Stories From Women Who Walk

Hello to you listening in Palatine, Illinois ! 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. Almost 4 years ago I intentionally created Stories From Women Who Walk to help each of us be seen, heard, understood and to understand. That’s what I call the “ sorcery of stories .” My daily 60 Seconds pod...

Hello to you listening in Chandigarh, India ! 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. Maybe like me every once in a while you are most fortunate to sit down with a wonderful person and share a conversation as if you’ve known each other a very long time. Dr. Summer Watson of KORE Women is...

Hello to you listening in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia with this terrific travel video! Click HERE And a shout out to you Jeffrey Tan with your own YouTube channel broadcasting from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.  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 dream of your life changing...

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 mor...

Hello to you listening in Saint-Eustache, Quebec, Canada ! 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. Fact: No one can teach anyone how to be a storyteller; although there are many who claim to be able to do just that. But there are people who can teach you how to teach yourself to be a sto...

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 Tallinn, Estonia ! Check out this short YouTube video to learn basic Estonian for travelers:  Coming to you from Whidbey Island, Washington this is Stories From Women Who Walk with 60 Seconds (and a bit more) for Motivate Your Monday and your host, Diane Wyzga. Maybe like me you find yourself from time to time a bit uncertain about how to go forward in the face of challen...

Hello to you listening in Bellows Falls, Vermont ! 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. I had been traveling for almost 72 hours before arriving at L’Esprit du Chemin, a gite in St. Jean Pied de Port, France to begin walking the Camino de Santiago. L'Esprit du Chemin; Notre gîte à St-Je...

Hello to you listening in Giza, Egypt !   Coming to you from Whidbey Island, Washington this is Stories From Women Who Walk with 60 Seconds (and a bit more) for Thoughts on Thursday and your host, Diane Wyzga. St. Augustine’s in the Woods is a small Episcopal church here on Whidbey Island with a female pastor and the message that all are welcome regardless where they might be on their spiritual jo...

Hello to you listening in Lewes, Delaware ! 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. Last week I posted Episode number 997 entitled “ Who Here Is (Finally) Ready to Tell Your Origin Story ” which prompted my friend and colleague David Marlow, the Ikigai Coach to ask: “ What’s key to creat...

Hello to you listening in Barrigada Village, Guam ! 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. Interestingly, the word passion finds its root in both the Latin word passiō and the Greek word pathos, which both mean “suffering” suggesting that the things we care most about come from a place of su...

Hello, to you listening all over the world on the 1st day of this Begin Anew Year 2024!   Coming to you from Whidbey Island, Washington this is Stories From Women Who Walk with 60 Seconds (and a bit more) for Motivate Your Begin Anew Monday 2024 and your host, Diane Wyzga. First things first: thank you and each of you for so generously listening, subscribing, sharing, and 5-starring my podcast! To...

Hello to you listening around the world as 2023 comes to an end! 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.   Today marks Episode 999, the final one for 2023! Thank you and each of you who have sustained me with your generous listening, sharing, shout outs, subscribing, and generally making a...

Hello to you listening in Gothenburg, Sweden ! 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. What have I learned in another year’s worth of podcasting?  This much I know: I write for radio. I believe in the music of the spoken word and the power of the human voice to connect.   Over the years I...

Hello to you listening in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada ! 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. Do you FEEL it inside? Nagging at you? Just out of reach? You have something to say. But you can’t find the words. So, your story can’t create the change you want to see. For 30 years, I’ve h...

Hello to you listening in Mukwonago, Wisconsin ! Coming to you from Whidbey Island, Washington this is Stories From Women Who Walk with 60 Seconds for Time Out Tuesday Boxing Day and your host, Diane Wyzga. Maybe like me you freeze up a bit when it comes to small talk. This time of year there are still plenty of opportunities for parties, dinners, and gatherings where we might not have much in com...

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 Motivate Your Monday 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 at...

Hello to you listening in The Bronx, New York City, New York ! 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. There are promises we make and promises we break; but for those promises we keep there are untold joys we could not have imagined. As in this story. Settle in to listen. This could happen...

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 in Walla Walla, 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 thought I’d offer you a story instead of the December issue of the Quarter Moon Story Arts NewsAudioLetter and we will Begin Anew in January 2024 In 1981 Tom Hegg wrote A Cup of Christmas Tea dr...

Hello, to you listening in Parramatta, Australia ! 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. No matter who you are, where you are, and how you are celebrating (or not) the various end-of-year holidays, this remains - if we make it so - the Season of Love. Let’s be of Love a little more careful...

Hello to you listening in Etobicoke, Toronto, 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. Yes, I know you’re busy! Lots to do. It’s that time of year. But first, settle in for a short story. This one is called The Christmas Wish.   You’re always invited : “ Come for the stories - st...

Hello to you listening in Flat Rock Village, 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. A year ago I was sitting in traffic at a stop light in Oak Harbor. I remember that on the sidewalk to my right was a man, homeless by appearance, standing in the rain with his shopping car...

Hello to you listening in River Forest, Illinois ! 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 this time of year catches you unawares. How did it get here so soon? So much to do and so little time left! How will I ever wrap up the year? My teacher Thich Nhat Hanh would point to...

Hello to you listening in Spokane, 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 will tell you something about stories, he said They aren’t just entertainment. Don’t be fooled. They are all we have, you see, all we have to fight off illness and death .”   ~ Leslie Marmon Silko...