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Wow! What a terrible couple of days. I renewed my URL, http://www.wendypowell.ca with Sibername for a really long time and I am regretting it in a way that I can't explain politely. Yes, a Canadian...
View ArticleWhat if We Chose to Be Here?
It seemed like a simple question, but the more I pondered it the more I recognized it was rewriting how I told my story. For years, I’ve said, “I think I chose to be here” and in a recent conversation...
View ArticleStories we Tell Ourselves
The overlaps between both the ancient and the modern spiritual philosophies is significant to me. Recently, at my Vipassana retreat, Goenkaji spoke about “Saṅkhāra” he explained craving and aversion as...
View ArticleMoments
Our life is composed of moments. We like to dream about wonderful things like unfathomable riches, or a great vacation, getting that ring or promotion, but the truth is, we are living right now. So,...
View ArticleBody Awareness 101 — Hear the wisdom of your body
Appearance and health usually top the list when we discuss our bodies. Perhaps sexuality comes in there a bit, but really, most people do not think about their bodies much more than that. We have been...
View ArticleSelf-Awareness 101 — You are not your thoughts
“I think, therefore I am!” Descartes’ quote was great in its time, but I think it overshadows a larger reality. Most of us spend our time fully in our brains. We remind ourselves of what we need to do,...
View ArticleWriting About Writing
I realized in an inside-out way that I was thinking about writing about writing and it seemed so peculiar and strange. I often just "feel" like capturing a moment, the way that I'm feeling at the time...
View ArticleMagic on the Camino
Suddenly my feet had no traction and I was beginning to fall. My hiking pole bent nearly ninety degrees and I almost went down when a young man from Turkey grabbed my arm and saved me from landing in...
View ArticleNarcissism-Scenes From the Front Line — New Job
This is an excerpt from my first book, "I Woke Up in Paradise". I was receiving cheques from the government. They had started to come again after my work at the emergency clinic, but they were about to...
View ArticleSusan Hyatt
I just got off a webinar with the Fantastic Susan Hyatt, one of my favourite Woman's Woman. She is planning trips all over the world for her elite coaching sessions. Villas, castles, that sort of...
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