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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…


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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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"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
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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
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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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Planting Joy, Growing Hope
I love my mornings in the garden. I get out of the hot tub following my meditation, having contemplated my garden from the warm water,...
Trudy Chapman
Jun 28, 20242 min read
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Remembering Poh
Poh, short for POTUS... My dog Poh has been gone for three years and ten days as of today. Not that I keep track… June 2, 2024 was his...
Trudy Chapman
Jun 12, 20242 min read
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