aiming to refit into service.. the well-loved and broken.. using beautiful patches
Just finished witnessing a wonderful session with Heather Plett speaking at the 2022 Kaleidoscope Conference, online this morning, on the first day of three. I’ve taken the foundations course at Heather & Krista’s Centre for Holding Space,...
Pushing edges this morning. After an early med appointment, sitting in a busy coffee shop. Minding my own business. Sinking all anxiety and symptomatic pain into my work. Breath by breath, stitch by stitch. ❤️
This summer has been a time of input. It wasn’t my over-arching intention, but on the other side now, that’s what happened. Beginning with my months-long preparation for a week’s visit to my immediate family...
Today, as in these past weeks, I am working on myself. Today I am working on Receiving. It feels shameful to me, sometimes, that I myself, in the midst of so much privilege, that I...
This week, I’m reminded of the power that a woman can conjure in the face of extraordinary pain and suffering. Frida embodies this. To all women past and present who know pain and suffering, much...
The Oddity of Minor Traumatic Brain Injury It’s 2019. I wrote this in November 2017, almost a year since my fall and injury in December 2016, and well into my recovery process. It was after...
These days, we are making sense of things after climbing out of a deep sleep, post-pandemic.
Our bodies feel anxious about the rise of fascism and evidence of roiling climate crises at every turn.. and so, as we increase our conscious awareness, it’s important to increase connection, each in our own local communities and become fluent with our channels for mutual aid.
Attempting to maintain control through all this uncertainty is a normal response, though it’s likely to feel triggered and confused.. do relax and feel into whatever comes up, and know it is normal in urgent times like these.. reach out to loved ones, let them know they can count on you, and allow them to be there for you, too……
I’m over here in Vancouver Canada, picking up the pieces of my shattered life. I find it helpful to use writing (journaling) and making things, listening to the land and feeling into my ancestors and reclamation as therapy to work through (and hopefully beyond) post-concussion symptoms.
Thank you for visiting.
As always, I would love to hear from you.. the usual channels, or by email at hitrish @ gmail .com ❤️