Walking Alongside: Perspectives

Have thoughts or ideas? Please share here! First of all - Happy Canada Day and to our American friends, early, happy 4th of July! Second of all - how often do you think about time? All the time? Never? Well, here's my take on time and how while it isn't something we should obsess over, it is probably something that we should take as good care of as we do our investments or our pensions....

Have thoughts or ideas? Please share here! Certain songs are just iconic and their messages timeless - and that was the impetus for this episode. I talk a lot about change and how it's inevitable, and not always what we want, but that we need to accept it. But we can also impact it - we can push for the right and good things and fight agains oppression or cruelty or yes - stupidity. I bring i...

Have thoughts or ideas? Please share here! We are back with part two and this is my (Charissa's) version of the episode. We are celebrating and describing the last couple of months of the process and some of the other fun (and not so fun) things that have happened along the way.  It's been a process and now we are in a different stage that will be equally stressful but in a different way...

Have thoughts or ideas? Please share here! We are back with part two and this is Todd's version of the episode - hope you listen to both for funnsies:) We are celebrating and describing the last couple of months of the process and some of the other fun (and not so fun) things that have happened along the way.  It's been a process and now we are in a different stage that will be equally s...

Have thoughts or ideas? Please share here! My pal Jeremy is back to give us his takes (hot or otherwise) on the State of our Nation(s) and if that wasn't enough we're diving into AI and Daylight Savings Time as well, with a perspective that only Jeremy can provide. We have a flying insect situation and it's all just perfectly in keeping with what happens when I invite him onto the s...

Have thoughts or ideas? Please share here! Out with the old, in with the new. Everyone has heard that saying. And there are merits to it for sure. It's good to go through things, make sure that you have what you want and need and not a lot of extraneous stuff. But how do you get there? What's the process? Three boxes: keep, donate, toss? How often do you do it? And is there such a thing...

Have thoughts or ideas? Please share here! If the next thing you thought was the second half of the lyric in the Billy Ocean song, which would be, "and into my car"...then your brain works like mine does. And I tried really hard to think of ways that I could incorporate that song into the episode. Alas...it was not meant be, and so this episode actually has no featured songs…at all...unc...

Have thoughts or ideas? Please share here! This is going to be the first in a series that chronicles us getting Todd into the country (legally) as we literally run the gauntlet of the Canadian Immigration process. Not sure how many parts there will be in the series, but it will be a fun and raucous ride as I'm sure we will be encountering many barriers, challenges, impediments, and hopefully...

Have thoughts or ideas? Please share here! Where you do stand on hugs? Are you a hugger? Or can you barely tolerate the non-lingering side-hug? Regardless of where on that spectrum of hugging you may fall, the reality is that we all (for the most part, with arguably few exceptions) need some human contact. From missing your special someone to accepting hugs from strangers we cover the gamut of why...

Have thoughts or ideas? Please share here! I haven't thought of, or seen, pot pourri in a long time, but for whatever reason, that is the word that came to mind when I was contemplating what this episode was going to be about. As the title suggests, it's a mixed bag of things starting with some corrections courtesy friend of the pod Jeremy - who had some things to say and then moving on...

Have thoughts or ideas? Please share here! It's not often that I get to talk to another podcaster...so this was such a great opportunity to hear from someone who has a completely different take, and yet shares much of the same philosophy. Tora Matys, as you will find out, is literally a woman on a mission - with a ton of education and varied experiences all inspired and motivated by her desir...

Have thoughts or ideas? Please share here! We all have something to look forward to...right now for example there is a bar of soap that I bought as a fundraiser that has a dinosaur in it...I had totally forgotten about it but as I was cleaning out some bins and stuff I found it and now I can't wait to see the little guy emerge from its soapy home. There is something innately human about looki...

Have thoughts or ideas? Please share here! With everything going on in the world right now, and a funny thing that happened one night, it seemed like taking a look at the term "perspective" might not be the worst idea. From whether we can see, to how we see, to what we should be looking for or at, perspective is something that seems to be sorely lacking right now. It's difficult to...

