by Lyn Allen | Feb 14, 2024 | Culture Shapers, Leadership, Peaceful Achiever, Uncategorized |
Stillpoint: From CST (Cranio Sacral Therapy), a stillpoint is a gradual slowing of the craniosacral rhythm, allowing the body to move out of a stress response and supporting the parasympathetic nervous system (sometimes referred to as the restorative nervous system)...
by Lyn Allen | Sep 7, 2023 | Challenge Chronicles, Leadership |
We get a lot of wildlife trekking through our homestead: From deer and elk to coyotes and wild turkeys, at times our game trails seem like major highways. You may have seen our Facebook post from July ’23, showing the neighborhood bear caught on our security camera....
by Lyn Allen | Aug 15, 2023 | Challenge Chronicles, Culture Shapers, Peaceful Achiever, Seekers and advocates |
When I was in my early 20’s, my then-roommate showed me how to prepare and cook a fresh artichoke, first washing it and trimming the pointy-bits, then steaming over rosemary water and finally, dipping each steam-tenderized bract into melted butter before eating it....
by Lyn Allen | Jul 20, 2023 | Challenge Chronicles, Change agents, Culture Shapers, Leadership, Peaceful Achiever |
In the summer of 1969, as a horse-crazy 16-year-old girl, I participated in my first hunter/jumper horseshow. It was a blur of sights, sounds and smells, featuring sweaty horses and riders – and I thought I had found nirvana. Generous stablemates had loaned me kit so...
by Lyn Allen | May 26, 2023 | Challenge Chronicles, Change agents, Culture Shapers, Peaceful Achiever |
[1982, Canton, MS, Distribution Center for a major jeanswear manufacturer] He stepped into my office and – yet again – repeated his complaint, “The Personnel staff is never here when you need them.” The fact that I was, as he spoke, at my desk in the Personnel...