Meet Noelle
I’m a writer. I’ve loved the process since I was a toddler sitting on my mom’s lap. She loved to tell the story of how I’d laugh each time she hit a key on my dad’s old Underwood typewriter. I still feel such pleasure when I sit in front of a keyboard, ready to start another writing day. That’s taken me through lots of learning plus a journalism and communication career, and publishing two non-fiction books. I’m now awaiting publication of my first novel.
I’ve wanted to write a novel since I was a teen, but I knew I had to see more of the world first. I trusted the process - and am pleased with the results. It’s meant not only having the dedication to produce another book, but trying something completely new. It’s also meant having the courage to explore my intuitive sense of what feeling ‘on purpose’ - or finding my sacred pulse - means and living into all the changes that requires.
I’ve learned a lot of practices to bypass all the “must do’s, should do’s” and get to where I can routinely tune into my intuition - my sacred pulse - and freely create from that space. I’ve been sharing what I learned from the time I promoted my first book, Margaret Laurence: A Gift of Grace, A spiritual Biography. I conducted workshops on its themes while on tour, then trained as a spiritual director. Now, I feel called to share the practices that helped me reset my life to help you find the joy of birthing what lies in you, too.
Anyone can do it at any stage, but it isn’t like flipping a switch. Sometimes we have to unlearn a lifetime of habits or climb over the walls we so carefully constructed and free our hearts from the accumulated sludge so we can stride ahead. So, if you’re feeling a nudge to live by your sacred pulse, too,, watch for more workshops and try some new body, mind, and spirit practices to see where this journey can lead you!
“As you make your one-degree turns toward your own happiness, you’ll stop being part of humanity’s problems and become part of the solution.” -Martha Beck, The Way of Integrity
Education & Training:
Degrees: University of Manitoba - Bachelor of Arts, Carleton University - Bachelor of Journalism
Certificates: Creative Writing (University of Toronto), Spiritual Formation & Spiritual Direction (Jubilee Associates), Grade 9 Piano & Grade 3 History, Harmony & Counterpoint (Royal Conservatory of Music), Reiki 1 & II and Therapeutic Touch 1 & II.
Courses: writing in various genres (corporate, creative non-fiction, digital journalism, health, magazines, memoir, novels, social media, storytelling), editing, expressive arts, focusing, online promotion, publicty, conflict management, strategic planning and communications, and project management.
Plus: I’ve studied with writers Juila Cameron (The Artist’s Way), Natalie Goldberg (Wild Mind), Karen Herring (Writing Begins with the Breath), Maureen Murdock (The Heroine’s Journey), the International Women’s Writing Guild, Lauren Artress (labyrinths), John Philip Newell (School of Earth & Soul–Celtic Wisdom), and Canadian writers from David Bergen to Timothy Findley.