Stories From Women Who Walk

Hello, to you listening in Post Falls, Idaho ! 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. What does it mean to be radical?  Radical. It’s an ominous word, conveying danger, counter-culture, or even extreme behavior. But being radical can also mean speaking truth quietly with conviction, intentio...

Hello to you listening in Fairhope, Alabama ! 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. I’m delighted to share with you an invitation to join us livestream on Thriving Women Network TV  for an episode of Uncomfortable Conversations.   Now before you set your hair on fire and run screaming f...

Hello to you listening in Hatboro, Pennsylvania ! 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. As my mom told it I refused to transition from toddler diapers to toddler big girl pull ups the traditional way. No matter how they enticed me I was not going to sit on the Little Human pot. I wanted...

Hello to you listening in Forres, Scotland ! 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. The Scots word “ smooring ” is an old practice of subduing a fire with ash or peat to keep the embers warm overnight so they could be rekindled in the morning.  Maybe like me something or someone has smoo...

Hello to you listening in Kilcock, County Kildare, Ireland ! 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. Recently I collaborated with the good folks at CanvasRebel Magazine  to create an  Inspiring Conversations feature article. If you’re curious about the Shit Creek Survivor Canoe Club, thi...

Hello to you listening in Puente de la Reina, Spain ! 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 cover art for this podcast is my photo of my shadow in the early days of walking the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage route. That’s me in the morning sun on the road to climbing up and over the Pyre...

Hello to you listening all around the world! Coming to you from Whidbey Island, Washington this is Stories From Women Who Walk with 60 Seconds (and quite a bit more) for Motivate Your Monday and your host, Diane Wyzga. My choice for today’s episode is to use my voice as a political choice by bringing to you The Hill We Climb , a poem by Amanda Gorman, the nation's first-ever youth poet laureate, r...

Hello to you listening in Asheboro, North Carolina ! 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. Maybe like me you’ve dreamt of your life changing. You want this or that or the other thing to be different. Maybe even a clean slate. Start all over again. New place, new job, new partner. But wha...

Hello to you listening in Seal Beach, California ! 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.  I remember hearing about a woman who sat down at the bar in a pub, placed her order, turned to the person sitting next to her and said, “ Hello. ” When he turned to her she asked: " What is somethi...

Hello to you listening on Orcas Island, 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. I volunteer as a story docent at Admiralty Head Lighthouse . Sailing in from the Pacific Ocean through the treacherous Strait of San Juan de Fuca ship captains would look for the blazing lighthou...

Hello to you listening in Glossop, Derbyshire, England ! 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.   Tuesdays are a respite for me. A chance to contemplate for a moment the beauty of a world that might seem to have turned its back on all things beauty-full. I seek out poetry - some I understand...

Hello to you listening in Hercules, California ! 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. Recently I had the opportunity to share the mic with my friend and colleague Dr. Keith McNally on his popular podcast, The Question Guy! One Story at a Time. During our value-packed 30 minutes Keith a...

Hello to you listening in Post Falls, Idaho ! Coming to you from Whidbey Island, Washington this is Stories From Women Who Walk with 60 Seconds (and a bit more) for Story Prompt Friday and your host, Diane Wyzga. Maybe it’s true and maybe it isn’t but once there was a soldier walking home from the war. He had been walking many days, sleeping rough, eating little, and was very hungry. He stumbled i...

Hello to you listening in Verbier, Switzerland ! 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.   Maybe like me you keep pursuing your angels for a guide to important work.  I want to do important work; but  what is important work? A story by Kai Skye of Flying Edna shows me important work is mo...

Hello to you listening in Ferndale, 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. Earlier in life I had tendencies toward behaving like a spring-butt. You know the type. The over-eager know-it-all with her hand in the air. Teacher! Teacher! I know! I know ! Think Hermione Granger...

Hello to you listening in St. Paul, Minnesota ! Coming to you from Whidbey Island, Washington this is Stories from Women Who Walk with 60 Seconds (and a bit more) for Time Out Tuesday and your host, Diane Wyzga. While I don’t go for Begin Anew resolutions I’ve found that I can do pretty well with a factory reset. Those who have been following me for some years now have heard me seeking the genuine...

Hello to you listening in Lutz, Florida ! (City tour on YouTube) 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. Today we’re celebrating Epiphany - a time of revelations - and what I’d like to reveal to you is the launch of a wonderful new book by my friends and fellow Camino travelers, Dennis an...

Hello to you listening in Port Talbot, Wales ! 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. The old year has turned and the new one is barely awake. We’re standing on the portal of Begin Anew balanced between what was and what will be.   To give yourself a bit of direction for the unwritten fut...

Hello to you listening in Doha, Qatar ! 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. Imagine this: you have an image of an idea but don't know how to translate that into words or action. With over 40 years of public speaking as a storyteller, educator, attorney, and keynoter I’ve learned how t...

Hello to you listening on this first day of the future 2025! What will come will come; let’s prepare to greet it “ heads high and hearts open .” [ PlutoLiving ]  Perhaps you are feeling apprehensive, open, poised for the race ahead, curious, or, even a little stranded as 2025 makes its way toward you. I have a suggestion because what you’re looking for is looking for you: Lost "Stand still. The tr...

Hello to you listening in Svendborg, Sweden ! 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. After almost 5 years and over 1,250 podcast episodes on the airwaves what have I learned in another year’s worth of podcasting? This much I know: I write to be heard. I believe in the music of the spoken wor...

Hello to you listening in Cairo, Eqypt ! 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 if we could accept periods of rest? “Being” is as essential as “doing”. Enjoy life in its different phases, in its changing colours and moods. Watch the perfect pattern unfold and develop. It is not wh...

Hello to you listening in Mobile, Alabama ! 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   Once in a land far away there was a farmer. His most treasured possession was a fine stallion. Oh, said the neighbors: what good fortune! Perhaps, said the farmer. One night the stallion ran off in a storm...

Hello to you listening in Casablanca, Morocco ! 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. Recently, one of my global listeners wrote say “ Thank You ” for continuing to produce this podcast. I’m sharing this unexpected delight with you to say “ Thank you! ” from down here on the knees of my...

Hello to you listening where your feet touch the ground!   Coming to you from Whidbey Island, Washington this is Stories From Women Who Walk with 60 Seconds for Wednesdays on Whidbey Christmas Day and your host, Diane Wyzga.     Years ago I learned to tell this story by heart because it became extra special to me when I was dating a fellow named Alan who took me on a cross-country skiing weekend a...