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Listen to your Gut:Soul Notes – Love, Wendy

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Listening has become a lost art. Nothing reveals character faster than a conversation.

People often mistake talking for connecting. They aren’t the same. Real connection is built in the pauses…in the questions…in the genuine curiosity to understand another person’s inner world without rushing to tell your own story…to exercise empathy, and to cultivate true meaning between two people who are exploring each other…

The fastest way to make someone feel invisible is to interrupt the story they’re trying to tell…Be mindful that being heard is one of the purest forms of connecting…and eventually…being loved…

The questions we ask reveal far more about our character than the stories we tell…

As in the “eye of the tiger,” I am observing it all…

I’ve learned to observe less what a man says about himself and more how genuinely curious he is about my inner world. 

Your intuition often speaks loudest while someone else is talking.

Curiosity is one of love’s earliest expressions.

Shhhhh…Ask. Listen. Respond.

Love and blessings,


Wendy

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Coffee and Me:Soul Notes – Love, Wendy

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Every morning, my first sip of coffee tastes like the first time—stimulating, deeply relaxing, and completely fulfilling. I always look forward to the next morning, knowing I’ll experience that same simple pleasure again.

I wish relationships were as simple as this. I wish each new day began with that same eager anticipation as the first sip of coffee—and the quiet satisfaction that follows.

Love and blessings,

Wendy

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“As Within, So Without…As Above, So Below”:Soul Notes – Love, Wendy

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Yesterday’s long drive home to myself…with all of its twists and turns, stops and starts, has led me to a road that has led me to the road home.

I begin today with a new mindset…

I am lighter today.

I give myself permission to live exactly as I am. No more apologies for my specific needs. No more stress over my “new normal.” No more trying to filter out my imperfections in order to create connection. No more trying to compete with my forty year-old self…just an eagerness and pride to meet myself where I am.

You cannot see my heart and soul, but with every interaction we have, I hope you will feel them.

That is the legacy I hope to leave behind.

Steve once wrote on one of my social media posts (November 4, 2015): “Agree with all of the above about your outer beauty, but the greater change has been internal, where your true beauty lives.”

This profound and loving sentiment reminds me that our greatest work is not the pursuit of perfection, but the courage to cultivate a loving relationship with ourselves first. When we give ourselves permission to live our truth—whatever that looks like—we become an example for others to do the same.

This is how loving relationships are built. Loving relationships become loving families, neighborhoods, and communities.

Everything begins within.

“As within, so without… as above, so below.”

Love and blessings,

Wendy

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Driving Myself Home:Soul Notes – Love, Wendy

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There’s something about driving myself home after a meaningful weekend that creates space for truth to rise to the surface. The road is moving forward, and somehow our hearts begin moving forward too.

Acceptance isn’t giving up. It’s standing on solid ground instead of fighting reality. From there, every decision becomes clearer because I am no longer trying to be the woman I was ten years ago or the woman someone else expects me to be.

I’ve spent so much of my life taking care of others, pushing through pain, hoping relationships would become what my heart longed for, and expecting myself to keep doing everything as if my body hadn’t changed.

Acceptance doesn’t erase my dreams. It simply says, “This is where I am today, and I can build a beautiful life from here.”And I have.

This weekend showed me something important.

I experienced the joy of being surrounded by my family—the warmth, the connection, the feeling of belonging. At the same time, I experienced the physical realities of my body. After driving two hours to see my family, spending seven joyful hours with my grandchildren and loved ones, then rushing back to my hotel to get ready for a date, my lupus flared. My body swelled, I was in significant pain, and I became increasingly uncomfortable from pushing through hours of activity. Every moment with my family was worth it, but my body reminded me that it has limits I can no longer ignore.

Both things are true. Neither cancels out the other.

Sometimes the most meaningful insights don’t come when life is easy. They arrive on a quiet drive home—as they did for me this morning after leaving at 5:30 a.m.—with miles of road ahead and enough silence for both my heart and my logical mind to finally speak.

I realized that I’ve already built a life that fits who I am today.

