What Your Brain Really Wants
Your life depends on your brain. To be the ethical, engaged, creative, successful, and lively human being you intend to be, you need your brain. You need your brain and you also need to use your brain....
View ArticleMore Like This Please! The Movember Rooted & Rising Collective First Social...
Movember is the leading charity changing the face of men’s health, focusing on mental health and suicide prevention, prostate cancer and testicular cancer. #Movember is coming soon! To sign up to...
View ArticleHow To Be Innovative When Your Boss Isn’t
A common complaint that I hear when I run innovation workshops is this, ‘I have plenty of really creative ideas but my boss just isn’t interested in trying anything new. What can I do?’ Let’s leave...
View ArticleHow To Become a Creative Genius
“You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.” — Maya Angelou You may be convinced that brilliant creative ideas only come from creative geniuses like Plato, da Vinci, Dante,...
View ArticleFinding Out That I May Not Like Being Creative
I’ve always known that I don’t love the arts and/or creative activities. From my kindergarten days, I remember just getting irritated by our teachers having to make us sing the “Summer Kindergarten...
View ArticleLook for the Solution Inside the Problem
Two prisoners dug a tunnel from their cell 80 feet to escape from prison. Where did they hide the dirt? I heard this story from Roni Horowitz of the consultancy group SIT who uses it to show the...
View ArticleLife-Changing Leadership Quotes
I routinely conducted professional development and training sessions when I was a school administrator. When I did, I often incorporated relevant quotes to emphasize specific concepts and to...
View ArticleBailing at the First Sign of Difficulty
[This post is excerpted from Why Smart Teens Hurt. To learn more, please take a look!] As a therapist and creativity coach, I’ve worked with countless smart, talented, creative adults who had very...
View ArticleThe Devil’s in the Details
Details, details, details. Some people are not wired to see or care about details. They think in wholes, not in parts. They only see the big picture, the finished project, and they go from capital A...
View Article7 Things to Keep in Mind When Dating an Introvert
When you first meet an introvert, they may give off the impression that they are reserved; yet, as you get to know them more, they may surprise you with their creativity, knowledge, or even their...
View ArticleCreative Play is Important for Children’s Mental Development
Creative play is important for kids, and their development in many different ways. As they learn to entertain themselves with fantastic games, it assists in their brain development, and teaches them...
View ArticleHow to Shine Your Light More Brightly
If I were to ask you if you’re a creative person, what would you say? Some of you who are reading this will say “Yes”; some of you will say “No”. Of the ones who say “No”, I’m gonna dispute that. I’m...
View ArticleDiscover Your Creative Outlet. Chances Are You Already Have One
We all have a creative side. You may not think so, but that’s probably because you need to expand your definition of creative. Creativity includes anything that helps you think outside the box and make...
View ArticleThe Tight-Fitting Suit
[Kirism is a contemporary philosophy of life that I’ve developed over the last several decades. It is psychological, philosophical, and existential and takes into account human nature, the human...
View ArticleThe Answer You’ve Been Waiting for Is Nowhere in Sight
Perhaps another day has gone by, and you did not make a new sale or did not acquire new followers. Now what? Waiting on the world to deliver the answer to your prayers is a sketchy strategy. Yes, I’ve...
View ArticleContent Writing in 2024: Trends to Help You Stay Ahead
There’s no question that the biggest contender in the world of content writing this year is AI content, and I hate it. Don’t throw in the towel yet, though. The sky isn’t falling, I promise. The...
View Article5 Fun and Family-Friendly Winter Activities
By National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse Winter, with its cold weather and long nights, is not always considered the ideal time for family activities. You might even be tempted to huddle up...
View ArticleApril Affirmations, Part 3
Words To Inspire, Words To Soothe Somewhere between prayer and manifestation are affirmations, an often overlooked method to help right a wayward mind. Affirmations exist at the intersection between...
View ArticleUsing Creative Surgical Solutions for Creative Patients
By Valerie Goodwin During a family trip to Traverse City, Susie McColgan fell down a flight of stairs during the night, resulting in a slew of serious injuries to her entire body. “I couldn’t see...
View ArticleUpcycled Foods Offer Creative Fix for Food Waste
By Julieta Cardenas, Sentient Media “Food isn’t waste until we waste it,” said Jonathan Deutsch, founding director of the Drexel Food Lab, at a panel during the Plant Based World Expo held last month...
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