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Downward Comparisons
Whether you’re in the Mid-Atlantic East Coast or somewhere else, you likely know that things have been very stressful in DC over the last couple of months. We had two harrowing shootings. The government furlough has created an insidious sense
Name Your Inner Critic
Many of us struggle with an inner voice that chatters a low-grade stream of discouraging negativity. In the world of creativity, this voice has been christened “The Inner Critic” but we’ve heard other much more evocative and telling names such
Three Things That Went Well This Morning
“Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life…It turns what we have into enough, and more. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend.” Melody Beattie Gioia and I frequently open workshops
Seven Word Biographies
Gioia-I Am An Artist Paul Holdengräber, who interviews cultural icons through the New York Public Libraries, always asks his guests to provide a 7 word biography. He calls them biographical “haikus” or “tweets”.Here are some wonderful examples he has elicited:
What’s Your “Super Power”?
Rebecca-Yellow Planetary Warrior Rebecca’s sister Jenny loves to liven up dinner parties by asking guests around the table “what is your ‘Super Power’–some quality that others know you for, even if it’s something outrageous and seemingly useless?” Initially, when the
The Art In Scribbling
Jenny Scribble Snake and KC Scribble Face What we “see” objectively can often change very quickly. We recently ran a workshop at Montgomery County Government with Building Site Inspectors. We had made a powerpoint on a simple white slide template