Pure Light Podcast

A meditation for perspective & emotional balance

What do you do when you’re overwhelmed with stress or strong emotion? Try to keep it in, ignore it, or pretend it isn’t there (and then find yourself binging on food or Netflix later to deal)? Stress and strong emotions can be a lot to process, especially in the context of a busy life. It […]

Are you hiding your emotions?

“Don’t cry.” “Don’t be sad.” “Don’t be angry.” “Don’t be embarrassed.” How often are we encouraged not to feel the way we feel? Sometimes it isn’t convenient or socially acceptable to have a breakdown or be furious, so we keep it inside. We hide our undesirable emotions in favour of appearing strong, making someone else […]

Introducing my new podcast: Pure Light

When I was in my last year of high school, we had to write statements of truth for my English class every Friday. A statement of truth was exactly what it sounded like: a statement we believed to be true based on our experience of life. Most of the ones I wrote have faded from […]

A love letter to all the single ones

Dear One, It’s Valentine’s Day. Which means that, if you’re single, you might be questioning why you’re single. You might be doubting whether you should’ve ended that relationship, second-guessing that decision, asking yourself, What if you’ve missed your chance? You could be thinking about how you thought your life would unfold, wondering why things haven’t turned out […]

A meditation to help release worry & anxiety

What can you do to turn things around when you’re bracing for the worst or seeing everything in a negative light? To be honest, I used to believe that the answer was nothing . . . which meant that I was completely powerless to do anything about it. It was only when I started meditating […]

Are you bracing for the worst?

“Why do I have to ____?” “I don’t wanna ____.” “This is gonna suck.” When we go into something anticipating a negative experience, it usually doesn’t go well. We often only see things that confirm our expectations and prove that we’re right. We don’t even look for things that could be evidence to the contrary. […]

Is it time to try harder . . . or just give up?

It’s the time of year where a lot of people start to question their goals. (I may be a little early here. I feel like it’s usually 3 weeks into January that most people give up on their new year’s resolutions.) There’s definitely merit in questioning whether we need to try harder. If we’re distracted […]