Karine Ste-Marie

May 22nd, 2022 , Ste-Anne-des-Lacs, Quebec

Ever get to the point where you are so over it all that you just know something’s gotta change? Let me ruin your moment here with this unfortunate spoiler alert: nothing has to chance…

Monastère des Augustines, Quebec City, May 5, 2022

I’ve always been the type to avoid having problems. I’ve never enjoyed confrontation, I mean who does? So, I silently up and run, like…. Regularly. Always in a sudden, unpredictable way, which…

Tikal, Guatemala, April 10, 2021 

During my last few days in Guatemala, my housemate asked me if I wanted to join her in attending a Bobinzana and Hand Pan Session. Not knowing what Bobinzana was but…

Guatemala City, April 7th, 2021 

After over 3 months, my time is San Marcos La Laguna has come to an end. For those of you who don’t know this, San Marcos is a very small Mayan village…

You don't need me to tell you that 2020 has been a difficult year, most of you have felt that already, in various forms. For some, it's been the worst year of their lives, and for a few, it's been…

Rawdon, Quebec, May 29, 2020

After 75 days of lockdown/quarantine, I’ve come to realize something. I am like a bird (cue Nelly Furtado song), I’ll only fly away... After feeling like I had let myself be caged for years, I…

Rawdon, Québec, April 24th 2020

If one thing is certain, it’s that these past few weeks living confined in our homes will have changed us forever. I will be changed forever. I’ve never seen so many divisions caused…

Rawdon, Québec

March 16th, 2020

I've always been a good person. As a child, I used to care so much about other children not eating or about war elsewhere in the world that I would often cry myself to sleep…

Cape Town, South Africa, February 13th 2020 

About 10-15 years ago, my mother got lured into healing seminars and stuff that I considered to be a bunch of spiritual-guru non-sense like the end of the world…

October 17th (18th, insomnia writing), Sailing towards Cabo San Lucas 

Let’s say I want to order some food; bam! Done and delivered in under 30 minutes. If I want to see my friend who lives on the other side of…

August 2019, Somewhere in Alaska...

I’ve come to realize that if I learn something and don’t apply it, the lesson tends to repeat itself until it is fully understood. 

You see, years ago, I gave good advice to everyone. Any…

Rawdon, Easter April 2019

I've felt like an outsider as long as I can remember. I've felt like I didn't belong within my own family, at school, with many of the friends I've made along the way, in relationships, in…