by Jule Kucera | Aug 7, 2022 | Blog
Woo One Because The Body Keeps the Score mentioned chanting, I thought I would try chanting. Not in public, because I wasn’t ready to go that far. Instead, I used this meditation on the InsightTimer app. As I listened the first time, I thought the man’s voice sounded...
by Jule Kucera | Jul 31, 2022 | Blog
In my exploration of things that make my mind feel better, my GOADS (Get Out And Do Stuff) focus on synchronized movement with others comes from The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk. A year ago, van der Kolk was interviewed by Ezra Klein on his podcast. As...
by Jule Kucera | Jul 24, 2022 | Blog
Every single thing I’ve done on the GOADS plan (Get Out And Do Stuff), I haven’t wanted to do. And every single time, after I’ve done it, I’m glad I did. This was especially true of contra dancing. The contra dance was in the Wyoming Fine Arts Center, a grand old...
by Jule Kucera | Jul 17, 2022 | Blog
The commitment to go line dancing felt like a stone. I’m good at going places by myself—restaurants, concerts, events, whatever. But line dancing was different. It was in a bar. Bars trigger memories of not measuring up, starting in college, and continuing. Back when...
by Jule Kucera | Jul 10, 2022 | Blog
Back when I started the Get Out And Do Stuff (GOADS) project, I was crying every day. Now the person I was then seems so far away, it’s hard to imagine feeling that way. In the last eight days, I have: Participated in a community open house with the Vice Mayor of...