This week BC’s nurses are voting on our proposed new contract. It is a critical vote as our healthcare system struggles in the aftermath...

CW - discussion of depression & suicidality 3 years ago today I was reaching my breaking point after months of reaching out for help with...

I am trying to remember there is more than one way to live a life, to be a part of the things I love; to be a good nurse. For me, being...

I don’t know what to say about 2022 - so much takes place behind the lens of a camera. It has been as much a means of avoidance as it has...

Day in, day out… I put aside the grief I cannot carry; shelve the moral distress tearing me in two… I do what I can (what limited I can)...

(Originally posted on Vancouver Island Voices for Eating Disorders blog.) When individuals with eating disorders have cycled through...

Where do you go when you no longer trust eating disorder care (as you know it), but have long depended on it (at times being healed by...

In the following article Minister Dix discusses recent emergency room closures at rural hospitals and emergency centres. Within his...

What I have learned (unlearned, or may still be learning) from the month of June... “We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor,...

This blog post was originally written for (and published on) the Nurses and Nurse Practitioners of B.C. (NNPBC) website. It stemmed from...

It is important to reflect on where different eating disorder therapies and programs perpetuate the struggle for individuals to practice...

Today I look to the resilience and persistence of camas blooms for inspiration. I learn from the years they take to bloom, that change...

This feels very personal to write, but here goes... There are some days that slowing down enough to attend appointments leaves me feeling...

An important reflection point for professionals working in the eating disorder field... How well does your online appearance of...

I shared these brief thoughts through Vancouver Island Voices for Eating Disorders (VIVED) social media, but there is so much in this...

I've written before about reclaiming authorship and the power of language, largely through advocating for collaborative treatment in my...

I have been thinking a lot lately about lived/living experience and how we honour this without gatekeeping that form of wisdom, as well...

What I have learned (unlearned, or may still be learning) from the month of February… Trust is something that is earned, not something...

"One cannot treat [those struggling with an eating disorder] from the "outside," meaning treating the patient/client in a one-person -...

When working with patients, clients, or individuals seeking support, we must remember that trust is not something any professional is...