Indigenous Counsellor in the Greater Victoria Area. Helping people with adapting to Life Changes, areas of Grief.
Uses Narrative therapy and Cultural Support in storytelling. 1 hour sessions, In-Person & Online Appointments are available
03/18/2026
A new chapter in a new journal. I like to begin with setting the intention. What do I hope this will inspire? I try not to compartmentalize otherwise I’d require more books devoted to a specific topic. I’d be surrounded by empty books waiting for to fulfill their purpose. So it set the intention for meaningful conversation. Having those conversations with myself, to ask questions and answering them to the best of my ability. To question… to learn and understand… me
Expressing my feelings in the way I write. Creating art, having fun with the words, painting them on the page in ink…
03/13/2026
Beware the tactics of divide and conquer.
We are powerful beings, each one of us, and when we are united together we are a force beyond measure.
We have more in common than what makes us different, so when you are sitting at the table with people who have contrasting ideas find the commonalities, celebrate the diversity, cultivate patience, and be compassionate with the discord. Stay open, and stay curious. Remember our sameness, our humanity, or universal and individual longing for love, meaning, and belonging.
Separation and the distraction of competition are age old techniques to undermine the potency of the collective. Rather than opposing neighbors and family, instead stand guard against the devices that would have you fight and persecute each other. Step back, if even for a moment, from the emotional triggers of conflict and recognize the over arcing and divisive narrative.
We don’t have to agree. We don’t even have like each other. But despite our differences, resist the division. We are in this together.
“The Vitality of Touch”
10”x8” acrylic on panel, 2020
03/13/2026
03/13/2026
The family is evolving as does everything. The work I do creating constructs of family life. Embodied emotions living with and supporting each other and often creating more problems than fixing them.
03/13/2026
Many of my core experiences came from my time in the dark. The all consuming void, teaching me about its nature, the nature of shadow, nature of emptiness, the nature of loss. All of those things are part of the dark. Indistinguishable from itself. Including me. Until the time came when I made it home. My home. And with that brought warmth and light to a place that never known the experience. Shedding light on faces I had only heard the voice of. The whispering of. Instead of rejecting them I welcomed them to my fire. Allowing us all to know each other. Befriend and Love each other in the home we share. In the void. Now I continue the work tending fire for those lost in the void. In the darkness. May they find my beacon and follow my path of footfalls to where I am
03/09/2026
Learning to look after my inner child or my case inner children. Learning to create the safety they need to express themselves. Every emotion needing something slightly different as they come into themselves. My practice explores this. Exploring the individual needs of each. Becoming mindful of that and holding space for that so in turn this helps me understand my own needs.
03/05/2026
Inner child work- Fear and Surprise. They are my twins. One relishes exploring and trying new things and getting dirty while the other shy away from uncertainty and that which it doesn’t understand. These panels depict young versions of them and me. Excited to got out and catch frogs and get dirty, just as excited to share the experience. While the other doesn’t expect it to jump and yet it’s funny. Reminding me that unexpected events can be funny.
03/02/2026
Inner child work continues- an exercise depicting an interaction with sadness. As a child, supportive of her creativity, and thus supporting mine. Once I grew to understand her and how she supports me and my process she was given a Designer / Artist roles. Helping this home flow. Showcasing objects with memory and meaning.
03/02/2026
Creating safety- building a home inside myself where the work can be done and not only that a place for rest and repair. All the necessary things contained within the walls.
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I began my journey when I was 11 years old, but when I was 8 year I realized there was more to the world then what we normally acknowledge as a people. Having this deeper connection to the earth and I found it impossible not to step forward to cultivate a relationship with the worlds around me. I do mean worlds, there is what we can see and that we don’t see and how we interact with them depends on how we choose to live. Often our choices have impact on these places, often we don’t take notice. Only when we choose to open our eyes can we understand what I mean. When I say worlds, there are those that assume I’m speaking about the Astral plain and Netherworld. It’s interesting ... but it not what I’m talking about at all. I do work with in those realms but... that is only a facet of what being a Shaman is.
When I began my journey into Dream Work, even those I was so young. I was taught to able to understand myself better. Everything there was a part of me and helped me hear my own story. Being taught about myself, from aspects of me who often took the form of people I love and respect. Some characters took a form all their own. Together I was taught to accept my demons and see their true natures.
Of course when I say demons, I mean the shadow that lives inside us and thus my journey into Shadow Work began. Shadow and Its forms being, fear, anger, regret and pain, whatever the Shadow is for you. It is born of our choices, events that we lived and often hold us back. A great part of the work is overcoming these things that limit us, to see and accept who we are. Dreams help us see these thing about ourselves, they help us better understand the how we feel and think. In dreams you can explore a realm a possibility and discover an inner truth that exists inside you.
In answering these questions and discovering these truths inside myself helped me to better understand my connection to Spirit. To gain a deeper understanding of energy and how it moves through and around the body. How that energy relates to the rest of the world? Through working with the chakra did I begin to understand how I as a human can relate to the worlds around me, and further my understanding of life and my journey
For me, those lessons came from the trees. Trees taught me to be present in the moment, reach out and create strong meaningful connections. My Auntie was right we learn best from our environment. She also taught me to hold a respect to the land and express gratitude to that which we taken in, to strengthen our mind, heart and body.
My other relatives focused on the lesson that come from our ancestors.
The Seven Sacred Teaching of our Grandfathers being :
Courage,
Wisdom,
Humility,
Truth,
Love, and
Honesty
There are many important lessons. Nothing more or less important, they only depend on what we happen to be looking for. What we define as important can change and evolve as we do. As Shaman helps provide focus, we’re simply a guide in all of this. We just get the privilege of being present during an important time in your life.
This is a tradition I take very seriously. When I am chosen to take part during these important times, I can’t help be feel excited and humbled. These are the lessons of I had to learn myself. I’m happy to be in a place where I can share these lessons I learned.
