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Best of Our Blogs, September 9, 2011Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Having an illness can make you feel like a freak. Being highly sensitive can make you feel uncomfortably different. Coping with eating disorder recovery can make you feel like the only person in the world going through the same thing. Whenever we feel abnormal we feel alone. But venture through our site and you’ll realize that you’re not. Far from it, in fact. I was watching the 2010 Alice in Wonderland movie directed by Tim Burton when I came across this spine tingling conversation between the Mad Hatter and Alice: Mad Hatter: “Have I gone mad?” Alice: “Afraid so. You’re entirely bonker...
Source: World of Psychology - September 9, 2011 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Brandi-Ann Uyemura Tags: Best of Our Blogs Alice In Wonderland Alice In Wonderland Movie Alice Mad Hatter Amp anxiety Creative Mind creativity Diagnosis Disorder Recovery Distraction Eating Disorder Family Roots Freak Labor Day Loss Weight Mentor Source Type: blogs

Artistic Creativity and the BrainEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The Charlie Rose Show's series on neuroscience is replaying right now the creativity episode - airing on Bloomberg.The discussion between Richard Serra and Chuck Close is compelling.Check it out, if not now then by streaming from the show's website.Addendum: Show link: Charlie Rose Brain Series Episode Twelve: Creative Brain (originally aired in late October 2010).
Source: BrainBlog - September 6, 2011 Category: Neurologists Tags: neuropsychology art neuroscience creativity Source Type: blogs

If I Could Go Back To College: I’d Be A Little More PracticalEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
[If I Could Go Back is a series of articles that center around the college experience. Hindsight is 20/20, and sometimes the best advice we could ever give stems from experiences in our past that make us cringe just the tiniest bit.] “If I could do it all over again, I’d major in Education.” “Oh, me too. Either that or Business.” “I should have majored in Economics. At least then I’d have a real job.” These are not the words of slackers or lazy, “Generation Me” complainers. Nor is this a made up conversation invented by a conglomerate of strict parents hoping thei...
Source: World of Psychology - August 31, 2011 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Jessica DiGiacinto Tags: Children and Teens College creativity Mental Health and Wellness Parenting Personal Students Bliss Caution To The Wind college classes College Experience College Freshman college freshmen Conglomerate D Major Different World Source Type: blogs

Weekly Wrap Up: Marketing ResourcesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This was our sixth theme based week on Success Begins Today. The theme was marketing resources and featured quick response business cards. Due to some additional resources we spent two weeks on this topic. Theme: Marketing Resources Post 1: Low Cost Marketing Materials in Just Minutes Business Cards, Promotional Cards, and Nameplates are discussed Post 2: Creating a Mini One Sheet For two dollars and sixty cents, these were the best marketing materials I had ever created. Post 3: Mini One Sheet Tutorial Creating a mini one-sheet for your business is a great way to highlight your services. Post 4: Create Marketing Cards Wi...
Source: Success Begins Today - August 27, 2011 Category: Life Coaches Authors: John Richardson Tags: blog Business creativity Marketing promotional marketing cards quick response barcode quick response software Source Type: blogs

Mini One-Sheet TutorialEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Creating a mini one-sheet for your business is a great way to highlight your services to others. In our simple tutorial today, we’ll use Photoshop to create a 4 x 6 inch graphic file at 300 dpi that we can have printed at almost any one hour photo lab. This tutorial requires that you have a recent copy of Photoshop and a basic working knowledge of the program. You can download a trial version of the program here. (Photoshop is a very expensive and complicated program. We’ll look at other alternatives to create files like this later in the week) To get started, download our mini-one-sheet template and open it in Photosh...
Source: Success Begins Today - August 17, 2011 Category: Life Coaches Authors: John Richardson Tags: Business creativity Speaking mini-one-sheet Source Type: blogs

