Life Reimagined with Wendy Deacon

My best first last Have you ever not tried something because of failure?  Because you may come in last?  I’ve addressed this on previous podcasts and the need to move away from fear of failure and living with judgment to a new perspective of living curiously but today I want to expand on that with a story about my recent snowshoe adventure and how coming in either almost last or dead last was so s...

Ok so someone offers to take your picture.  Do you shy away from it? Have you always?  And yes, the image is changing - at least it is for me - but in many ways, the road detours and challenges that lead to every spot or mark on my skin has helped me build into a stronger and more powerful force.  I want to remember what it feels like to be me at this age -  to document all the fun I'm having...

As we roll into the new year, many of us hope for a better year and path forward.  But hope can only get us so far.  We have to envision that better future and actively plan and consciously and intentionally walk forward EVERY day to bring that hope and vision into your new reality. We've all had to adjust to a new normal and I cannot think of a better guest today.  Like my previous guests, M...

Think back to the one adventure that really took guts at the time - did you still do it?    What about the one adventure you really WANT to take on in the future - what's holding you back?    It may be scary, but to me, the absolute scariest adventure is the one you want to take but don't.  Adventure can mean many different things to different people but today I'll discuss in a broa...

Do you treat every day as a celebration and a blessing?  Do you need a reminder to do so?  Today is that reminder.  I am so blessed myself today to speak with and learn from Cheryle, a Surviving Cancer Warrior Goddess who is celebrating years of surviving cancer.  Cheryle Kapalilikahoupo (KA-PA-LEE-LEE-KA-HO-OOO-PO) Mclaughlin's Hawaiian name means " The Fluttering Heart", Heartbeat...

Are you confident that you could come through a year plus of health detours and consider yourself stronger and living life feeling much more awake? My guest today is Pamela Benson Owens and today we will discuss what she describes as a series of Health detours or challenges - which I consider an understatement, how she navigated the challenges and how her journey of self discovery helped her awake...

Ever feel so drained personally that it caused you to reevaluate your job or career?  Ever believe you've truly reached burned out status?  When your personal health and professional responsibilities aren't jibing - technical term here - you simply cannot be your best self. The question then becomes do you do something about it?  And if so, what?  What's your tipping point and where...

Are you challenging yourself to live authentically AND inclusively? Are you living the life YOU want?  Are you being true to your SELF?  And, here's where it can get even trickier….in the midst of you living your life, being true to your self, are you also able to live inclusively and openly?   Are you welcoming the ideas and engagement from those who may be different from you? Are you pausin...

Do you want to  know more about these strong women and how they overcame their life detours? Listen in to a brief portion of last night's panel discussion with my coauthors and then run out and grab your copy of our new book available on Amazon, Life Unexpected to Life Inspired. Full video is available on my DestinationU Facebook page - https://lnkd.in/dS-EGGK and more in-depth interviews are...

How will you stay the course when the waters get choppy? Are you prepared? How will you navigate the next storm?  Life is unpredictable - even more so in 2020 - so you've most likely already had to navigate a number of changes in your daily living, but what about a real storm?  What about a primary breadwinner's job loss?  A scary health diagnosis?  A loss of a close relationship?   Join...

Today we're talking about love.  The loss of it, the acceptance of possibly living without it and then the wonderful surprise of finding a whole new definition of love - of making the tough choices but then newly living a life reimagined WITH love.  If you've personally experienced divorce or the loss of love, like me, I'm sure you can identify. So how would YOU navigate the unexpec...

What if one ride in the car changed everything?  What if, as she describes it, a 20 second car accident in your 40s alters your life path forever?  Could you handle all the change thrust upon you?  All the new healthcare diagnoses, professional opinions, appointments, treatment and rehabilitation?  All the personal setbacks, your career plan detours, effects on you, your family and friends? Theres...

Have you been personally tested? Not for Covid but in life - how resilient do you think you are?   Can you identify with or envision having to deal with loss of one's job, the loss of the family home, car, and savings, only to start rebuilding and then have a mental and physical health setback?   All while trying to also juggle the demands of the additional role of caregiver and supermom? Mos...

What do you do when you're at the top of your game career-wise but you then receive the greatest news of your life that totally changes it all.  Even after years of being told it wasn't possible, you learn that you're pregnant.   You're convinced you'll be a super mom-to-be.  You've seen many other women handle pregnancy while working and so you plan to continue worki...

Have you ever wondered if your job or position is "safe" from layoffs?   How do you face the ups and downs of working for a large or small company and what is the tipping point for you to decide to venture out and start your own business? What if you are a single mom with two kids depending on you? Are you prepared for THOSE ups and downs?  How will you handle it when your faith is truly...

See if you can identify….You've worked hard and built a great track record, a great resume and a great network.  You feel like you're on top of your game - no actually, you ARE on top of your game.  You then hit a snag….is this it?  Maybe you're questioning if this is the ride you want to be on like my previous guests or maybe like Barbara and Lupe with me today, you experience a di...

Ever feel something odd or funky but you just blew it off or thought it might just be part of "getting older?"  or maybe you were too busy or too overloaded to "deal with it?"  What if something that started out a bit untenable or annoyingly nagging at you eventually turned out to be more significant?  Maybe it persisted and you couldn't ignore it.  Maybe it became more of...

Where are you on your personal and career journey right now?  Ever pause and wonder if the current path is the right one for you for the next 10-20 years or are you getting stuck in the daily grind and fires and blindly moving forward? If you're like me and many other women over 45, you are reconsidering your career aspirations in the context of your own personal reflection.  Maybe it's...

What do you think of when I bring up the word Resilient or Resilience?  By definition, it means to recover quickly from difficult conditions or a difficult situation and in the simplest of terms, you may think of it as “making lemonade when life gives you lemons.”  But if you have faced any challenges in your life - and I am sure 99.9% of those of us over 45 have - you know it FEELS much different...

What does it mean to lead in your own life? Are you actively envisioning and then creating the life you want or are you simply leading in all other facets of your life - your family, your career, your kids’ school, your church, your civic or social investments, and not leaving any energy at the end of the day for defining and then creating what YOU want?  Are you okay with the ramifications of put...

Look back a bit to a difficult time in your life.  It could've been an unexpected life detour or possibly a preventable detour but in looking back on it now, based on what you learned and how you've come through it, could you even say now that it was instead a grand adventure?  Many times when we are in the middle or turmoil or what feels like a very difficult time in our life, it's...

If your idea of adventure is narrowly defined as a young person screaming down a mountain on a bike or bungee jumping off a cliff, I invite you to consider a much broader perspective.  I believe life itself is an adventure and it's how you plan for your next adventure or how you deal with some of life's curveballs that makes up the wonderful stories that create your life's book and...

My family will find this fun that I’m giving more financial advice today but I'm going to dive in a bit further on the money side.  Since I'm NOT the financially focused wizard that others are, I am in the perfect position to show some simple math and illustrate how you can commit a little each day or week to helping you reimagine the word SAVINGS and become more financially stable or se...

Have you heard of something called the FIRE movement?  Do you subscribe to it or are you able to actually live it?  It's a really interesting idea but I think instead, I subscribe to a different iteration of the FIRE acronym:  Financially Independent and Reimagine Everything.  Join me right after 4th of July and celebrating our country's independence as I discuss what this means and how...

So….you are either focused on a personal goal or even just getting ready for your next fun adventure.  You may have even had to summon the courage to take that first big step and you're actually on your way.  What happens when you get suddenly stopped or derailed?  When you have an Oh BLEEP moment?  What will you do?  Will you panic? Today I'm going to share some stories and talk about h...