Kelly Butler
• – • Bayview Yards
About the speaker
Kelly Butler, MHSc, is a compassionate leader and educator. For more than three decades, she has companioned the dying and offered grief’s praisesong. From a foundation of nursing, Kelly integrates clinical wisdom with meaningful rituals. She helps others discover courage and grace at the threshold of endings. Through workshops, contemplative practices, and ceremony, she helps communities recognize grief as an enduring expression of love.
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Additional details
CreativeMornings is a monthly breakfast lecture series for the creative community with chapters in over 200 cities around the world. Each month we host an event that is always on a Friday, always in the morning, and always free. We provide coffee, a light breakfast, and a 20-30 minute presentation from a local creative person on the global CreativeMornings theme for that month.
Event Schedule:
8:30 AM Doors open
8:30 - 8:55 AM Check in
9:00 AM CreativeMornings welcome
9:10 AM Talk begins!
9:40 AM Q&A with speaker
9:50 AM Closing remarks
9:55 AM Audience takes the stage
10:00 AM Off to work!
About the theme:
Our theme for October is SOFT. It was chosen by our Victoria chapter in British Columbia, Canada and illustrated by Leah McInnis.
The world feels hard in so many ways. Couldn’t we all use more softness?
Soft is gentle, empathic, and vulnerable. But being soft is not a weakness. It is a sign of deeper strength. Having the courage to walk through life without armor. A willingness to listen before speaking. Welcoming whatever comes with open palms. Pulling someone close for a hug.
What if our work was softer? What would we make with a little tenderness? Art that truly resonates. Innovations that heal instead of harm. Communities that hold one another instead of tearing other people down.
Soft can be a quiet form of resistance. Practice subtlety, trust, and intimacy in a world that celebrates loud braggadocio, knee-jerk reactions, and blunt force.
Let’s snuggle up and let down our guard. Soft can be our salvation.
Accessibility: Located at 7 Bayview Station Rd, A short walking distance from Bayview Station, Bayview Yards is located in Mechanicsville just by the river and a short walk away from Hintonburg.
Bayview Yards is wheelchair accessible. If you require any additional help or have suggestions as to how we could make our events more inclusive, please give us a shout ottawa@creativemornings.com!
Para Transpo drop-off entrance: 7 Bayview Station Rd, Ottawa, ON K1Y 2C5
Parking: On-site free parking is available on the gravel lot beside the building.
Public Transit: Take the LRT (Line 1) or one of the many bus routes 16, 2, 61, 66 and get off at Bayview Station, a 7min walk to the venue.
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