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Pamela Van Nest

Retired educator and life coach for midlife women; founder of PVN Coaching in Peterborough, Ontario, and host of the Making the Time podcast on self-care and self-compassion.

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APPEARANCES

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PODCASTS

Sep 15, 2026

Surfing Your Edge: Where Fear and Possibility Meet

Surfing Your Edge: Where Fear and Possibility Meet

Making the Time: Finding Purpose and Well Being Through Compassionate Self-Care

Sep 15 · 44m

Christine GoadHOST

1:20

And if you could just tell me a little bit about yourself and your journey.

Pamela Van NestGUEST

1:25

Okay, well, right now I'm in Peterborough, Ontario, and I've been here for 37 years.

Pamela Van NestGUEST

1:34

So next year I will be here, 38 years, so I can say I have spent half of my life in Canada and half of my life in Maine, so you can do the math.

Pamela Van NestGUEST

1:50

And, yeah, so I'm retired now.

Pamela Van NestGUEST

1:55

I'm a retired teacher, and I spent 38 years in education.

Pamela Van NestGUEST

2:01

And I sort of start there and go backwards.

Pamela Van NestGUEST

2:04

I was a special ed teacher for 25 years because my brother, he was third in the family, he was born with Down syndrome.

Christine GoadHOST

6:09

Is there one in particular that you feel really changed who you are or how you show up in the world? I think it's a