Debunking Connection as a Buzz Word

What creates community and how do we continue engaging as community after a natural disaster? Join Lynn McLaughlin and Special Guests Courtney Pankey and Alanna Evans as they share their lived experiences with the devastating storms on July 27 and how the community came together to help those most impacted by the tornado.

As human beings, we will cause harm. Maybe even the same harm, multiple times, before we completely change to a new way of responding or acting. On the flip side, we will also be harmed by humans. Maybe multiple times. How do we navigate harm, repair and correction in a way that helps us maintain relationships and continue building community? Karen and Lynn share ways that they have learned, and continue learning, prioritizing relationship.**This is NOT a black or white topic. Every individual is giving choice in relationship. We introduce this subject as a way to let go of all or nothing with relationships and step into the vulnerability of repair and correction.

With all of the destruction happening the world today, it may create feelings of helplessness and overwhelm in you. And, rightfully so. However, there is an opportunity for connection and care when we zoom in at the community level. Mutual aid has been around forever, but the need for it is growing daily. Join Karen and Lynn as they define what mutual aid and what it isn't. They share ways to get involved with current community building and mutual aid efforts.

Have you seen all of the posts on social media asking us to finish the year "strong?" It's almost as if they have lived on another planet for 2025?! This year has been extremely challenging and rather than force ourselves to "push through it," what if we took another approach? Join Karen and Lyn as they offer up another idea. One that honors where we are and space to provide what we really need.

What would it look like to be fully aware of your emotions, your internal response to them, as well as the response of others around you? This is what it means to put emotions into practice and integrate this vital piece of our human experience into our every day lives. It is something that Real Vibes Only has been sharing about for years, and yet it is an uncomfortable reality when our social conditioning and resulting "inner voice" tell us not to. Join Lynn and Karen as they share how they find ways to put emotions into practice each day.

Often with health initiatives, a new phrase or framework is discovered as a "hot button" and early adapters integrate it into their organization. As the initiative spreads and more people jump on the bandwagon, the initiative becomes diluted, coopted and it can lose its efficacy in the process. Join Karen and Lynn as they debunk social connection as a "hot button" issue and share what they have learned through their work on connection as prevention over the past 6 years.

All human beings experience grief and it is natural to experience it with any change or loss, large or small. Grief is as unique as our own fingerprint and we decide how we define it and what support is most helpful. Join Tina and Lynn as they share their own experiences with grief and the discomfort of allowing it to unfold naturally.

Our world is rapidly changing and can often feel like beinginside of a snow globe, where everything is shaken up every time things begin to settle. Feeling overwhelmed? Join Lynn and Special Guest Lacey as they share their personal journeys and practical tips for balancing community care withinner growth during this time of change. (Note: Thank you Lacey for being real with us, as our dear friend Karen rests and recovers from surgery over the next few weeks.)

The events happening in our country and around the world are overwhelming and infuriating. It can make anyone feel helpless to create change. So what power do we have to create change? It comes to us in the form of community care which is available to us each and every day. Whether you are the one giving or receiving, it is done in a mutual way ... neighbor helping neighbor. No score cards. No pre-requisites. No conditions. It is out of the goodness of humanity that we help each other and receive help when we need it. Join Karen and Lynn as they talk through the ripple affect of small acts of caring.

Life is hard and people are struggling. This is a fact and it is a normal human response to the events happening around us ... in our communities, our country and the world. As the attempts by systems to dehumanize people get louder and more frequent in an age of endless information, it can be a heavy lift to hold empathy for the ever increasing harm and pain happening around us. Join Karen and Lynn as they share why empathy is our superpower against destructive systems and how it is the foundation for creating the world we hope for.