by Gail Heney | Feb 15, 2023 | FEATURING ENGAGE
Over coffee the other day a long-time friend looked straight into my eyes – how are you – she asked. I immediately felt a flutter of discomfort in my chest. She’s not one that would settle with my noncommittal “all is well” or “I’m good thanks” followed by a well... 
by Gail Heney | Feb 2, 2023 | FEATURING ENGAGE
The themes of finitude and dying are consuming time in my day. I’m not sure why. I am healthy and fortunate that no recent grief has take over my heart and mind. I am in the last half of my sixth decade. I want to believe the actuarial tables that tell me I have 20... 
by Gail Heney | Jan 19, 2023 | FEATURING ENGAGE
I am a person of urgency and not enough. As I unpack my life, bit by bit, attempting to source an understanding of where I might find a core of peace and self acceptance, the excruciating truths are my teachers. Family folklore is adamant that I learned to swim before... 
by Gail Heney | Jul 5, 2022 | FEATURING ENGAGE
At some point in the early spring, I noticed an interesting intersection of weariness and creative restlessness. My routine of weekly blog writing was feeling challenging; I feared it had become hollow. I was being drawn further into the notion of a larger project as... 
by Gail Heney | May 4, 2022 | FEATURING ENGAGE
I usually experience the energetic surge to evaluate, purge and stretch my comfort zone in the fall. September is my New Year – characterized by the compulsion to examine my clothes closet, my bookshelves, my waistline and the files taking space in my mind. All... 
by Gail Heney | Apr 21, 2022 | FEATURING ENERGIZE
As the ides of April drag on – with a blizzard yesterday morning and endless puddles of thawing mud – I am experiencing the highs and lows assigned by my consciousness. I am uncomfortably aware of the connection between my ears and the stress centre in my brain. And... 
by Gail Heney | Apr 13, 2022 | FEATURING ENERGIZE
As I have mentioned in the past, April is my least favourite month. Typically, it signals the end of winter, with minimal signs of warm weather and pretty gardens. Only grey hoping desperately to become green and endless mud. As I own two dogs this month heralds eight... 
by Gail Heney | Apr 6, 2022 | FEATURING ENGAGE
I know more people, including myself, who have had one of the covid variants, or currently have it, than at any other time during the two-year pandemic. This is coinciding with the end of mask mandates, the opening of all social and event venues with no capacity... 
by Gail Heney | Mar 31, 2022 | FEATURING EMPOWER
I’ve heard numerous stories about children who had invisible friends. My eldest brother had one. The friend’s name was Noni. Far ahead of the times in terms of gender fluidity, we didn’t know whether Noni was male or female. Unlike Jimmy Stewart’s imaginary friend,... 
by Gail Heney | Mar 23, 2022 | FEATURING EMPOWER
I’m rarely one to cruise Instagram. In fact, I have been encouraged, cajoled and otherwise persuaded to post snippets of my blog on my e3 account. Yet another area of noncompliance for me. However, in a quiet and empty moment a few days ago I came across a passage...