What I’m doing now…
Location: The traditional territories of the Kwanlin Dün First Nation and the Ta’an Kwächän Council - also known as Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada.
I am on a journey of unlearning colonial, capitalist and patriarchal ways of being and operating. I recognize this learning journey never ends. I aim to be always open to feedback, particularly from folks with lived experience of oppression that I have had the privilege not to experience.
updated Jan 8, 2025
Everything below still pretty relevant, except the reading list needs updating…
What I am reading
Asha Frost - You are the Medicine (I read the corresponding section for each moon of the year)
Robin Wall Kimmerer - The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World
The Antiracist Business Book - Trudi LeBrón
The Experience of Insight - Joseph Goldstein
Red Rising Series - Pierce Brown
The Science of the Sacred - Nicole Redvers
The Hidden Power of the Five Hearts - Kimberly Snyder
The Bright Sword - Lev Grossman
Oct 31, 2024
After 25 years in the health sector (most of it in health leadership in Northern Canada) and being a mom to children (now a mom to young adults), I am focused on doing things with my day that bring me peace, joy, love and freedom.
I like a little framework that I heard from Eckhart Tolle - does what I am doing with the present moment fall into acceptance, enjoyment or enthusiasm.
I am also so thankful to be working with the teachings of Emily Anne Brandt on Decolonizing Coaching. I have many identities and characteristics and provide me with unearned advantages and I am committed to reflecting on that with compassion and increasing my abilities to hold space for others.
What I am doing for work
Personal coaching - on a path towards certification in this incredible approach of Wayfinder life coaching lead by www.marthabeck.com. Helping others to listen to their inner wisdom of the life that is best for them.
Certified Nature and Forest Therapy Guide with anft.earth. Guiding immersive experiences in nature to support wellbeing and remembering of our interconnectedness with the more than human world
Also still working 4 days a week in the Yukon Government public service - on a secondment to the Yukon Strategy for Patient Oriented Research.
What I am reading
Asha Frost - You are the Medicine
Robin Wall Kimmerer - Braiding Sweetgrass
The Fifth Season - N.K. Jemison
Red Rising Series - Pierce Brown
The Way of Integrity - Martha Beck
Hell Yeah or No - Derek Sivers
Going to Japan in March
Travelling solo to Japan - have never been. Feeling nervous about the trip. While travelling solo in some parts of the world does not bring on nerves, the idea of this trip is a growth edge for me for sure.
Exploring connection to ancestors
Not so much in a genealogical fashion - though there is some of that. Rather as part of my spiritual growth, exploring ways to connect to the wisdom of ancestors. For me there is some intertwining of this connection and connection with nature beings - particularly stones.
