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Category Archives: Inspiration
Story Gathering: What I’m certain of
I decided I was going to go to Story Gathering while I drove home from a particularly bad day at work in April. This was a creativity conference I had been following for a few years, and came up with … Continue reading
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Tagged Conference, Harris III, liminal space, Nashville, Story, story gathering
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No longer and not yet
Last fall, my dad had to be rushed to the hospital with severe chest pains. They quickly stabilized him, but they knew something was wrong. For about a week, we lived in limbo – we knew things were about to … Continue reading
Your gifts
I had the opportunity to hear Jo Saxton speak a few weeks ago. About a week after I faced why I hadn’t been writing lately. “That way you have with words, that way you have with numbers, that way you … Continue reading
Vacation brain in real life
I haven’t posted anything on this blog in four months. I swore I’d never let that happen. For almost four years, it didn’t. It’s not that I didn’t have things to write about in those four months. A lot happened. … Continue reading
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Tagged blogging, creativity, reality, vacation, vacation brain, writing
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Sejal is special
I have no idea if I should be posting this. I have no idea if it’s for you or for me (…it’s for me). I don’t have an objective here or a lesson I’m learning. It’s not even really about … Continue reading
Why I care about Heart Month
Before 2010, Heart Month would’ve been another awareness day/week/month that passed me by without more than a “There’s a day/week/month dedicated to that?” and then I’d move on with my life. But in 2010, a few years into the corporate … Continue reading
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Tagged be a donor, Camp Oki, CHD, congenital heart disease, Heart Month
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Legitimate Artists Can Work in Cubicles
I was four years old when the tour of Peter Pan came through Toronto. I sat in one of those theatre booster seats in my fanciest dress and travelled from the Darling home to Neverland, and back again. When the … Continue reading
Posted in Inspiration, Theatre
Tagged Artist, Career, creativity, Dreams, Guest post, That First Year
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When the plan doesn’t go as planned
Nine years ago, I graduated from university. I graduated with a unique and cutting-edge degree and had been told for four years that this was going to be the ticket to a great job. The world was my oyster. Reach … Continue reading
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Tagged graduate, graduation, life after college, life after university, life plans
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Jumping afraid
Since I was 8, my answer to “what’s your favourite sport?” has always been “gymnastics”. I did recreational gymnastics from age 8 until I was 14. I was okay at it. I certainly had the flexibility, a decent amount of … Continue reading
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Tagged Abundant life, Christa Hesselink, gymnatics, Life's Great Dare
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Choosing Butterflies 