prepare to move into a brand new calendar year?

In January, Jason and I will have an empty nest when our youngest child goes to university. I don't know how to navigate this stage.