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04/11/2026

A great read, however I got a little stuck midway but it’s back next to my bed again, and this post will for sure prompt me to pick it up again probably today as it started to rain! For many this will be triggering but is honest raw content. 20 years in my possession, let’s see if I finish it today!

I just finished his book, Scar Tissue. A recovery must-read.

Anthony Kiedis is the frontman of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, one of my all-time favorite bands. I remember driving with my best friend in high school listening to the album Californication on repeat in his one disc CD player. Little did I know years later that I would look up to him for much bigger reason and purpose than his music.

What hit me was the honesty. The chaos. The talent. The self-destruction. And the reality that you can have fame, money, success, and still be getting killed from the inside.

His story is a reminder that addiction does not care who you are. It is indiscriminate. It doesn’t care how gifted you are, how loved you are, or how much the world applauds you. If it has a grip on you, it will take everything it can.

That’s why this quote is so true.

“Put your sobriety first, then everything else in your life will fall into place.”

Because if you don’t have your sobriety, eventually you don’t keep anything else either. Not your peace. Not your purpose. Not your presence as a husband, father, friend, or man. You might still be standing on the outside, but inside, everything is falling apart. If you’re an addict, you just lose it all.

Sobriety doesn’t magically fix your life overnight. But it gives you a fighting chance to build one. A real one. One based on truth, discipline, freedom, and self-respect. If you work a good program, you’ll get that and everything more.

That’s been true for me too. Everything good in my life came after I got sober — not because sobriety handed it to me, but because sobriety made it possible for me to finally become the man I was supposed to be.

If you’re fighting for it right now, keep going. Put that first. The rest can be rebuilt.

04/11/2026

We’re celebrating our one year anniversary of the Guysborough & Area Endometriosis Support Group! 💛

What started in April last year has grown into a monthly space for support, connection, shared experience, and blossoming friendships. 🌻

In celebration, we’re hosting a Soul Collage Workshop with Art Therapist Shelley Long. ✂️🖼️

If you’ve been part of the group, thinking about joining in, or just need a space to breathe and create, you’re welcome here. We are open to anyone who has endometriosis, suspects they have endometriosis, and those who don’t have it but who would like to learn more.

🗓 Saturday, April 18, 2026
🕐 1 PM – 3 PM
📍 Chedabucto Lifestyle Complex, Guysborough

👉 It’s a free event, but spots are limited so be sure to register:
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This event is made possible in partnership with and sponsored by the Antigonish Women's Resource Centre & Sexual Assault Services Association. ❤️

04/07/2026

Good morning everyone from HopeHill, threw this together whilst sipping on my Monday morning coffee with the crew, hope you enjoy ❤️

Update……. I actually believed it was Monday!!!! How many other people are also forgetting the day today!!!! Happy Tuesday ☺️

04/06/2026

100% such a simple explanation of the true meaning.

To truly empathize…..It’s really about putting ourselves in others shoes, literally, removing ourself from our own experience, refraining from interpretation through our own eyes, that’s often interference, but instead really getting in there with someone, and that is for sure fully believing too. So when I say I believe in others, its not that I just believe their potential necessarily, because I still do, that’s also important, because that’s encouraging, but I see them as they are, and the experiences that they are sharing, their truth, that’s so very important.

So next time someone opens themselves up, pause, and ask yourself, am I really hearing them, or am I interpreting their words as I understand it? Sometimes someone doesn’t either need a response, they just need someone to listen ❤️

This is exactly why horses heal, because they do not judge, they do not interpret in their own way, they stand next to you in truth, your truth, they do not try to change anything, just offer space for you, they listen without correcting, that’s the beautiful shift that often facilitates change for healing.










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Understanding empathy

04/06/2026

Don’t forget to fill your own cup! ❤️

I realized today that I’ve been looking at things all the wrong way..
Well, at least for me.
I’ve been thinking my life wasn’t enough or that things haven’t gone my way so much that I’ve forgotten that I can control it all.
It’s up to me what I see- not just what I look at.
I’ve been staring at the glass thinking it’s not full enough or too empty and stopped remembering that I can keep filling that glass every day just as much as I want to.
I don’t have to be okay with accepting less than I want…
In fact, I’m tired of that.
I need more.
I deserve more.
More happiness, more fun, more things that fill my soul and fire my passions.
I’m through chasing empty pursuits, hanging around negativity and letting toxic people stay in my life.
I’m not going to keep looking at that glass and hoping it was fuller.
I will take every chance to fill it to the brim and live the life I want.
No more settling, excuses and feeling disappointed.
I’ve tried that and it just doesn’t work.
I’m welcoming all the people, places and adventures that make me feel alive and bring depth to my soul.
Maybe that means taking road trip without a map.
Perhaps that means dancing in the kitchen with the music turned all the way up.
Or maybe, just maybe…
That means setting out in search of love, laughter and happily ever after-
And never looking back.
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04/03/2026

Joy of Autism ❤️

04/03/2026

04/03/2026

I wanted to share a “Happy Easter” post but Easter isn’t for everyone….

While it is often about rebirth, new life, forgiveness, and growth, oh and don’t forget……chocolate, bunnies 🐰 and chicks 🐣, a time where many celebrate, let’s not forget those fighting silent battles this weekend!

Today can be really heavy for those not able to see their children, grieving lost loved ones, living with domestic abuse or struggling with mental health and addiction.

So sending out love, warmth, and hope today from us here at Hope Hill 🙏 🧡

Those lucky enough to have the love, support and warmth of family this weekend, remember to hold them close and share the gratitude 🐣🌼

04/02/2026

Listen to the words 🙏☺️ the shift, the release that often actually occurs in the presence of a horse ❤️

04/02/2026

I had a lot of anger in my heart.
Rage for the confusion and pain I thought was locked inside of me.
I tried to protect others from it and failed.
I tried to build a life pretending like it didn’t exist.
But it smashed down all the walls and doors that led to the people and things I loved.

It took me a long time to realize that running from the anger and rage inside me fed it, made it even more powerful, and gave it the steering wheel of my life more than I cared to admit.

I knew where it came from.
We always do.
But o didn’t want to face it, because underneath was a grief I was convinced would swallow me whole….

Yet here I am.
And I am no one special.

Let it end with you.
Let it find its final resting place in your life.
Find the places and spaces where you can go to cool the fires of rage inside of you, and find guides who can help you find your way back from the depths of your own grief or sorrow.
Let it end with you so your children and loved ones don’t have to contend with the rage you’re unwilling to face.
and send to a man doing this work.

04/02/2026

04/02/2026

Martha Justice Ministry is hosting "Healing the Divide: A Journey of Reconciliation" - a free settler education series. Three interactive workshops will take place on Sundays from 1–4:30 PM, starting April 12. Everyone is welcome, but registration is required - register by APRIL 8th!
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