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The Spiral Path Blog — 115 episodes
Trees, Mushrooms, and Me I Heather Plett
Honouring the Wisdom Lineage I Heather Plett
What’s revealed by the pain I Heather Plett
Who am I and why am I here? (And other existential questions about identity) I Heather Plett
(Re)Introducing Ourselves I Krista dela Rosa
Who am I? What it means to have an external locus of identity I Heather Plett
Pausing to let joy in I Heather Plett
Dear 2024 I Krista dela Rosa
Music as a reflection of life: What I learned from jazz drummer Jerry Granelli I Heather Plett
Re-Enchanting Life, the Universe, and Everything I Krista dela Rosa
Becoming part of the landscape I Heather Plett
Personal Responsibility or Systemic Injustice: holding the tension in a complex world I Heather Plett
Remembering how to pray I Heather Plett
Tending the fire: On relationships and nurturing trust I Heather Plett
A love letter to the woman at the lake I Heather Plett
Falling Petals: On grief as a doorway to Mystery I Nam Pham
The vulnerability of being a parent, especially when our children fall apart I Heather Plett
Do you still have hope? On climate change, despair, and holding space I Heather Plett
When I remember who I am: On freedom, embodiment, and holding space for oneself I Heather Plett
Crying in the church basement: On parenting children who don’t fit the box I Heather Plett
Guides for the liminal spaces: On queerness, neurodivergence, and the boxes that don’t fit us anymore I Heather Plett
Lean in: On trauma, embodied trust and holding space I Heather Plett
Holding Space for Grief is a Practice of Community I Nam Pham
Let Go, Dear Parent (Tips for when your child moves away) I Heather Plett
From the Path to the Living Room: Celebrating friendships of all kinds I Heather Plett
Meet me at the dinner table (a post about the end of the world) I Heather Plett
Transcendence: Lessons learned from a moment at the folk festival I Heather Plett
Why Krista Should Rest (and you should too) I Heather Plett
The Woman by the River: on holding space for those in despair I Heather Plett
Tell the Truth to yourself I Heather Plett
Go Into the Woods I Heather Plett
Rethinking Liminality: evolving my understanding of “the space in between” I Heather Plett
Some thoughts on loneliness, solitude and connection I Heather Plett
Ask for what you need I Krista dela Rosa
The birds I carry with me (lessons on living and dying well) I Heather Plett
Peace is an Action I Emily Gillies
Joy in the Liminal Season I Heather Plett
Rejected. Barriers for entry and how they’re used to uphold systems I Heather Plett
What do I mean when I talk about Liberation and Tenderness? I Heather Plett
The Path to Liberation and Tenderness Starts with Holding Space I Heather Plett
On Cultivating a Lifestyle of Joy I Heather Plett
You Need to Learn About Holding Space Because: Despite How it Feels, Discomfort Won’t Kill You I Krista dela Rosa
You need to learn about Holding Space Because: You’re experiencing Empathetic Overwhelm I Krista dela Rosa
The lessons I’m learning about holding space and letting go in the middle of a big life change I Heather Plett
Prepare for the lurch (on launching and letting go) I Heather Plett
I am leaping into liminal space I Heather Plett
What’s the value of a home? What’s the value of a body? I Heather Plett
What are we talking about when we talk about systems? (A primer on systems theory) I Heather Plett
Me and the Multiverse: A Story of Regret, Deconstruction, and Liberation I Heather Plett
Go through the tunnel I Heather Plett
Protected and Nurtured: on winter parkas and float spas (and the metaphor in between) I Heather Plett
One Foot in Front of the Other: emotional regulation in a complicated world I Heather Plett
Liminal Space and Liberation: On finding new wisdom in old stories I Heather Plett
Becoming high maintenance (or not) I Heather Plett
Navigating Emotional Safety in Relationships and Community I Heather Plett
Don’t stand in the way of beauty I Heather Plett
On loving and letting go: the dance of attachment and non-attachment I Heather Plett
On being more human(e) I Heather Plett
A blessing without words I Heather Plett
Let’s be in Messy Practice Together: a guide for holding space as we emerge from this pandemic I Heather Plett
What do we do with human frailty, especially when it shows up in “the competent ones”? I Heather Plett
I have decided that I’m returning to love I Heather Plett
In liminal space, we seek absolutes and binaries to help us make sense of the world I Heather Plett
Letting my daughters go: On learning to hold space when little birds leave the nest I Heather Plett
When you’re afraid to get in the boat, who soothes your fear? I Heather Plett
Holding space with your whole brain I Heather Plett
Embracing laughter I Heather Plett
Dancing with power I Heather Plett
When the rapids come, adjust your posture I Heather Plett
Co-regulation – Is it possible in online spaces? I Heather Plett
You don’t know what you can’t see until you see it I Heather Plett
Mothering myself (a new journal practice) I Heather Plett
The dance between safe space and brave space I Heather Plett
Whose voices are you being influenced by? (And when is it time to silence those voices?) I Heather Plett
Staying at the centre of the labyrinth I Heather Plett
Velcro membranes I Heather Plett
Three men and a leaky boat I Heather Plett
Companionship I Heather Plett
It’s okay to be wounded (and it’s okay to heal) I Heather Plett
Stay with the waves (on practicing stillness) I Heather Plett
Are your people prepared for hard conversations around things like decolonization and racism? I Heather Plett
Are we worshipping our wounds or seeking mutual liberation? I Heather Plett
Sovereignty is a Relational Concept I Heather Plett
Expectations, Trauma, and Over-Functioning I Heather Plett
Confessions of an Imperfect Mother I Heather Plett
Tales of an Invisible Woman I Heather Plett
On becoming a Velveteen Mother I Heather Plett
Wonder-wonder-wander: My threefold spiritual (and mental health) practice I Heather Plett
Pandemic: This nebulous landscape I Heather Plett
The self-help industry needs to grow up I Heather Plett
There are many ways of knowing (and science is just one of them) I Heather Plett
Holding the sadness I Heather Plett
When we search for meaning, sometimes there’s a shadow lurking underneath I Heather Plett
Watching the train derail when you can’t get out of the way I Heather Plett
What if we show the mess? I Heather Plett
The trauma memories my shoulder holds (and the alchemy of rewriting the narrative) I Heather Plett
On the other side of despair I Heather Plett
Holding Space is Not About Willful Blindness or Complacency in the Face of Injustice I Heather Plett
Holding space when the emotions are big and unguarded I Heather Plett
Maybe Plan B is the best you can hope for (letting go of the dream that needs to die) I Heather Plett
On trauma, shadow, and flawed leadership I Heather Plett
Ten practices for the liminal space I Heather Plett
There are no words for this I Heather Plett
Holding space for yourself in a time of social isolation and liminal space I Heather Plett
The Girl in the Painted Dress: An allegory for those who want to be free I Heather Plett
Caregiver Overwhelm: A story for those who tend and befriend I Heather Plett
The girl in the velcro dress: An allegory for those who carry too much I Heather Plett
What I want my daughters to know I Heather Plett
Loving someone into Realness I Heather Plett
The shadow side of the good I Heather Plett
Finding her voice: A quest for healing in the family lineage I By Heather Plett
The Wounded Parent: Raising kids while we do our own healing work I By Heather Plett
Power tools and wild women I By Heather Plett
The beauty of having space held for you I By Heather Plett
Daring to peer into the shadows I By Heather Plett