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Meanderings with TrudyMwT: The PauseCast with Angie Arendt, Remembering Her DadOn today’s PauseCast, we catch up with Angie as she shares with about her father’s passing. And in this conversation, we talk about all the things that make life precious to us – love, loss, community, ritual, grace, honour, and so much more.Please, share our work widely, give us a review or a drop us a few stars. If you have comments or questions, please send them to meanderingswithtrudy@gmail.com.Episode links:Chapman Coaching Inc.The music here is offered joyfully by Olive Tree Hymns, and I so apprecia...2025-04-0847 min
Meanderings with TrudyMwT: The Pausecast with Angie Arendt, EnduringDiscerning happiness versus joy is where Angie starts, as we wrestle with these big questions. “But happiness is a short-lived drug when it comes from outside of us,” she reminds us. And we meander from there, landing in a formula of “love is a noun and a verb + begin again + community” as one tonic for getting through these perilous times.I hope you enjoy this wee chat. Please, share our work widely, give us a review or a drop us a few stars. If you have comments or questions, please send them to meanderingswithtrudy@gmail.com.Episode...2025-03-1146 min
Meanderings with TrudyMwT: The PauseCast with Angie Arendt, On Hope and AdventWe meander around beginning again, around little monsters that join us when we engage in a meditation or a “sit,” around what Advent offers to us as we prepare for the coming holidays… It’s a nice complement to my solo meander from last week, and I hope you’ll listen to these both in that understanding.December, at least in the northern hemisphere where we live, gets increasingly dark, the days, shorter, until the longest day of the year, Dec 21, and the Winter Solstice. In December, hope, peace, joy and love are centered week by week as Christm...2024-12-1055 min
Meanderings with TrudyMwT: The PauseCast with Angie Arendt, On Reconnecting, Part 2It’s funny how our lives spiral around certain themes, and while Angie is a storyteller at heart, bred in her bones also is teaching, mentoring, and supporting others, or as she calls it, being a "human-evoker.” She talks with us about the invitation she’s had to move into a different role in her organization, as well as the things she’s learned through all this change she’s experienced this last year. As this is a meander, we also flit around ideas like grace, and hope, ritual and joy. And love. And as Angie is back in the US, th...2024-11-1251 min
Meanderings with TrudyMwT: The PauseCast with Angie Arendt, RegroupingOn this episode, Angie fills us in on what she’s been doing now that she’s moved to Arizona and her new work helping people after facing a catastrophic loss. We also explore what we’d like to do for the coming fall season.Please, share our work widely, give us a review or a drop us a few stars. If you have comments or questions, please send them to meanderingswithtrudy@gmail.com.Episode links:Chapman Coaching Inc.Donor Network of Arizona, where Angie now worksThe Boy, the Mol...2024-10-0845 min
Meanderings with TrudyMeander with Me! Welcome back!In this episode, I'm all alone... explaining to you what you can expect from this fall and winter season. How I plan to give you a little more of me with the first episode of each month me alone, sharing whatever comes to mind. Week two, we're back to the "PauseCast with Angie Arendt." We'll explore more of the elements of joy in the every day. Week three each month goes back to the roots of this podcast - talking with regular people about joy in the every day. And week four is new... I'll be doing a book...2024-10-0124 min
Meanderings with TrudyMwT: The PauseCast with Angie Arendt, On ChangeChange is in the air… this is a special PauseCast with Angie as she prepares to move to Phoenix, Arizona from Almonte, Ont… from Canada to the US. And I am visiting family in Vancouver, BC. So, we sound a little different today, which is fine, and good, and as it should be. Angie and I explore joy in the concept of change, which probably resonates for each of you, as change is one thing we can count on in life. Change can bring grief and anxiety, doubt, and also, joy. And the thing about making a choic...2024-03-2655 min
Meanderings with TrudyMwT: The PauseCast with Angie Arendt, On Returning, and other RsToday, we pick up some of the threads we left before our break. We start with an exploration of what it means to return – to family, to relationships, to places we used to know – all in the context of stitching reverence and resilience into a cloth that fits us now. Yes, there’s a lot of “R”s in today’s episode – returning, reverence, resilience, ritual, repenting, re-membering, reminding… so many Rs.I hope you’ll enjoy this episode; it’s so rich, and pulls together the threads of meanders past, in service of rekindling joy. Yes, more Rs! Please, sha...2024-03-1247 min