5 Quick Facts about Art TherapyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The very words “art therapy” can sound abstract (no pun intended!), and many people have little understanding about its origins, principles and purpose. That can easily create myriad misconceptions. Here, we lay out five facts about art therapy. 1. Art therapy has many uses. According to Cathy Malchiodi in her book The Art Therapy Sourcebook, art therapy is “a modality for self-understanding, emotional change and personal growth.” A vast field, art therapy has been used on a variety of populations, with everyone from young kids to the elderly, war veterans to prisoners and people with physical disabilities to thos...
Source: World of Psychology - August 17, 2011 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Margarita Tartakovsky, M.S. Tags: creativity General Mental Health and Wellness Psychology Psychotherapy Research Treatment Art Expression Art Expressions Art Therapist Art Therapy Cathy Malchiodi Creative Expression Emotional Change Field Art Little Understa Source Type: blogs

Creating a Mini One-SheetEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A few weeks ago, a friend of mine from Toastmasters invited me to a local small business group mixer. The meeting was to be held at a small wine bar in town, and would be a great way to meet fellow entrepreneurs and business people. She said in passing, be sure to bring lots of business cards and some information on your business. Wow, I thought to myself, I have business cards but I don’t really have anything about my speaking business that I could share with someone. Since there are hundreds of people in this organization, I knew there would be a lot of opportunities to promote myself… but how? I needed something th...
Source: Success Begins Today - August 16, 2011 Category: Life Coaches Authors: John Richardson Tags: blog Business creativity Marketing marketing materials Source Type: blogs

Best of Our Blogs: August 16, 2011Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Our society has an unshakeable desire to be “normal.” Whatever normal means. In fact, I have forsaken my own truth at times, because the idea of being normal, problem-free, low-maintenance, unencumbered by illness or age seemed too attractive not to embrace. But the fact is whether you’re dealing with chronic pain, physical or mental illness, financial issues or weight gain, being free of life and all of its abnormalities is near impossible. Why are we trying to hide ourselves in an effort to be perfect and illness free? I realized this after seeing friends I hadn’t seen in a decade. While at first ...
Source: World of Psychology - August 16, 2011 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Brandi-Ann Uyemura Tags: Best of Our Blogs Body Image Chronic Pain Compilation creativity Dangerous Message Decade Desire Glamour Magazine Handful Imperfection Individuality Jess Love Low Maintenance Perspective Positive Psychology Professional C Source Type: blogs

Do I Contradict Myself?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
“Do I contradict myself? Very well then I contradict myself, (I am large, I contain multitudes.)” ~ Walt Whitman, “Song of Myself” My brother’s incredible Walt Whitman tattoo. This month marks the five year anniversary of this blog and this Walt Whitman quote is one of my favorites of all time. It explains this site and myself perfectly. If you dug through the underbelly archives of this site, you’d see that there are some posts that are totally contradictory to what this site is about. When I started LifeDev in August of 2006, it was a productivity blog (like every other blog at the t...
Source: LifeDev - August 15, 2011 Category: Life Coaches Authors: glen Tags: creativity Focus Learning birthday contradiction Source Type: blogs

Through the Looking GlassEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Title: Through the looking glass Scan or click to download 'Through the looking glass' The Skinny: Report from the thinktank Demos suggesting that key priorities tackling child poverty and youth unemployment; supporting parents at key transition points in their children’s development; and encouraging positive relationships with peers short form the basis of government strategy to deal with youth issues, particularly those to do with girls. The report identifies that British teenage girls experience worse rates of binge drinking, worse levels of physical inactivity and more frequent incidences of teen pregnancy ...
Source: Fade Library - August 15, 2011 Category: Medical Librarians Authors: western4uk Tags: Ooops Missed Category! Assertiveness Attitudes Behaviour mechanisms Body Image Conformity creativity Cultural identity Deprivation Dignity Disadvantage Dishonesty Emotional immaturity Emotional Intelligence Emotional maturity Source Type: blogs

