December 24, 2021

when the darkness beckonsknow thatyou are only being calledto do the workof undoingthe tightened cords of learningthat have for so longheld the beauty of your inner lightbound to the wounds of a past selfwhose shadow only longsto be cut looseso you may emerge once morefrom the cavern of transformation& be fully presentto life’s endless, unknowable mystery….kyra shaughnessy ©2021

Read More

November 15, 2018

” Your deepest roots are in nature.  No matter who you are, where you live, or what kind of life you lead, you remain irrevocably linked with the rest of creation. “ Charles Cook Lest there be any doubt, let me first acknowledge that humans are part of nature. In talking about “nature connection” we’re

Read More

September 24, 2018

“When patterns are broken, new worlds emerge”   Tuli Kupferberg     What are some of the key paradigms, or ways of thinking and seeing the world, that need to shift in order for us to view learning differently? Are we recreating patterns in our children and in ourselves that we would rather change? How

Read More

June 12, 2017

To me, the title of this post encapsulates the crux of most modern-day existential and relationship dilemma’s. How do we go about balancing this, relatively recent, cultural obsession with  personal freedom with the unavoidable reality of interdependence? How do we deconstruct the belief that being “free” means not letting our choices be influenced by the

Read More

October 23, 2016

Bell Hooks puts into words a question I ask myself on the regular: “How do we hold people accountable…and yet at the same time remain in touch with their humanity enough to believe in their capacity to be transformed?” In the wake of the Laval University break-ins and the ensuing flurry of emotions (not to

Read More

July 11, 2015

There seems to be a dichotomy set up in some peoples minds between being “nice” and being “honest.” Not in the sense that “nice” people are constantly lying through their teeth, but rather a lot of us seem to believe that in order to be “nice” we can never ever tell people what we really think if

Read More