Awakening Heart Counselling Clinic

02/14/2026

I recently heard someone ask, " if you hired someone like you to manage your life, would you continue paying them? Given them a raise? Some updated skills, get extra help?

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02/12/2026

There is a particular kind of heartbreak that comes from paying attention.

When you allow yourself to really see the world, to witness suffering without turning away, to hold beauty and brutality in the same breath, something in you cracks open. That is a human reaction to an unfeeling world.

If you are carrying heavy things tonight, know that you are not carrying them alone. ꩜ Ella

02/11/2026

This morning we pause and reflect on the horror and tragic loss of life in Tumble Ridge. Our hearts go out to the families and community.

02/03/2026

Sometimes I have to let words slip away and experience what is around me to be witnessed and to be witnessed.

01/30/2026

Across the United States, where I live, strangers are not just sharing stories, glances, and shared laughter.

They are doing what my father’s neighbors did for him. They are standing watch. They are alerting each other. They are escorting children to school.

Strangers are opening their homes, their phones, their houses of worship, and their relational networks. Strangers are protecting each other, standing up for each other, and, harrowingly, even dying for each other.

I share more reflections on the people of Minneapolis, ICE, and my father's definition of a "good neighbor" in my latest newsletter: https://bit.ly/4rgx32N

01/15/2026

The body and mind are always in relationship—and healing happens when we honor both.
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01/11/2026

01/03/2026

The longing for things
that you could not have,

the yearning for places
you were not destined to arrive.

Wistful memories of what was
not ever meant to be.

Regret for not being who
you thought you would become.

These hallucinations of the soul
are agonizing prisoners

that must be pardoned
and released.

Clear the room.

Open the door
and let them leave.

And in this space,
you’ll paint

a glorious existence
of being here with presence

and contentment
for what truly is

a relevant
and meaningful
life.

~Susan Frybort

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12/29/2025

12/21/2025

This blessing was shared at our Solstice gathering by a dear fried and i wanted to share it with you all. Thank you Paula for sharing this blessing by Jan Richardson.

BLESSING FOR THE LONGEST NIGHT

All throughout these months,
as the shadows
have lengthened,
this blessing has been
gathering itself,
making ready,
preparing for
this night.

It has practiced
walking in the dark,
traveling with
its eyes closed,
feeling its way
by memory,
by touch,
by the pull of the moon
even as it wanes.

So believe me
when I tell you
this blessing will
reach you,
even if you
have not light enough
to read it;
it will find you,
even though you cannot
see it coming.

You will know
the moment of its
arriving
by your release
of the breath
you have held
so long;
a loosening
of the clenching
in your hands,
of the clutch
around your heart;
a thinning
of the darkness
that had drawn itself
around you.

This blessing
does not mean
to take the night away,
but it knows
its hidden roads,
knows the resting spots
along the path,
knows what it means
to travel
in the company
of a friend.

So when
this blessing comes,
take its hand.
Get up.
Set out on the road
you cannot see.

This is the night
when you can trust
that any direction
you go,
you will be walking
toward the dawn.

—Jan Richardson
from The Cure for Sorrow: A Book of Blessings for Times of Grief

Image: "Longest Night" ©

Featuring the distinctive work of artist and author Jan Richardson, we offer images for worship, education, and contemplation. Individual downloads and annual subscriptions are available. Visit Jan’s primary website at janrichardson.com.

10/19/2025

Sometimes gratitude and beauty find us! Over the past couple of weeks I’ve had some knee issues and haven’t felt ‘the gratitude’. Today, I am in gratitude for the many healing practices that have assisted me (an incredible RMT, Qigong teachings, my spouses support and wisdom, and the grace to stroll this beautiful land that has been steward by loving hands.

10/14/2025

Our last update was August 7th sharing about our move to the City Powell River in the qathet Region, BC.
We are grateful for the warm welcome as we navigated both external and internal landscapes of change and many transitions.
Kim is working fully remotely at this time with clients and supervisee’s. We offers many thanks to our client’s patience as we figured out wifi access!
John has joined other health practitioners at Townsite Allied Health where he provides in-person individual and couples counselling on Tuesday and Wednesday. He continues to provide virtual sessions on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays.