On loving and letting go: the dance of attachment and non-attachment I Heather Plett
They are all growing up and moving away from home. I’ve already written about my daughters leaving, but there’s more – it’s become a larger theme in this moment of my life. My book is growing up and m...
8 Nov 202110min
On being more human(e) I Heather Plett
I love slow mornings. Though I usually wake fairly early (on my own body-clock, not with an alarm), I take my time getting out of bed, sometimes reaching for my journal or a book first. Once I’m final...
27 Okt 20218min
A blessing without words I Heather Plett
I want to write something for you today, dear readers. I want it to be wise or gentle or provocative or joyful or challenging or peaceful. Or maybe it can be all of that at once – whatever you need it...
20 Okt 20213min
Let’s be in Messy Practice Together: a guide for holding space as we emerge from this pandemic I Heather Plett
We are now in the twentieth month of this pandemic. That’s twenty months of a global liminal space that has disrupted the lives of everyone on this planet – some more than others. It’s not surprising,...
14 Okt 20218min
What do we do with human frailty, especially when it shows up in “the competent ones”? I Heather Plett
I was once sharing a room at a retreat with a high-functioning businesswoman who was holding a lot on her shoulders. Each evening, after our sessions ended, I’d hear her on the phone talking with her ...
13 Okt 202110min
I have decided that I’m returning to love I Heather Plett
Image cover: A gift from Heather's friend Susan, from Stoneware Gallery I have decided that I am returning to love. No, it’s not that I ever abandoned love entirely. I didn’t become an angry ogre livi...
6 Okt 20217min
In liminal space, we seek absolutes and binaries to help us make sense of the world I Heather Plett
I washed the windows this past weekend. Well… I washed MOST of the windows. And those that I washed, I had to do twice. I am remarkably bad at washing windows. If there’s an opposite of a “superpower”...
28 Sep 20219min
Letting my daughters go: On learning to hold space when little birds leave the nest I Heather Plett
It all starts months ago. Whenever I consider that two of my daughters are planning to move out at the same time (each to cities more than 2000 kilometres away in opposite directions), I find myself d...
22 Sep 202122min
