Lisa Yoder

  • On Introversion & Friendship

    I was listening to a really old episode of the EveryBranch podcast with Brooke Snow and Sarah Bray the other day. They did an episode on friendship, and talked about how people who have lots of friends live longer than people who don’t. That statistic is especially pronounced for people who are more reclusive than your average…

  • 2016 Goals

    I know I’m late to the party on this, but I didn’t want to let too much more time go by before sharing some of my goals for this not-so-new year. And maybe I’m trying too hard here, but it could be better to focus on goals now that the year has started and we’re…

  • Float On: Depriving My Senses

    Back in undergrad at Penn State, our friend Jeff told us about this crazy thing he’d learned about — sensory deprivation tanks. Basically, he explained, you climb into a small, pitch black pool filled with really salty water the same temperature as your skin, and float there, in the silence and the dark for an…

  • 2015 in Bullet Points

    Not every year has to be awesome. It’s inevitable that some years won’t be. Sometimes it’s hard to remember that, especially when everyone on Twitter is all “2015 was flawless!” and “Saying goodbye to a stellar year!” Frankly, I couldn’t be happier that 2015 has seen its way out, may the door hit it. But…

  • We DIY-ed our Holiday Card Photos & Lived to Tell the Tale

    December always starts out so slow, you know? Thanksgiving ends, and you think (or at least I think), “Oh, I have several glorious weeks until Christmas! This year I surely won’t be rushed. That’s weeks to leisurely bake cookies, decorate the apartment, sing all my favorite Christmas hymns, watch ‘A Very Murray Christmas,’ go cut…

  • Let’s Go To The Market with Jane Mosbacher Morris

    Interviews with Interesting People is a not-even-close-to-regular feature that I started so that I’d have the excuse to meet, chat with, or email people I admire and want to get to know.  I saw Jane Mosbacher Morris speak at the last Alt Summit (where I also hosted a roundtable!), and was blown away. She’s had such…