My son, Connor learned to drive stick by watched YouTube videos. He was 16 and obsessed with buying his first car. And then he saw his dream car. Online.

It was a '51 MG Replica with a '69 VW Beetle chassis. 1500cc 4-speed manual. He paid $5600 for it. Cash. He'd been saving all his life. Most of the money was $20s and $5s. I watched him count it out to the owner. He was gleeful to make the trade - cash for dream.

Then came the handshake and the longest pause I've ever witnessed. Why? Because...

I grew up in the era of hand me downs, leftovers, and sharing a bed with my sister. A single bed. There were 2 single beds with 4 girls in one bedroom.

We had one bathroom for 6 of us. One phone that we shared with 6 other households. A party line they called it.

We weren't poor. That was country-normal in the '60s. And we didn't know any different and we didn't expect any different.

But if I had been offered my own bed much less my own bedroom, I would have jumped at the chance. 2 bathrooms?...

My back tire blew as I was driving over the Granville Street bridge in rush-hour traffic.

It wasn't a slow leak. It was a loud and sudden jolt and swerve. Thankfully, no one was hurt.

This happened more than a few years ago when I lived in Vancouver, but it’s a memory that will always stick with me.

I hobbled to the far lane and limped off the bridge with my blown tire sort of intact. Madly scanning for a place to pull over, I spotted a mechanic shop. It was Sunday and it was closed,...

I didn't get my driver's licence until I was 27.

I woke up one morning and suddenly knew I was gonna need it. I didn't know why. But I knew I needed to book a driver's road test as soon as possible.

It felt urgent.

I had a learner's permit in my wallet. It was getting ready to expire. So I booked the driver's test for the following Saturday.

I didn't have a car so I asked a friend to rent one for me. Then I drove around Vancouver parallel parking and safely passing other cars all day Friday.

Well, we made it to winter in this strangest of years. We’re still holding our breath and we’re still looking for the horizon. So I’m going to suggest we look up at the planets to see how they play into it all. 

The planets are the horizon of choice right now. The upcoming planetary movements and their influences in our lives give us insight and guidance so we can deepen our understanding of what’s influencing us. 

That’s why I had my seasonal...

23 years ago, the channelled energy of Sage suggested I hold my first in-person group. They said I would bring through the energy. I wasn’t so sure. But I trusted Sage and the energy of spirit, so I held my first group.

It was September. I held another one in October and each month after that. And the energy started to flow. The love was deep for me, but I didn’t know how to open that up for others, yet.

By the time we turned the corner on the new century (2000), I had moved my...

When the leaves fall, I think of running. I used to run 4 km every day. In the morning. On a track.

I was a student at SFU back then, doing my undergrad work. I lived on campus, worked part-time on campus, and ran.

There were a few of us who hit the track every morning at dawn. We wanted to get ahead of the day before the world woke up. The sun came up later and later the further we got into fall, so we were often running in the dark.

I used to run with Terry Fox. Not with him. But at the...

These days I'm juggling a polarity of emotions and experiences from all those around me - both professionally and personally.

That's 2020 for you. It's all about the polarity range. And your power is in how you 'do' the polarity. How you see it, how you react to it, how you respond to it.

What's the polarity energy?

Think of it as the zigzag, the up and down, the back and forth.

It's a bipolar year and whiplash is almost a given.

It's you trying to make a decision in the uncertainty of...

I'm thinking that this stage of the global pandemic will not last forever. But it will change things forever.

Our responsibilities are personal and global. We can't pretend it doesn't matter, it doesn't count, no one is looking. We're all connected. 

In a time when we're told not to touch our face, the pandemic is asking us to face the future. 

We're all going through a massive time of collective vulnerability right now. It's not just about COVID....

Last week, a client told me that expanding her reality was really just denying the facts. 

Yep, that would appear accurate from the three-dimensional physical-only reality perspective.  I mean, how can you deny the physical reality? You can’t and you shouldn’t. 

But there’s also more than three dimensions. There’s more than the physical. But the physical is still there and still begs for attention. As it should. 

When I hung up the phone call I...