On connecting to professional communities with intention. Listening. photo by JoAnn I love traveling, and I do it well. By “well” I mean that I love doing it with may partner, or a friend, or on my own – I can get into a groove no matter with whom. I do it both professionally and for pleasure. I do enjoy my own company, and often prefer to be alone, either for a whole trip or for parts. It took me many years to realize I can give myself permission to take a breather

Amidst a Quebecois forest. Over an absolutely gorgeous Fall long weekend, I attended a retreat for therapists. It was in the middle of a forest in Quebec, and it was transformational. Part of the retreat was learning about ecotherapy, and how we are not just beings that can enter nature, but we are nature. The forest and its inhabitants can be known to us as ‘other-than-human’, a signifier that there is no true hierarchy to living things. I attended the retreat to further m

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