by Danielle | Jan 14, 2025 | Blog Post, Podcast Episode |
Perhaps a mother is blessed both with blindness and hypervigilance when it comes to her children, but I know whom I birthed. You are a descendant of Viking women—warriors angry and proud, steadfast and true. You are blessed with the easy, good humour of your father’s...
by Danielle | Nov 20, 2024 | Blog Post, Podcast Episode |
Don’t go on vibes alone, my friend. We all need a helping hand. Trust me, I know that writing a memoir is an intensely personal journey. It’s translating your life’s experiences into something meaningful, relatable, and transcendent. Your memoir is more...
by Danielle | Nov 6, 2024 | Blog Post, Podcast Episode |
Helplessness is an awful feeling, as if we are at the mercy of something big and scary, with nowhere to turn. For today, may I humbly suggest writing out that anger, sadness, rage and helplessness. Here’s why: Setting your mind to express the exact feelings you’re...
by Danielle | Oct 25, 2024 | Blog Post, Podcast Episode
From about 2011 until 2022, I blogged regularly—often twice weekly—to unearth difficult feelings and begin to process them. I cannot stress enough how necessary this process was for me. I had spent the first 30 years of my life as most of us do: fairly unconscious,...
by Danielle | Sep 19, 2024 | Blog Post, Podcast Episode |
I have this innate desire to heal so that others can heal. Now, does it get muddled with ego concerns and intentions? Yes. I try my best to be aware of this as much as possible and make mental health, healing, and remembering who I really am a priority. The other day,...
by Danielle | Jul 16, 2024 | Blog Post, Podcast Episode |
The snow blew gently sideways, the first of the season, and I considered, for a moment, turning my head and sticking out my tongue to catch a few flakes but decided against it. The air was cold but not bitingly so. My knit wool hat covered my ears and mildly itched my...
by Danielle | May 20, 2024 | Blog Post, Podcast Episode |
“Come with me,” I say. “I’ve got enough love for the both of us.” She looks up at me, blinks, and then nods. It’s a start. Sometimes, I have to go back to her. Sometimes, she needs my embrace. It’s been a while since I’ve embodied her...
by Danielle | May 13, 2024 | Blog Post, Podcast Episode |
*This post was originally written in 2014. A few years ago there was a weekend where I faced some fears. It wasn’t my intention to face these specific situations, but it is my intention every morning to surrender and remember what my purpose is-—that being to...
by Danielle | Dec 6, 2023 | Blog Post, Podcast Episode |
Listen, I’m so out of practice with interviews and such, but this was fun. And Erin was generous. Her platform is incredibly relevant, and her intentions are kind. We had a wonderful conversation about goals, artistic expression, and the demands of life as a...
by Danielle | Nov 28, 2023 | Blog Post, Podcast Episode |
They sat in the garden facing one another, unable to look up. He wore sunglasses in any case. When she tried to see his eyes, she could not. Perhaps it was better that way. The space between them was heavy—laden with fear—though they carried it differently. She...
by Danielle | Nov 16, 2023 | Blog Post, Podcast Episode |
The post below was written four years ago during a fairly intense time in my life. I was facing a lot of truth about myself and the unhealthy patterns and coping mechanisms I’d been living out for years. I was trying to outrun the truth. I had been...
by Danielle | Oct 3, 2023 | Blog Post, Podcast Episode |
Snow in mid-October had made her cranky. She clung tightly to herself and cursed at her choice of coat. “It was supposed to be warmer than this,” she said with disdain. “And it was definitely not supposed to snow.” We were setting out on...
