Today's episode of Susan Dunlop's Coffee and Contemplation with Women is with Linda Villines, a tricenarian, or woman in her 30s. Linda lived most of her life in Los Angeles, and has recently moved to beautiful Ojai in Southern California. 

A little about Linda: Linda is an artist, a songwriter, a wellness coach and healthcare consultant. Linda will be giving her own backstory today as it is actually what the conversation is all about. I will tell you though that I first met Linda in Kochi, in Kerala, India.  We connected immediately, yet even so, Linda did not share for the first few days that she had been recently widowed. I remembered looking at Linda when she first spoke of this and thinking 'how often do we skim the surface with light chit-chat across a table, whilst maybe not listening as deeply as we can, nor following through on our intuition that there is more to the person opposite us.'  

Linda was in her mid-30s that year, in 2017, when we met by chance on her journey of study to become a wellness coach and Ayurvedic healthcare consultant. Linda's story today is one of her own self-healing and recovery from multiple serious health issues and also of deep love. Linda's late husband, Matt, the director of Saturday Night Live, has a key role in Linda's story today.  Matt filled a place in Linda's heart and soul and will be there for evermore, no matter what new love, new adventures and new paths Linda chooses for the remaining decades of her life's journey. 

Thank you for sharing your story today Linda.