Episode 3 - Both Sides Now

Featuring Sandy Morton

What if clarity only comes after you’ve lived it?

Joni Mitchell wrote Both Sides Now as a young woman of 23. But the song’s true weight — the understanding that what you thought you knew was only ever part of the picture takes a lifetime to fully feel. It’s about perspective. About looking at your own life from both sides and realizing that the certainty you carried for decades was real, and also partial.

In this episode, Cheryl and Sandy sit with the question at the heart of both sides: maybe the goal was never to have figured it out earlier. Maybe the dignity is in admitting you were too busy being in it to stand outside of it and that that’s exactly what wisdom looks like.

Sandy Morton shares a deeply layered journey from a high-powered career and being the primary breadwinner, to navigating cancer, divorce, forced retirement, and rediscovery. This is not about reinvention as a trend, but about perspective, resilience, and the wisdom that comes from living fully, even through the hard parts. Maybe the goal isn’t to have known sooner, but to honour that you were in it, learning as you lived it.

Sandy Morton - smorton0804@gmail.com

THE SONG — BOTH SIDES NOW

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Joni Mitchell — 1969 Written by Joni Mitchell and first recorded in 1967. The version most people know, orchestral, unhurried, richer with the weight of years came in 2000. One of the most covered songs in popular music history.

Listen on Spotify (original version): https://open.spotify.com/track/72PVJxRctoeZLavbXPJvbK

Listen on Spotify (2000 orchestral version): https://open.spotify.com/track/22BL0VztYIzVrjtTB8YKAe

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KEY THEMES

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Perspective. Resilience. Cancer survivorship. Divorce. Forced retirement. Wisdom. Identity. Women and work. The cost of certainty. Learning by living.

“Maybe the goal isn’t to have known sooner. Maybe it’s to honour that you were in it — learning as you lived it.”

About your host - meet Cheryl Becir:

She is 69. Curious as hell and not done yet.

After decades leading Not-for-profit organizations - challenging systems, and driving meaningful change, Cheryl “retired”… and lasted about five minutes. Now? She’s asking even better questions. With sharp insight, lived experience, and a refusal to play small, Cheryl creates space for conversations that are honest, layered, and deeply human.

This isn’t a retirement project. This is the next chapter, on her own terms.

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