Balbodhi Wellness, London, ON (2025)

11/11/2025

𝙇𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙒𝙚 𝙁𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙚𝙩

On this day, we honour the sacrifices of military and service members—past and present—and the loved ones who have stood beside them. We remember their courage, their commitment, and the freedoms and privileges we hold because of what they were willing to give.

As a military kid, remembrance has always carried a particular weight. I grew up watching the discipline, resilience, and sense of duty that shaped the rhythms of our family life. Service wasn’t abstract, it was woven into the way we adapted, supported, and at times uprooted. It showed me early on that sacrifice is never only the offering of a single person; it is a shared commitment made by families, communities, and generations.

It also feels important to remember what their sacrifice was in service to. The wars, conflicts, and missions, many unknown, were fought to uphold foundational human values:

♡ The freedom of thought and expression
♡ The dignity and equality of all people
♡ The right to safety and self-determination
♡ And the hope for a more peaceful, just, and stable world

Those who served gave of their time, bodies, minds, and souls, with the belief that these values were worth protecting. Their hope was not only for survival, but for the possibility of a future shaped by peace, cooperation, and human decency.

As we give thanks today, may this day also invite each of us to be accountable to our own genuine reflections and consider:

𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘐’𝘮 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺, 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘢𝘮 𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘴𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘦?

𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘐 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘨𝘪𝘧𝘵𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭, 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥?

📸 Juno Beach, Normandy, France - June 2015

09/17/2025

𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞: Have you ever felt like life has gone flat, that your days are heavy with routines and obligations, drained of colour, even when nothing is obviously “wrong”?

Psychoanalyst James Hollis describes this state as when our psychic energy quietly withdraws from habits, roles, or patterns that no longer serve us. It isn’t laziness or failure. It’s the soul’s way of whispering, 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑝𝑎𝑡ℎ 𝑖𝑠 𝑛𝑜 𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑟 𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡.

Hollis writes, “𝘋𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘦𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥, 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥. 𝘓𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘫𝘰𝘺𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘢𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘦 — 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘥𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘥 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦?”
And he goes on to remind us that physical ailments, illness, fatigue, or old complexes signal the drain of our psychic energy.

📖 Swamplands of the Soul by James Hollis (pg. 67-80)

When I work with clients in the depths of desuetude, there is often a lot of shame: “Why can’t I get motivated? Why can everyone else seem to move forward, but it’s so hard for me?” They find themselves stuck, often comparing to others.

What Hollis reminds us is that this feeling is not a pathology, but an invitation back to oneself. It’s a call to listen more closely, to notice where your energy has ebbed, and to sense where it longs to return. Further exploration, like in therapy, can be helpful in (re)discovering what areas of your life are going unlived.

If you find yourself here, know you’re not broken. You’re simply being called to turn toward the uncharted parts of yourself that are eager to emerge.

✨ Reflection: 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 “𝘧𝘭𝘢𝘵” 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘸? 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴? 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘱 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘬 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺?

08/19/2025

There’s a quiet space between autopilot and awareness.

It’s the moment you catch yourself rushing through the day without noticing how you’re really feeling.

It’s the split-second before you give into the urge to yell at your colleague, your spouse, or your kid(s), where you realize you’re reacting, not responding.

It’s the brief pause that reminds us, “I’m here, and I can choose how I show up.”

Living on autopilot is something we all slip into, especially when life feels overwhelming, uncertain, or simply too full, and it helps protect us from having to feel too much, too fast. But over time, if we become stuck there, it can leave us disconnected from ourselves, our bodies, our relationships, and what’s most important to us.

Mindful presence doesn’t mean we never check out. It means we practice returning. We hold up the mirror to ourselves, with gentleness and curiosity, and with the willingness to be here, just as we are.

Presence isn’t perfection—it’s a practice.

And the more we pause, notice, and intentionally choose our actions, the more alive our lives begin to feel.

✨𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘵? 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧, 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘥𝘨𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵?

📷 London, ON, Canada

07/11/2025

In the rush of daily life, we often move on autopilot and react out of habit, emotion, or old patterns.

But when we pause, something shifts.
We create space to notice.
To connect. To choose.
To move from intention, instead of reaction.

These simple micro-practices—noticing, anchoring, checking-in, and intentional action—help us return to ourselves, one moment at a time.

Not perfectly. Not all at once.
But gently, consistently, over time.

✨ Which of these practices feels most helpful for you today?(check out my mindfulness highlight to learn more about them)

📷 Algonquin Park, ON, Canada

07/11/2025

This space is what mindfulness helps us find.

It’s the pause between feeling triggered and reacting on autopilot. The breath between a harsh thought and believing it.
It's in this brief stillness that we notice: 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦.

