“Perseverance, empowerment, and silliness.” Nina Ballantyne hesitates slightly when listing her three words. She acknowledges they don’t all fit neatly into the same grammatical category—”they’re not all quite neat”—but she lands on them anyway. Perseverance makes sense for a physical practice. Empowerment tracks with overcoming barriers and building capability. But silliness? That third word sits… more →