Trusting the current This month I’ve been doing Gabby Bernstein’s manifesting challenge, and on Day 8 we were invited to choose a sign — something specific that would let us know we’re on the right track. The sign I chose was a river. Flow finds its way. Almost immediately, it started appearing everywhere. Billy Joel’s River of Dreams came on. Then Sarah McLachlan’s “I wish I had a river I could skate away on.” I pulled a Planetary Wave card that read, “You’re being called to trust the...
9 days ago • 1 min read
The conversations that don't need an opening line There are people in our lives we make small talk with — and then there are the few we don't. The ones where conversation starts deep and stays there. The ones who leave us feeling more ourselves than when we arrived. We don't have any small talk. And I'm realizing how much that matters. Earlier this week, I met my friend Rachelle for dinner. It was one of those evenings where conversation stretches time. We talked for hours — the kind where...
23 days ago • 1 min read
When you don’t have the map — but you keep walking When I look back on 2025, what stands out most isn’t what I set out to do — it’s what unfolded when I stayed open, even without knowing where things would lead. Taking stock before moving forward. At the beginning of the year, I had intentions. Hopes. A general sense of direction.What I did not have was a clear map for how so much meaning, connection, and impact would arrive. And yet, step by step, door by door, the year kept inviting me...
30 days ago • 2 min read
An Invitation to Play — Without a Purpose As we stand in this in-between space at the end of the year, it feels worth pausing — not to plan what’s next, but to remember what once brought us alive. For those of us living multi-path lives, joy and play can quietly slip away, not because we don’t value them, but because we’ve become so good at making everything purposeful. I was “late” sending this week’s email.And honestly? It doesn’t matter. Because joy doesn’t run on schedules — and neither...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
Almost Everything Went Differently Than Planned Today is the Winter Solstice — the shortest day of the year, and a quiet invitation to pause, reflect, and honour the darkness that precedes the return of light. This morning, that invitation arrived in a very ordinary way. I met my friend Patricia for brunch downtown, only for her to arrive and discover that the cafe we’d planned to go to… no longer existed. Closed. Gone. Plan undone. So we wandered a few doors down and landed at Peter Pan — a...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
The Legacy of How You Show Up This week, I had the privilege of attending the retirement celebration of my dear friend Sukh Nidhan, who is retiring after an extraordinary 35-year career with the City of Toronto. While I’ve known Sukh Nidhan personally for years, this was the first time I experienced her through the eyes of her colleagues and team—people she worked alongside, led, and supported in the demanding, high-stakes world of labour relations. What struck me most wasn’t just the length...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
When Rest Becomes the Bravest Choice This weekend, I did something I almost never do: I took two naps.Not planned. Not deserved through productivity. Just… needed. I always think about napping — daydreaming of pajama days and slow hours where nothing is scheduled — but rarely let myself sink into one. When you live a multi-path life, weekends are often the catch-up zone: the only space where your full-time work loosens its grip and the other dreams, commitments, and creative threads get your...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
What This Week Taught Me Every once in a while, a week arrives that teaches you more than you expected. This one did exactly that. Between representing The Salvation Army at Queen’s Park, chairing the Lonny’s Smile Annual General Meeting, and attending the Freedom Dinner for Fight4Freedom, I walked away with a few insights that landed deeper than I anticipated. I wanted to share the three that stood out. 1) Curiosity Opens Doors You Never Knew You Could Walk Through This week I had the...
2 months ago • 2 min read
This Week Asked Me to Trust More Than Ever This week has been one of those rare ones where excitement and fear seem to sit right beside each other—where doors open faster than you ever imagined, and you’re suddenly invited to step into spaces you couldn't have imagined. A few months ago, in the heat of the summer, I curled up with Out of the Shadows, the memoir of human trafficking survivor and leader Timea Nagy. I remember feeling deeply moved by her courage, her resilience, and her...
2 months ago • 2 min read