Posts by Wendy
A Summer of Green Dot Moments
A Summer of Green Dot Moments Although summer in not quite over, it’s already been a roller coaster of activity and challenges to my beliefs, values and attitudes. June saw me check off a significant milestone in my personal journey. I am now living with my husband (again) after more than a five year break.…
Read MoreThe M.A.G.I.C. of New Experiences
There is often an excitement that emanates from me when I delve into something that I’ve not done before. I’m thinking of that tandem sky-dive a few years ago or taking early retirement at 55. There is also a terror and sometimes they feel the same. Most of my life I ignored those sensory cues…
Read MoreListening, Staying Present and May is Motorcycle Safety Month.
“You’re not Listening” I’ve started reading Kate Murphy’s book “You’re Not Listening” for an upcoming Book Club meeting. I received the book a couple of weeks ago and only cracked the spine last night. It was late so I only read the introduction to get a flavour for the writing style and judge how easy…
Read MoreIdentity and Infinite Possibility
Identity The word Identity has popped into my consciousness several times over the last week. I love words and I googled this one to see what rules are applied to that particular word. The first definition says “the fact of being who or what a person or thing is”. That sounds vague to me at best.…
Read MoreThe Butterfly Effect & Pay It Forward
I am fascinated by the concept called the ”Butterfly Effect” – One seemingly small action can lead to significant and lasting change. The term is attributed to Edward Norton Lorenz, a mathematician and meteorologist, studying weather, who stated that a butterfly flapping it’s wings in Brazil could cause a tornado in Texas. Not directly, but through the…
Read MorePersonal Evolution
Evolution What is Evolution? I generally think of it as an improvement – upward movement and not downward. After all we try smarten up not dumb down. Regardless, the traditional definition has an eye to populations of organisms over time and that is not really my concern in posing the question. In order for a…
Read More89 Years – Happy Birthday Dad!
I’m writing this on April 7th, 2022 – what would have been my dad’s 89th birthday. In the 5 years since Simon McGean retired his earthly body, a lot has changed in my life and in the world. But I can’t help but think how much changed in his lifetime. He was number 7 in a…
Read MoreWhere do you find beauty?
Happy Anniversary! It’s been a year this week since my book “Round Trip: How I found Myself on Three Wheels” was released. It was such an honour to cross Canada and meet so many people – if you haven’t read it yet – please pick up a copy. Beauty I like to pull Oracle cards…
Read MoreMeditation – A mini-monkey-mind vacation
Hello Meditation, my old friend I realized this week that I had fallen (a little) back into busyness. Not the frenetic kind that has gotten me in trouble before but a pace that did not allow for as much downtime. One morning I realized that there would be no time to fit in my usual…
Read MoreConnection
Connection Almost everywhere I turn my attention lately, I see a reference to Connection. Blog posts, Ted talks and even listening to people at work. Connection is a big deal but what is it and what is so important about it? I’ve started reading Deb Dana’s book “Anchored” which is a discussion on polyvagal theory…
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