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Hello to you listening in Cologne, Germany!Coming to you from Whidbey Island, Washington this is Stories From Women Who Walk with 60 Seconds for Story Prompt Friday and your host, Diane Wyzga.My baby …

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Hello to you listening in Cologne, Germany!Coming to you from Whidbey Island, Washington this is Stories From Women Who Walk with 60 Seconds for Story Prompt Friday and your host, Diane Wyzga.My baby brother, Paul, is a well-married, well-established adult whom I love dearly. It seems like only yesterday the family of 9 was camping in New Hampshire. One morning the parents parked the family station wagon in a grocery store lot taking Paul with them seated in the grocery cart. Time passed. They returned with the groceries, stowed them in the station wagon, got back in and drove away leaving Pau…

Hello to you listening in Rome, Italy!Coming to you from Whidbey Island, Washington this is Stories From Women Who Walk with 60 Seconds for Thoughts on Thursday and your host, Diane Wyzga.One of the m…

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Hello to you listening in Rome, Italy!Coming to you from Whidbey Island, Washington this is Stories From Women Who Walk with 60 Seconds for Thoughts on Thursday and your host, Diane Wyzga.One of the most persistently imaginative cartoon characters is Wile E. Coyote. Why? Because he never fails twice in the same way. He keeps coming up with wild, crazy, inane ways to use those ACME products so he can catch Road Runner.That’s why we watch. What will Wile E. Coyote do next? That he never catches Road Runner isn’t the point. The point is that he persists.Do we really want Coyote to catch Road …

Hello to you listening in Winthrop, Washington!Coming to you from Whidbey Island, Washington this is Stories From Women Who Walk with 60 Seconds for Wednesdays on Whidbey and your host, Diane Wyzga. �…

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Hello to you listening in Winthrop, Washington!Coming to you from Whidbey Island, Washington this is Stories From Women Who Walk with 60 Seconds for Wednesdays on Whidbey and your host, Diane Wyzga.  An origin story shows up as a moment in time when we were more than we thought we could be. We were faced with this or that or the other thing. Then we made a choice. That choice set us on a path to owning our desire.We can own our desire in so many ways to be a force of good in the world. We can be healers, writers, singers, teachers, creators, and more. When we own our desire we are saying “Y…

Hello to you listening in Meerut, India!Coming to you from Whidbey Island, Washington this is Stories From Women Who Walk with 60 Seconds for Time Out Tuesday and your host, Diane Wyzga.The old ones s…

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Hello to you listening in Meerut, India!Coming to you from Whidbey Island, Washington this is Stories From Women Who Walk with 60 Seconds for Time Out Tuesday and your host, Diane Wyzga.The old ones say that understanding is the first step to acceptance and only with acceptance can there be recovery.Why do we work to understand? We work to understand so that we can accept a road to healing our misunderstanding and by healing our misunderstanding we heal ourselves.What do we need to understand? So many things. Here’s one: “People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just …

Hello to you listening in Fredricton, New Brunswick, Canada!Coming to you from Whidbey Island, Washington this is Stories From Women Who Walk with 60 Seconds for Motivate Your Monday and your host, Di…

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Hello to you listening in Fredricton, New Brunswick, Canada!Coming to you from Whidbey Island, Washington this is Stories From Women Who Walk with 60 Seconds for Motivate Your Monday and your host, Diane Wyzga!What do you do when you’re facing the blank white computer screen and there are no words to write, nothing seems worthy of putting down? What do you do when you’re feeling discouraged? The wise ones say, “Encourage someone else.”My sister knew that if she encouraged me with a 2 minute video not only would I feel better but I’d probably share it here to encourage you as well. (O…