Reflection

Questioning identity: Who am I, really?

"Beneath the lives we see are the lives that are really lived, complete and utterly unknown." - Judith Freeman, The Chinchilla Farm...

Jun 15, 20204 min read

Yes, I've titled this post with the snappy lyrics from Rob Base and DJ EZ Rock's anthem, "Joy and Pain." It's a terrible song, but it...

May 27, 20203 min read

My kids are sick. Normally, this wouldn't be cause for alarm. My daughter seems to be prone to catching anything that is floating...

Apr 19, 20205 min read

One of the goals I have articulated for The Significance Project is to enhance my experience of significance as a member of my own...

Apr 1, 20203 min read

I've been torn apart put back together With a couple of pieces in wrong I'm holding up now But I won't be for long Head Over Heels Greg...

Mar 25, 20204 min read

** Long post warning - this one is a doozy. I've been avoiding writing about trauma like the doomsday preppers have attempted to outrun...

Mar 10, 20209 min read

It's a beautiful morning for a revelation about time. Bright sun shining, blue sky, brisk air after a frost. There's a little breeze...

Mar 6, 20203 min read

When I first began The Significance Project, my Mom directed my attention to the yogic concept of Santosha, which is often referred to as...

Mar 4, 20203 min read

When I hear the word "attachment" I immediately think of attachment parenting. When my kids were born, attachment parenting was bubbling...

Feb 25, 20203 min read

I'm starting to remember myself. No, I don't have a brain injury that's made me forget. I'm not sure how it happened, but over the...

Feb 14, 20203 min read

I'm paying closer attention to my dreams these days. Not a dreamy vision of the future, but the mad impulses my brain generates while...

Feb 1, 20203 min read

So, I've hurt myself and I have a sick kid. Both of these things have led to a small (but maybe significant?) learning about attention...

Jan 30, 20202 min read

Yoga strikes again. This time, I was in a restorative class with the wonderful Megan Bailey at Nanaimo Yoga Sanctuary. Megan had begun...

Jan 28, 20202 min read

I do lots of yoga. I've been drawn to it for a better part of twenty years, first as a way to heal my body, but now more as a way to...

Jan 24, 20201 min read

When my daughter was a toddler she used to play a game she called "stuck in the mud." The game consisted of her jamming all of her tiny...

Jan 23, 20202 min read