Up to the age of nineteen, I lived in the same two story, three-bedroom house with my parents and my brother in a middle class, primarily white suburb of Halifax, Nova Scotia. My mother and father provided a loving and nurturing environment where all our needs and our wants were unselfishly provided to us by […]
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My Sister Put Me in Grave Danger When I Was a Child: Forgiveness Came Years Later
Our extended family lived together in one house, so there were always people around. But even though there were a lot of people around, they hardly paid my immediate family much attention. It’s like we had a family but didn’t. Parenting My father wasn’t around much when we were kids, and my mom struggled with […]
How Plant Medicine Helped Me to See My Father Differently
To sum up all of the lessons that I have received from plant medicine is next to impossible. I have been on the sacred medicine path for six years now. In my youth I experimented with mind-altering substances, haphazardly stumbling upon lessons and healing that I didn’t know I needed. Those experiences were fun and […]
The Power of Forgiveness: How to Heal After a Betrayal
My most significant experience of forgiveness was accompanied with an appearance of betrayal. It was a very powerful lesson in forgiveness but also in letting a person go from my life. Becoming A Course in Miracles (ACIM) student, in which the Course’s main teachings are to extend love and to forgive, changed me in all […]
I Nearly Died from a Mysterious Illness: My Path to Healing
So there I was, very sick and not sure how I was going to make it through the day, let alone the week. No doctors, no medicine—nothing but sheer willpower to see me through. I had on-and-off headaches, a fever, body aches that made it hard to move, and a cough that shook my whole […]
This Happened When I Did a Gratitude Experiment for 30 Days
I’ve had a gratitude practice for a number of years now and I know the positive effects it has on my wellbeing. I’ve written about my gratitude practice on this site, however, I was curious about the results of practicing gratitude for 30 days straight. Can I see a noticeable difference in how practicing a […]