Low Cost Marketing Tools in Just MinutesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
If you are in business or building a platform to promote yourself, you’ve probably had the need for effective marketing materials. Business cards, letterhead, reply cards, one sheets, and promotional flyers, are very helpful to get the word out. To get a good price, you have probably found you need to order a relatively large order and wait at least a week to get them back from the printer. This usually means that your materials are relatively generic and usually boring! But what about the times you are at a trade show and need a custom response card. How about when you are at a networking event and need to customize yo...
Source: Success Begins Today - August 15, 2011 Category: Life Coaches Authors: John Richardson Tags: communication creativity promotional Business cards marketing Source Type: blogs

Writer’s Block? I Have Two Words for You!Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
If I've been absent from this blog recently, it's because I've had a relapse of an old affliction that used to give me sleepless nights and the feeling that words are battering the inside walls of my brain without finding a way out. Here are my two secret words for overcoming writer's block.Tags: creativity, work-life, writing
Source: Psychology, Philosophy and Real Life - August 9, 2011 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Libby Webber Tags: General creativity work-life writing Source Type: blogs

Art Therapy Exercises To Try at HomeEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
I’ve always loved art. Looking at interesting, unique, beautiful-in-their-own-way images and objects always has made me feel alive and happy.  As a child and teen, I also loved drawing, painting and creating everything from collages to greeting cards. And I loved losing myself in the work. So I was excited to learn more about art therapy, where clients create their own art to help them express emotions, better understand themselves and grow in general. In her book, The Art Therapy Sourcebook, art therapist Cathy A. Malchiodi describes various exercises that readers can try at home. Below are three that I found espec...
Source: World of Psychology - August 6, 2011 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Margarita Tartakovsky, M.S. Tags: creativity General Mental Health and Wellness Psychology Self-Help Treatment Adults Art Express Art Therapist Art Therapy Artistic Ability Beautiful Cards Cathy A Malchiodi Chalk Pastels Collages Creative Work Emotions Source Type: blogs

Culture, Creativity & CopyrightEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Situationist friend David Simon recently posted his forthcoming article “Culture, Creativity & Copyright” (Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal, Vol. 28, 2011) on SSRN.  Here’s the abstract. * * * Recent literature in copyright law has attacked the traditional theory that economic incentives motivate people to create. Although the onslaught of criticism has come from different directions, it all shares a similar goal: to move copyright law in a direction that reflects actual creative processes and motivations. This Article adds to and diverts from these accounts, arguing that creativity may b...
Source: The Situationist - July 30, 2011 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: The Situationist Staff Tags: Law Legal Theory copyright law creativity memetic theory memetics Source Type: blogs

When Remakes AttackEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
I was in a Chinese buffet last week, and found myself humming along with the oriental muzak. In fact, I couldn’t stop. Why was I humming along to music I’ve never heard before? A Coke poster redone It turns out I had heard these songs before, as they were Chinese takes on American melodies. They covered the likes of Celine Dion, Whitney Houston and Michael Jackson, with traditional Chinese musical stylings. (Or at least what I imagine to be a traditional Chinese “style”.) *** Why are musical remakes so well received? Because they’re a perfect blend of familiar and unfamiliar. A new take on a...
Source: LifeDev - July 29, 2011 Category: Life Coaches Authors: glen Tags: creativity Entrepreneur covers mashups remakes Source Type: blogs

The Dangers Of Letting Your Online Persona Do The TalkingEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Last week, while taking a break from work, I found myself reading through a friend’s personal blog. While everything was well written, and while the author herself did a careful job remaining anonymous to most of her readers, I couldn’t help but cringe at some of the stuff she was writing about. Personal stuff. Stuff that, once it’s out there, you just can’t take back. Part of my cringing was due to the fact that about a year ago, I was right there with her. I’ve had a personal blog for years, and it used to be the one place where I could completely dump my emotions. A creative writer who has ...
Source: World of Psychology - July 27, 2011 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Jessica DiGiacinto Tags: Brain and Behavior creativity General Personal Personality Self-Esteem Technology anonomous comments Anonymous Comments Avatar blog comments bullying Careful Job Creative Writer Creative Writing Cyberbullying Difference Of Source Type: blogs

