$97 Trillion: Well Not Exactly
Show Me the Money: Erin’s Law, Federal Education, and a $97 Trillion Opportunity: Well Not Exactly I’m proud of me today: March 18, 2026. I learned more about the money game. Check out my post titled $11.5 Trillion. I love proving myself wrong. I appreciate it when someone else does it too, of course. But […]
Rebuilding My Brain, One Breath at a Time
I’ve been practicing yoga for years. After a botched surgery on April 10, 2024, I was left with a brain injury. I’m healing. I’m rebuilding. Maybe I’m even coming back stronger. Yoga, walking in nature, meditation, The Beyond Addiction program offered by Sat Dharam Kaur and co-created with Dr. Gabor Maté attending The Gatehouse support […]
Call It What It Is: Child Sexual Violence
Having been a student, a staff member in student services, and an educator, I can say this plainly: I hate the business of higher education. It’s grim. Just yesterday, a friend called it “horrid.” And yet, I love learning. I learned deeply during my master’s degree at Wilfrid Laurier University, and I carry those lessons […]
The Long Game: When Enablers Become Predators
Writing Breathing the Night Out didn’t just help me heal; it brought everything into focus. It revealed the uncomfortable truth about the women in my childhood and the ways they enabled child sexual violence. The Hidden Scale of Child Sexual Violence in Canada In Canada it is estimated that 1 in 3 girls and 1 […]
The Original War Sometimes Hits Us Like a Football
On November 6, 2025, Marshawn Kneeland, 24, defensive end for the Dallas Cowboys, took his own life—just days after achieving a spectacular milestone: his first NFL touchdown. I don’t do football, I’m not a man, and I’m not Black—so on the surface, you might say I don’t have to fight that fight. But I do, […]
When a Storm Learns to Speak!
Originally Published: Oct 14, 2025 I feel like a kid with a new toy. 🎉 When I finished writing my book, I was so exhausted I could barely spell my own name, let alone form a sentence. I struggled to write my acknowledgments for all the incredible folx who carried me through the last 18 […]
Learning to Breathe in a Pinball Machine
Orginally Published: Oct 15, 2025 As someone fighting to survive child sexual violence, from time-to-time, I move through a minefield of emotions just to make it through the moment. Because of my C-PTSD, some days feel like I’m trapped inside a broken pinball machine—lights flashing, alarms blaring, everything stuck on fast and furious with no […]
Healing Happens in Relationship
Originally Published: Oct 16, 2025 Healing happens in relationship. Child sexual violence also happens within a relationship. And children grow up fighting to survive that relationship. Because relationships shape who we are, healing must also happen within relationship. That’s what led me to The Gatehouse in Toronto — a brave and safe space where facilitators […]
30% or You’re Not Serving the Community
How many visibly targeted, underserved people sit on your board? In your leadership team? On your committees? Is it at least 30%? There’s your number.Now go make it happen. Everyone says they want their organization to grow. Many struggle to convince people to “do the right thing.” So here’s the truth: if morality isn’t motivating […]
Never Eat with People You Don’t Like
Originally Published: Oct 19, 2025 Imagine what it’s like for a child who is being sexually assaulted in their own home — sitting at the breakfast table with their abuser. This short clip with Deepak Chopra MD (official), offers a glimpse into that reality, and why it matters: never force yourself to eat with people […]