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12/24/2025

As we enter the ultimate ‘Fresh Start’ moment - the beginning of a new calendar year - I try to remind myself to be unashamedly present and nonjudgmental about who I am, what I love, how I live, and the gifts that I bring to share with the world.

Wayne Muller asks these four questions in his book ‘How Then Shall We Live? Four Simple Questions That Reveal the Beauty and Meaning of Our Lives’:
👉 Who am I?
👉 What do I love?
👉 How will I live, knowing I will die?
👉 What is my gift to the family of the earth?

I feel these questions are especially relevant for us high-functioning entrepreneurs, leaders, caregivers and professionals. With mindful journaling and reflection, these four questions help to surface the interconnected aspects of our humanity: our identity, our values, our purpose, and our strengths.

And with careful introspection, the answers show us that we are more 💥 luminous, more alive, and much stronger than any goal or expectation can possibly reflect. They also show that the problems we solve and the relationships we build (and end) come from a place of strength - not brokenness, and that we do more when we operate slowly and conscientiously, with empathy, and deep care for the humans we live and work with.

So if it moves you this season, I invite you to take some time to reflect on Muller’s four questions. Who are you? What do you love? How will you live, knowing that you will die? What is your gift to the family of the earth?

If you’d like to try this kind of mindful journaling and reflecting in a supportive small group environment, join me on December 30 for the High Tea Reset. Go to the event link in bio to learn more.

*There are only two spots left for this small group event.

Whether we meet on not before 2026 begins, I wish you a new year filled with equanimity, love for your self, and joy for the gifts you bring!

12/24/2025

This time of the year is loud and busy. But it also shines a little brighter. For me, December is about deliberately slowing down, dabbling in creativity, and wisely reflecting on the sum of calendar years I have experienced to date.

Decades of Decembers have taught me that there is nothing within my control except my own emotions, and even that is difficult to master.

We never know what health, work, family, or travel disruptions might upend our well laid plans. We do not know how the first days of the new year will feel, what news of the world will arrive at our doorstep, what new demand will be made on our time and energies. We are also in the dark about what relationships will bring us closer or take us further away from our wholeness. Yet all these happenings unfold constantly, continuously, and without regard for any goals or plans we lay for ourselves.

So as we enter the ultimate ‘Fresh Start’ moment - the beginning of a new calendar year - I try to remind myself to be unashamedly present and nonjudgmental about who I am, what I love, how I live, and the gifts that I bring to share with the world.

Wayne Muller asks these four questions in his book ‘How Then Shall We Live? Four Simple Questions That Reveal the Beauty and Meaning of Our Lives’:
👉 Who am I?
👉 What do I love?
👉 How will I live, knowing I will die?
👉 What is my gift to the family of the earth?

I feel these questions are especially relevant for us high-functioning entrepreneurs, leaders, caregivers and professionals. With mindful journaling and reflection, these four questions help to surface the interconnected aspects of our humanity: our identity, our values, our purpose, and our strengths.

And with careful introspection, the answers show us that we are more luminous, more alive, and much stronger than any goal or expectation can possibly reflect. They also show that the problems we solve and the relationships we build (and end) come from a place of strength - not brokenness, and that we do more when we operate slowly and conscientiously, with empathy, and deep care for the humans we live and work with.

So if it moves you this season, I invite you to take some time to reflect on Muller’s four questions. Who are you? What do you love? How will you live, knowing that you will die? What is your gift to the family of the earth?

If you’d like to try this kind of mindful journaling and reflecting in a supportive small group environment, join me on December 30 at 12.30 PM in Winnipeg for the High Tea Reset. You can find more information in the link below. 👇 *There are only two in person spots left for this small group event.*

And whether or not we meet before 2026 begins, I wish you a new year filled with equanimity, love for your self, and joy for the gifts you bring!

Reflect on 2025. Set Your Path for 2026.

12/10/2025

As leaders, entrepreneurs, parents, and caregivers, we're masters of planning. We're already thinking about 2026's performance targets, team structures, family, personal and strategic goals.

But a new year's plan often fails when it's built on the old year's foundation. We pile new ambitions on top of leftover complexity, unexamined frustrations, and lingering burnout.

True strategic alignment starts with reflection.

Before you open a single spreadsheet or attempt to write down your next year's goals, I invite you to find a quiet 10 minutes and sit with these three questions:
--> 1. Where was the biggest gap between my stated values and my actual calendar this year?
--> 2. What lesson from 2025 am I most likely to forget (and therefore repeat)?
--> 3. What's the one thing I need to let go from this year before I can be fully present for the next?

