Balbodhi Wellness, London, ON (2025)

11/20/2025

𝙀𝙭𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙖 𝙥𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙖𝙘𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖 𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙞𝙘𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙨.

We often treat therapy and self-reflection as purely personal. Private. Separate from the world around us.

But the truth is: the work you do within yourself is never only yours.

When you examine your patterns, question old stories, and choose to live with intention, the impact ripples outward. You become less reactive, more grounded, more compassionate. You interrupt cycles of shame, defensiveness, and inherited pain. You soften what might otherwise be passed on to your children, your partner, your community.

This is why inner work is also an act of service. And yes, it's political too.

Not in the sense of parties or arguments, but in the sense of power: reclaiming your ability to decide what guides your life, rather than living on autopilot or by inherited scripts.

Every boundary you set, every moment of self-compassion, every time you choose presence over reactivity, these are quiet acts of resistance in a culture built on speed, disconnection, and burnout.

Self-examination doesn’t fix everything, but it does cultivate the qualities we need in a divided world: 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦.

Your inner work matters far beyond you.

It is a quiet rebellion.

It is service.

And it is one way we help create a more humane world, starting from the inside out.

📷 Golden, British Columbia, Canada

#519

11/11/2025

𝙇𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙒𝙚 𝙁𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙚𝙩

On this day, we honour the sacrifices of military and service members—past and present—and the loved ones who have stood beside them. We remember their courage, their commitment, and the freedoms and privileges we hold because of what they were willing to give.

As a military kid, remembrance has always carried a particular weight. I grew up watching the discipline, resilience, and sense of duty that shaped the rhythms of our family life. Service wasn’t abstract, it was woven into the way we adapted, supported, and at times uprooted. It showed me early on that sacrifice is never only the offering of a single person; it is a shared commitment made by families, communities, and generations.

It also feels important to remember what their sacrifice was in service to. The wars, conflicts, and missions, many unknown, were fought to uphold foundational human values:

♡ The freedom of thought and expression
♡ The dignity and equality of all people
♡ The right to safety and self-determination
♡ And the hope for a more peaceful, just, and stable world

Those who served gave of their time, bodies, minds, and souls, with the belief that these values were worth protecting. Their hope was not only for survival, but for the possibility of a future shaped by peace, cooperation, and human decency.

As we give thanks today, may this day also invite each of us to be accountable to our own genuine reflections and consider:

𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘐’𝘮 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺, 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘢𝘮 𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘴𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘦?

𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘐 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘨𝘪𝘧𝘵𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭, 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥?

📸 Juno Beach, Normandy, France - June 2015

09/17/2025

𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞: Have you ever felt like life has gone flat, that your days are heavy with routines and obligations, drained of colour, even when nothing is obviously “wrong”?

Psychoanalyst James Hollis describes this state as when our psychic energy quietly withdraws from habits, roles, or patterns that no longer serve us. It isn’t laziness or failure. It’s the soul’s way of whispering, 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑝𝑎𝑡ℎ 𝑖𝑠 𝑛𝑜 𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑟 𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡.

Hollis writes, “𝘋𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘦𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥, 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥. 𝘓𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘫𝘰𝘺𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘢𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘦 — 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘥𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘥 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦?”
And he goes on to remind us that physical ailments, illness, fatigue, or old complexes signal the drain of our psychic energy.

📖 Swamplands of the Soul by James Hollis (pg. 67-80)

When I work with clients in the depths of desuetude, there is often a lot of shame: “Why can’t I get motivated? Why can everyone else seem to move forward, but it’s so hard for me?” They find themselves stuck, often comparing to others.

What Hollis reminds us is that this feeling is not a pathology, but an invitation back to oneself. It’s a call to listen more closely, to notice where your energy has ebbed, and to sense where it longs to return. Further exploration, like in therapy, can be helpful in (re)discovering what areas of your life are going unlived.

If you find yourself here, know you’re not broken. You’re simply being called to turn toward the uncharted parts of yourself that are eager to emerge.

✨ Reflection: 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 “𝘧𝘭𝘢𝘵” 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘸? 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴? 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘱 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘬 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺?

08/19/2025

There’s a quiet space between autopilot and awareness.

It’s the moment you catch yourself rushing through the day without noticing how you’re really feeling.

It’s the split-second before you give into the urge to yell at your colleague, your spouse, or your kid(s), where you realize you’re reacting, not responding.

It’s the brief pause that reminds us, “I’m here, and I can choose how I show up.”

Living on autopilot is something we all slip into, especially when life feels overwhelming, uncertain, or simply too full, and it helps protect us from having to feel too much, too fast. But over time, if we become stuck there, it can leave us disconnected from ourselves, our bodies, our relationships, and what’s most important to us.

Mindful presence doesn’t mean we never check out. It means we practice returning. We hold up the mirror to ourselves, with gentleness and curiosity, and with the willingness to be here, just as we are.

Presence isn’t perfection—it’s a practice.

And the more we pause, notice, and intentionally choose our actions, the more alive our lives begin to feel.

✨𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘵? 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧, 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘥𝘨𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵?

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