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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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The Sky is the Limit for Lindsay McIntosh: How a Principal Oboist is Creating a World-Class "Art Town" in the Sierra Nevadas

Lindsay McIntosh is a historical oboist who had a bustling routine in New York City where she completed her graduate studies at the Juilliard School of Music in the Historical...

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Finding Mindfulness After Burnout and Moral Injury: Being Sustained with Jenny Andrews

Jenny Andrews has a long list of notable achievements to her resume. Andrews graduated from Cornell University followed by Harvard Law School before pursuing her career as a public defender....

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Sit, Breathe, Connect: Integrating Mind, Body, and Soul to Heal Trauma

By: Mary Curran Hackett Most of us live in dark caves of our own making. Not intentionally. It happens imperceptibly over time. We carve out a nice groove for ourselves, rubbing...

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Hispanic Heritage Month With Adriana Prieto Quintero

Adriana Prieto Quintero is a writer and teacher. She is from Venezuela where she studied Education and received her Master’s Degree in Literature. She is incredibly passionate about teaching children...

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'Mindful Music Moments' Spends an Afternoon at the Cincinnati Zoo for Field Recordings Project

Thanks to the Ohio Arts Council, The Well received an ArtStart grant to commission Ohio-based musicians to create 6 new Mindful Music pieces and accompanying videos for the upcoming school...

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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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GROUNDED: Uno Lady’s Experimental Album and Film Series Offers Guided Meditations for a Busy Mind

by Christa Ebert aka UnoLady For years, I have meditated and assumed that I was bad at it. I couldn’t pay attention for long stretches and assumed I didn’t have time...

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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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Healing Happens in Relationships

2014 was not my favorite year. I had just graduated from college with a bachelor’s degree in Psychology, but couldn’t find a job, so I worked 12-hour overnight shifts in...