Counselling Psychology & Spirit

Developing Intuition through Essence

What is essence and how does it relate to developing intuition? Deeper than thought, deeper than ideas about ourselves, more fundamental than any repetitive self-told [...]

Counselling Psychology & Spirit

Freeing your Soul’s Authenticity from Ego with Lalla’s Poetry

Back in the fourteenth century, the beloved Kashmiri mystic poet Lalla wrote about the challenge of being authentically human in the face of ego. These [...]

Body Wisdom Counselling Psychology & Spirit

Simple Benefits of Practicing Breath and Meditation: with How-to Videos

When I ask my counseling and coaching clients how they’d like to be, they say things like: more calm, more at ease, know I’m capable, have [...]

Coaching Counselling Cultural literacy Diversity

Fostering Diversity and Inclusivity

We share our basic humanness. Listening with openness, learning from each other with willingness, and responding with care are the basis for fostering diversity and inclusivity. [...]

Counselling

A Client’s Guide to Success in Counselling

If you’re contemplating going to counselling, if you want powerful actions you can take to to be successful in counselling—whoever you choose as your counsellor—this article [...]

Family Constellations Nature Constellations

Experience Alive Consciousness with Nature Constellations

I’m aware of inhabiting two kinds of consciousness. During the pandemic, being on screen a lot more than in person, I’m calling one of these “screen [...]

Counselling Family Constellations

Restoring Love’s Flow in a Family Constellation

To preserve anonymity, I’ve written this simplified account of a family constellation, as a composite of similar family constellations I’ve facilitated.  The Problem: Children being Pulled [...]

Counselling Cultural literacy Diversity Systemic Constellations

Addressing White Silence: An Online Constellation

In June 2020, shortly after the murder of George Floyd, amidst a revitalization of the Black Lives Matter movement, I offered an online constellation on cultural [...]

Counselling Nature Constellations Systemic Constellations

Web of Life and Proposed TransMountain Pipeline Expansion Nature Constellation

I facilitated a Nature Constellation in a private backyard about the proposed TransMountain Pipeline Expansion from the Alberta Tar Sands through Burnaby, BC and into the [...]

Counselling Family Constellations Systemic Constellations

Cultural Healing Constellation for Syria

A man was very concerned about the Syria situation, both the fighting and refugee crisis, and wanted to set a constellation for cultural healing. It was [...]

Counselling Dreamwork Psychology & Spirit

Uncovering Hidden Resources through Dream Recall

A female client, I’ll call her Mary, brought the following dream fragment to our session. Often clients report recalling a dream immediately before or after a [...]

Counselling

Lifting the Rug on Depression

Lois (34) told me that her depression didn’t seem to have a rhyme or reason to it, that it would just happen out of the blue. [...]