I have people who meet me where I am, who understand my physical challenges and enjoy my company for all that I am. They offer a loving hand, a kind word, and genuine acceptance. I enjoy day trips, simple pleasures, nourishing meals, music that makes me smile—and even dance a little. I choose movement that strengthens my body instead of punishing it by expecting it to do what it could ten years ago. I have a career I truly love. And my family… they are my anchors.

I am blessed to have a full life.

If someone comes into my life who fits gently into it—someone who meets me where I am and loves me with all that I am—that would simply be the cherry on top.

And if not, I am still profoundly grateful.

Grateful to be alive.
Grateful to be mobile.
Grateful for my adorable little home.
Grateful for meaningful work.
Grateful to love and be loved.

It all begins with me accepting who I am and where I am in my life.

And from that place of acceptance, everything else becomes a gift.

Love and blessings,

Wendy

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Empath Intuition:Soul Notes – Love, Wendy

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Empaths are authenticity machines. We intuitively feel when something isn’t genuine…

We don’t need a story to unravel—we recognize when words, energy, and behavior do not align.

When a story doesn’t feel authentic, we often know it almost instantly…it performs…

And when it is authentic…it is graceful, effortless and it resonates deep in the soul.

Love and blessings,

Wendy

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Earned Access:Soul Notes – Love, Wendy

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A wall keeps danger out, but it also keeps love out.

A boundary is different. A boundary has a gate.
You decide who enters, how quickly, and under what conditions. You control the gate.

A boundary says, “I am open to connection, and I am observing. I will move at a pace that feels safe for me. I will always honor my needs before all else. I will not abandon myself to keep someone else.”
This is one of the greatest acts of self-care.

And once my spiritual intuition turns from yellow to green…our road is wide open. I embrace one fully and unconditionally.

I can let someone come closer, and I can still stay connected to myself.

The beautiful thing about a gate is that I still hold the key…and if the alignment feels right, the key can be duplicated—two keys, one home…where “me” becomes “we,” and both hearts choose to keep the gate open as we choose one another every day.

Reflection: Trust is not maintained by one person alone…it is something both people actively nurture, one moment at a time. Healthy love is both intentional and mutual…

Both people participate, nurture, and protect what they are building…

Earned access.

Love and blessings,

Wendy

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The Story of Ordinary Moments:Soul Notes – Love, Wendy

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People reveal themselves in dozens of ordinary moments through patterns of micro-behaviors. Character isn’t usually exposed in dramatic events…it is revealed in the quiet, ordinary and purposeful choices people make every day.

Being consistent in showing up in a relationship. Following through without excuses. Remembering what matters to you. Making you feel emotionally safe instead of emotionally uncertain. Taking accountability rather than deflecting. Accountability is a form of intimacy. Offering kindness without it needing to be earned. A text just because…just to say, “I’m thinking about you.”

Just as importantly, people reveal themselves through what they consistently don’t do.

The lack of effort. The lack of curiosity about your life, while focusing most conversations on themselves. The lack of empathy when you’re hurting. The lack of reciprocity. The lack of honesty and integrity. The lack of consistency. The lack of emotional presence. The pattern of making excuses to shield their truth.

Over time, those absences become just as revealing as any action.

Patterns quietly tell the story that words often try to hide.

Love and blessings,

Wendy

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An Invisible Touch:Soul Notes – Love, Wendy

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From “me” to “we.”

A shift so profound, it feels like Christmas in July. 🎄

Life can change in a heartbeat… and sometimes, the most beautiful gifts arrive unexpectedly…

Smiles. Laughter. Warmth. Presence…Alignment of morals and values…

The gift of being seen, cherished, and met with an eagerness to love…

An “invisible touch.”

The most meaningful things in life are not things we can hold in our hands, but things we can feel in our hearts.

Love and blessings,

Wendy

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A Constructive Response:Soul Notes – Love, Wendy

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When an insect continues to circle your head incessantly, buzzing in your ear, you try to swat it away repeatedly, but unsuccessfully. Eventually, instinct kicks in, and you swat it to the floor.

Remember… when you repeatedly poke me, jab at me, and purposely inflict pain, get ready to be slammed—metaphorically…

Because I don’t get even…

I just write about it.

Love and blessings,

Wendy