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fits & starts
I love writing almost as much as I love sitting with people and being witness to their stories. I try and write regularly, but as with most practices, in reality I do it in fits and starts. Here you’ll find those fits and starts, and what results from them. I think there is some good stuff here, if you poke around a bit…
Hopscotch
There’s a bite in the still hot but clearly changing air as I head out to the hot tub for my regular mediation routine. We’ve been away...
Trudy Chapman
Oct 82 min read
What Is Joy?
I mean really, how do we define it? Mr. Google calls joy “a feeling of great pleasure and happiness.” But to me, that feels somehow,...
Trudy Chapman
Oct 17 min read
Emotions Are Signposts
I’ve voiced this blog post in case you’d like to listen. I heard on CBC Radio news today that psychologists are finding more and more...
Trudy Chapman
Mar 173 min read
Coming Clean
I’ve voiced this blog post in case you’d like to listen. I talk a good game about how to stay balanced: Regularly be in nature and let...
Trudy Chapman
Feb 283 min read
You'll Never Know What You'll Learn
Now, I know what you’re thinking. I was thinking it too … what could Tom Selleck’s memoir have to offer as a resource for a personal...
Trudy Chapman
Jan 86 min read
Love Remembered
Tears formed as I swept up the crumbs from under the dining room table, left from last night’s family dinner. Emotions are a fickle...
Trudy Chapman
Jan 42 min read
Expectations...
At middle age, it’s a good idea to spread your wings, to stretch yourself and remember who you can be when you’re not confined in the...
Trudy Chapman
Nov 14, 20244 min read
Space For Something More
It’s not always about the date that something happened on , but rather, when you feel the truth of that something in your body. I’d...
Trudy Chapman
Oct 4, 20242 min read
What if…
Consider this an invitation to consider the following: What if everyone is actually doing the best they can at this time? And it looks...
Trudy Chapman
Sep 18, 20241 min read
"Love The One You’re With..."
Some lessons take time to marinate. When I was a much younger woman, in my university days of study and fun, my then boyfriend (who later...
Trudy Chapman
Aug 25, 20244 min read
My Backyard…
Once upon a time there was an above ground pool in my backyard. The kids and I gloried in that pool! It took up the whole of the space. A...
Trudy Chapman
Aug 7, 20243 min read
Being Seen
We all want it… to be seen, that is. And when we aren’t, it can drive a wedge between friends and lovers in a flash. But it can heal us...
Trudy Chapman
Jul 14, 20242 min read
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