EXPANSION October 01, 2026Chantal Cropp For this year’s Mental Health Week, we’re focusing on nervous system expansion beyond regulation. Which is to say – increasing our capacity to lean into hard things in order to grow. First regulation, then expansion. The theme...
KOMOREBI September 01, 2026Chantal Cropp Komorebi (木漏れ日) is a Japanese word with no direct English equivalent — it describes the dappled, filtered sunlight that streams through the leaves and branches of trees, along with the shifting...
BEAR WITNESS August 01, 2026Chantal Cropp More than ever we are unlearning and relearning the ways that we communicate. Our communication - our ability to listen and be listened to - is the foundation of...
AHEAD OF YOURSELF July 01, 2026Chantal Cropp Do you feel like you never have enough time? You might be getting ahead of yourself. Do you find it hard to focus on one thing at a...
HURITAO MATARIKI June 01, 2026Chantal Cropp Winter Solstice Reflections Te Ao Māori is a way of life that is attuned to the subtleties of the natural world, grown out of the experience of being rooted...
CREATE YOUR ALTAR May 01, 2026Chantal Cropp Your browser does not support the audio element. Creating and maintaining an altar can be a comforting ritual to renew our faith in something unwavering and true as we face...
YOUR THIRD SPACE April 01, 2026Chantal Cropp Home is your first, work is your second. Where is your third space? A third space is one that is imbued with meaning and purpose by the people...
HARVEST MOON March 01, 2026Chantal Cropp Your browser does not support the audio element. What are you harvesting? The Harvest Moon is typically around the Autumn Equinox. It is called this because it provided the...
THE NATURE FALLACY February 01, 2026Chantal Cropp Your browser does not support the audio element. The Nature Fallacy: Something is good because it is "natural" and bad because it is "unnatural.” I have had to wrestle...
ETERNAL SUNSHINE January 01, 2026Chantal Cropp Your browser does not support the audio element. There is no such thing as eternal sunshine because there is no such thing as a spotless mind. If you are anything...
ECOTONE December 01, 2025Chantal Cropp The beauty of boundaries & the art of wholeness “Ecotones are not merely boundaries or edges; rather, they embody zones of active interaction between two or more ecosystems… The...
THROUGH A GLASS, DARKLY November 01, 2025Chantal Cropp To see through “a glass”- a mirror - darkly is to have an obscure vision of reality. The expression comes from the writings of the Apostle Paul discussing the limitations of human...