Choosing Love When Fear Remembers A Tidbit to Thread continues with an invitation to discover along side of me. I finished reading the books. Three different women’s journeys from trauma to finding a spirituality that felt authentic and true for their own lives. Each story was unique. Each story was deeply personal. And yet there was a common theme, a common thread, if you will. I read as each author embarked on her own heroine’s journey, one that was drawing her toward somet

Finding Freedom Beyond Interpretation A Tidbit to Thread with an invitation to discover alongside me. I’ll begin by continuing from my last Tidbit to Thread, where the idea of Grounded Spirituality first began to take shape. In that reflection I wrote about my slower mornings on the deck, watching the mama bird who had built her nest in one of my planters. I wondered if she was a first-time mama. I’ll never know. What I do know is that she laid four eggs, all four hatched, an

Grounded Spirituality, Unfolding As the energy of summer arrives, so too does a feeling of openness and expansion, both internally and externally. There is something about this season that, as I watch life unfold around me, seems to gently coax people outside of themselves. Windows are thrown open, doors are left ajar, and life begins to spill outdoors. I’m reminded of this each time I catch sight of the beaded curtain hanging in my doorway. It sways gently in the breeze, kee

Summer Solstice: Recognizing the Light That Has Been Growing All Along The Summer Solstice arrived on Sunday in North America, and as it did, I found myself reflecting on how beautifully it mirrors the journey of a human life. The summer solstice marks the longest day of the year, the moment when the earth receives its greatest amount of light. To me, there is something deeply symbolic about that. Life unfolds in seasons. There are seasons when we are growing beneath the surf

Religious Residue: When the Body Remembers I took part in a writing class last week. It’s a small class by design, allowing each participant to verbally share what they write during class. Something I realized a few months ago while preparing for a podcast was that I had written my story and published it, but I had not spent much time speaking in groups about my story. Writing something and verbalizing something are two very different things. When I wrote my manuscript, I han

Threshold Moments and Becoming the Protagonist Threshold Moment “A place in life where we stand with one foot in the chapter we’ve known and one foot in the chapter, we’re about to enter. The space between an ending and a beginning. Sometimes we recognize these moments as they’re happening, but more often we only see them clearly when we look back and realize they changed the direction of our story. “ Susan Stirling It was a weekend to remember, starting with an early morning

Ouch... I Hit My Head Again: When the Ceiling No Longer Fits Its June 2026 can you believe it?!? This week marks another big step for me. This time last year, I was writing a post about the beginning of the new journey, titled ‘Ouch…I just hit my head’ after attending my first International Writers Conference in North Vancouver. I had just signed with TSPA (the self publishing agency) and I was smitten. This year, I can solidly say’ it’s my second year😊. Last year, I said th

The Art of Falling …Falling doesn’t mean Failing “Mama always said life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re going to get” – Forrest Gump I could almost hear Forrest Gump on the bus bench in my mind as I thought about how to begin this Tidbit to Threads: The Art of Falling… Falling Doesn’t Mean Failing. I wanted to start with something lighthearted — a familiar line people could recognize or at least relate to. Why? Because there’s still a part of me that

WHAT IF Change was a Calling …rather than a crisis. “CHANGE” (/tʃeɪndʒ/ (sounds like “chayn-j”) to make or become different, alter, or replace something both a verb (to transform) and a noun (the act of alteration) (adapted from dictionary sources) In this Tidbit to Thread, What if change was a calling rather than a crisis? is really two threads woven together. Think of it like weaving hair into a fishtail braid. When it’s done well, it looks beautiful in long hair. Hopefully

Personal Development aka LGATs Let’s take the tidbit of how, as a twenty-something, I was introduced to the world of personal development and dive a little deeper into how that thread began weaving itself into my life. “It’s an experiential course. I can’t tell you too much about it, it’s something that’s meant to be experienced.” That was the introduction. It came from someone I trusted. She beamed with aliveness, and that was the hook because I wanted what she had. I was be

Today, its all about Word Salad “WORD SALAD” (wurd SAL-uhd) noun Word salad is a communication tactic where excessive, confusing, or contradictory language is used to overwhelm, derail, or destabilize another person. (definition adapted from dictionary sources) In psychology and relationship-education spaces, word salad describes speech that sounds meaningful but is intentionally confusing, circular, or overwhelming so the listener can’t think clearly or challenge what’s bein

Today, it’s all about Rapture Anxiety RAPTURE ANXIETY (RAP-chur ang-ZY-uh-tee) noun A state of persistent worry, fear, or heightened emotional distress related to beliefs about the “rapture” or end-times events, often characterized by hypervigilance for signs that such events are imminent. ‘Ongoing anxiety or fear that the end times or rapture could happen at any moment, often shaped by religious teaching about the end of the world. (definition adapted from dictionary sources

CREATIVITY (kree-ey-tiv-i-tee) noun ability to transcend ideas, rules, patters and relationships to create meaningful new ideas; originality or imagination (definition adapted from dictionary sources) Let’s begin our next thread by sharing some insight on how I my creativity took the form of writing as an adult. Why? Because I didn’t grow up loving words, nor was I the child that was filling diaries or writing poetry for hours at a time. That wasn’t how I first began to write

There are moments that don’t quite land all at once. This is one of those. It’s like piecing together a puzzle slowly, over time and then one day, stepping back and realizing something has come together in a way you couldn’t fully see while you were in it. Imagine this: what began as an idea, my BFF Deb and I were going to co-write by sharing our experiences of leaving the systems we once knew—evolved. Life took each of our focus and energies onto different paths, but our fri

It has been a while since my last post. Since my last post, I’ve come to learn that I do one thing very well—maybe two. But when I take on more than that, I start to wobble. The first thing I did was enroll in an advanced coaching certification based on applied neuroscience. The second thing I decided to do was to self-publish the manuscript that I began in 2022. Thinking that my manuscript was complete and ready to go, I was just about to discover that signing on the dotted

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It’s here! After three years of writing, reflecting, and revising, Velcro Kisses: Prophecy, Trauma Bonds & Reclaiming Narrative is officially released. Holding this book feels like the culmination of a long journey — and the beginning of new ones for anyone who chooses to read it. This book grew from my own experiences with prophecy, trauma bonds, and reclaiming narrative. Writing it required self-compassion, honesty, and trust. Publishing it is an invitation to explore your