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11/24/2025

and I are thrilled to be collaborating on our next project! We have many ideas and musings, and are excited to be working together.

11/21/2025

Episode 5: video games. not sure why I look upset - maybe cause I had to start over?
I play occasionally and it's a good time. 6/10

Get • Today we honour the memory of transgender people lost to anti-trans violence and rhetoric. Trans people have th...
11/21/2025

Get • Today we honour the memory of transgender people lost to anti-trans violence and rhetoric.

Trans people have the right to feel affirmed and safe at home, at school, and in our communities. We will continue to work toward that reality.

Join us at tonight’s candlelight vigil at 44 Gaukel St., Kitchener beginning at 6:30pm. Please see ’s post for full details. (You can find it in our stories, too).

I Wish I Had Known: self-regulation when the world is on fire helps me feel safe with myself reminds herself of her curr...
11/20/2025

I Wish I Had Known: self-regulation when the world is on fire helps me feel safe with myself

reminds herself of her current reality: with looking around at the tea on the table, her dog beside her, safe in her home and in her body. Other things that help me with regulation in the short term: music, moving my body, limiting news and screen time, eating food that is good for my brain, deeeeep breaths, shaking my whole body - bonus points if the music and shaking coincide with a dance break.

One skill I have developed is
1) naming how my body is responding to a situation, aloud
2) taking a few deep breaths
3) talking through what my mind knows in the moment (often my body freaks out while my mind can talk it through, and they are not on the same page)
4) going for a walk, ideally outdoors

My body needs to be acknowledged. And my body picks up on things that my brain may not. I'm so grateful for the tools I have and trust I have developed with myself. We're a team!

Have you got a Wish I Had Known? Get in touch!

11/18/2025

Episode 4 of finding new (to me) ways of feeling rested and rejuvenated. Doing my makeup helps me feel more ready for the day sometimes, though I don't like feeling like I must do it. 6/10

How are you caring for yourself in small ways?

11/13/2025

Episode 3 of new (to me) ways to feel rested and rejuvenated as a Millennial avoiding burnout: fun nails!

This seems to work well for me. Though, I dislike that I can't open some things or pick up flat things. Also, sometimes the glue decides to stop working and then I have to find a nail somewhere 🤷‍♀️

I Wish I Had Known: it's okay to change how I show up based on my capacity. Sometimes, you might be at the forefront of ...
11/12/2025

I Wish I Had Known: it's okay to change how I show up based on my capacity.

Sometimes, you might be at the forefront of a movement. Sometimes you're sharing links on the socials. Sometimes you're hosting meals or meetings. Sometimes you're attending community gatherings. Sometimes you're napping. Sometimes you're calling a local representative. Sometimes you're going to the movies.

I am a high energy person; I put a lot out when I'm around people. This is permission to myself that I can show up no matter what my energy is, and offer to do less or participate differently. The world is a lot, and we've got this!


11/11/2025

Found my stolen phone... In my car 🤦‍♀️ After a week!!!
Oh my goodness.

Super frustrating.
And I'm so glad it wasn't actually stolen - relief.
Annoyed that I bought a new phone.
How did this happen?!? Ridiculous!

I changed where in my bag I put my phone, my housemate is way more careful about where his phone goes, and My dad is getting my old phone because his fell in paint. So it all works out in the end, I suppose

11/07/2025

2nd way to encourage rejuvenation: paint by numbers. I think the slowness and obvious progression is really good for me.

11/06/2025

Stolen phone = starting over. Glad you're here!!

I Wish I Had Known: there is so much power in pausing Sometimes mid-sentence, or mid-conversation, or mid-day. Giving my...
11/05/2025

I Wish I Had Known: there is so much power in pausing

Sometimes mid-sentence, or mid-conversation, or mid-day. Giving myself a few extra breaths or minutes or hours can make a world of difference.

Pause allows me to centre, think, ask a different question, move my body, allow a feeling to move through, breathe. How have you paused lately?

11/04/2025

So annoying how useful talking myself on a stupid walk is.
Try it! Ugh.

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