by Amy Phillips | Feb 1, 2022
I am writing this piece during a “news fast”—an intentional withdrawal from all media sources be they mainstream, alternative, or social. Not being influenced by outside opinions, no matter how relevant or potentially wise, is a relief. It’s just me in here, sifting...
by Amy Phillips | Nov 4, 2021
This is a long essay. It will probably take you about a half-hour to read. In it I share what I’ve discovered about myself after writing a weekly blog for a year (and then integrating that for the last year and a half), and how this has deepened my ability to see and...
by Amy Phillips | Jan 22, 2020
Science fiction writer Ursuala Le Guin talks about a forest that is bigger on the inside than the outside. I’ve loved that image since I first heard it. It’s mysterious and magical and other-wordly. What could that possibly mean in our everyday lives? My housemate...
by Amy Phillips | Jan 15, 2020
My friend Julia was visiting this past weekend and we decided to expand our annual year-end review to a decade review instead. We covered all the big events that transpired in both our lives and challenged each other to give it a name. I called mine ‘growing up.’ I...
by Amy Phillips | Jan 8, 2020
My first personal development workshop was a Sensitivity Camp organized through the Friendship Centre in Port Alberni. It was held at Pachena Bay, just a few kilometers outside of my childhood home of Bamfield, and I was fifteen years old. We camped on the beach and...
