Over the past few years, I’ve marked several professional transitions — roles completed, teams reshaped, organizations evolving. With each post, I found myself reflecting not just on the work accomplished, but on the relationships that made that work meaningful. In communications and customer-facing roles, community is not a soft benefit. It is infrastructure. When your role revolves around messaging, brand voice, customer experience, or service delivery, you operate at the intersection of...

I captured this image while heading down highway 2 between Edmonton and Red Deer. (I wasn't driving) At a high point on the west bank, this horse was just galloping along, outside the fence. I hoped it would stay here and not come down close to the road. It was a beautiful little moment. Embracing the Unknown: The Feeling of Uncertainty There's a weight to being in between. A feeling of temporary. Ambiguity. There's pressure to define the now, and I don't have the clear answers. What's...

I realized recently that there was a pattern with some objects I was keeping. I have been collecting mugs from placed I’ve worked at. Like a momento, so I’d never forget where I’ve been. And then the cards…birthday, Christmas, sympathy, thank you. I’ve been keeping a trove of them. Why? So I wouldn’t lose that memory? But the reality is obvious: these things are a connection to the past, possibly a "clinging" to the past. If the mugs are hidden away at the back of a cupboard, when am I seeing...