A Perfectly Imperfect Union: Reflecting on America 250 with Carrie Haney

The Whole Again Podcast: Mindfulness and Resilience through Kinstugi Wisdom airs every Monday, Wednesday and Friday with Pause Breathe Reflect Microdose Meditations, Growth Mindset and Mindfulness Tips, to help us transform our scars into healing and resilience.

And between May and October, I'm sharing a new series I'm calling: A Perfectly Imperfect Union. It's about connecting with every day folks as they reflect on America at 250. Conversations will air every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.

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In the latest episode of A Perfectly Imperfectly Union, I travel to the Big Sky State to connect with Carrie Haney.

I love Carrie's grounded energy, and I know you will as well.

She is a meditation and yoga teacher who left a fast-paced marketing career behind to live a slower, more intentional life, currently based in Montana and traveling the country seasonally in her bus.

She talks about the fracture she sees in America: how deeply we've been programmed into fast, demanding lifestyles that our bodies were never built for.

Her prescription isn't complicated: take the full hour for lunch, stop multitasking, take real vacations, and give yourself back the time technology promised but never delivered.

And she makes the case that connection shows up in unexpected places like the Olympics, a Taylor Swift concert, even a "designation day" like National Meditation Day. Really anywhere people set aside their differences long enough to feel something together.

Her question for you and our next guest is: What is one of the most important moments in your life story so far, and where did it happen?

Share your thoughts in the comments and share this episode with someone you love and who could also benefit from slowing down.

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