How Anger is Our Loudest Advocate

Anger has always been an active ingredient in my life. I was an angry kid, bullied on a daily basis from grade four all the way through most of high school, because it was so easy to get a reaction out of me...

Transitional Guilt, and the Game of Liminal Change

I moved recently. An escape from a chapter in my life long-overdue its time to close. The town where I lived before had been mine to know for most of my life, close to thirty years. For years I felt trapped in that town...

The Year of Balance

“What a year this week has been.” – A meme that recently popped up in my Instagram feed. Nothing has felt more true. I’ve been in quarantine since March 14th, after picking up mild COVID-19 symptoms preceding an unrelated doctor’s appointment, in Toronto...

An Endless Search for Self-Esteem

Despite all that I've accomplished in the 34 years I've existed, maintaining a strong self-esteem has always, always, been a struggle. It's an endless struggle for many people. Maybe for you, even...

My First Samhain: Honoring Death Through Embracing Life

Today marks the final sabbat of the Witch's Calendar, in which we find the God has withered and died, bringing the end of Summer, and the Goddess now mourns him -- a grief so heavy, her sadness will soon bring Winter upon us...