Stories from The Well

Stories from The Well

Meet our 2022 Wellspring Fellow: Isti Toq'ah

This winter we are delighted to welcome Isti Toq’ah as our next Wellspring Fellow. Isti is a peace educator based in Jakarta, Indonesia and a graduate of UPEACE (University for...

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We cannot change what we cannot see.

“You cannot change any society unless you take responsibility for it. Unless you see yourself as belonging to it and responsible for changing it.” -Grace Lee Boggs This spring I participated...

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Moving through the Pandemic with Poetry

by: Sarah Pinho Two and a half weeks after Los Angeles went into lockdown, a poet passed away. Félix had welded machines in a factory, he had taught children guitar...

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Transitory Nature: Breaking Binaries for Integrated Being

by Sue Hunt I am honored to be here with you in written word for this month's Story From The Well. Thank you Stacy for opening this space for my first book...

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Somewhere in all of this I found myself.

Note: Rowe is The Well’s Communication Coordinator and first wrote "Weaving with Intention” for Stories from The Well in September 2019.Wrapped in the arms of stillnesstime paused, indefinitely haltingthe fast...

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Can you hear me now?

by: Courtney Tucker Murder after murder, my peers go about everyday life as if nothing traumatic has occurred. Meanwhile, I’m fighting back tears to push through meetings. My inner voice is...

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True Body Cohort Feature: Sarah Yeung

Each month we will feature an individual from our True Body 2020 Leadership Training Virtual Cohort. Sarah Yeung joins the True Body Virtual cohort from central New Jersey. Sarah is a...

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True Body Cohort Feature: Karen Pinsky

Each month we will feature an individual from our True Body 2020 Leadership Training Virtual Cohort. Karen Pinsky joins the True Body Leadership cohort from Cincinnati, OH. She shares that...

Mindful Music Moments

Creating a Sense of Ease in Difficult Times with Mindful Music

A visit to the hospital can be uncomfortable for anyone. But for a child, the beeping of machinery, the constant shuffle of nurses and the unfamiliarity can make rest feel...

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Changing the Future of Cambodia

The last week of January 2020 The Well hosted True Body Project training in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. As part of our program we met in the field of experience with...

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Body Love as an Act of Resistance, 
A Regressive Counter-Narrative to Body Shame


By Dominique M. Brown The full journal article titled “On Currere, Storytelling, & Body-Positive Curriculum“ was originally published in the Currere Exchange Journal, Vol. 2, Issue 2. My relationship to my own...

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Trauma-Informed Recommended Reading

Trauma is a fact of life. Distressing and disturbing events happen everyday, affecting an individual or group’s way of functioning. If you have been navigating or working in the wellness...