Creative Structures – Want to Improve Your Creativity? Add More Structure

January 12, 2021 / By
Creative Structures - Structure Yields to Creativity

Structure and creativity. Friends of foes? I come down solidly on the side of friends, the kinds of friends who make one another better. Creative structures, when built and deployed correctly, give you the organized space to better utilize your creativity. For others, the structure feels confining. I contend that structure is the ultimate supportive …

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The World Is Better Than You Think. Don’t Believe Me? Read On.

January 12, 2021 / By
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Happy December to you! Around my town, holiday decorations were up before Thanksgiving; people couldn’t wait to illuminate with cheer. Understandable. And I have some coaching-style cheer for you. Here’s a cup of cerebral wassail: The world is getting significantly better, and I’ve got the data to prove it. These two books have shifted my …

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How to Ask Powerful Questions – The Fine Art of Fostering Fresh Thinking

December 22, 2020 / By
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When I trained to become a coach, the most important tool that I worked to develop is the way I ask questions. In each session, I strive to ask powerful questions in such a way that it helps a clients to consider something they’ve been thinking about for some time in an entirely new light. …

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Better Than Pumpkin Pie: Six Tools For Thanksgiving

January 12, 2021 / By
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I’ve never been more grateful. For health, for masks, for coming change. I believe we’re on the downhill side of the pandemic, and that we’ll have a vaccine, a more functional leader in the United States, and more attention to schools and children’s educational needs in 2021.  2020 was a year of pain, misalignment, disagreement, …

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Ring Theory: How to Comfort (And Receive the Comfort You Need)

December 22, 2020 / By
Ring Theory

In this time of change, uncertainty, and often tragedy, everyone’s in need of comfort and empathy from the people around them. And there’s absolutely nothing wrong with trying to comfort others, while asking for a little support yourself. Having said this, during hard times, doing both at the same time isn’t exactly possible. Enter “Ring …

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Tension Release Valve: 5 Unorthodox Tools That Relieve the Crushing Emotion We’re Feeling

December 22, 2020 / By
Tension Release Valve

2020 has been a time of significant upheaval, pain and crisis. We could all use a tension release. The entire world is alone together in a big change that we didn’t want, which does not seem to have an end in sight. Everyone in this world has been impacted by the pandemic. On top of …

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Tools To Use When Anxiety Peaks

February 24, 2021 / By
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So here we are. We’re on the precipice of the most important US election of our lifetime, covid is peaking, school is in and out, and…winter is coming. What tools do you use in this moment, while you’re in an increasingly hypervigilant, anxious state?  Cocktails!  Exercise and yoga, gratitude and spiritual exercises. Get out the …

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