I've learned that growth happens by letting go. You aren't actually changing who you fundamentally are; you are shedding layers of beliefs you have about yourself, behaviours that are unhelpful to you, connections that drain you, and circumstances that no longer serve you. You're removing the layers upon layers of everything that has held you back from who you already are.

Some thoughts on continuing to put in the work to heal, even when things are going well.

A short post about how everyone is creative.

To overcome this indecisiveness and the feeling of passively living my life as a bystander, I've found a simple little life hack that helped me find some direction.

I’ve been living in Calgary since November 2022 (last year), when some circumstances forced a bit of a fork in my life’s path and I had to make a pretty sudden decision to either go back to Vancouver where I had been living for the last 12 years or to come back to the city I grew up in (Calgary).

I was recently doing a Headspace meditation, and the idea of identity foreclosure came up. This is the tendency that many of us have to attach ourselves to one identity or role over our lifetime without exploring other options. Interestingly, it was something that had already been on my mind a lot.

Here are some of the books I’ve read over the past couple of months that have really helped me move forward from a significant change, and refocus my energy on a positive and purpose-driven life. I hope you also find these healing and inspiring too!