Wynne Leon is an optimist, an enthusiast of endurance sports and a woman intent in charting her own path. Which is a combination that has led to an unconventional life. When she was younger a life of adventure meant climbing mountains, traveling the world and being an entrepreneur. More recently, it’s been starting a family as a single parent at age 46, having another child at age 50 and adopting a highly-strung kitten, even though she really is a dog person. Her writing projects include technical computer manuals, articles about meditation and parenting, and Finding My Father’s Faith, a memoir about spirituality, solace and her relationship with her beloved father.
Vicki and I had the pleasure of visiting with Bruce Bohrer, author of “Best Seat in the House: A Diary of a Wrigley Field Usher” and it was a terrific, behind-the-scenes peek into a beloved sports venue in Chicago. We talk about all the characters that come together to make a ball field work – … More Episode 13: Best Seat In the House with Bruce Bohrer
Teachers at our elementary school offer a few after school classes. Miss O has been taking one of these, The Art of Ancient Egypt, from the art teacher, Ms. McNeer. Fortunately for me, Ms. McNeer has taught me some great lessons about creativity in the process. Creativity and artistry just waft off Ms. McNeer every … More Lessons From an Artist
My very first follower on WordPress was Stuart M. Perkins of the Storyshucker blog. Thank goodness I didn’t realize it at the time but that’s like going out to learn how to shoot basketballs and LeBron James shows up. But I figured it out in pretty short order because I figured out how to follow … More Episode 12: On Storytelling with Stuart M. Perkins
On a Ten Percent Happier podcast I listened to recently, Dan Harris asked his guest, Prof. Lindsey Cameron, what her spiritual practice was. She said that she practiced meditation and a form of African spirituality. She was specific about the sequence – she meditates first and then prays. She recapped: “I hear first, and then … More The Creative Rhythm
March is a long month, isn’t it? 31 days, the long slog to the end of winter, and no holidays. Thank goodness for a month of humor and conversations worth having. Of course, this is all possible because of the great group of writers and community that makes this conversation meaningful. In Case You Missed … More March’s Greatest Hits
I was listening to a podcast the other day and the guest was Scott Calloway – an entrepreneur, and professor from NYU’s Stern School of Business. He said that he can often tell what medium through which people were introduced to him by the way strangers greet him. If they’ve seen him on video or … More Episode 11: How to Journal the Right Way with Libby Saylor
In my daughter’s second grade classroom, the teacher has arranged it into tables of 4 students. At this point about 2/3 of the way through the year, I think she has a good idea of strengths and weaknesses and a lot of experience finding good combos. The latest grouping that my daughter, Miss O, is … More The Subtle Shaping of Our Brains
In Episode 10 of the podcast, Wynne talks with healer, meditation teacher, and artist Deirdre Wilcox. We talk about Deirdre’s journey to become a healer, how she used her time undergoing treatment for breast cancer to integrate all that she’d been taught about the mind-body-spirit. We also delve into the power of our intuition and why we mistrust it, why we need to place meditation up there on the list of daily habits like flossing, the danger of going shopping after meditation class, and how transformation might be exactly what we need to live our deepest and best lives. At the very end of our conversation, we left in an outtake where Wynne offer herself up as an example of how mulishly resistant humans can be when it comes to tackling things that could make our lives better. … More Episode 10: The Power of Intuition
Ah, Frank, I feel you. There are many days in which “I’m doing the best I can” is what I mutter to the Universe…repeatedly. But what about my view of what others are doing? I was in a meeting the other day with a colleague that was holding court and catastrophizing. That’s my description of … More Doing the Best I Can
A fantastic conversation with story-teller, blogger, filmmaker, composer and pubic speaker, Mitch Teemley. … More Podcast Episode 9: The Audacity to Believe with Mitch Teemley
The Heart of the Matter 