Gayle Beavil

03/02/2026

New piece on Substack.

We need to pare down for our sanity, calm and peace. But… what if we are cutting out the wrong thing?

I think we are.
It’s urgent that we don’t. I hope you read.

You can go to the Substack App, or Google gaylebeavil.substack.com.

It’s free! See you there. Let’s grow some good together.

Here’s a little taste:

“If we are searching for the bare bones of what can make our lives happier and healthier, so we can focus, attend to what is important, feel better and less worried, have more energy, have more fun, feel accepted and understood, have more opportunities, … this is it. Connectedness is it.”

01/02/2026

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If you want to check out my poetry, I am pasting this one here. I hope you like it.

What do you think I was trying to convey?

What are your thoughts?

PS- the spacing doesn’t work as well here and the indented lines should be in italics. I hope you join me on Substack. The app is free in the App Store! 😘



Hope and Roots

The trees are bare.

The forest has life,

I see no leaves.

But their roots run deep,

Grey fills the sky.

Grey brings nourishing rain,

But there is no sun.

The sun will come,

The plants are not growing.

From roots comes new growth,

There is no hope.

New growth takes time,

Nothing changes.

Remember the forest,

The forest was barren.

Remember,
the forest has life,
from roots it stands tall,
it is nourished by rain,
and strengthened by sun,
and together,
the trees make shelter – a canopy –
and we are safe in the forest.

We are safe in the forest.

Gayle Beavil

01/02/2026

Thank you for having to entertain us, and pull us altogether in song when we need it most!

We LOVED our night last night with the PIANO HEIST guys!

Everyone was beaming with Canadian 🇨🇦 pride as we sang and danced and even cried.

If you get a chance to see these guys, DO IT!

Such talent, big hearts and they let music connect us!

31/01/2026

That’s all… and I’m so sad about Catherine O’Hara….

31/01/2026

Essentially, studies are showing that we should do our work,

love our people,

honour our bodies,

seek our solitude and

be in community – in it – engaged with it and with those in it.

We need to be together to form that pillar.

We can all be as physically strong, emotionally grounded, nutritionally balanced, spiritually centered as possible,

but on our own,

standing there – robust and clear and equanimous — we will still be standing alone.

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“It All Comes Down To This”

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Lots of love,
Gayle

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