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New to this adventure? Start here. Dear Nurturers, It would take more than both my hands to count how many times my breath has sucked in with recognition and awe at words penned by the soulful poet, Mary Oliver. This week was no exception, as I opened my inbox to find these golden words sent to a group of us […]
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Dear Nurturers, I got the email of congratulations while on the streetcar. An email from my lawyer cheekily (but also actually) referring to me as Creative Director Sonja Seiler of Nurture: Creative Retreat Centre & Coworking B&B, Inc. The certificate and articles of incorporation were attached as a PDF and I scanned them, absorbing the legalese in the same way […]
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Dear Nurturers, Last weekend, during our fall retreat, the lovely Rebecca Jacobs lead us in a workshop about style. This wasn’t your typical “You’re a pear, wear autumn colours and avoid empire waistlines” profiling. Rebecca’s approach is holistic and creative: how can you access and express your core values through your personal style so that it’s the real YOU that […]
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Dear Nurturers, I recently sat across from a good friend who is the type of person who can rock a grandpa sweater and somehow have it be both sexy and playfully ironic. (Pause: HOW?!). His heart is solid gold, his demeanor warmest-of-warm and his talents would leave anyone gobsmacked yet he goes about his humble way, truly caring for each […]
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Dear Nurturers, I've always been a bit of a collector of intangible things. Words – I have a list in my phone of words I feel deeply about, or words that simply thrill me because of how they feel like one could live in them, explore them, get to know oneself in the space of them. A few of my […]
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