Health & lifestyle
These samples of my published magazine writing show the range of topics I’ve covered over the decades in Health and Lifestyle. Periodically, I add new material and more from my archives. Stay tuned.
Find out more about my memoir No Letter in Your Pocket
These samples of my published magazine writing show the range of topics I’ve covered over the decades in Health and Lifestyle. Periodically, I add new material and more from my archives. Stay tuned.
Some people could never imagine offering comfort as a bedside companion to a stranger who is dying. Or sitting in an all-night vigil for someone’s final hours. In hospice training, we learn that compassion, deep listening, acceptance, and non-judgment are core traits needed to remain truly present with those who are dying or grieving a…
I’ll be one of six writers reading live on Zoom on March 16, as part of Port Moody Public Library’s Writers in Our Midst program. The theme is love stories. I’m reading “Lost at Sea,” a love poem. Many thanks to my student Eric D’Souza for putting this together. See @WritersinourMidst for details.
John Preissl and Laurie Beeman in their Secret Cove, BC yard It was a joy to meet and interview the talented couple Laurie Beeman and John Preissl for the summer 2026 issue of Sunshine Coast Life magazine. Their life is filled with Indigenous tours, traditional foods and plant knowledge, stained-glass-and-wood art, scenic photography, and film…
Listen to the podcast here. I enjoyed my chat with Abby Ayoola, host of the Toronto podcast How to Survive Society. We discussed my incest memoir No Letter in Your Pocket and my work coaching authors of trauma memoirs. We talked about how to stay resilient, and find the courage to share your…
Photo courtesy of Kampus Production via Pexels (Note: I was recently invited to contribute to a new handbook, C.O.D.E. (Conduct of Digital Etiquette), which will be published Aug. 31 this year. It will be used with media labs in classes 1-5, primarily in India. The editor, Pratap Somvanshi, who’s managing editor of the Hindustan Daily,…
It’s rare to be asked, in an interview with a businessman, about your spiritual beliefs and how they’ve influenced your life choices. Thankfully, author and executive Ken Hannaman is no ordinary businessperson. He’s the author and host of the podcast Ungraduated Living and like me, drawn to eastern philosophies and religions. That’s part of what…