Honouring Our Journey

journey, path, road Words that when used in the singular, noun (place or thing) context convey a single, individual, disconnected experience.  But these words often feel like a mix of the singular and plural.  journeys, roads, paths They also feel like action-oriented, active, adjective and collective/community/relationship centred experience journeying together travelling together intersecting paths finding […]

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A river flowing over rocks and cascading over small falls. Trees lining either side of the river.

Creating Space for Self

This image and sounds are of the Millstone River at this time of year. It is November, where it is the rainy season here on Vancouver Island.  Over the past year, year and a half, I have been spending much of my time walking through Bowen Park along the Millstone River. I look forward to

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A double lightning bolt strikes the Salish Sea off the coast of Nanaimo

Learning Through Story

               Photo by Shlomo Shalev on Unsplash Yesterday evening there was rain. Along with the rain there was thunder, which doesn’t happen very often in Nanaimo. Having grown up in rural Alberta, thunderstorms were a very common sight throughout the summer. The rumbles of thunder could be heard every

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three tree roots above round growing over top another tree stump

Rooted in Place

This morning I went for a walk through Bowen Park. Something I haven’t done since June – the end of the school year. I am naturally drawn to walking through the forest, near creeks and rivers – any body of water (lake, ocean). Being surrounded by the quiet hum and rustle of leaves, birds and

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Building a Foundation

or Maintaining Structural Integrity These are the words I shared with my friend Veronica in a text this morning when she asked me what I was doing today. My initial response was an itemized list of the actions I was going to be taking today. A laundry list of sorts. And then the feeling of

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A New Start-Take 2

Some of you may not know I was an educator in the public school system. Over the past year, I ended my journey with the K-12 education system to start my own consulting business – Marilyn Maychak Consulting. It has been an adventurous, steep learning curve embarking on this solo entrepreneur journey.

‘Moving towards Reconciliation through Relationship’ – this is how I envision the work I am doing . What does that mean? What does it look like? What does it feel like?

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