One of the Biggest Barriers to Creativity and How to Overcome ItEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Anyone who writes — or creates anything that goes out to the public — knows that oftentimes the product is akin to putting your heart out on a piece of paper (or laptop, or canvas and so on). Vulnerable, scary and vomit-inducing. So even if you get 100 compliments and kind words, one negative remark roars above the rest. It sticks out and stays with you. Not only does it have you questioning your work but, worse, your worth. Or even just the idea of being evaluated gets under your skin. Instead of telling the truth or letting your creativity flow freely, limitless and liberated, you’re paralyzed because you’re thin...
Source: World of Psychology - July 14, 2011 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Margarita Tartakovsky, M.S. Tags: Books creativity General Motivation and Inspiration Psychology Self-Help Amp art Art Gallery Barriers To creativity Boss Canvas Class Dance Compliments Creative creativity Flow Criticism Dance Recital Digh Friends Fam Source Type: blogs

Research Bytes: Brain complexity, predicting job success, neuroscience/creativity, fluid IQ and personalityEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Bassett, D. S., & Gazzaniga, M. S. (2011). Understanding complexity in the human brain. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 15(5), 200-209.Although the ultimate aim of neuroscientific enquiry is to gain an understanding of the brain and how its workings relate to the mind, the majority of current efforts are largely focused on small questions using increasingly detailed data. However, it might be possible to successfully address the larger question of mind–brain mechanisms if the cumulative findings from these neuroscientific studies are coupled with complementary approaches from physics and philosophy. The brain, we argue, ca...
Source: Intelligent Insights on Intelligence Theories and Tests (aka IQ's Corner) - June 28, 2011 Category: Neurologists Tags: neuroscience general intelligence creativity fluid intelligence Neurology trait complexes aptitude Source Type: blogs

Sometimes You’ve Just Got To Chill OutEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Probably the single most successful parenting trick we used throughout the wedding process was allowing A. to get away and "chill out" whenever she needed to do so. Planning and participating in a wedding is a highly stressful and exhausting activity...(read more)
Source: From Inside the Puzzle: Raising a Child with Autism - June 27, 2011 Category: Autism Authors: Devon Alley Tags: Autism behavior creativity Source Type: blogs

Kids Will Be Kids – Giving Them A PlaceEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
One of the big lessons that I learned from my wedding as far as experiments that actually work was the importance of giving kids the space to do their own thing. At my wedding, this translated not only to A.'s actions and antics, but to all of the children...(read more)
Source: From Inside the Puzzle: Raising a Child with Autism - June 20, 2011 Category: Autism Authors: Devon Alley Tags: Autism creativity coping skills Source Type: blogs

Best of Our Blogs: June 17, 2011Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Most therapists, even before they were therapists, have a natural ear for pain. They are like magnets attracting people who are in dire need of a listener. I know because I was one of them. And over the years, I’ve learned that the real challenge underlying all of the stuff they talked about was acceptance. People felt rejected, heartbroken, beaten up emotionally because they felt that the life they were living wasn’t the life that they were supposed to be living. They mourned their inability to look a certain way, be a certain kind of person or get married and have kids by a certain age and be nurtured uncondi...
Source: World of Psychology - June 17, 2011 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Brandi-Ann Uyemura Tags: Best of Our Blogs Amp Certain Age Creative Department Creative Mind creativity And Innovation Desire Dire Need Fine Balance Geni grief Hatred Holidays Illumination Kindness Listener Loss Of A Loved One Lot Loving Parent Source Type: blogs

If You Want to Make Art and/or Money, Read This:Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This post is for anyone who is trying to do artistic work (writing, painting, computer programming, sculpting, music composition and recording, whatever) – or trying to make money (entrepreneur, salaried, investor, whatever). People that desire to create and enterprise do a lot to build the world, but it’s often a lonely and frustrating path. And due to the nature of that, most creative and enterprising people make a key mistake. They keep trying to re-invent the wheel. Please stop doing that.   When you get into a new field, you start by getting a hang of the basics. You dabble, experiment, maybe read or...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - June 16, 2011 Category: Life Coaches Authors: Sebastian Marshall Tags: creativity self improvement artists how to make money making money pickthebrain Source Type: blogs

