We wanted to share some of the drawings that were sent in to us this month when we put out a call for mandalas on the theme of “What is important to you and what keeps you strong.” Mandalas By New Parents Katy and AlWe start out with the mandalas that new parents Katy and Al made. What makes their …
Last week, during a rare lighthearted exchange in an otherwise understandably serious and sadly often contentious Supreme Court confirmation hearing for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, Senator Hirono of Hawaii asked the Judge how she tended to the creative side of her life. Judge Brown Jackson, the first African-American Woman to be nominated to the Supreme Court, replied that she had …
Supreme Court Nominee Knits to Manage Stress Click to Read Post »
Join us for our free Increasing Wellbeing and Positivity Workshop March 19, 2022 We just saw a video from Denmark that really touched a nerve–in a good way. It helped ease a pain that we, like so many people, feel about how divided we all seem to be in this country — particularly acute for many of us because it isn’t just …
How To Stop “Othering” Others: Dehumanization and Its Antidote Click to Read Post »
Rebecca Doing the Year in Review Exercise with KCRebecca and her husband, KC, had to drive a car across country last week. To pass the time on the long and tedious journey, Rebecca forced her husband to go through the “Year in Review” exercise that we suggest for our clients. This involves listing things that we accomplished and that impacted …
Why Bother Doing a Year In Review After All Nothing Happened?! Click to Read Post »
Our friend Lizzy celebrated her 56th birthday this October by getting pinned for three hours under an ATV 4 wheeler on a desolate plateau, lungs punctured, back broken, and preparing to die. Lizzy had been helping her friends Chrissy and Dave McFarren close up their dude ranch in Colorado for the winter. She and the other ranch hand, Greogory, were …
Did You Forget?For those of you who know Rebecca, you know she and identical twin sister Jenny bicker all of the time. After one of many heated arguments with Jenny, Rebecca called her husband KC in tears. Initially he comforted her but then, when she launched into righteous indignation at her sister’s outrageous behavior, he said “Did you forget…? Did …
Did You Forget That You Were Going to Die? Click to Read Post »
Watercolors in Afghanistan Carolyn, a US Air Force National Guard reserve who was twice deployed to Afghanistan twice, shared with us one of her go-to ways of coping with being in a war zone. Each Sunday, she would go out onto the base with her watercolor set to capture any flowers she could find. Whenever she was painting, people would …
Art Invites People In/What a Soldier in Afghanistan Discovered Click to Read Post »
Gioia–How to Be Happier Concrete Steps to Improve Positivity Myers Briggs Feelers/Positive or Negative Feelings?Gioia and Rebecca are both Feelers on the Myers Briggs Personality Type. In fact, Gioia and Rebecca have the exact same profile—Extrovert/Intuitive/Feeler/Perceiver (ENFP). However, where they differ is that Gioia is prone to positive emotions (joy, connection, contentment, energy) and Rebecca negative ones (anxiety, guilt, anger). …
Rebecca–Other People Concrete Steps to Cultivate Being Mindful I Can’t Be Non-Judgmental!Jane, one of Rebecca’s clients, was in tears the other day because she has been trying to practice mindfulness but, as she put it, “it’s impossible for me to be non-judgmental and accepting when I’m trying to meditate. I can’t seem to stop my mind from second guessing whether …
Rebecca–Things that Make Me Happy. Why Did You Come To This Planet? Early Morning ContemplationsRebecca and her husband, KC, live out West in Arizona but they work on East Coast time. Each morning they get up at the crack of dawn and start the day with a warm cuppa to watch the sun rise (Rebecca with a fresh decaf green …
What Did You Think Was So Cool About Coming to This Life? Click to Read Post »
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