In therapy, we practice stepping into this space. Not perfectly, but gently and with practice, over time.

We begin noticing what’s happening inside—thoughts, feelings, sensations—and learn not to be swept away by them.

That pause, however small, becomes a place of freedom:
🔹 To soften reactivity.
🔹 To act from values instead of fear.
🔹 To respond with intention instead of from habit.

Therapy isn’t about erasing what’s hard. It’s about finding space inside what’s hard, and meeting it authentically, with kindness and care.

06/28/2025

It's Canada Day weekend...

For many, this weekend brings holiday time with family, lake swims, celebrations, and fireworks.

And for others, it’s a day that holds complexity; reminders of history, of harm, and of the deep work that’s still unfolding.

Both can be true.

We can celebrate what we have and love, and also hold space for ongoing work and need for healing.

🤍

📷 Canoe Lake, Algonquin Park, Canada

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06/22/2025

I'm remembering this morning trail in Italy a few years ago.

The sun had only just risen, casting long shadows across the path. For a brief moment, the heat hadn’t yet settled in—a rare pocket of relief in the middle of a blazing European summer.

I was pregnant then—heavy, slow, and stretched in more ways than one. Moving through the heat wave was like wading through syrup, not unlike the weather at home today.

But that walk—quiet, warm, and golden—felt like a kind of permission.

To slow down.
To soften.
To stop measuring my days by productivity, and instead by presence. (A lesson I still need reminding of).

The heat today brought this memory back—one my body had stored, quietly, until now. A seemingly small moment that held a meaningful message:

𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘰𝘬𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯; 𝘵𝘰 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘦.

📷 Varano Borghi, Italy

06/20/2025

The waves come, and the waves go.
Some crash loud and hard.
Others pass quietly, unnoticed.

You are not the waves.
Not the storm,
Not even the rocks they’ve turned to sand over time.

You are not your past,
Not your coping,
Not your roles, reactions, the stories others wrote for you,
or the ones you’ve told yourself just to make it through.

In therapy, we make space to witness it all—not to reject what shaped you, but to stop mistaking it for all of who you are.

Because beneath it all is something steady,
Something spacious,
Something true.

And slowly, gently, we can help you return to it.

📷 Ursa Beach, Portugal

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06/19/2025

𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥?
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘱𝘴, 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴, 𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴?
𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦.
𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘦, 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵.

𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱𝘴 𝘶𝘴 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘺—𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨.

𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦, 𝘸𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘰𝘮.
𝘈 𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘸𝘦’𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯.

✨

𝗢𝗸𝗮𝘆, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙘 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗽𝘆?

It’s a therapy approach that honours the whole of who you are—mind, body, emotions, relationships & spirit.

Rather than focusing on just symptoms or thoughts, we gently explore the deeper layers: your thoughts, emotions, behaviour patterns, values, memories, and the wisdom your body holds.

We draw from different therapeutic modalities and techniques (like Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT), Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), attachment science, neuroscience, mindfulness & somatic practices, and others), and tailor them to what you need—nothing one-size-fits-all.

It’s therapy that meets you where you are & helps you return to yourself 💖

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06/19/2025

𝐻𝑖, 𝐼’𝑚 𝐵𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑛𝑒𝑦 (or 𝐵𝑟𝑖𝑡) 👋

Welcome to my small corner of the social media world, where I (infrequently) share what’s resonating: photos I’ve taken paired with ideas, quotes, and reflections that land deeply, as well as gentle prompts to support your own unfolding.

I work as a social worker and psychotherapist based in London, ON, supporting thoughtful, sensitive souls—those who feel deeply and often carry more than they let on. Folks who feel overwhelmed by the past, stuck in autopilot, or consumed by worry—in order to reconnect with their sense of aliveness.

Together, we gently turn toward what’s beneath the surface—your thoughts, emotions, sensations, and memories—and explore how those inner experiences interact with patterns in your relationships, work, and your connection to self. We meet what shows up with curiosity and care—not to fix or force, but to understand, expand, and move in more values-guided ways.

My approach is holistic and integrative, grounded in over 15 years of experience across community-based social service work, healthcare, and embodied practices like yoga. Therapy with me is relational and intentional—rooted in presence, attunement, and the belief that healing isn’t about becoming someone else, but returning to who you’ve always been beneath the noise.

If you're curious about working together, I offer 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝟭𝟱-𝗺𝗶𝗻𝘂𝘁𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘀 to explore fit and answer any questions. You’ll find the 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝘆 𝗯𝗶𝗼.

I’ll leave you with this:

🔹 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥—𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘦𝘭𝘴𝘦’𝘴?

𝑁𝑎𝑚𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑒 🙏

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