Healing Through Cold Water and Community

Originally Published: Nov 1, 2025 On Sunday mornings, you’ll often find me at the lake — standing in freezing water for two minutes that feel like forever… and like freedom. Cold-water immersion has become my version of church. Not because of the ritual itself, but because of what happens inside my body and mind when […]

The Original War: How Child Sexual Violence Built a Rape Culture

Originally Published: Oct 31 2025 What Do Pocahontas and Pretty Woman have in Common? They were both females caught in systems that treated them as property, not people. They were sex slaves fighting to survive a rape culture. To force anyone into sexual slavery, you must first dehumanize them — strip away rights, dignity, and […]

Why Child Sexual Violence is Higher in Canada

Originally published October 29.2025. From the age of three until I was 18 I was repeatedly sexually assaulted by people I trusted. I am not alone. One in four people in Canada were sexually assaulted as children or young people. That adds up to more than 10 million people living with the same trauma I […]