The Daily on Shaw TV
Just before my presentation at Robinson’s Outdoors last week, I was interviewed for Shaw TV’s The Daily. Check it out.
Global Criminal Enterprise
I have long maintained that you can learn more about how the global economy works if you study organized crime than you can by reading mainstream media. It would be more accurate to say that the world is being run as a criminal enterprise than it would be to say that we live in a…
DetailsIs Hockey Really Ready To Talk About Depression?
The hockey world is reeling from some major blows lately, including the deaths of three of their enforcers. Amid the myriad reports from within the league that claim to be “looking into the problem”, there is one article with a level of insight that stands out. In the September 8th edition of the Globe and…
DetailsRedefining Addiction
Just when we think the experts have come up with every known way to relieve us of personal responsibility, we get the results of another study. The American Society of Addiction Medicine has come up with a new slant on addictive behaviour, one that reclassifies it as a primary illness i.e. it is biological and…
DetailsWar on Drugs
There is a lot of talk in the media right now about the war on drugs, a war that was originally declared by Nixon just over forty years ago. The authors of these articles claim that it has been a huge failure, but I couldn’t disagree more. Whether it has been a failure or a…
DetailsComing Clean at the OR show
You never know who’s changing your kid’s diapers… Alison Osius reflects on our first meeting back in 1996 in this article for Rock and Ice. Enjoy.
DetailsStudio 4 with Fanny Kiefer Interview
I did my first TV interview for All That Glitters yesterday and wanted to share it with you! Here’s part one: (ps: Why they chose a still that makes me look like I’m about to burst into tears, I have no idea. I thought the interview was fun!) And part two!
DetailsOutdoor Research and Squamish Mountain Festival next week!
I’ve got a couple of events coming up next week that I wanted to let you know about. If you’re in Seattle or Squamish (or thereabouts), or know people in those areas who could help spread the word that would be great. • On July 12th I will be doing a presentation at the Outdoor…
Details“All That Glitters” on Amazon Kindle!
I’m excited to let you know that my book is now available on Amazon.com as well as Amazon.ca, in both hard copy and Kindle. If you’ve already read the book (and liked it) it would be really helpful if you could review it on one or both of these sites. I was surprised (and shocked)…
DetailsAlpine Athena
In ancient mythology the Gods and Goddesses lived atop the highest mountains, thus imbuing these places with supernatural qualities that humans dreamed of possessing. It was thought that those who scaled the heights were as close as they could possibly be to the heavens, and they were looked upon as heroes. Thousands of years later…
DetailsFinishing School
There are many indigenous groups that believe the state of one’s hair is a reflection of one’s inner state of affairs. That’s why I think it’s important to let it go wild: no shampoo, no dye, and no brush. It’s step number one if you are thinking of enrolling in my finishing school for girls,…
DetailsBack to the scene of the crime…
I am excited to be on the road with my book. This morning I spoke at a mental health conference in Red Deer, where I was brought in by the clinical social worker who helped me work through the darkest episodes of my life. On Wednesday, June 15th I will be doing a book signing…
DetailsPsychic Wilderness
I believe that we are destroying the wilderness of the planet at the exact rate, and to the same extent, that we are destroying the wilderness inside our own psyches. The human being and the natural environment are inseparable: what we do to one we also do to the other. There are many things that…
DetailsCurly Abroad
Last month marked the fifth anniversary of Karen McNeill’s disappearance on the upper reaches of Mount Foraker, where she and partner Sue Nott were attempting the Infinite Spur. In my latest article for Alpine Athena I pay tribute to the woman who inspired me to become a better person: I can still remember the first…
DetailsDeathbed Confessions
My uncle Bob was a priest who ministered at the bedside of the dying for the last thirty years of his career. I once asked him if there was any one theme that came up more than any other. He told me that by far the biggest theme was women who were bitter and angry…
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