Three Creative People You Should MeetEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Amazing! That’s what you say when you encounter something new and exciting. Something different. Something outside the box. That is what creativity is all about. It’s discovering new things. It’s taking an existing item and tweaking it. It’s dreaming up a new idea, writing it down, and taking action to create it. It’s fun to be creative. The other side of creativity can be depressing. It’s the time when new ideas fail, when people don’t laugh at your jokes, and when you give that speech and someone in the audience falls asleep. Some days it’s tough being a creative. If you ar...
Source: Success Begins Today - June 15, 2011 Category: Life Coaches Authors: John Richardson Tags: blog creativity Speaking Source Type: blogs

Motivational Mantras: Patti Smith Gets Through Rough Days With PolaroidsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Healthbolt - June 8, 2011 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Briana Rognlin Tags: emotional health FEEL creativity motivational quotes Source Type: blogs

Best of Our Blogs: June 3, 2011Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
It’s easy to slip into the “coulda, woulda, shouldas” of our lives. There’s the trip you didn’t take. The relationship you might have ended too soon. The career that sits, still waiting to be pursued. And though it maybe difficult to admit, it’s not the boss that held you back or the friend that slighted you. In fact, there’s probably some true to the saying that “you are your own worst enemy.” It’s the weekend again. It’s June. Summer is upon us. Why not take the time to reflect on why you’re holding yourself back? A few days ago, I asked our Facebook...
Source: World of Psychology - June 3, 2011 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Brandi-Ann Uyemura Tags: Best of Our Blogs Amp Body Image Boss brain Conte Contemplating Suicide Creative Mind creativity Decisions Envy Facebook Friends Fear Few Days Good Time Inspiration June 3 Lot Options Own Worst Enemy Perfect Time Source Type: blogs

10 Steps to Conquer PerfectionismEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Perfectionism. It’s the enemy of creativity, productivity, and, well, sanity. In The Artist’s Way, author Julia Cameron writes: “Perfectionism is a refusal to let yourself move ahead. It is a loop — an obsessive, debilitating closed system that causes you to get stuck in the details of what you are writing or painting or making and to lose sight of the whole.” But you don’t even have to be creating anything to be crippled by perfectionism. It can also frustrate your efforts as a mom, a wife, a friend, and a human being. Because no one and no thing is perfect in this blemished world of ou...
Source: World of Psychology - May 31, 2011 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Therese J. Borchard Tags: Brain and Behavior General Mental Health and Wellness OCD Psychology Self-Help Adversary Beats being perfect Beliefnet Break can't make a mistake Check Your Heart creativity Fear Heart Rate Imperfect World Insecurity Ju Source Type: blogs

10 Ways to Rediscover Your CreativityEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Do you remember those magical times in your childhood when you could lose yourself in your imagination? You could become anything and anyone, and life was full of infinite possibilities and exciting potential. Logic didn’t get in the way, blocking your sense of freedom and joy. And if life was miserable, you could escape from it all through the creative, imaginative world you made for yourself. It’s no accident that as children we practice all sorts of situations and personas, trying them on for size and preparing ourselves in a safe and harmless way for whatever life might have in store for us. And that free-thinking,...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - May 23, 2011 Category: Life Coaches Authors: Tim Ryerson Tags: creativity self improvement find inspiration inspired pickthebrain Source Type: blogs

