EDITOR’S FIX

Contributors

ANDREW VALLANCE is a cinephile nerd who currently lives on the west coast. Girlfriendless, he spends his time going to movies, buying DVDs and flirting.

ANGE QUALIZZA is a nutty economist who has a passion for policy, governance and everything to do with municipal government! Let’s lift up the carpet and take a closer look inside City Hall.

ASHLEY KRISTINA has studied astrology for over twenty years and has been reading/teaching for five. For an in depth natal chart reading, email mountainashastrology@gmail.com.

BRAD PARSELL is the manager of the Fernie Chamber and loves working with our local vibrant business community. He is also a music nerd with an ever-growing collection of records in his basement.

DANYAL TAYLOR is an all year-round adventurer. You can find him hiking in the remote wilderness, crossing crevassed icefields in winter, and bagging peaks at any opportunity possible. You can see more of these adventures @danyaltaylor.

JESSICA BOZOKY quit her editing job in Australia to chase the snow. Having settled in Fernie, she’s found herself at home surrounded by mountains (of books).

DR. JON TURK is a scientist, author, and National Geographic award-winning explorer whose worldview was altered by extended visits with Moolynaut, a Siberian shaman. JULIE KELLY is the Manager for the Fernie Trails Alliance and loves spending time on the Fernie trails.

KEVIN MCISAAC haunts the coffee shops and streets of Fernie to find his column source material.

MICHAEL HEPHER is a painter, printmaker, sculptor and musician living and working in Fernie. His work is collected internationally and can be seen at Clawhammer Press and a variety of galleries in Western Canada.

Every month SADIE ROSGEN teams up with some of Fernie’s brightest young writers collaborating on a given theme. If you are reading this and think that you are that person, drop her a line at sadiepumps@gmail.com.

TAINA TURCASSO is a naturopathic physician, midwife, and new mama who is at long last practicing in Fernie. She is enjoying getting reacquainted with all of Fernie’s offerings with her family.

TYLA CHARBONNEAU is a Registered Psychologist (CPBC2385), dog momma, and nature lover. She loves talking with others about mindfulness, self-compassion, and human nature. I’m tired. My emotions are surprisingly close to the surface. I care less about things that used to be so important to me. My faith in humanity is dwindling.

It’s a bit scary and alarming, but not unexpected. What we have and continue to face and go through has us in a continued state of fight or flight, and we’re moving into a state of adrenal fatigue.

We have all been doing our best to protect ourselves, our families, our communities. Keeping ourselves up to date while perhaps learning we need to lesson exposure to social media – an act of selfpreservation.

And if this is how I’m feeling, I think of those in government and health care. How are they continuing to work and support us? Some have chosen not to. How many will put up their hand for these roles in future?

Yes, I’m battling fear. But fear is a survival instinct and can be helpful especially when acknowledged. It provides heightened awareness, focus and concentration, and can lead to courage, motivation and change. While there is still so much work to be done and challenges to overcome, I trust it will lead to big and positive changes… which is how to restore faith and turn fear into power.

Editor’s Fix

By Krista Turcasso, Editor

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