Mother’s Day is such a complicated day in both my professional and personal life. As I'm sure it is for many.

It depends on a lot of things. 

• The relationship you *had* with your mother. 
• The relationship you *have* with your mother. 
• The relationship you have *as* a mother. 
• The relationship you have as a non-mother (is that a thing?) - by choice or otherwise.

And that's just the tip of the iceberg.

No matter how you sit with it, Mother's Day is certainly not...

Is it too early to start planting herbs?

My greenhouse is warm and I'm itching to put some rosemary and mint in clay pots. I want to dig in the dirt and plant a fresh clump of chives front and centre.

I have a favourite pot for my oregano, my basil, and most especially my sage.

When my son Connor was about three, he loved to plant herbs with me. And then one day he told me that someone else was coming. I assumed he meant a baby, because he told me this someone’s name was Sage. 

I...

I'm getting my first shot tomorrow morning.

Every second client I've had in the last few months wants to talk about the COVID vaccines. They have questions, concerns, opinions. And they always ask me what I'm gonna do.

I have some clients who don't think about it and will happily stick out their bare arm to be poked as soon as they can. 

I have other clients who will never ever allow themselves to be vaccinated.

And then I have the clients (and friends and...

It's Monday. Doesn't feel like it, but there you go. In fact, most days haven't been feeling like they 'normally' would.

Last week it wasn't until 4 pm that I finally realized it was Saturday. I'd been operating as though it was a Wednesday. Not that there's much difference in days of the week for me, but still, it's a mind snap.

In the last 2 ½ weeks, I've written three separate emails to you. Three. And I deleted each one. Which explains why you never got them. ‍

Each one was...

Who doesn’t look forward to spring?

There’s a freshness that lifts our chin and puts a touch of bounce in our step. And this spring - with vaccines rolling out! - is a whole different spring than last year.

That’s why I had my seasonal conversation with my favourite karmic astrologer, Marielle Croft (croftastrologer.com) the other day - a few days before the Spring Equinox. I knew we all wanted to peek around the spring corner and see what possibilities lie ahead.

JONNI...

Wanna know the most common question I get asked in my practice?

"Why?"

That's it. That's the question.

Oh, sure, it's usually, "Why can't I stop ___?" or "Why can't I start ___?"

You can fill in the blanks with anything you like. I've heard it all. Well, maybe not all, but certainly things I never thought I'd hear.

"Why can't I stop biting my nails?" Often.

"Why can't I stop overthinking?" Tons.

"Why can't I stop planning how I will  murder my husband?" More than a few times. And none...

For years - decades, even - the number one reason people booked a session (or more) with me was because they said they were stuck.

Really. That's the word they used. Stuck.

They used to say "I can't seem to get out of this relationship. I'm stuck."
"I can't quit this job. I'm stuck."
"I can't stop smoking/eating/spending/drinking/adopting cats (the list was endless). I'm stuck."

I'd listen to their narrative and hear 2 things:

I'd listen to their narrative and hear 2 things:

1) They didn't...

Here's something you may not know. I've never been very woo-woo.

I know, I know. I spent mega-years as a past-life regression therapist in Vancouver. I held regular groups and did thousands and thousands of one-on-ones with lots of woo-woo people. And plenty who weren't.

As a trained transpersonal psychotherapist (yes, that's 9+ years in university), I found that doing regression work was the best subconscious mind tool in my toolbox. So I used it. A lot.

You didn't have to believe in...

Yesterday, the gal who likes to flirt with me at my local coffee shop asked me what my favourite pie was. What a tease.

I gave her a look like someone who was blowing a mental fuse. Favourite? Pie? Not possible.

Everyone loves pie and I'm no exception. Lush fruit pies, heavenly cream pies, hit-the-spot savoury pies - I have no favourites unless I can say that they're all my favourites.

It's the crust that's king in my pie fantasies and realities. The filling, the queen. And every pie I bake...

So...I used to be a fruitaholic.

Scratch that.

I *am* a fruitaholic. But I'm in recovery. Most days.

But like any 'holic, I would tell you that it's not my fault, and then I'd tell you why.

I grew up surrounded by huge dark sweet cherry trees. We had 4 majestic ones in our front yard. We also had 102 pie cherry trees in 'the back 40'. I know. I counted them one day. Cherry pies were the first pies I made.

We had one perfect prune plum tree, 3 sister Anjou pear trees, a thick highbush...