The Link Between Creativity and EccentricityEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
It’s common knowledge that creatives can be eccentric. We’ve seen this throughout history. Even Plato and Aristotle observed odd behaviors among playwrights and poets, writes Harvard University researcher Shelley Carson, author of Your Creative Brain: Seven Steps to Maximize Imagination, Productivity and Innovation in Your Life, in the May/June 2011 issue of Scientific American. She gave several examples of creatives’ strange behaviors: “Albert Einstein picked up cigarette butts off the street to get tobacco for his pipe; Howard Hughes spent entire days on a chair in the middle of the supposedly germ-free zone...
Source: World of Psychology - May 21, 2011 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Margarita Tartakovsky, M.S. Tags: Brain and Behavior creativity General Mental Health and Wellness Research Schizophrenia Albert Einstein Beverly Hills Hotel Charles Dickens Cigarette Butts Composer Robert Schumann Creative Brain Emily Dickinson Harvard Universit Source Type: blogs

Over 40 Playful Yet Practical Ways to Cultivate CreativityEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article is designed specifically for marketing mavens but everyone can take away some good ideas, regardless of your profession. What are some of your favorite creativity-boosting activities? What helps you get those creative juices churning?
Source: World of Psychology - May 16, 2011 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Margarita Tartakovsky, M.S. Tags: creativity General Industrial and Workplace Motivation and Inspiration Self-Help American Writer brainsets Brainstorming Brande British Psychological Society Creative Process Creative Thinking creativity Exercises cultivating cre Source Type: blogs

8 Reasons Why Twitter Can Make You HappyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
I’m a huge fan of Twitter, and I’ve tried to persuade several people to give it a try. (My greatest triumph: convincing my sister to use it. Seeing my sister in my Twitter feed — that makes me very happy.) We’ve all seen how Twitter can play an unprecedented role in world events and in news communication. But on a very personal, routine level, there are several (other) ways in which Twitter can boost your happiness. After all, is it just a coincidence that a blue bird is both the symbol for happiness and the symbol for Twitter? Probably yes, I know, but still, it’s a happy coincidence. 1. Twit...
Source: World of Psychology - May 14, 2011 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Gretchen Rubin Tags: Family General Happiness Self-Help Technology Bad Feelings Blue Bird Coincidence College Basketball creativity Flow Distraction Fun People Great Source Green Technology Happiness Symbol Imagination Invention Mad Men Mih Source Type: blogs

Using Music to Relieve DepressionEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Caught in a terrible conundrum of whether I should break my diet over New York Super Fudge Chunk or Chunky Monkey at Ben and Jerry’s yesterday, I was reading the different fliers pinned to the community bulletin board inside this 200 square feet of ice-cream heaven. One flier read: “Got the blues? Learn to play them!” I don’t know whether to blame the kids or my depression for my stupidity (the death of my brain cells in the prefrontal cortex), but I had to read these seven words four times (that’s 28 words) before I understood the message, which is an important one: Music can help treat depre...
Source: World of Psychology - May 13, 2011 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Therese J. Borchard Tags: creativity Depression Disorders General Self-Help Treatment Arpeggios Blowing In The Wind Brain Cells Cadences Childhood Home Chunky Monkey Closing My Eyes Conundrum Good Music Music Of The Night One Music Phantom Of The Source Type: blogs

The Greek Miracle: How Ancient Greek Philosophy Can Save You, Or At Least Improve Your LifeEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Former nightclub owner Nicholas Kardaras died ten years ago. That’s right. For a few minutes his pulse was flat. Then he “pulled a Lazarus” as he describes it. He was revived and clung to life for a bit with the help of a respirator. When he finally emerged from his coma, he was a changed man. Plato, Pythagoras, and the other ancient Greeks saved him. That’s what he says in his new book, How Plato and Pythagoras Can Save Your Life. A drug addict living the glamorous life, rubbing elbows with the likes of John F. Kennedy, Jr., Tom Cruise, and Brooke Shields, he decided to turn all of his time and energy toward ancie...
Source: World of Psychology - May 6, 2011 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Therese J. Borchard Tags: Books Brain and Behavior creativity General Happiness Mental Health and Wellness Motivation and Inspiration Personal Psychology Spirituality Substance Abuse Ancient Greek Philosophy Brooke Shields Consciousness Expansion Doctor Source Type: blogs

