B The Change

March is B Corp month, a time for companies like us to highlight how #WeGoBeyond when it comes to social and environmental performance, transparency, and accountability. While there are over 6000 B...

Responsible Business

When Wade and I started Pyrrha together in the '90s, we didn't begin by writing a mandate or touting our intention to put people and the planet on the same line as profits (John Elkington's now wel...

Let Nature Be Your Teacher

At least once a week since last summer, Wade and I have gone for a walk in the University of British Columbia Endowment Lands with our daughter, Hazel. Miraculously untouched, the Endowment Lands a...

I Am Enough

Years ago, I had a sharp, entirely uncalled-for reaction to a child-rearing decision made by my sister-in-law. She hadn't asked for my advice; I was not kind, and she was hurt. I apologized and she...

Live Your Truth: How the pandemic can help us find our way

As implausible as it was, I admit I was holding onto the widespread dream that 2021 would ring in a new world overnight...

Celebrate world Bee Day with us

When I was seven years old, I inadvertently stepped on a bee with my bare feet...

Any day can be a fresh start

We can be hard on ourselves sometimes when it comes to making and sticking to our New Years resolutions..

Q+A with wardrobe stylist Trish Summerville

Name an atmospheric movie or TV series with unique style, and chances are good that Trish Summerville...

Not just a necklace: Pyrrha in film

Nothing is more gratifying to us in our work than receiving notes from, and having spontaneous conversations...

Healthy and well: Jewelry to inspire self care

The phrase “health and wellness” is tossed around a lot these days, promised by everyone..

She Wore Her Scars Like Wings charity necklace

Paris nights; skinny dipping; star-gazing; the promise of finding love that transforms us...

White Alba truffles: The path to slow food and living with intention

The Piedmont region of Italy is the original centre of the Slow Food movement, and home to one of the world’s...

Poesy rings: Tiny love poems that celebrate the best of you

A few weeks ago, in a Vancouver café, I saw a tattoo on a young woman that made me smile and like her instantly...

Alternative weddings: No need to get hung up on tradition

Nearly a decade ago, Wade and I got engaged while on holiday in Croatia. He presented me with a rock...

Deep roots: Family all the way down

My older brother recently, stunningly, hand-penned an elaborate family tree...

Sustainable jewelry as a force for good

The vocabulary of ‘greenness’ has become so inflated over the past decade that it’s lost its value...

Holiday love

At what age does Christmas shift in our minds from a time of unblemished joy and excitement to bittersweet nostalgia?

Guided by the stars: Zodiac necklaces

Wade and I celebrate our birthdays one day apart (give or take three years)...

The year of the woman, Part II: The "Votes For Women" necklace

I was an impressionable 20 years old when the U.S. declared 1992 “The Year of the Woman”...

Collective awareness

I’ve always been a bit dubious when it comes to seeking wisdom in group seminars or workshops...

May the wings of friendship never lose a feather

I met my oldest friend, Eric, in boarding school in Lennoxville, Quebec, more than 30 years ago...