In Episode 16 I speak with Emmy Chahal, an international yoga teacher, intuitive healer and workshop facilitator, asking her how she might explain systemic racism. Emmy is passionate about the topic of dismantling colonialism and identifying radicalized trauma so I am excited I got her on Shakti Stories to talk about this as it's a powerful time in history to take a look at some ...

4 Steps to Deal with Intense Emotions Toward Your Intimate Partner In the last Shakti Story with Blaire, I asked her any tips she would give to anyone who isn't feeling sexy or attracted to their intimate partner right now. I loved her point about how you just can't force it. She recommends to spend some time to yourself, play your favourite song, move your ...

At times of desperation, working with imagination can help us to center ourselves and hold our vision for how things could be. Here is a practice inviting the felt sense of support to the area of our chest and heart. I hope it is helpful. I really believe it’s even more imperative that we need to make time for the inner work when things feel ...

For anyone who may be financially struggling right now and would like some counselling support, I’ve got a lovely, dedicated, caring student named Carmen who is currently completing her Master’s in Counselling that I will be supervising in my practice from now through the Fall.  She’ll be doing 50 min Zoom or phone sessions on a sliding scale of $40-$70, though given the current world ...

I created a video to share a little bit about Focusing-oriented Therapy and touch on why it might be helpful at this time and guide a short practice. I believe that working in the implicit, subtle realms is so important right now as we navigate our relationship to the outer world. Although pain and fear are often direct bodily experiences that we do not want ...

I truly feel that therapist-client fit is more of an alchemy than about trainings, titles or labels. I’ve never had a client that I didn’t sincerely care about, and if someone calls in and I think what they are looking for might be different from what I offer, I'd let them know and see if I can refer on to someone who might be a ...