Meanderings with Trudy

Deceptively simple, it is a story of courage and friendship. A reminder that it is love for each other that makes life feel rich and full. This book reflects themes that I explore often in conversation – love, community, courage, risk – and how they enrich our lives.

If you’re of a mind, share your thoughts with me about these book reviews  at [email protected]. If there is a book you recommend, let me know and I’ll give it a look, no promises though. And… if you tried sitting with nothing and it became something, tell me about that too, I’d love to hear about your experience. 

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Good Reads review

The movie it became has been world renown. You can see the trailer here.

Royalty free music is called Sunday Stroll – by Huma-Huma

As always, this podcast is sponsored by the guests who give of their time, and by my company, Chapman Coaching Inc.

Royalty free music is gratefully received and is called Sunday Stroll – by Huma-Huma

Live life joyfully, and always let kindness guide you.

Nancy was first on the podcast in January of 2022 and we just talked about what brings her joy. Today, she shares with us her love of playing in the mud, shaping it, painting, and firing it into things of beauty…. Functional, useful, sentimental and beautiful.  We talk about the meaning that she derives out of the potting; you'll see what I mean when it comes up.

Nancy is an effervescent spirit, and it is such a joy to meander again with her on this episode.

If you’re of a mind, shoot me a note at [email protected] and let me know how this episode landed for you. Please like and subscribe where ever you get your podcasts... and share widely, to spread the joy that comes from these conversations that matter.

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The soundscape at Lac Nominique

Nancy’s previous meander with me

Capital Pottery, Nancy's one stop Ottawa shop for pottery supplies

Royalty free music is called Sunday Stroll – by Huma-Huma

Please send thoughts and comments to [email protected]

As always, this podcast is sponsored by the guests who give of their time, and by my company, Chapman Coaching Inc.

Royalty free music is gratefully received and is called Sunday Stroll – by Huma-Huma

Live life joyfully, and always let kindness guide you.

It’s funny how our lives spiral around certain themes, and while Angie is a storyteller at heart, bred in her bones also is teaching, mentoring, and supporting others, or as she calls it, being a "human-evoker.” She talks with us about the invitation she’s had to move into a different role in her organization, as well as the things she’s learned through all this change she’s experienced this last year. As this is a meander, we also flit around ideas like grace, and hope, ritual and joy. And love. And as Angie is back in the US, the thrust and parry of being a US citizen right now, and how in the end, we are all human beings worthy of respect.

As always, this being human is best supported by presence. Being present to our selves, and each other. To love and be loved. Simple. And not, too.

I hope you enjoy this update as we reconnect, again, with Angie.

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Donor Network of Arizona, where Angie now works

Royalty free music is called Sunday Stroll – by Huma-Huma

As always, this podcast is sponsored by the guests who give of their time, and by my company, Chapman Coaching Inc.

Royalty free music is gratefully received and is called Sunday Stroll – by Huma-Huma

Live life joyfully, and always let kindness guide you.

This week, I’m all about fall and its bounty. Not the vegetable harvest as much as the opportunity to start again… that kind of bounty. Fall is a natural time to consider where I’ve been, and where I am going, and that’s some of what I’ll meander around today.

I hope this lands well for you. Share your thoughts with me too about how the fall bounty shows up for you. I’d love to hear from you, please write me at [email protected]. I hope you’ve subscribed where ever you get your podcasts. And please share this widely to spread these conversations about joy in the every day. 

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Royalty free music is called Sunday Stroll – by Huma-Huma

As always, this podcast is sponsored by the guests who give of their time, and by my company, Chapman Coaching Inc.

Royalty free music is gratefully received and is called Sunday Stroll – by Huma-Huma

Live life joyfully, and always let kindness guide you.

Episode Links:

Chapman Coaching Inc.

Royalty free music is called Sunday Stroll – by Huma-Huma

As always, this podcast is sponsored by the guests who give of their time, and by my company, Chapman Coaching Inc.

Royalty free music is gratefully received and is called Sunday Stroll – by Huma-Huma

Live life joyfully, and always let kindness guide you.

Today, we are exploring "Embers: One Ojibway's Meditations" by Richard Wagamese.

Wagamese died in 2017, leaving behind 16 books. The bulk of his writing was fiction, telling stories about his people, informed by his experience. These are hard reads sometimes for they are full of heartbreak and challenge. His first book, "Keeper'n Me" tells the story of Garnet Raven, a story that parallels Wagamese's own life experience.  It's worth your time too.

Two of his books are autobiographies, and several others explore Indigenous spirituality and wisdom. "Embers" is of that latter type, offering us hard-won wisdom about how to live a fulfilling life. I like to pick this book up and just open it up to see what is alive for me in that moment. I've never been let down. Also, it is beautifully laid out, a feast for your eyes!

I've read from "Embers" countless times on this podcast, particularly on the PauseCast in conversation with Angie Arendt, so it seemed like the right place to start.

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Chapman Coaching Inc.

Richard Wagamese biography

"Embers: One Ojibway's Meditations"

Royalty free music is called Sunday Stroll – by Huma-Huma

As always, this podcast is sponsored by the guests who give of their time, and by my company, Chapman Coaching Inc.

Royalty free music is gratefully received and is called Sunday Stroll – by Huma-Huma

Live life joyfully, and always let kindness guide you.

This week, I speak with weaver Jane Perry about her love of nature, and how she finds joy in working with natural fibers as she pulls wool threads into beautiful tapestries. A retired forester, she’s been able to spend her days creating and playing on her loom in her studio in a gorgeous log cabin in the forest, west of Williams Lake, BC.

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Jane’s company is Cariboo Handwoven 

Petra Fisher Movement and Yoga with Adriene

Royalty free music is called Sunday Stroll – by Huma-Huma

As always, this podcast is sponsored by the guests who give of their time, and by my company, Chapman Coaching Inc.

Royalty free music is gratefully received and is called Sunday Stroll – by Huma-Huma

Live life joyfully, and always let kindness guide you.

You can't make this stuff up,  the gunshots that landed just as we started to meditate are one of the happenstance occurances of life  in "live to tape" podcasting. I left them in there because they made me laugh, and they reflect life at it's crazy best.

I hope you liked this all the same. Please, like it on your favourite social media and share it around, and subscribe where ever you get your podcasts. All feedback welcome at [email protected].  

Episode Links:

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Royalty free music is called Sunday Stroll – by Huma-Huma

As always, this podcast is sponsored by the guests who give of their time, and by my company, Chapman Coaching Inc.

Royalty free music is gratefully received and is called Sunday Stroll – by Huma-Huma

Live life joyfully, and always let kindness guide you.

On this episode, Angie fills us in on what she’s been doing now that she’s moved to Arizona and her new work helping people after facing a catastrophic loss. We also explore what we’d like to do for the coming fall season.

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Donor Network of Arizona, where Angie now works

The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse, by Charlie Mackesy

The poem Angie read was “Good Bones,” by Maggie Smith

Royalty free music is called Sunday Stroll – by Huma-Huma

As always, this podcast is sponsored by the guests who give of their time, and by my company, Chapman Coaching Inc.

Royalty free music is gratefully received and is called Sunday Stroll – by Huma-Huma

Live life joyfully, and always let kindness guide you.

This short soundscape is dedicated to those who lost their lives, and those who lost their souls, last year on October 7.

I wish us all a better year to come, a return to our humanity, and a return to our sense of collective and mutual responsibility. 

Oh, and a reminder to find joy and beauty in your world.

Episode Links:

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Fattoria del Colle, Trequanda, Italy

Royalty free music is called Sunday Stroll – by Huma-Huma