Meanderings with TrudyMeander Again: The PauseCast with Angie Arendt, how the Enneagram can change the worldToday we do a little recapping, and also reflect the Enneagram into our lives moving forward. How we can play with the characteristics of our type, and begin to learn how to choose how to respond to situations as opposed to simply react in our age-old way. This can create some unease in our relationships because we are acting outside of how others expect us to be… in our personal lives, and in our work lives too.In short, the Enneagram is both information (what’s my type, what are the gifts and challenges of my type), and...2024-02-2057 min
Meanderings with TrudyMeander Again: The PauseCast with Angie Arendt, on Soulfulness and the EnneagramSoulfulness…what is it? How does it differ from spirituality? Why does it matter? And how does the Enneagram support it?In this meander, we explore how the Enneagram is both a tool and a practice… a tool of information about my type and the other personality types, and then the invitation into awareness, so that when I slow down, I can know myself, and see where my gifts lie, and also how I trip myself up… and a practice, an ongoing intention, to pay attention to how I show up and catch myself in my own habit...2024-02-131h 01
Meanderings with TrudyMeander Again: The PauseCast with Angie Arendt, on expectations and the EnneagramWe kibbitz around a bit to begin with around unexpected connections in the supermarket, and that old game from the 1990s, Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon… which was really about just how connected we all are in this great big world. We wrestle with expectations, the ones we have when coming new to the Enneagram, how the first level of exploration is seeking information, that’s all. The next level is about understanding those types, and those types in us….each of those types, not just our own homebase. And with time, and in community with others, we can drop i...2024-02-0647 min
Meanderings with TrudyMeander Again: The PauseCast with Angie Arendt, on Hope and Flow, and the EnneagramWhat is hope? And what is flow? Back in 2022, Angie and I explored these things… we said that hope is our background program that helps us get up in the morning. It’s actionable and intentional; it empowers us to do what we are here to be. And flow… flow happens when we let go of aspiration and just be who we are at our essence, in this very moment. And when we apply the lens of the Enneagram we ask: how does this framework help us explore our spirit, our very souls, and find our way into the flow o...2024-01-3054 min
Meanderings with TrudyMeander Again: The PauseCast with Angie Arendt, on ritual and storytelling and the EnneagramRitual and storytelling… intertwined these are. And when conducted using the framework of the Enneagram, I have learned a great deal about myself that has supported my personal development and enriched my relationships. In short, this is what this kind of work is all about.As we’ve said before on these PauseCasts, the Enneagram gives us permission to pause, and in that pause, to look at who we be, in service of the Greater Good… or Life… or God, whatever your preferred language is for this that is bigger than us alone. In today’s meander, Angie and...2024-01-231h 09
Meanderings with TrudyMeander Again: The PauseCast with Angie Arendt, on rebirth and community and the EnneagramWe start our meander with a reading from Richard Wagamese (Anishinaabe (Ojibwe) novelist, journalist, and mentor), a passage from his book "Embers: One Ojibway’s Meditations" which I think is really about hope. How it’s not enough to be resilient if being so means bouncing back to the same place… what he wants for himself, and offers to us, is to reach Beyond resilience, to a new place of growth, each day. Angie and I wrestle with “resilience” and from this place I ask a few basic questions: do we need resilience to be capable of rebirth? And how does t...2024-01-161h 01
Meanderings with TrudyMeander Again: The PauseCast with Angie Arendt, on Enneagram and WholeheartednessIn episode 2 on the enneagram, we tackle wholeheartedness, relationship and heart using the lens of the Enneagram. Angie and I also “show our work” here as we wrestle with the concepts, and how to keep things accessible to listeners at all levels of familiarity with the framework…. Not an easy task.In short, the Enneagram helps us see ourselves. It really is a practice of paying attention: to our habits and long held beliefs, those we have inherited and those we have nurtured ourselves through life, all so we can see how we are showing up, or not sh...2024-01-091h 06
