By Lynea Gillen Back when I was an elementary school counselor in Estacada,, Oregon, I spent my days with children who carried a great deal of stress and uncertainty. Many came from families struggling to get by, and the weight of that showed up in their bodies long...
Those of us old enough to remember the original Mickey Mouse Club can recall that while Jiminy Cricket warned us about a whole lot of things – “I’m No Fool, no siree!” – “stranger danger” was never one of them. My, how things have changed! “Why Won’t You Let Your Son...
“I would say that 95 percent of things that are effective in making people happy and that have been shown to be true through happiness interventions are because they make people feel more connected to other people.” — Sonja Lyubomirsky, PhD, author...
Three years ago, Lynea was blogging about the importance of loose social ties. Within weeks, the stay-at-home orders began – and went on much longer than any of us could have imagined. Then, as now, we had to smile at the irony of this, even as it put into focus...
Over the past several weeks, we’ve been looking at the principles that we developed Yoga Calm around: Stillness, Listening, Grounding, Strength, and, now, finally, Community. But although it’s the last principle, Community is central to the practice as a whole. In...
It’s hard to believe that it’s already been 10 years since Lynea’s Good People Everywhere went into print! In fact, we almost missed its anniversary, only realizing it as we finalized its 13th printing the other day. Almost 30,000 copies of this...
