The Heralded Penguin

Adele Ryan McDowell, Ph.D.

Do you know the word “opsimath”?  It’s one of those words from a word-a-day calendar I had years ago, and the reason I remember this unusual word is that it describes me.  It means “a person who learns late in life,” your basic late-bloomer.  Allow me to take a bow and introduce myself.  Hello, all.   

Yes, I am one those folks who has had a long, long gestation period (can you say decades?) before I popped into bloom.  It has taken me the better part of this lifetime to put it all together, and let me tell you, it has not been as I originally imagined.   

As a result, it is no easy feat to tell you who I am.  The lens keeps wavering, and what defined me years ago, no longer works today.  And let me be clear: I am still a work in progress.   

For example, in the past, I worked in corporate America.  I’ve also served as a suicide hot-line responder; domestic violence and sexual assault crisis-call supervisor; intuition teacher; director of an urban drug clinic; psychologist; meditation guide; shamanic teacher and columnist, to name a few.  I’ve had a private practice and founded a holistic center.  But those are the hats I have worn.   

My interior world is where all the action is.  Like Ulysses – and he only took 20 years or so – I have been on a journey to understand humanness (yours, mine and ours) and the pursuit of wholeness.  This journey has led me back to the Ancients and out to the stars; it has been a Technicolor, multi-dimensional experience.  I’ve covered a lot of ground and shaken hands with some mighty energies. It has been fun – and more than interesting!   

All of my inner realm travel has helped clarify where I place my focus and attention these days, and that list includes: finding peace; creating balance; looking at life through the big viewfinder; having more fun; nurturing the sacred; embracing my Invisible Allies and being open to all of the wonders and vibrations of the cosmos.  I am, also, knee deep in spiritual mentoring and playing with words.   

In the coming months, I will be hosting a radio show entitled “Cosmic Soup: Exploring the Invisible Realms” on Energy Talk Radio.   In 2011, I am releasing two books:  Balancing Act: Reflections, meditations and coping strategies for today’s fast paced whirl and Help, It’s Dark in Here, a compilation of essays from my column, “wavelength” on UPI’s Religion and Spirituality site.   

Still want to know more?    

Read my My Philosophy or check out my website, Channeled Grace.

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