Author Archives: kristi mclaughlin

I will be facilitating a mindfulness meditation group in Sioux Falls on June 28th at 6:00pm. If interested in learning more about Buddhist mindfulness, please post a comment with contact information and I will be in touch! Mindfulness is a … Continue reading →

Free STD Testing Day As you already know, we are offering a FREE STD Testing Day at both our Sioux Falls and Rapid City clinics on June 18th! Here are the details again: Sioux Falls Free STD Testing Day June … Continue reading →

If so…..article retrieved from: http://thebigslice.org/the-truth-is-too-messy-for-church/ “The truth is not the stuff of edifying hymns, rather it is dangerous, dirty and smelly business. Not everyone has the stomach for it, above all those who say, “Lord, Lord” and then head for cover … Continue reading →

A few days ago, I sat and listened to a graduation commencement speech. OH what ENERGY! The graduates beautifully dressed in cap and gown, stole around their necks, tassels on their hats, full of life for the future. For some … Continue reading →

Dear Readers: Any child’s death is a tragedy. To read my March 24th letter as a response to people’s grieving was a misreading of the letter. I cannot ever imagine losing a child or a grandchild and whether it is … Continue reading →

Everyone needs compassion. We need the wounds, the betrayals, the feelings of inadequacy, all the things that have been said and done to us willfully and non-willfully to be held in the gentleness of self compassion as well as compassion … Continue reading →

This country has an obsession with tragedy and the drama that comes after it. What I am going to say is not going to make me popular, but “hey” much of what I say makes me unpopular. Here is the … Continue reading →

Who are you when you stop thinking about who you are? I began to consider this question a few months ago when it was asked in a lecture I was listening to. Who am I when I stop thinking about … Continue reading →

I am currently teaching an Introduction to Ethics class. It is quite interesting to engage with the students seeking to pull from them their ideas, values, understandings while hoping they assimilate the technical language of ethical theories. I have in … Continue reading →

A few days ago,  about 15 people gathered by the Community Christmas Tree in Mitchell, SD to stand in silence regarding the rampant violence in our country. Since the latest school shooting, gun violence has been at the helm of … Continue reading →