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Finding Your Stillpoint

Finding Your Stillpoint

by Lyn Allen | 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)...

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[Building Bandwidth With Birdbrains] How to Train Your Guinea Fowl (or Be Trained By Them)

[Building Bandwidth With Birdbrains] How to Train Your Guinea Fowl (or Be Trained By Them)

by Lyn Allen | 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....

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What Artichokes Can Show Us About Personal Transformation

What Artichokes Can Show Us About Personal Transformation

by Lyn Allen | 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....

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The Performance Booster We’re Just Beginning to Understand: How 5 Little Minutes Made a BIG Difference

The Performance Booster We’re Just Beginning to Understand: How 5 Little Minutes Made a BIG Difference

by Lyn Allen | 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...

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The Mounting Cost of What Has Not Been Said

The Mounting Cost of What Has Not Been Said

by Lyn Allen | 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...

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Not About the Math: The Difference Between a One-egg Day and a Five-egg Day

Not About the Math: The Difference Between a One-egg Day and a Five-egg Day

by Lyn Allen | Challenge Chronicles, Culture Shapers, Leadership, Peaceful Achiever

Every day, there’s a treasure hunt here at the farm. The treasure? Fresh eggs. Egg production varies throughout the year, depending on total hours of daylight and weather, as well as other variables. The egg count drops steeply during summer’s high heat, and again in...

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