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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…
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
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
Our Life’s Work: Folding and Unfolding
My husband Bruce does all our laundry. It’s been this way from the beginning of our relationship. He said that as a younger man, he’d...
Trudy Chapman
May 22, 20243 min read
Unravelling, and Raveling Again… and how risk can help
In her post, called “The Midlife Unraveling” the words of social worker-storyteller Brené Brown really resonate for me. I loved this...
Trudy Chapman
May 15, 20244 min read
The Wonder of Creativity...
As with all things, writer Richard Wagamese guides me as I contemplate creativity… Wake and watch the universe shrug itself into...
Trudy Chapman
May 2, 20242 min read
I'm struggling with Desire...
No! Not that kind of desire… I mean my heart’s desire. On my podcast, I’m doing solo meanders using Martha Beck’s book “The Joy Diet: 10...
Trudy Chapman
Apr 24, 20244 min read
Finding Truth Through Doing Nothing
With my pal Angie Arendt on hiatus (only until the fall I hope), the PauseCast portion of my podcast, “Meanderings with Trudy” is also on...
Trudy Chapman
Apr 17, 20243 min read
Moments of Wonder...
To be a complete human, I believe we need to regularly experience things that connect us to our soul – moments of kindness and joy to be...
Trudy Chapman
Apr 9, 20244 min read
A Bit More About Me...
I adored my mom, but as is often the case, it took me a while to settle into a grown-up mother-daughter relationship. And that really...
Trudy Chapman
Mar 20, 20242 min read
The Quality of Our Attention
I have found this basic insight to be the truth over and over again: what we pay attention to dictates where we live. Now, I don't mean...
Trudy Chapman
Feb 21, 20242 min read
The Meaning of My Braid
I have read that braids for Indigenous people in Canada are a spiritual practice. The practice of weaving together three sections of...
Trudy Chapman
Feb 21, 20242 min read
Remaking Myself
It’s been more than thirty years since I first received my business number. The type of work I have done has shifted several times, but...
Trudy Chapman
Feb 21, 20242 min read
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