Have thoughts or ideas? Please share here! How it's the beginning of another new year is anyone's guess. But here we are and so as is often the case, I'm taking a look at what I want to say goodbye to as 2025 fades into the past and what I want to say hello to as 2026 looms ahead, fresh, clean and full of hope and potential and promise.  I'd like to thank everyone who listens a...

Have thoughts or ideas? Please share here! All the politicians are talking about it and it seems like it's the one thing on everyone's mind...money...finances...economics. No matter what you call it, it affects how you live, what you can do, the choices you can or have to make, and it adds a layer of stress at a time of year that is often already a little hard to take. So why is this the...

Have thoughts or ideas? Please share here! So realized that there were maybe some unanswered questions, or things that needed clarification so Daphne joined to help do just that. We fill in the blanks and take it to a few other levels. Because now that I have seen the light about birthdays, well, had to make sure we left no T's uncrossed or I's undotted :) Here's the songs that make...

Have thoughts or ideas? Please share here! It's hard to imagine that this was recorded during the actual birthday's we talk about, which is already two weeks ago, but the sincerity of the wishes and the topic as are genuine now as they were then. Todd and I dig into what birthdays of yore looked like and how they factor into the slow burn that is life - happy times, sad times, good ones...

Have thoughts or ideas? Please share here! Well we get to find out what Jeremy wanted to unpack as well as delve even deeper into the teachings of the Stoics - who knew that we would go there? With his characteristic way of looking at the world, it's always a fun ride when Jeremy gets on board. Retirement, people being different than what we might assume they are (shocking I know) and learnin...

Have thoughts or ideas? Please share here! It's hard to imagine that 2 years have come and gone and Jeremy has returned to his home and his husband and his cat in Medicine Hat (that sounds like a Dr. Seuss book) and yet here we are. Join us as we talk about what he learned about himself and the people that he lived and worked with in Northern Alberta and then dive into his hot takes on what i...

Have thoughts or ideas? Please share here! Can you remember the last time that you had to apologize? Or the last time someone apologized to you? Or the time that you thought someone should apologize to you and didn't? Who among us can say that they haven't pissed someone off on purpose or inadvertently? I would like to think that it is more often the latter, but given the state of the wo...

Have thoughts or ideas? Please share here! When we think about downtime, or maybe that should be DO we think about time time? And IF we do...what do we do about it? Is it the time to "get caught up"? Or is it actually down time? To do nothing of any importance? That's what I tackle in this episode - how can we, or more specifically, I, get better at taking advantage or downtime. Mor...

Have thoughts or ideas? Please share here! You may not have asked for it, but here it is anyway. The third and hopefully final episode on the Beatles.  This time we take a look (or a listen) to Rubber Soul and consider the real gripe that we have and that is the historical, what we like to call, exaggeration, of the Beatles writ large. We look at some of the things held up as the reasons, justific...

Have thoughts or ideas? Please share here! Right off the top I have to alert you to the fact that at around minute 8:37 or so, there is an error. I reference Brian Wilson being inspired by Revolver when I should have said it was Rubber Soul…apologies in advance. And as I was in the process of fixing it, there was a whole back-up inadvertent deleting situation that precluded that from happening 😩 ...

Have thoughts or ideas? Please share here! Ever had one of those moments where you just couldn't believe your eyes or ears?  Well, that's what this episode is about. The things that leave you asking - what in the world? (Or something perhaps a bit more colourful) While it's not exactly an episode brimming with rainbows and unicorns, it will hopefully give you pause, maybe make you c...

Have thoughts or ideas? Please share here! *Please not that there is an error - I mention the wedding band as being Polish, when they are in fact Ukrainian. Apologies for that oversight! Links to all groups mentioned at the bottom of the blurb - so please go check them out and support!* In this midsummer episode we go all things wedding. From my own, to the one that I deem to be the best wedding e...