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“You’re such a hard worker.” “You never complain.” “You always get things done.” Before your body can settle, you feel it: a twitch, an itch, a low buzz reminding you there’s more to do. The dishes, the emails, the texts, the calls you forgot. You might think, I shouldn’t be sitting here yet. This is the body resisting rest. It’s your nervous system’s way of protecting you, keeping you moving to feel safe. But there is another way to relate to this feeling—through awareness a

This weekend I joined some of my colleagues on our team in Kananaskis for a therapist retreat — to rest my nervous system, to bathe in beauty, to remember what community feels like. Driving west on Highway 1, the city fell away and the horizon rose into peaks. Every curve on Highway 40 drew me deeper into the valley, revealing new waves of green mountainsides speckled with autumn gold. Kananaskis is a holy place for prayer and healing, and I could feel that long before I

There’s a point many men reach—quietly, often alone—where things start to feel…off. You’ve packed it away for years. The stress. The doubts. The resentment. The discomfort that didn’t fit anywhere—so you stuffed it into the bottom of your mental backpack and kept going.

Through a trauma-informed lens, this piece challenges outdated notions of discipline and argues for raising kids with empathy, not control. Because saying "this doesn’t feel okay" isn’t disrespect: it’s the foundation of emotional health.