Balance

Question: My 12-year-old daughter struggled with being overweight until she hit a growth spurt. Her weight stayed the same, but she grew a few inches. No one has ever mentioned her weight, but she recently became obsessed with her looks, constantly feeling that she is fat, reading food labels, and skipping meals. She eats minimally. […]

Our bodies do so much for us under the radar and without a dependency on our conscious control. These automatic systems do not need a single, conscious signal from us. The heart pumps 6,000 liters of blood per day; the lungs move our breath in and out 22,000 times in the same period, and the

We’re here to play the long game, I hope. We need to have time to figure things out, make sense of the world, and come to understand our place in it. This path, we know, is rarely, if ever, linear. We wobble, and we weave and get lost. It feels like a labyrinth or maze. 

What challenges have you experienced in Siouxland? When I first integrated into a community that was more familiar to me which was the Latino community, then the Siouxland community became easier for me to adjust to.  Secondly, it was difficult to adapt to the place of this area, due to size. Prior to moving here,

“I’ve always cared about diversity and inclusion. I grew up with Ethiopian and Eritrean parents, so it started as a kid, and I wanted to keep fostering that as an adult.” Semehar Ghebrekidan recalls her passion for community-wide collaboration, inclusion, and diversity. She is Sioux City’s very first Community Inclusion Liaison. “I’m seeing the connections

Siouxland Growth Organization is celebrating its 20th year as a non-profit organization, and we love celebrating- especially with events! From our monthly GO PRO(fessional) and GO SOCIAL events for our members to make connections and grow their professional skills to our larger-scale events like the Golf Classic or Innovation Market, we love to bring people