The smoke is as heavy as our hearts here in the Okanagan. I've been quiet these past few days as friends, family of friends, and 20,000 people have been evacuated on the west side of Okanagan Lake. There is a provincial state of emergency in BC. Please take a moment to pray with me for all the people, homes, and animals affected by the wildfires in BC and in the Okanagan, and just south of us in Washington and Oregon. I pray no more homes and properties are lost ... 230 in the Quilpituk Creek Wildfire (west side of Vernon), and they are not yet able to access the loss in Summerland due to the Bald Range wildfire. I pray stillness in the air remains and rain falls gently. My family is safe and while life is uncertain and our hearts are sad, life does goes on even amidst the chaos. I was able to spend time with my son and granddaughter yesterday, go shopping and attend a baby shower for one of my best friend's daughter. And since I was in West Kelowna, I visited another best friend. (West Kelowna is directly across the lake from me, and the fire storms are raging out of control North and South of the their community). The lay of the land is hard to wrap your head around. Before I moved to Kelowna and worked in the Toronto office, I was so confused by all the colleges in the Okanagan. They were all named Okanagan College ... Kelowna Campus, Vernon Campus, Penticton Campus, and Salmon Arm Campus. The Okanagan Valley is a region in South Central BC where Okanagan Lake is surrounded by mountains. It is a four hour drive from Kelowna to Vancouver with two high mountain passes between us. Thank you for your prayers and thoughts. Praying your Sunday is peaceful. Some of our smoke is from the wildfires in Washington and Oregon. Where are you in the world? Are you safe? Let us bring you into our awareness and prayers.

Sometimes the simplest practice is the most powerful. When life feels overwhelming or your mind becomes busy, pause and return to your breath. With each slow, rhythmic inhale and exhale, your nervous system begins to settle, your heart softens, and you reconnect with the quiet place within where creativity naturally emerges. Take a few moments today to breathe in the frequency of love.

Double rainbows graced our skies twice this weekend. I believe Heaven is a place on Earth. It lives in our heart. In our bones. And is alive in our communities, connections, and our devotion to each other. This video doesn't capture the brightness of these double rainbows ... But I wanted to share how much I appreciate you and how much light is shining through this community and others we value. 🎶 They say in heaven love comes first. 🎶 .

My boss is my 📅. Is writing on yours? A heads up, I have an appointment Tuesday evening. The co-writing session shall be moved to 7:00 PM PT. You receive two complimentary co-writing sessions each week: Tuesday evening PDT. Wednesday at 9:00 AM PDT. And as a VIP, you receive four one-hour sessions. What a week we just had. What were your highlights? @Lucie Haskins and I finalized the layout for her book, Married Widow, and we uploaded it to Amazon yesterday. It'll be available on June 30 2026. And then, we had an incredible co-creation with our signature video for the Community Signature Battle. Thank you to @Ryan Clark @Vicki Dunn @Rebecca B and @Heather Rovet for contributing with your amazing testimonials and helping to create our community's anthem. A huge thanks to all our members for your presence. What would you find valuable for your writing journey over the summer? P.S. Ten communities participated in the Community Signature Battle, and co-created fun, amazingly creative videos. Have you voted? It closes on Thursday at noon PDT.

This prayer emerged from a reflection on identity, transformation, coherence, and the remembrance of truth. May it serve as a doorway into stillness, listening, and embodiment. My invitation to you is to record this in your own voice, or create an Abundance Prayer that resonates with your language and voice, and reflects your truth. 💜🫶💜 Divine Light of the Creator, I pray I become still in Your Presence. To open my heart to the wisdom that already lives within me. And trust the process of releasing, receiving, and embodying my truth. Guard my heart, for it is the gateway of transformation. As I enter this sacred space where my heart becomes coherent with Your Light, I choose love before fear. I choose coherence before action. I choose to listen before speaking. I choose to trust the intelligence that moves through all life. I release the need to force, strive, fix, or figure everything out with my mind. I release every belief, thought, memory, and agreement that is not in alignment with the Light of Truth. Where I have harboured stories of lack, separation, fear, unworthiness, or limitation, I offer them into Your Light. Not to fight, judge, or make them wrong, but to dissolve in the presence of a greater truth. To illuminate what is real. I remember who I am beneath every condition, wound, expectation, and inherited story. My false identities fall away. My thoughts are in harmony with the wisdom of my soul. Every place within me that has forgotten its wholeness awakens once again. My words become an expression of truth rather than fear. I remember that abundance is not something I must earn. It is the natural expression of the Divine Light of the Creator. I welcome abundance in love. I welcome abundance in peace. I welcome abundance in joy. I welcome abundance in creativity. I welcome abundance in meaningful connection. I welcome abundance in health, vitality, and purpose. I remember the truth I have always known. I receive it with love. I embody it with grace.