QUEST NOTES
I started journaling when I was 13. My journal held my secrets and allowed me to share what I couldn’t share with the humans around me. Ever since, writing has been my steady companion. It’s a conversation on the page — honest, sometimes messy, often surprising.
Journaling allows us to show up as we are — with questions, with doubts, even with negativity. It asks only for presence. The simple act of writing things down has a way of revealing what is hidden. Writing gives shape to our inner world. It creates space to go deeper than the surface — and with space comes understanding.
Because writing is so powerful, I use it in coaching with my clients. I host monthly journaling workshops and send a regular newsletter — a few of which are shared here on this page. And still, whenever I feel stuck in my own life, I return to the page and let my heart speak.
The brain needs a job ….
Like a dog, when idle for too long, without exercise and entertainment, begins to pace, nudge, divert energy into chewing, barking and possibly other behavior we would consider destructive. My brain does something similar. I am very good at distracting it. And I...
Fall is here
Fall is here. I know, I know, it has been here for a few weeks already. But sometimes it takes me a while to really recognize what is happening around me. Seeing with my eyes is not really noticing. When I see with my heart and my soul, when all my other senses are...
You are the Sun
I came across a beautiful poem today with the same title by a remarkable woman. Najwa Zebian is a Lebanese Canadian author, poet, speaker and educator. Her poetry reflects her experiences, and speaks to the wounded soul of so many of us. I want to share this...
Healing my Sundays
I used to dread Sundays Not Mondays, but Sundays They were the worst day of my week They stood for Good-byes Good bye to the weekend to worry-free time to my grandparents that I had to leave back on my bicycle, later my motorcycle, and then the train to my new home...
Accepting is not enough
I am beginning to realize That loving myself doesn’t mean I have to accept everything about me the way it is Loving myself means being patient with change But taking steps forward, every day It means forgiving myself when I take a wrong turn But going back on the path...
We need a vision
For half of my life (at least as of recently) I wandered around aimlessly. I didn’t really have a plan other than what I thought life required: a home that could be admired, a stable job with upward movement, and plenty of fun and entertainment in the form of travel,...
My Quest
I had coffee with a stranger today. I am proud of myself. One of my priorities this year is to network more. Networking is the socially acceptable term for the simple act of getting out and meeting people. It’s something you do when you realize one or more of the...
Letting light in
Sometimes life is all darkness. We don’t know how we can go on. We are unable to see past this. Its all-consuming. It appears that the worst has happened. We lose our job right in the middle of a difficult financial time. An important relationship is coming to an end...
Saying more NO to get more YES
Saying more NO to get more YES Most of the time - I feel truly inundated. I somehow seem to be in a constant decision-making mode. Like the clothes in my closet, stuff accumulates in my life. There are these never-ending red numbers on the icons on my phone,...
The Magic of Mornings
I have a very conflicted relationship with mornings. I guess that’s true for everything that is at once a beginning and an end. Waking up is like coming alive every day. I can’t say for sure where I was the 7 hours prior – most likely in my bed. But I could have been...
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