The Inner Savant In All of UsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Darold Treffert, M.D. is considered one of the foremost experts on savantism in the world. Dr. Treffert has published two books on savant syndrome: “Extraordinary People: Understanding Savant Syndrome” in 2006 and “Islands of Genius: The Bountiful Mind of the Autistic, Acquired and Sudden Savant” in 2010. […] In his efforts to raise public understanding about autism and savant syndrome he has regularly appeared on programs such as 60 Minutes, Oprah, Today, CBS Evening News and many others. Dr. Treffert was a technical consultant to the award-winning movie Rain Man that made “autistic savant” household term...
Source: SharpBrains - April 28, 2011 Category: Neurologists Authors: Scott Barry Kaufman Tags: Cognitive Neuroscience Education & Lifelong Learning autobiographical-memory creativity dormant-skills learning disabilities memory-capacity savantism savants spectacular-memory Source Type: blogs

8 Reasons Why Waiting in Line Drives Us CrazyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
I’m a very impatient person, and standing in a slow-moving line is one of those very small, maddening aspects of life that drives me crazy. As often happens, however, when I learned more about the experience, it became more interesting to me. I happened to read a paper by David Maister, The Psychology of Waiting Lines. The piece is aimed at people who operate stores, restaurants, doctors’ offices, and other places where people fuss about being kept waiting. Of course, most of us are the ones standing in line, not the ones controlling the line, but I was fascinated by getting this insight into my own psychology....
Source: World of Psychology - April 27, 2011 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Gretchen Rubin Tags: Books Brain and Behavior creativity Family General Happiness Mental Health and Wellness Personal Personality Psychology Self-Esteem Self-Help Stress Actual Time anxiety Appointment Time Aspects Of Life David Maister Doc Source Type: blogs

Bullet Points or Gladwell Style?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
I’ve been working with a book editor for the last few weeks to put together an outline and proposal for a new book based on this blog. At the suggestion of Michael Hyatt, I decided to focus on one specific area, and research the material extensively. This has been a fun endeavor and the outline is taking shape. Yesterday I wrote a preface page which is a basic synopsis of the book. This was more difficult than I first thought. I used Michael’s great book proposal program as a guide and expanded upon the basic outline. To get some ideas, I looked at the preface pages and table of contents of a half dozen popular...
Source: Success Begins Today - April 26, 2011 Category: Life Coaches Authors: John Richardson Tags: blog creativity Organization writing publishing Source Type: blogs

9 Tips to Quit NaggingEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
From what I hear from other people, it’s clear that I’m not the only person who struggles with nagging. It turns out that being a nag is just as unpleasant as being nagged — so finding strategies to stop nagging brings a real happiness boost to a relationship. But even though no one enjoys an atmosphere of nagging, in marriage or any partnership, chores are a huge source of conflict. How do you get your sweetheart to hold up his or her end, without nagging? One of my best friends from college has a very radical solution: she and her husband don’t assign. That’s right. They never say, “Get me a diape...
Source: World of Psychology - April 22, 2011 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Gretchen Rubin Tags: creativity Family General Happiness Mental Health and Wellness Motivation and Inspiration Personality Self-Help Atmosphere Boxes Chores Conflict Dinner Party Enormous Goodwill Family Dinner Husb Husband Don Last Minute Source Type: blogs

What To Do When Setbacks ComeEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
I just got back from a Caribbean cruise for creatives that was one of the highlights of my life. I met some very interesting people, heard great speakers, and had a chance to share ideas and brainstorm. I also had a chance to climb a waterfall and experience a foreign marketplace. When I got back home, I was on a creative high like no other. My mind was racing with ideas, and I couldn’t wait to get started on some new projects. Then reality hit. I went back to work to find problems. I bent over to tie my shoe and threw out my back. Unexpected expenses on a variety of things came up one after the other I went to fill ...
Source: Success Begins Today - April 18, 2011 Category: Life Coaches Authors: John Richardson Tags: blog Business creativity Opportunity Problem Solving change your life communication Source Type: blogs

