Archives for January 2011

Don’t Like What you See? Be a Change Agent and Make the Difference

In life its really easy to say THAT SUCKS, THIS IS TOTALLY LAME or I WISH SOMEONE would do something (like make sleeping bags out of gummy bears – comfy and edible!). Its not very often I hear people stating workable solutions AND taking action in order to improve what they view as an injustice or challenge. Being a writer I have a platform to write about topics and bitch if I so desire. For the most part I enjoy sharing tools to re-frame thinking, but not everything is solved by just … [Read more...]

Forget Answers, Are you Asking the Right Questions?

If you are looking to switch things up and get deeper into your creative groove or soul path, what are you doing to get there? Exercise, meditation, getting toxic people out of your life? Eating healthier and exercising more? Fantastic. You get a gold star AND a high five. However, in the midst of changing behavior patterns, people usually miss the most important element on the path to self growth  --“ a clear list of important questions. If you are making the effort to open up your mind and … [Read more...]

Life is a Conga Line Not a To-Do List

The holidays are gone and you are once again alone with your thoughts. Are you racing to start a million new projects? Tweeting your heart out? Or have your copious 2011 goals combusted into oblivion already? Maybe you are stalled at the starting gate as your ideas run amok like M&M’s on crack? What ever your reasons (or excuses), I think one very important thing is usually missing in people’s big ol’ life plans -- daily fun. Sure, you can write all about that amazing fantasy trip you … [Read more...]

Change is Inevitable; Expansion is Choice

Expansion. It’s a fun word because of all its potential implications. You can expand your business, your outreach, your waistline with multiple cookies, your horizons or…expand your MIND. They all sound like fabulous ideas (ok, maybe not ALL of them). But what does the term expansion really mean? By definition, expansion is the act of getting larger or spreading out; the condition of being expanded; dilation; enlargement. It also means the space through which anything is expanded; pure space. … [Read more...]