Mindful in America: Recent Episodes
Lyra Stone
Lyra Stone is on a journey through the US to reach a deeper understanding of our country and of herself. This is not a conventional trip. Expect beauty. Expect tragedy. Expect bizarre encounters. And, as always, don’t forget to wear your seatbelt.
Lyra visits a haunted plantation and drinks too much whiskey before finally taking her journey onward to New Orleans.
Lyra has some thoughts looking out upon the Mississippi river. Good food and new adventures happen in this new episode.
Lyra visits Memphis on Juneteeth and discovers a thriving city and amazing community. She also encounters a ghost for the first time in her life. Memphis was far from boring in this episode of Mindful in America.
Lyra experiences some interesting perspectives and has her mindfulness challenged a bit as she travels through the Midwestern landscape and enters Saint Louis. Sometimes the road isn't always easy.
Wicker Park and Uptown are two of the places Lyra visits on her roadtrip through Chicago. Listen to some of her musings as she continues her journey throughout America.
Lyra Stone digs deep into what mindfulness means to her as she talks about her experiences in Chicago. She offers some good tips on how to successfully talk to strangers, and she mentions a number of great dive bars and spots folks may want to visit if they ever travel to the city.
Lyra muses about traveling on a budget and the abusive relationship she left behind in East Tennessee as she travels through Louisville, Kentucky and Lafayette, Indiana.
Lyra is off on her grand adventure throughout the US, and her first stop in Nashville. In this episode she talks about the quirks of the South, some neat places to see in Nashville, and her thoughts on what this trip may mean for her. Let's get existentially weird! Follow her on mindfulinamerica.com for blog and instagram updates!