Walking Alongside: Perspectives

Have thoughts or ideas? Please share here! So it's another long weekend...how long before that's how people are going to view the September 30 National Day for Truth and Reconciliation? I don't know why we have Victoria Day...Labour Day - I vaguely understand, but that is so long ago, that I feel I have never viewed it as anything other than the last long weekend of summer. Remembra...

Have thoughts or ideas? Please share here! Who hasn't done something they regret? Probably everyone? But how many times have you not done something and regretted it? Why did you decide to forego a particular opportunity? Was it something you knew or ought to have known not to do, or was it something that had too many unknowns? What keeps us from making choices that will have a happy outcome?...

Have thoughts or ideas? Please share here! We've all been on road trips. We can all remember good ones and less good ones. But they were likely all memorable for one reason or another. They are the hallmark of summer vacations, the beginning of new adventures and they probably highlight all the idiosyncrasies of all our childhood, adolescent or even adult lives and those of our families. But...

Have thoughts or ideas? Please share here! After way too many years we got to hit the road and go on vacation! We packed up the car and headed west to the Southern Gulf Island of Galiano. It was everything that I could have hoped for in a holiday "abroad" without leaving the country. Join us on our island adventure as I learn a little about letting go and learning how to relax, even when...

Have thoughts or ideas? Please share here! If you have a job, chances are that you have had a crappy day. And this episode outlines one such crappy day, but the surprising way that it ended up unfolding and transforming simply because Luna needed to go for her daily evening walk. Take a listen and see if you can relate to how community has a role in our mental health, in this case for good :) List...

Have thoughts or ideas? Please share here! If you are a gardener, or even just someone who likes to walk around and revel in the work that others do to make their little patches of earth look good, you will appreciate the trials of the ongoing, relentless battle to get what you want to grow to grow, and to keep what you don't at bay. This is the story of how I moved along the continuum from l...

Have thoughts or ideas? Please share here! Have you ever wondered whether your brain might explode with all the stuff that is rattling around in there? Ever not been able to just shut it off so you could have a good night's sleep? Have so many things that you want to try to sort out in some way to capitalize on the ideas in some way because you know that they are going to be literally life ch...

Have thoughts or ideas? Please share here! If you have a Smart Watch, you might be able to relate to this episode? Do you love it, do you hate it? Does it make you more active or do you look for ways to try to beat the system? But the big question, is it possible to just go back to a normal watch that just tells the time? Listen wherever you get your podcasts - you can find Walking Alongside on Po...

Have thoughts or ideas? Please share here! Who remembers the school or class trips that might have occurred in your misspent youth? Did you go? If yes - did you have a good time? If no - how come and do you have any regrets? On this first episode I look at the possibility of the Grade 9 trip for my kiddo and the factors that went into the decision, and how my own experiences with said topic played...

Have thoughts or ideas? Please share here! Welcome to Walking Alongside: Perspectives! This is what happens when you don't know enough people and you've run out of interviewable friends and acquaintances...I realized I would need to pivot if I was going to be able to keep creating podcasts. I figured if I can have a full fledged conversation while walking the dog, I may as well record it...

Have thoughts or ideas? Please share here! It's (still) Nutrition Month and you will hear just how excited I am about this year's theme. I'm also so excited about this conversation with Sarah Juchli a Registered Dietitian working with the Primary Care Network and fellow Argyll-ian. Join us as we talk about the challenges of working in the area of nutrition, misconceptions people hav...

Have thoughts or ideas? Please share here! The amount of preparation to get to the point where the actual surgical procedure is imminent is a long, tough slog. The tests, the bloodwork, the screening, the isolation - it is a lot, when you are already not 100%. Support is critical and luckily Vanessa has a great team of cheerleaders helping keep her spirits up - though at the time of recording the...

