Females, Disabled Females & Child Sexual Violence

This is a story about females, child sexual violence and money. Why do numbers hit harder than words? Tragedy becomes a number and numbers become scale. Scale is impossible to ignore. The infographic $ focus is for FEMALES only. Stay tuned for the everyone. But take a look at 1984. This is what Canada’s researchers […]

Where Beauty Meets Pain

When I write, I process my emotions. When I breathe, I feel them fully. When I move in silence, I invite the pain and in doing so I discover the beauty hidden within it. Sometimes it takes days, weeks, months, even years, but it always arrives. The wisdom is carried in both the beauty and […]

Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

With the exception of cutting myself, this list describes what my typical day looked like for more than five decades, until I began writing about the child sexual violence I endured. Writing helped me begin the journey, but the deeper healing, the kind that happens at a cellular level, did not begin until I started […]

Do You Have 26min to Love Yourself?

Do you have 26 minutes to love yourself? On mornings when I have an early appointment, I find a FREE short yoga class on Wellness Club.aloyoga.com, it is exactly what I need to get level before the day begins. One of my favourite instructors is Annie Moves. I love my morning yoga. I love my […]

From Pain to Purpose

I have brain damage and cannot work, but I am getting better every single day. One of the ways I keep moving forward is by finding ways to contribute. Ever since I was a child, I have tried to be of value. But when a kid has to navigate child sexual violence before breakfast, even […]

Gratitude in a Bag of Groceries

I am so happy this morning. I went to Nourish East End Food Bank for a bag of groceries and met a wonderful group of people, all showing up at 8:30 am to lend a hand. It was truly beautiful. I also had the chance to meet with the Coordinator of Volunteers, and now I […]