Individual Therapy | We Are Always Gardening

We are always gardening whether we realize it or not.

I help thoughtful people understand and become more intentional about what they are cultivating in themselves and in the world around them.

Welcome. I’m so glad you’ve found your way here.

If you’re drawn to deeper self-understanding and more intentional living, you’ve come to the right place.

I’m Tracy Riley, a registered psychologist with over 20 years of experience helping thoughtful adults recognize and use the influence they already have in ways that are helpful and wise. I offer therapy by secure video across Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia, with in-person sessions available near Sydenham, Ontario.

Some people come to therapy to heal old patterns, develop greater self-compassion, or work through anxiety, depression, or life transitions. Others come to therapy to become more thoughtful leaders, contribute more meaningfully in their work, or navigate professional challenges with greater wisdom. Many discover that personal growth and thoughtful contribution are deeply connected.

Whether you’re seeking personal healing, professional growth, or both, we can work together on what matters most to you.

If this resonates, I invite you to explore my services and approach. When you’re ready, I’d be glad to connect.

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Welcome to the Inspiring Connections Blog

We are always gardening whether we realize it or not.

This blog offers wisdom and practices for conscious gardening of your influence. Here you’ll find reflections on noticing goodness, working with your attention, cultivating self-compassion, and recognizing the beauty and interconnection that surrounds us. You’ll discover resources for developing the emotional intelligence and inner clarity that allows you to influence in ways that are helpful and wise.

Whether you’re drawn to mindfulness practices, nature’s teachings, or explorations of what it means to live with greater intention and care, these offerings support you in becoming more conscious about what you’re already cultivating.

This is wisdom for gardeners who are ready to tend their influence with awareness, compassion, and purpose.

A journey is a web, a collage, a choose your own adventure series you did and didn’t write

A journey is a web, a collage, a choose your own adventure series you did and didn’t write.

You build pieces of the web, strand it out. Not bad. Oh. Someone just walked through your web as they went out the door (or arrived) – as they crossed a threshold, now wearing your web. Okay. No matter. Memory lives inside – the learning, the skill, the growth. Maybe you decide to build a bit differently, just a strand here or there, or, waaaaay over there. You realize certain configurations are no longer working or needed. (You may realize also that no longer working and no longer needed are not necessarily the same thing.)

Welcome to the Inspiring Connections Blog

We are always gardening whether we realize it or not.

This is wisdom for gardeners who are ready to tend their influence with awareness, compassion, and purpose.

August 13th 2025

Each year, I plant a garden regardless of failure or success

Each year, I plant a garden – keep one going – regardless of failure or success. Each year, I feel this undeniable longing – an impulse, an urge, a life force – to plant seeds. Each year, I plant seeds. I observe what happens. Some seeds are the literal seeds, the literal, visceral things that can sprout. Other seeds are essential support partners like water, compost, nutrients, pollinator habitat, shade and/or light, (and periods of dark nights). This year, for the first time, I’ve had zucchini to harvest. Cucumbers, on the other hand, still have not grown fruit. Last year, there were a small number of cucumbers and zero fruit of zucchini, though beautiful leaves for a period of time…. another first….. then powdery mildew, not a first.

October 18th 2023

Links to Audio Recordings of Loving Kindness Meditations

In this post, you will find an impressively non-exhaustive, small, fluid compilation of links to guided loving kindness meditation practices generously recorded and offered by various individuals for personal use. Some of the meditations are focused primarily on the practice of offering loving kindness to oneself, while others include the practice of offering loving kindness to oneself and others.