HAPPENINGS
Seaside Public Library
Thursday, April 18th -- 7 p.m.
Seaside, OR
Coast to Coast AM with Greg Noory
10 p.m. Friday, April 19th
We'll talk about the Synchronicity, Intuition and the Perfect Trap
How to get creativity flowing
As soon as I start talking about creativity, people get a little freaked. “I’m not artistic,” they say. “I can’t even draw a straight line.” But you don’t have to be the next Georgia O’Keeffe (have you seen my Pictionary drawings?) to have fun, to be creative, to broaden your life. I’m talking about tapping into your [...]
Creativity adds life, energy to the same old routine
My daughter has this ongoing project where she takes trash, bottle caps and bubble wrap, pencil shavings, scraps of ribbon, and tin foil, packing peanuts and popcorn kernels and just about anything else she can find to create a world on a flat of cardboard. With a glue gun, singular pockets of an egg carton [...]
What’s your story?
When things go haywire and life takes a scary, irritating, messy turn – how do you talk about it? Do you dwell on the drama and despair? Or do you tell a story about how you can figure it out and thrive? What is the story you tell? When we’re caught up in what feels [...]
Quiz: Are you creating a life or coping with one?
We are all creative beings. Creativity is innate and not at all exclusionary. It is one of the evolutionary installments that has helped us survive on the planet all these years. But, I’m not talking about the paint-like-Picasso kind of creativity. I’m looking more at the aspect that helps us solve problems, engage in life, [...]
Fulfill your desires by living close to your values
Can a clean house really contribute to a meaningful life and the happiness that comes from that? Sure can, but it all depends on what you value and how you fulfill those values. Plenty of science supports the Bigwigs who say our deepest sense of happiness comes from living a values-based life. This means that [...]
Five ways to make a great day
At the end of the voice-mail recording I heard this message: “Make a great day.” And I love it, because it reminds us that we are creators and we get to have a say in the kind of day we’ll have. We get to choose how we’ll react to the circumstances that make their way [...]
Six questions that can shape your life
For many, the art of asking questions is part of a spiritual contemplation. Contemplation is a spiritual practice that has been used for centuries to tease out universal truths and personal insights that can only arrive when we get quiet, align with our spirit or inner voice, and become aware. It works like this: you [...]
Four ways to create a feel-good environment
Want to feel more creative and inspired – raise the roof, literally. Research by the bigwigs from the University of Minnesota Center for Spirituality and Healing showed that ceiling height can affect the thought process. People were more detail oriented when working under an eight foot ceiling and more abstract when the ceiling was raised [...]
How a change in scenery changes your brain
My space is cozy and tidy. The papers that are on my desk are in neat piles. A few loose newspaper clippings are scattered about. Three books sit stacked on the corner and box of pens lays along the outer edge of that desk. This is just about right. Too much clutter, and I become [...]
Go with a big theme and make big things happen this year
Every year, (as detailed in last Wednesday’s post, just behind this one) I pick a broad theme, instead of a regimented list of narrow goals. Then, I do write down a few loose goals that fit in context with the theme. I’ve declared 2012 my year of Love. And, one of my goals is to expand [...]
