Tygielski describes a movement that offers direct aid, connecting those who need help with those who want to be of help. Even when problems seem too big to solve, she says, “We start to pare down and look at things on a smaller level (such as within our own families or our children’s schools). Once we start there, it’s surprising how far reaching those effects are.” Shelly Tygielski is founder of the Pandemic of Love movement and is a self-care activist, community organizer, and mindfulness teacher. She is the author of Sit Down to Rise Up: How Radical Self-Care Can Change the World (New World Library 2021)

Interview Date: 4/18/2022   Tags: Shelly Tygielski, Pandemic of Love, nonprofit disrupter, Covid Pandemic, Self Care, Self-Care, intention, baby steps, Canal Point Elementary School in Pahokee, Florida, Music teacher Mr. Goindoo, Pyoitr Kropotkin, Peter Kropotkin, Darwin, survival of the fittest, cooperation, collaboration, David Loye, Dan Siegel, Mwe Up Community, Personal Transformation, Community, Social Change