-
New Endeavors: What if I’m not a Creative Person?
When children play, their creativity is obvious. Kids imagine and build. They sing and paint. Often you see them playing pretend with complex back stories using their vivid imaginations. While almost every child has active creative interests, the grown-ups I talk to often say “but I’m not a creative person” or “I was never good at art in school.” While it’s true that one person might be more creative than another, we all have creative possibilities deep in our DNA. Even early humans painted on cave walls, and you have an instinct for creative self-expression, too. You just need to tap into it by taking the first step. Some of…
-
Getting Out of My Head and Recharging
In the book, Breathing Under Water, Fr. Richard Rohr states that most people spend too much time in our head space and need to connect more with our heart space. The head space encompasses our logical brain where we think and plan. The other aspect of being human is to be connected with the heart space. He says “the heart space is often opened by ‘right brain’ activities such as music, art, dance, nature, fasting, poetry games, life-affirming sexuality, and, of course, the art of relationships itself.” The book discusses that many people are only in their head space but rarely in touch with the heart space. This disconnect can…
-
You never regret swimming in a lake
I love to swim, but I don’t have much tolerance for cold water. At the ocean or a cold mountain lake, I stick my foot in and feel the bone chilling cold. It makes me step back and question if it’s really worth it to get in the water or not. Maybe it would just be easier to go for a walk along the beach or stay on the blanket. Once I get myself into the the water, it’s always a fresh thrill. I love swimming in the open water and I never regret pushing past that initial discomfort and getting my whole self in. I’ve made myself my own…
-
Book Review – Barbara Sher’s Refuse to Choose
Barbara Sher is a well-known speaker and author on personal growth topics. I don’t know how I missed her because I love reading self help books, but she is a classic author in the field. The title of this book captivated me – Refuse to Choose – Use all of your passions, interests and hobbies to create the life and career of your dreams. I have always wanted to major in everything and have a ton of hobbies and interests, so it sounded right up my alley. Barbara calls the target audience of her book “scanners” which which she defines as a person wired to be interested in a wide…