The Women Who Build What Last
I used to think legacy belonged to important people. Women with buildings named after them. Women with family fortunes, framed degrees, polished business cards, and biographies…
Browsing: Community
The Exhaustion of Being Palatable
There’s a quiet performance many women carry out every day without realizing it. Not the kind that happens on a stage. The other kind—the one unfolding…
Kids Use Tobacco as a Response to Anxiety and Curiosity
A health teacher at John Adams Middle School in Rochester, Abby Siems talks to her students about the harmful effects of tobacco. The kids learn from…
Unstoppable
The Church of Self-Worth
The Church of Self-Worth
Somewhere between the age of misplaced lip-gloss and that moment your body starts offering unsolicited feedback, women learn a quiet, cruel lesson: we are expected to…
Retire Me From Resilience
Surviving, living, and quietly refusing to glorify pain.
Surviving, living, and quietly refusing to glorify pain.
Clears throat… “Oh, hey God. It’s me again—Jo. I know you’re busy with the world being on fire and all, so I’ll make this quick. If…
Help Without Humiliation
Dignity in the Struggle
Dignity in the Struggle
We didn’t plan to stay in Minnesota. One night in 2015, we packed a few bags, grabbed our one-year-old son, and hopped on a plane from…
Three Inspiring Women-Owned Businesses in Southeastern Minnesota
1. Whimsy’s by Krista – Red Wing, MN Owner: Krista Burkel Location: 325 Main Street, Suite 1, Red Wing, MN 55066 Website: https://www.whimsyscloset.com/ Phone: (651) 385-8275…
Harmony in Motion
The Art of Giving and Growing Together
The Art of Giving and Growing Together
There is something powerful about living in a community where kindness moves. You can feel it in the way people greet each other at the farmer’s…
Heart & Harmony
Ashante Gills on Living Life Through Alignment
Ashante Gills on Living Life Through Alignment
On a fall evening as the sun tucks itself behind the horizon of buildings in downtown Rochester, Ashante Gills leads fourteen girls through a guided meditation.…
Give Her Flowers
Honoring Lisa Becker
Honoring Lisa Becker
This month, we honor Lisa Becker, Community School Facilitator, artist, and unwavering light in our local ecosystem of care. To call Lisa a resource would be…