Lacombe Express – Gratitude Garden Feature

Apr 2024

Thanks to Mark Weber at Lacombe Express for this feature article. I am grateful for our local newspapers that work hard to connect us as a community!

Red Deer Scene – Feature Artist

Feb 2020

On a cold afternoon in January, I met Carl Hahn at Red Deer’s Meeting Waters Cafe. We settled in front of the fireplace for a warm conversation about writing, life and the writer’s life.

From the Sage to the Page

Jan 2018

One thing that I’ve realized after all the writing workshops, retreats, conferences and courses I’ve been to across Canada is how supportive this writing community can be. I’ve dug up this photo from the 2003 Sage Hill Writing Experience in Lumsden, Saskatchewan

Soul Sciences Podcast

Feb 2017

I enjoyed this invitation to talk about the journey of writing Separation Anxiety with interviewer Charlene Jones, author, poet and meditation teacher. Listen to the full interview here.

City Woman Reflects – Red Deer Express

Dec 2016

Article published in the Red Deer Express, December 14, 2016. Link to full online article inside.

Whistler Independent Book Awards

Oct 2016

The inaugural awards recognizing self-published Canadian authors were announced at the 15th Whistler Writers Festival. Separation Anxiety took first place in the non-fiction category!

Reader’s Digest: Here I Go Again on My Own

Mar 2016

Reader’s Digest excerpt from Separation Anxiety entitled: Here I Go Again on My Own, published March 2016. Full article inside.

Recounting Emotional Turmoil – Red Deer Advocate

Nov 2015

Featured article published in the Red Deer Advocate on Nov 30 2015.

Summer Reads – CBC Radio One

Aug 2015

Listen to the complete Separation Anxiety Book Review; CBC Radio One, “The Homestretch,” air date August 31, 2015.

An Ordinary Life in Focus – Vancouver Sun

Aug 2015

An Ordinary Life, in Focus – Vancouver Sun Interview Q & A, published August 1, 2015

“What She Said” Sirius Radio

Jun 2015

Listen to my interview with hosts Kate Wheeler and Christine Bentley about how I veered off the teaching path to become a writer – and many other things in the book!

CBC “The Homestretch” Interview

May 2015

Separation Anxiety Book Review; CBC Radio One, “The Homestretch.”

Dinner Television Interview

May 2015

Separation Anxiety Interview with Claire Hanna on “Dinner Television,” air date May 20, 2015.

Separation Anxiety – Trailer Video

Mar 2015

The woman in this book is not famous. The events of her life are not tragic. The setting is not exotic. This is an ordinary story. Which makes it an extraordinary memoir.