“… but since it falls into my lot that I should rise and you should not, I’ll gently rise and softly call good night and joy be to you...

Lately I’ve been going out each afternoon to seek a “good” photo of a varied thrush in the autumn landscape. Thus far, this (see below)...

September is suicide prevention month with the 10th being World Suicide Prevention Day. During this month people typically share numbers...

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

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...

(CW - please take care reading this piece. It touches on depression, suicidality and the search for hope.) These past couple months, as...

How can I too, hold a seemingly intangible design of something more in my tattered mind? buffeted by the wind, how do I know where to...

Please note that I have written this piece on a mix of hard days and easier days over the past while. It is true, but it is also written...

It is strange how much I wrote in 2020 that I do not even remember. It was not an easy year - a year I almost wore away. Standing here in...

What I have learned (unlearned, or may still be learning) from the month of July... Oh if I could only show you the hidden cost of being...

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

What is "recovery?" How can one be "recovery" oriented? How do we define this process? Who gets to define this process? Is there more...

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...

In February, there is only a hint of what will be. A damp chill still hangs in the air. lurking in the shadows, but there's a hint 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...

I wrote this piece with a particular person in mind. It was originally published on the Looking Glass blog There is a place I go when I...