Wellismo Soul
Seasons of the Soul
Let's talk about rhythm, The Earth orbits around the sun, the moon travels around the Earth, the Earth completes a rotation every 24 hours, seasons change, tides come and go, day turn into night and back into day. These are all expressions of rhythm that...
Messy Healing
In Week 3 of the Shamelessly Gay Men's Group we covered the topic of internalized homophobia. This is not an easy topic. Confronting your own homophobic thoughts and attitudes can be quite jarring, especially if you are an out and proud member of the LGBTQ+....
Let the Adversity Awaken You
Photo by Simon Wilkes on Unsplash It’s common in our modern society to shrug off spirituality as an airy fairy, woo woo concept that serves no real purpose during a crisis. But it’s in times of adversity and uncertainty that those with a spiritual...
How Christianity Stole the Winter Solstice
The solstice is one of my favourite days of the year because it marks the return of light and the "rebirth of the sun" here in the northern hemisphere. Tonight is the longest night of the year and starting tomorrow, our days begin to get longer with a few seconds of a...
We’re All in This Together
For the first time since I've been eligible to vote, I will not be voting in this federal election. Not because I don't want to, but because I have been overseas traveling in Europe and Israel. Experiencing the climax of this Canadian election coverage from overseas,...
The Pattern of Evolution
When obstacles arise in life, one of the things I like to do is look at them from two lenses: the first is very close up micro lens where I dig into the nuts and bolts of it. Then, I zoom way out and look at it from a macro lens. Doing so allows me to observe patterns...
Lean into the Darkness: 4 stages of a dark night of the soul
The unexpected death of a loved one. A terminal diagnosis. Losing your job and source of livelihood. A painful relationship breakdown. Dark periods in our lives can manifest at any moment and in any number of ways. Darkness is an inevitable part of life and universal...
What is Wellismo?
I am the first to admit that I live in a bubble. To many outside the bubble I am the cliché white cis-gendered gay man, living the swingin' downtown bachelor lifestyle. But you know what? I’m totally okay with that. I feel blessed that this is my life. There was a...
The Power of Goodbye
I have to thank my dearly departed grandfather for my first lesson in the power of goodbye. He was the typical Italian Nonno in that his garden was a Noah's ark of plant life. Since I was obsessed with plants and trees, I followed him around, helping him tend to the...
Don’t Let Your Love of Sex Prevent You from Pursuing a Spiritual Practice
Yes, you can pursue both spiritual practice and sexual prowess. Sometimes it seems like I exist in two contradictory communities. First is the spiritual community that believes in a higher power and seeks to establish a relationship to that power beyond the dogma of...
12. The Law of Gender
