It's a Journey
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The CRA Punishes Two-Household Families
The CRA Punishes Two-Household Families I originally wrote this piece in 2018 and have advocated for change ever since. When I wrote this, I was a part-time single mom and a self-employed Chartered...
Luck Shouldn’t Be Part of It
Luck Shouldn't Be Part of It When telling the story of my divorce, at some point I say: I was lucky that when my spouse and I separated, the news was spotlighting the Collaborative Process. A news...
Evolution Vs. Change
"Life is a journey, not a destination." "Life is beautiful." I stare at both mantras daily as I eat dinner with my kids. They stare out at me from placemats my parents gave me for Christmas ten...
The Slowest Way (But Really, It’s Faster)
The Slow Way (But Really, It's the Fastest) There's a version of my own separation agreement on page five that laid out my plan to get my old job back. It was there because everyone around me-...
Advocate, Mom, Writer
My days these days are mostly advocacy, with my kids always first, and hiking, biking, and cold plunging worked in whenever I can. Winter cold plunges aren’t for everyone, but there’s a strange kind of beauty and calm in it that I’ve come to need.
Separation was a journey. It took time, and it taught me most of what I know now.