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  Goals and the Screaming Barfies January 12, 2021

  Last weekend I went cross country skiing with my husband. We left the kids at home because, well, we had a goal of enjoying ourselves. Anyone with teens/pre-teen boys will […]

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  New Study on ADHD and Creativity July 3, 2020

  Tonight, I’m hiding out here in my bedroom-turned-office until the week is over.  The reason? this week we did two things: 1- took my son off his ADHD meds and […]

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• Pitfalls of Making Decisions in Uncertainty April 16, 2020

  What do you need to know about your outdated operating system in uncertainty? Awareness of when we are feeling uncertainty is the first step in counteracting our primitive survival mechanisms. […]

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  5 Reasons Teams Need Creativity Now. March 12, 2020

  Creative Team Building: Researchers say that Creativity is your Human Superpower (well, almost). There is solid evidence that your team needs to embrace everyday creativity.  Yes, even Karen in Accounting.  […]

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  Courage and a Confession: Is it time to panic? September 3, 2019

  This summer, on a family camping trip, we had a close call with disaster.  My youngest son could have drowned. He swam out to retrieve a ball – which was […]

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  I’m Bored! June 15, 2019

  Ah the sounds of summer. My kids are in the last few weeks of school, and I’m not looking forward to the “I’m Bored” summer anthem. I made the mistake […]

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  Creative Discomfort April 27, 2019

  “Fatigue, discomfort, discouragement are merely symptoms of effort.” ― Morgan Freeman Increasing discontent despite a comfortable quality of life – what’s up with that?  Why would you seek discomfort? You may have […]

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  Ambiguity – The Secret Sauce for Success February 24, 2019

  “I wanted a perfect ending. Now I’ve learned, the hard way, that some poems don’t rhyme, and some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about […]

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• Are you an artist or a nerd? Creative Resilience. January 12, 2019

  Society loves to put us in boxes. Creative.  Artistic.  Nerd.  Jock.  I was torn between my love for animals and science in high school.  I felt a thrill onstage, and […]

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