I have often wondered what exactly Halloween is. The first time I encountered it was when I came to Canada and settled on a street full of families with children. Where I grew up, I never saw or heard of this holiday, and when I asked my husband, who was born and bred in Canada, he responded that he really did not know what it was all about, …
We are in mid-October already and the days are still fairly warm this year. The wind and the rain have blown some of the leaves, and they fall, fall to the ground, even cover the grass already in some places. I guess that is why it is called fall here…
We celebrate Thanksgiving in Canada today, and indeed we have a lot to be grateful for…
This is the day for contemplation, for remembering the year that passed and considering your actions or inactions toward your fellow humans and yourself. The past year tested everyone, and each of us had our own challenges with isolation, health issues, and anxiety…
A new Netflix movie “Worth” is airing ahead of the 20th anniversary of 9/11. I suspect that we will be inundated with many more reminders of that cursed day that changed the world forever …
Today I met on zoom a person from Afghanistan in the Pocket Project meeting of my Trauma-informed leadership course. It was heartbreaking and at the same time inspiring…