The vulnerability of being a parent, especially when our children fall apart - Heather Plett
Discover the challenges of parenting adult children from a distance and learn how to hold space for them while prioritizing self-care.| Heather Plett
I was reading something this weekend about pain and how it’s the body’s way of telling us there’s something we need to pay attention to. And then I thought… it works for the heart and the mind too. I’ve had a few pain points lately. Learning to adjust to this new life has been so […] The post What’s revealed by the pain appeared first on Heather Plett.| Heather Plett
“So… what made you move to Shawnigan Lake?” It’s one of the most common questions I get from people I encounter in the tiny village I moved to at the edge of a lake on Vancouver Island. “It was time for a change,” I say, or “I’ve been wandering since I sold my house in […] The post Who am I and why am I here? (And other existential questions about identity) appeared first on Heather Plett.| Heather Plett
When you have an external locus of identity (or at least primarily lean in that direction on a spectrum), you tend to rely heavily on validation from others and on your ability to meet the standards set by your culture/career/family/religion/etc. Without much capacity for internal validation and self-worth, you feel insecure or inadequate when external factors don’t validate you. The post Who am I? What it means to have an external locus of identity appeared first on Heather Plett.| Heather Plett
Listen to me read the post… “You need to pause to let joy in.” Those words popped into my head one day last week while I was sitting on the couch, weary after a long day of book-launch-related tasks, which followed several long days of gathering the things I need to make a home and […] The post Pausing to let joy in appeared first on Heather Plett.| Heather Plett
Listen to me read the post… “By the end of the week, we’ll have turned you into a blues band.” Gulp. I could feel the anxiety rise when I heard those words. A blues band?! Me?! I have no musical talent and my Mennonite body is rhythmically stunted from all of those “dancing is sin” […] The post Music as a reflection of life: What I learned from jazz drummer Jerry Granelli appeared first on Heather Plett.| Heather Plett
Listen to me read the post… I had a dream once, that my body had become part of the landscape. The curve of my belly was now a hill that people and animals were walking across. Small children were playing on my forearms and trees were growing in the soil between my fingers rooting my […] The post Becoming part of the landscape appeared first on Heather Plett.| Heather Plett
Listen to me read the post… “He was a poor man in a criminal justice system that treats you better if you are rich and guilty than if you are poor and innocent.” – Anthony Ray Hinton For nearly thirty years, Anthony Ray Hinton was in solitary confinement on death row for a crime he […] The post Personal Responsibility or Systemic Injustice: holding the tension in a complex world appeared first on Heather Plett.| Heather Plett
Listen to me read the post: I wake up among the treetops. I peek out the window near my head and I see the shadowy lake below, surrounded by the shadowy trees. Across the lake, I hear the train that was probably the reason for my waking. I close my eyes and a smile creeps […] The post Remembering how to pray appeared first on Heather Plett.| Heather Plett
Listen to me read the post: I came here, to the lake, feeling discouraged and a little burnt out from putting so much free content into the world. This is the time of year I have to be the most active on social media because we are marketing our Fall programs, both online and in-person. […] The post A love letter to the woman at the lake appeared first on Heather Plett.| Heather Plett
Discover the challenges of parenting adult children from a distance and learn how to hold space for them while prioritizing self-care.| Heather Plett
