Living, as we do, in the part of the world focused mostly on individuals, it is easy to miss the power and strength of belonging to human and animal relationships, the earth, the Spirit,...
Fixing Family Dynamics
It is interesting how the process of trying to fix family dynamics usually backfires. Here’s my most recent example. An aged member of my family has profound hearing loss and a tendency,...
Relationship Rehab
Rehabbing the Heart After a Breakup After a heart wrenching breakup or a series of challenging relationships, we often find ourselves becoming lost in the ugly mire of projecting negative...
Being Broken Open
Being “broken open” sounds pretty awful at first glance, doesn’t it? The meanings of words can be very different from one person to another—even to people who were raised in...
Looking Back to Move Forward
Humans are very social beings. For thousands of years they have lived cooperatively in groups. Granted, part of this behaviour was simply for survival; but it is also very natural for...
What Will Your Emotional Legacy Be?
I had remarried a couple of years before and was busy at home trying to establish a new consulting business. We had three teenagers at home and with all the distractions and noise,...
Radio – Heart and Mind: Tools for Change
This weekly radio talk show was aired on CHLY 101.7 Radio Malaspina. In the following recordings, your hosts, Nicole Shaw and Dirk Becker, explore topics that provoke, prod and encourage. In...
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