Meanderings with TrudyMeander Again: The PauseCast with Angie Arendt... on the EnneagramEpisode one: The Enneagram. I laid the table at the end of January 2023 with my genesis story of the Enneagram and today, Angie shares hers… and a whole lot more. So what is this thing, the Enneagram? Is it a tool or a model to make me “better?” Is it a map, or an app? Is this an alone thing or do I need community? If it supports spiritual development, does that mean it is religious?We meander all over the topic of what the Enneagram is, how it outlines types of personalities but so much more. When p...2024-01-021h 09
Meanderings with TrudyMwT: The PauseCast with Angie Arendt, On Wonder and fall wrap-upToday, we meander On Wonder, and wrap up the fall season in anticipation of our winter break. Like our previous topic, On Reverence, On Wonder came to us as a bit of a surprise. It felt like a natural follow on from On Reverence, and is deeply connected to joy, so… here we are. Wonder, like reverence, and grace, is hard to define. This is a particular problem in English as wonder means many things: one type of wonder links directly to awe, and another links to control, expectation, and fear, among other things. So, Angie and I delve in...2023-12-2649 min
Meanderings with TrudyMwT: The PauseCast with Angie Arendt, On ReverenceToday, we meander On Reverence. We landed in this space unexpectedly in our previous PauseCast, when we explored On Worry, and Angie talked about how worry is a human response that takes us away from reverence. And reverence, well, last week Angie told us that “…reverence is a recognition of awe and wonder for all of life…” This week, she built on that saying that “…reverence is to see life as a gift… It is a mindset.” At its most basic, I think its a way of being open to the rawness of the world – beauty and hardship – and it is supported/made...2023-12-1256 min
Meanderings with TrudyMwT: The PauseCast with Angie Arendt, On WorryToday we meander around Worry… what it looks like, feels like, and how it connects to joy. To be honest, there seems like a lot to worry about these days, maybe it has always been this way, I can’t say. But today, today’s days feel heavy. In a nutshell, worry is about control of how we want things to be but are concerned that they won’t be. It’s about “should be” things… so, how do we find our way through this? How do I keep my heart open, no matter what is happening? It won’t surprise...2023-11-2840 min
Meanderings with TrudyMwT: The PauseCast with Angie Arendt, On EnoughToday’s PauseCast continues our dive into the bigger topic of Change. Last session we looked at abundance and scarcity, and we often see these two as opposites. But… the opposite of abundance isn’t scarcity, it’s actually Enough. At least we think so. This is a real wrestle folks… as we meandered around, we realized just how difficult a topic this is to get our arms around. How do we approach the concept of enough? How much enough is actually enough? And yes, Angie brought the movie “Willie Wonka & the Chocolate Factory” into the mix… a movie she loves...2023-11-1444 min
Meanderings with TrudyMwT: The PauseCast with Angie Arendt, On Abundance and ScarcityToday’s topic is held in a bigger topic: On Change. Our more precise focus today is on abundance and scarcity and how it shows up in our lives. Abundance can be both joyful and a burden. It can mean safety and plenty of food, good health and social connection, many other things, but pushed too far, it becomes too much… a need for ever-more of whatever it is that makes us feel safe. Grasping. Taking more than our share. So, what if we redefine abundance? What if abundance, disconnected from fear of scarcity, is more a practi...2023-10-2441 min
