Medium Short: On Methods and Madness

A week of trusting the training to push onwards

Graffiti under a bridge spanning Toronto’s Don Valley, captured on a training run last weekend during a short visit with family. Some bridges have a clear structure and a curious, colourful underbelly. (Photo by me)

Welcome to the latest Medium Short, a weekly accountability practice highlighting what I am reading, writing, and doing along the unmarked trail towards #IndustrialHealing. This is a personal update — my (debatably) more professional writing is freely available through this link.

Anyone who has trained for a big event will recognize the phrase “trust the training”. It reminds us that although there are moments where it feels insane to be doing what we’re doing — running a marathon, rewiring the global industrial complex for healing, whatever — the training readies our bodies and minds. And so we must trust it and keep going.

There was a reason we signed up for this event, even though we knew it would be tough. So when it feels hard — maybe even impossible — that’s a sign we’re on track. Trust the training.

I’ve had to draw on this principle a lot lately. I am in what feels like the most challenging time of my life. (And I’ve cooked up some tough times before!) Next week I will be hosting a workshop, Matereality: Why, What & How (x 3 for time zone inclusion), in which I will (1) guide people through…