Have thoughts or ideas? Please share here! Who would have thought that a kidney transplant was something that could happen during the pandemic. When Vanessa Millman was first diagnosed (incorrectly as it turns out) with Type 2 Diabetes when she was just a kid, she never in a million years likely dreamed that the path that she would end up on was one that was going to result in her looking for a ki...

Have thoughts or ideas? Please share here! Do you know about your local community league? Do you know what they offer or how to get involved or that Edmonton is unique in how it's community league system operates? For everything you wanted to know about how to build a better community (well...almost) join me and Laura  Cunningham-Shpeley, Executive Director of the Edmonton Federation of Commu...

Have thoughts or ideas? Please share here! We left off the first episode with Kristi about to share an experience that she could exactly relate to - and so today, we hear how that helped to transform how she viewed what they and she do that really matters in terms of our kids. Small things that can have big meaning and that make a difference in ways that way may never know or see. Join us for the...

Have thoughts or ideas? Please share here! When you leave a successful career in a place where snow days are a rarity to move to Edmonton where snow is a constant 6-8 months of the year, you need to be a pretty special person. Join us as we talk to Kristi Davis about the challenges of making the switch from Corporate Banker to Community Mom and all the bumps and challenges that come from moving to...

Have thoughts or ideas? Please share here! It's (finally) time for season 2! This time around we are going to be talking to people who have had to transition to living in a new community, whose job it is to help create and strengthen community, and who have seen communities change over time and how that feels looking both back and to the future. I'm also super excited to welcome back a g...

Have thoughts or ideas? Please share here! On this, the last episode of Season 1, we hear Ashley's story of how the weirdest combination of late night infomercial and taking a class way out of her comfort zone changed her life and the power that community, of belonging somewhere, can have on people. Listen to how the universal language of dance can connect us - to ourselves and to others. It&...

Have thoughts or ideas? Please share here! Katyna Santa Maria shares her story of moving here from Colombia and how a young girl's dream became reality. In this episode, we learn how a desire to make a home in a new country lead to a journey where blending cuisine and community with a little touch of family created first a breakfast food, then a business. If you like street food, then you&apo...

Have thoughts or ideas? Please share here! Sorry for the delay folks - dealing with some stuff right now and thought I would give you a little "food for thought" as we ramp up for a municipal election. It may seem like it doesn't matter, but you get to decide how you want the actual story of YEG to go by voting on October 18th! Have a listen to some homework to get you ready :) List...

Have thoughts or ideas? Please share here! In this episode we talk to Jennifer Rading owner and artist/creator at JenAshley Jewellery about getting to where you want to go by following the path that you might not have thought would be the best route to get there...sound circuitous? Well, it might be, so join as we learn how taking the unexpected paths can lead to the most fulfilling places and all...

Have thoughts or ideas? Please share here! We've heard a lot about our frontline workers and maybe your are one, or know one or maybe you're just glad they have been there to keep us feeling as normal as we can since the pandemic began. Today we get to hear what it's like behind the swinging doors of the Emergency Room as we talk with one of the Emerg nurses Michelle Beeson. It&apos...

Have thoughts or ideas? Please share here! Listen as Ann shares her story of how she took something that had always been part of her life and turned it into something that helps bring people together, first in her community of Ottewell and now all over western Canada (and maybe beyond!). Be inspired as she talks about overcoming a year long recovery from spinal surgery and how she found the streng...

Have thoughts or ideas? Please share here! Find out how Kevin grew up inspired to be a teacher but loving the music and arts scene and how those two passions came together and have finally coalesced into a career that encapsulates both. Listen to his inspiring story and how he is inspired by the kids that he teaches, all the time, but especially during this pandemic. Burton Cummings may make a cam...

Have thoughts or ideas? Please share here! Welcome to the FIRST episode of Walking Alongside! Today we are talking with Christine Bandelow who is a singer/dancer/actor/choreographer in Edmonton and we will hear about her journey as an artist and how we can be supportive of not just the arts in general but our local art scenes in particular! Listen wherever you get your podcasts - you can find Walk...