Meanderings with TrudyMwT: The PauseCast with Angie Arendt, On PerspectiveIn this episode, this launch into season four, we return to a grade school practice of sharing about our summer vacations, and then lay the table for where we plan to meander this year. And we dip our toes in the topic of perspective… from the point of view of an old apple tree that lives on Angie’s property at Big Stone House. Perspective, and wisdom, from a 100+ year old apple tree. I hope you enjoy this heart-swelling meander.Please, share our work widely, give us a review or a drop us a few stars. If you...2023-10-1038 minMeanderings with TrudyMwT: The PauseCast with Angie Arendt, how the Enneagram can change the worldToday we do a little recapping, and also reflect the Enneagram into our lives moving forward. How we can play with the characteristics of our type, and begin to learn how to choose how to respond to situations as opposed to simply react in our age-old way. This can create some unease in our relationships because we are acting outside of how others expect us to be… in our personal lives, and in our work lives too.In short, the Enneagram is both information (what’s my type, what are the gifts and challenges of my type), and...2023-06-1357 minMeanderings with TrudyMwT: The PauseCast with Angie Arendt, on Soulfulness and the EnneagramSoulfulness…what is it? How does it differ from spirituality? Why does it matter? And how does the Enneagram support it?In this meander, we explore how the Enneagram is both a tool and a practice… a tool of information about my type and the other personality types, and then the invitation into awareness, so that when I slow down, I can know myself, and see where my gifts lie, and also how I trip myself up… and a practice, an ongoing intention, to pay attention to how I show up and catch myself in my own habit...2023-05-231h 01Meanderings with TrudyMwT: The PauseCast with Angie Arendt, on expectations and the EnneagramWe kibbitz around a bit to begin with around unexpected connections in the supermarket, and that old game from the 1990s, Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon… which was really about just how connected we all are in this great big world. We wrestle with expectations, the ones we have when coming new to the Enneagram, how the first level of exploration is seeking information, that’s all. The next level is about understanding those types, and those types in us….each of those types, not just our own homebase. And with time, and in community with others, we can drop i...2023-05-0947 min
Meanderings with TrudyMeander with Philip ColeI’ve known my guest Philip Cole for almost a decade. This meander is such a treat for me as he and I share an understanding about joy and heart and soul coming out of studying together for all this time. We’re both students of the Enneagram, and of the soul, led through our studies by Angie Arendt and Peter McGaugh at Big Stone House. You all know Angie, she's my regular guest on the PauseCast, and Peter meandered with us back in May, 2021.Phil has a warm and thoughtful way about him, which will come into...2023-04-1846 minMeanderings with TrudyMwT: The PauseCast with Angie Arendt, on Hope and Flow, and the EnneagramWhat is hope? And what is flow? Back in 2022, Angie and I explored these things… we said that hope is our background program that helps us get up in the morning. It’s actionable and intentional; it empowers us to do what we are here to be. And flow… flow happens when we let go of aspiration and just be who we are at our essence, in this very moment. And when we apply the lens of the Enneagram we ask: how does this framework help us explore our spirit, our very souls, and find our way into the flow o...2023-04-1154 minMeanderings with TrudyMwT: The PauseCast with Angie Arendt, on ritual and storytelling and the EnneagramRitual and storytelling… intertwined these are. And when conducted using the framework of the Enneagram, I have learned a great deal about myself that has supported my personal development and enriched my relationships. In short, this is what this kind of work is all about.As we’ve said before on these PauseCasts, the Enneagram gives us permission to pause, and in that pause, to look at who we be, in service of the Greater Good… or Life… or God, whatever your preferred language is for this that is bigger than us alone. In today’s meander, Angie and...2023-03-281h 09Meanderings with TrudyMwT: The PauseCast with Angie Arendt, on rebirth and communityWe start our meander with a reading from Richard Wagamese (Anishinaabe (Ojibwe) novelist, journalist, and mentor), a passage from his book "Embers: One Ojibway’s Meditations" which I think is really about hope. How it’s not enough to be resilient if being so means bouncing back to the same place… what he wants for himself, and offers to us, is to reach Beyond resilience, to a new place of growth, each day. Angie and I wrestle with “resilience” and from this place I ask a few basic questions: do we need resilience to be capable of rebirth? And how does t...2023-03-141h 01Meanderings with TrudyMwT: The PauseCast with Angie Arendt, on Enneagram and WholeheartednessIn today’s meander, we tackle wholeheartedness, relationship and heart using the