Pandemic: This nebulous landscape I Heather Plett
Nebulous [ neb-yuh-luhs ] adjective hazy, vague, indistinct, or confused cloudy or cloudlike of or resembling a nebula or nebulae in deep space; nebular When the lockdown is over, I will go back...
17 Jan 202119min
The self-help industry needs to grow up I Heather Plett
On New Year’s Eve, I was contacted by a local radio station to do an interview on how to prepare for the new year. I didn’t get back to them soon enough, so they found someone else. Later that day, on...
8 Jan 202110min
There are many ways of knowing (and science is just one of them) I Heather Plett
“Is there empirical evidence that backs up your holding space concepts?” I’ve heard some version of this question a few times in recent months. Sometimes it comes from people who are simply curious, s...
17 Dec 202014min
Holding the sadness I Heather Plett
Yesterday, I came undone. It’s been a rough week. With our province on lockdown (no restaurants, gyms, coffee shops or movie theatres are open, and stores can only sell essential items), the infection...
3 Dec 20206min
When we search for meaning, sometimes there’s a shadow lurking underneath I Heather Plett
Meaning-making can help us survive hardship and struggle. But it can also be a form of spiritual bypassing and it can cause harm. Read more...
24 Nov 202013min
Watching the train derail when you can’t get out of the way I Heather Plett
The workday was finished and I had just picked up my two daughters – one a toddler and one an infant at the time – from daycare and we were on our way home in the family minivan. I was tired and knew ...
29 Okt 202013min
What if we show the mess? I Heather Plett
I didn’t rake the leaves off the lawn this Fall. My climate activist daughter regularly sends me articles about how the dead leaves create biodiversity in the backyard, serving as places for insects (...
21 Okt 202010min
The trauma memories my shoulder holds (and the alchemy of rewriting the narrative) I Heather Plett
A few weeks ago, my shoulder started to ache. My right shoulder has become a bit of a barometer for my emotional state. Specifically, it tends to ache when there are trauma memories being triggered by...
7 Okt 20207min