These aren't easy questions. They're hard to answer in the 5-minute gap between meetings and errands.

They deserve a dedicated, intentional space.

That's precisely why I created The High Tea Reset. It's a 2.5-hour "strategic pause" on December 30th, designed to help you do this exact work in a guided, supportive community.

You can join us in-person at the cozy High Tea Bakery or virtually from anywhere in the world.

If you're ready to start 2026 with embodied clarity, not just a new to-do list, I'd love for you to join us.

Learn more and register here:

Reflect on 2025. Set Your Path for 2026.

12/10/2025

Stories can be used to shame and malign. Stories can also be used to restore the dignity and wholeness of the human person. ❤️

The StoryBridge Network

12/07/2025

The Personal is the Professional: 4 Leadership Lessons on Community & Boundaries from Dr. Patlee Creary and Delisa Abraham.

Read more on the Reyou Blog: https://ow.ly/Cj3q50Xyof0

12/07/2025

Awesome!

12/07/2025

Thanks for the fun memories and great pics . I’m are two new friends, embarrassed my tween and got my sassy on. That’s my kind of Photo Booth. 😆😅

12/01/2025

“Don’t mess with December!”

It’s a Creary colloquialism that means being intentional about what we put in our schedule this month.

I love Christmas - the family downtime, the music, carols, lights, baking - so Christmas Day is a non-negotiable day off in my household. Even in our life before kids, we would begin our Christmas-ing from December 1st.

We do this by taking time to move a little slower through the world, fully immersed in things that make us happier - travel, solitude, carolling, cooking, tiny coffee meetups, and watching Christmas movies (the ones with holiday shenanigans and where things get blown up are the best 😆).

We got married in December, one of our daughters was born in the same month, and so is our adopted cat. Between school holiday concerts, reconnecting with friends and family, celebrating our wedding anniversary, two birthdays, Christmas and Boxing Day, and New Year’s Eve, our family enjoys an active December.

And so we take steps to prevent our month from becoming the nightmare of busyness that we often hear others complain about, not because we are above it but because we’ve been there.

We’ve experienced that December crush - with it’s overwhelming pressure to do, do, do, and go, go, go. And after suffering through it, we decided we would do December our way - the way that allows us to enter January feeling energized, rested, and nourished.

So we made December sacred. Nothing gets added to our December schedule unless it serves our highest purpose. We practice gently ‘standing down’ at work by middle of the month to give ourselves at least two full weeks of family downtime and collective healing and recovery.

The lesson here is that intentionality, boundaries and rituals matter.

We don’t mess with December.

What restful intentions, boundaries or rituals are you leaning into this month?

Happy December!

11/28/2025

Happy Friday!

Today I am celebrating feeling supported and held warmly in thought by my family, friends, neighbours, and co-conspirators.

Last night I had to choose between showing up for my daughter and showing up for my work. I’ve had these perplexing choices many times before, and when I chose work, I always regretted it. When I showed up, others didn’t (metaphorically speaking) and my family suffered anyway. This, folks, is the place where burnout happens.

But this time was different.

I called on a friend and asked them for support. They showed up for my daughter, so I could show up for my work. And guess what? The people I worked with all showed up too. And I was touched by how much they cared about what I cared about and how much they were invested - to the best of their capabilities - in the work to be done.

This is my understanding of community. It happens on a personal and professional level. My community is small but it’s built on values of mutual respect, empathy, and integrity. We are free to ask of each other - big and small asks. We freely answer Yes and/or No with integrity. We sometimes take weeks-long breaks from each out of respect for each others time. We disagree and we sometimes argue - but we are held together by empathy.

It hasn’t been an easy or simple journey for me to get here, but my community is teaching me how to trust others to look out (and look after) for me. That’s a hard sell to someone who has existed for most of her life without that kind of care and support.

So today I am celebrating feeling supported and being a supporter. I’m celebrating that I can allow myself to feel the warmth and care of the folks around me. I am celebrating that I get to give that back to others in spades.

What are you celebrating on this Friday?

11/21/2025

Morning in Winnipeg. Evening in Selkirk.

It’s all coming together. From media interviews to rehearsals, program edits, feeding the crew, helping out with child minding, setting up the space for our storytellers and audience members - we put a lot of ourselves into a performance event ex*****on.

And none of this is done by rote. Yes, there are SOPs, but when you are committed to ensuring that everyone feels seen, heard, and deeply valued, every detail is a decision about inclusion and belonging.

I’m super grateful to have the support of of Tukoda Productions and , board member, on the final leg of our Selkirk Newcomers Storytelling performance taking place on November 22 at Holiday Alley. Come check out our work. It’s free to attend.