lens of the Enneagram. Angie and I also “show our work” here as we wrestle with the concepts, and how to keep things accessible to listeners at all levels of familiarity with the framework…. Not an easy task.In short, the Enneagram helps us see ourselves. It really is a practice of paying attention: to our habits and long held beliefs, those we have inherited and those we have nurtured ourselves through life, all so we can see how we are showing up, or not showing...2023-02-281h 06Meanderings with TrudyMwT: The PauseCast with Angie Arendt... on the EnneagramEpisode one: The Enneagram. I laid the table at the end of January 2023 with my genesis story of the Enneagram and today, Angie shares hers… and a whole lot more. So what is this thing, the Enneagram? Is it a tool or a model to make me “better?” Is it a map, or an app? Is this an alone thing or do I need community? If it supports spiritual development, does that mean it is religious?We meander all over the topic of what the Enneagram is, how it outlines types of personalities but so much more. When p...2023-02-141h 09
Meanderings with TrudyMwT: Grief Busting with Dina Bell-Laroche, Setting the TableThis is our first episode in this “Grief Busting” series with special guest and expert on grief and bereavement, Dina Bell-Laroche. You’ll remember Dina from her chat with me back in November, 2022. For her, the death of her sister Tracy was life-changing and we heard about that in our first meander together. In this new series, we tackle some of the common myths around grief, in service of accessing our joy.Today we are setting the table for our subsequent meanders in this series, talking about why effectively moving through our grief matters. I share a few sto...2023-02-071h 01
Meanderings with TrudyMwT: The PauseCast with Angie Arendt, on US Thanksgiving and moreCommunity and belonging… this is a story about heartbreak, and heart healing. Angie’s first US Thanksgiving here in Canada was not a smooth one and she missed home BIG. To meet her ache, she invited neighbours over and the tradition of pie-palouza came to be. It is a ritual she follows with her Big Stone House community to this day. This story is our way of wrapping up this fall season, weaving together the threads of our meanders to date. It takes courage to reach out to others, and to respond to a hand outstretched… what does th...2022-11-221h 00
Meanderings with TrudyMwT:The PauseCast with Angie Arendt, on storytelling and griefAngie is all about storytelling, she always has been. On today’s PauseCast, we’re diverting from what we’d planned (funerals and permission) into storytelling and why that matters. This is a theme we keep coming back to because it’s in stories that we see ourselves, others, and other possibilities for us to be. As usual, we share of ourselves, so that you can see yourself more clearly. It’s in seeing clearly that we can find our way into joy, which is, of course, why these meanders matter so much to us. I hope you enjoy this episo...2022-11-0843 min
Meanderings with TrudyMwT: The PauseCast with Angie Arendt, on dogs and lifeChapman Coaching Inc.Big Stone HouseJohn Grogan's blog, author of the book Marley and Me: Life and Love with the World's Worst DogDog movies Angie mentioned: Benji, Old Yeller; Marley and MeRoyalty free music is called Sunday Stroll – by Huma-HumaPlease send thoughts and comments to meanderingswithtrudy@gmail.com
2022-10-2554 min
Meanderings with TrudyMwT: The PauseCast with Angie Arendt, on expectationsChapman Coaching Inc.Big Stone HousePlease support your local bookstore where you will find Brene Brown and "The Gifts of Imperfection"All comments to us at meanderingswithtrudy@gmail.comRoyalty free music is called Sunday Stroll by Huma-Huma
2022-09-2752 min
Meanderings with TrudyMwT: The PauseCast with Angie Arendt, on FlowChapman Coaching Inc.Big Stone HouseRoyalty free music is called Sunday Stroll – by Huma-HumaThoughts and comments, send to meanderingswithtrudy@gmail.com
2022-06-2249 min
Meanderings with TrudyMwT: The PauseCast with Angie Arendt, on rebirthBrené Brown’s TedTalk on shame and vulnerabilityThe Enneagram Institute, this is the lineage that Angie and I follow. If you’re interested in the enneagram, we invite you to start here.Purple spoaChapman Coaching Inc.Big Stone HouseRoyalty free music is called Sunday Stroll – by Huma-HumaThoughts and comments, send to meanderingswithtrudy@gmail.com
2022-05-281h 04
Meanderings with TrudyMwT: The PauseCast with Angie Arendt E2Danez Smith “I’m going back to Minnesota where sadness makes sense”; their websiteThoughts and comments, send to meanderingswithtrudy@gmail.com
2022-02-0949 min