by Gail Heney | Jul 27, 2023 | FEATURING EMPOWER
“If you are exhausted about your heart’s obsession with the fixed past and your mind’s focus on the uncertain future Your lungs are the perfect place for you There is no yesterday in your lungs There is no tomorrow there either There is only now There is only inhale... 
by Gail Heney | Jun 1, 2023 | FEATURING EMPOWER
I am compelled once again to write about aging. I am on the cusp of a birthday that will land me solidly in my late 60’s. After two years of unpacking the emotional upheaval that emerged around my 65th birthday, here I am. The process is speeding up. F*k. As a... 
by Gail Heney | Apr 26, 2023 | FEATURING ENERGIZE
Over the past few months, I have been blessed with opportunities to spend time in the mountains of Western Canada and on the beaches of the Southeastern United States. In between, I have been home in our beautiful valley, enduring episodes of snow, mud, wind and... 
by Gail Heney | Mar 26, 2023 | EMPOWER
In the past I’ve reluctantly dabbled with the word “acceptance”. I’ve dug around my psyche attempting to uncover what it is that leads me to struggle and resist even uttering the syllables, of which there are three – a favourite number of mine. Wikipedia tells... 
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...