Feb 19, 2021THANK YOU for sharing this.THANK YOU for sharing this. As a therapist, I personally have viewed narcissists as emotionally immature much to a raised eyebrow and so it's refreshing to hear this perspective so thoughtfully presented. AND I would add that that emotional immaturity stems in part potentially from a deep level of attachment trauma and the behaviours are the defenses created from that wounding. eg. Trump. in my humble opinion.1 min read1 min read
Dec 20, 2020Moving Mental Disorder into the LightMental Illness/Disorder has long held a stigma and shame around it that has always baffled me. I know the effects, and more importantly the SHAME associated with that stigma, however it’s always eluded me exactly why that even exists to begin with. This week my anxiety and shame around the…Anxiety And Depression4 min readAnxiety And Depression4 min read
Dec 15, 2020My foot-in-the-mouth moment when I realized I’ve become my fatherToday the kids were home — sick with a head cold (thankfully confirmed as Covid-negative) and I took the opportunity of having them both at home to get started on a Christmas tradition at our house: Gingerbread house making. The kids were surprisingly cooperative and engaged at the beginning. …Conscious Parenting7 min readConscious Parenting7 min read
Dec 6, 2020Beyond BehaviourI’ve been sitting on this post for awhile in my head, continually adding and revising what point I wanted to make, the examples I wanted to include and the theme I hope I would convey… and I’m laughing at myself now as the very act of my procrastination lends itself…Depression7 min readDepression7 min read
Oct 16, 2020Loving Kindness for FEAR(I wrote this a month ago but couldn’t post it as I moved house and I’m in transition to move my whole blog to a new site. But I figured I should’t let this one collect dust… as the message still applies today) The pandemic ebbed and now is hitting…Conscious Parenting4 min readConscious Parenting4 min read
Apr 22, 2020How my Son Refusing School Trained Me as a Parent During a PandemicOriginally posted on Mar 25, 2020 www.vibrantconnections.ca Since November of last year, my 7 year old son has refused grade one classes except for a couple of hours once a week at most. His attendance on his term three report clocked 64 school days absent by Mar 2. We actually…Parenting5 min readParenting5 min read
Apr 15, 2020Top 3 Things to Survive as an Accidental Homeschooler in a PandemicHeading into my Week 2 of officially homeschooling two kids, I was starting to feel confident about how things were going. My kids were slowly accepting the new routine and more importantly, to me, I was managing somehow to maintain some semblance of sanity and grounding about the whole process.Parenting8 min readParenting8 min read
Mar 31, 2020Finding Alpha and Purpose In the Face of FearOriginally published Mar 31, 2020 www.vibrantconnections.ca I hesitated to put Coronavirus or Covid-19 in the title as goodness knows we’ve all been inundated with enough articles, memes, charts and quips about empty toilet paper shelves. I personally, in general, have a tendency to consciously shield myself from news media —…Parenting6 min readParenting6 min read
Dec 19, 2019Bring back the tears.I still remember the day I learned it was okay to cry — I was attending a parent talk at my daughter’s preschool by Deb MacNamara, PhD, clinical counsellor and author of best selling book “Rest, Play, Grow:Making Sense of Preschoolers”. …Life4 min readLife4 min read
