Lessons Learned
I could probably spend days just listing all the things I’ve been taught by the women I’ve worked with over the years. But among the chief of these lessons has been to do with gratitude. I’m not talking about the patronizing, “there-but-for-the-grace-of-God-go-I” gratitude. Nope, I’m talking about gratitude that grows out of resilience: that is…
Self-Care: The Magic Cure
Many years ago when I was a single mom, working full time and feeling (to say the least) frazzled, a woman that I admired greatly, looked at me during a business meeting and asked, “When was the last time you did something, anything that had no other purpose then to make you happy: even for…
More About What the Heck We Do Here
When talking to people about the work Women’s Centres do I often find it really helpful to tell them my personal story, because it’s a text book example of the magic that can happen when women support each other. So long ago (but not too very far away) my marriage to my emotionally abusive partner…
Who Uses the Women’s Centre & What the Heck Do We Do Here?
If you’ve read my previous entries I’ve tried to give a history of the Centre (at least from my own point of view), so now hopefully you have a general sense of how we came to be. I also touched a little on the type of work we do. But I do get asked, on…
Where Did We Come From & Why Are We Here? (Part I)
Updated: Sep 6, 2022 1982 – A group of women came together to form a self-help network. They held their meetings in the home of one of their members. These women then took it upon themselves to undertake a survey asking the wider population of women in Campbell River what services they needed. Campbell River…