Vol III – Vulnerability
The conversations we avoid are usually the ones we need most.
Volume 3 explores vulnerability through the perspective of community members.
A psychotherapist, a reverend, florists, artists, a councillor, and the rest of us trying to say the things we usually keep to ourselves.
Table of Contents
The Vulnerable Art of Asking for Help
Asking is hard. Receiving what you asked for turns out to be harder.
Removing Fear, Living with Death
Canada is a death-denying country. It doesn’t have to be.
Painted Back to Life
A difficult chapter that launched an artistic career.
Net Worth or Self Worth?
On money as the last taboo, and where our silence around it came from.
The Invisible Weight of Caregiving
People see the appointments. They don’t see the rest.
The Artemis Theory Collection
Seven linocut prints, seven teachings, and one shirt that set the internet off.
Beyond Words: The Many Languages of Grief
When the words won’t come, they find another way out.
The Courage to Be Seen
A Severn councillor on why more women should run for local government despite the struggles.
Community contributors for this issue
Brittany Dagenais
Registered Psychotherapist and owner of Awkward Owl Psychotherapy in Orillia. Works primarily with neurodivergent clients on trauma, mood and eating disorders, and questions of identity and belonging.
Lauren Andrew
Ordained Reverend and co-founder of AWAKE Ashes. Lauren has presided over 150 ceremonies since 2021, from baby blessings to celebrations of life.
Holly Maxwell
Artist behind Astro Artz and this issue’s cover painting, A Cup of Life. You can view her work at The Maker’s Circle in Orillia.
Terri Gortnar & Carol Richardson
Co-founders of Compass Rose Floral Design in Oro-Medonte. They met in the corporate world, became neighbours, and now design flowers for the moments people struggle to put into words.
Kendra Danielle
Artist and community member of Rama First Nation. her Artemis Theory Collection is seven linocut designs on Indigenous identity, truth and healing.
Wanda Minnings
Councillor for Ward 4 in the Township of Severn elected in 2022 and the Communications Lead for Federated Health Charities.
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