Hope
We may be living through times of unprecedented change, but in uncertainty lies the power to influence the future. Now is not the time to despair, but to act. ~Rebecca Solnit It seems like precisely the moment to be thinking about hope. While we never truly know what tomorrow holds, right now the future seems […]
A Hidden Wholeness
“There is in all things . . . a hidden wholeness. There is in all things an inexhaustible sweetness and purity, a silence that is a foundation of action and joy. It rises up in gentleness and flows out to me from the unseen roots of all created beings.” ~ Thomas Merton Hagia Sophia. Parker […]
Catching Sight . . .
“When we catch sight of the soul, we can become healers in a wounded world – in the family, in the neighborhood, in the workplace, and in political life – as we are called back to our “hidden wholeness.” ~Parker Palmer A few weeks ago I was lucky enough to spend some time at a […]
Wonder: an online Circle of Trust®
Yesterday I was gathering the materials for Sunday’s Circle of Trust® focusing on wonder. It was pretty easy to be filled with wonder, I’ll tell you, so many lovely things to stir mystery and appreciation: the bluest sky streaked with gentle clouds, trees with halos of pale green leaves, the air soft and sweet, and […]
Courage, Renewal & Poetry
At the heart of a Circle of Trust Sometimes I think I would be an entirely better person if even a quarter of the time I spend scrolling the news, social media and weather reports was spent sitting quietly with a poem. Our Spring Circle of Trust® this past weekend really brought this home. […]
A Spring Circle of Trust®
A Saturday Circle We are really looking forward to our next in person offering: A Spring Circle of Trust®: Transition & Change, It’ll be two hours on Saturday morning, April 13, in Toronto. It’s inspired by a Saturday circle we attended five years ago. Our Inspiration At the time, a Saturday Circle of Trust was new […]
Our approach: Courage & Renewal®
Time and space for you to hear your own truth. It seems that everyone in the marketing world is trying to “help” us solve problems. Stains on your kid’s clothes? We have a solution for that! Need a car that will take you to the top of a mountain or down a gully? We have […]
The Spirit of Reciprocity
“I think that the most we can ever do, really, is to walk partway across the bridge toward another person and feel humbled that we get to be there at all.” ~Michelle Obama, The Light We Carry. Reciprocity is an important principle for the Inside Outside Retreat Centre. We understand that at its core reciprocity is […]
Silence
one day, silence will be seen as medicine. Kind of takes my breath away. You? Read it again. Silence as medicine. Right? Makes me pause. Which makes composing a blog a little tricky. Why fill up a page with words, noise really, even in praise of silence? The […]
Pyjamas & Cheetos
I don’t know about you, but it feels like everywhere I turn right now there are admonishments, encouragements and gentle suggestions to start fresh, set some goals, resolve to do better, be better. Gosh, some of what falls on my path is very inviting, very do-able. Like this piece in The Guardian 100 tiny changes to transform your […]