Creativity: Looks vs ContentEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
As a creative, I love to invent and modify things. The status quo can be boring, and I love to put my unique signature on most things that leave my desk. I’ve learned though, that my creativity is many times inwardly focused. I like to change things and do things MY way. While this may resonate with others, it often is just a distraction. I’ve discovered what really matters is what customers think about my ideas and projects. The phrase “What’s in it for them,” has become my mantra. The hard part of an outward focus is determining what people truly want. You can do surveys, ask questions, or ...
Source: Success Begins Today - April 17, 2011 Category: Life Coaches Authors: John Richardson Tags: blog creativity Organization Success Technology blog templates blog traffic content focusing web traffic Source Type: blogs

Creativity & Organization: Add EmotionEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
As a creative, one of the hardest things to do is to share our ideas with others. We have a picture in our heads of our creation, be it a book, recording, or possibly a painting or an invention. We can see it clearly, but we need to share our ideas with others to bring the item to fruition. If we have a book idea, we need to communicate that to a publisher. If we have a song, we need to get it recorded. If we have an invention, we need investors to get behind the idea. We need to sell others on our creation. The easiest way to get started is to collect facts and figures about our product or idea. We put these on paper, arr...
Source: Success Begins Today - April 14, 2011 Category: Life Coaches Authors: John Richardson Tags: blog Marketing Presentation Success writing creativity storytelling Source Type: blogs

The Power of Re-Framing, or, Would a Ranunculus By Another Name Be As Beautiful?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The other night, it was my turn to host my children’s literature reading group — I’m now in three of these groups! Partly because I am in three of the groups, I keep the bar low, so I served take-out Chinese food and store-bought cookies, as I always do. But I did resolve to take the trouble to buy flowers for the table (though I must confess, I didn’t even go to a proper florist’s shop, but went to the deli around the corner from my house — lower the bar). When I want to get the flowers, I was thrilled to see that one of my very favorite flowers was available. I hadn’t even known ...
Source: World of Psychology - April 13, 2011 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Gretchen Rubin Tags: Books creativity General Happiness Mental Health and Wellness Motivation and Inspiration Personality Self-Help Allusion Bl Bouquet Of Flowers Charlie And The Chocolate Charlie And The Chocolate Factory Chinese Food Displeasure Source Type: blogs

Creativity & Organization: Be SpecificEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
When the topic of creativity comes up, most creative people are listed as right brain thinkers that have a big picture view of life. They stand back and look at the forest as a whole. Broad topics like world peace and ending poverty are common. While this broad view is a great place to start, it doesn’t work well when you are creating a book proposal or starting a blog. One of the biggest problems creatives face is telling other people about their ideas. As a creative if you try to describe this big picture view, it becomes vague and idealistic rather quickly. For example, ending poverty is a great goal, but what spe...
Source: Success Begins Today - April 12, 2011 Category: Life Coaches Authors: John Richardson Tags: blog creativity Presentation Success writing book proposals michael hyatt pictures books printing books write proposal Source Type: blogs

Creativity & Organization: Turning Ideas Into RealityEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
I just came away from an intense encounter with a group of creatives. Ideas were flowing, presentations were given, and real change is in the wind. After spending a week on the Re:create cruise, I’ve come back home to plot a course for success. For me, success may be a published book, a speaking opportunity, or an increased focus on my blog. For others it may be a new recording, painting, or fiction based novel. All 93 of us on the cruise witnessed a plethora of ideas and strategies to transform our ideas into reality. So how do we get there from here? As Seth Godin would say… How do we get our ideas to ship? ...
Source: Success Begins Today - April 11, 2011 Category: Life Coaches Authors: John Richardson Tags: blog Organization Personal Development Success book publishing creativity idea organize problem solving publishing book scott belsky seth godin Source Type: blogs

Where good ideas come fromEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
What’s the space were creativity can flourish? People often credit their ideas to individual “Eureka!” moments. But Steven Johnson shows how history tells a different story. His fascinating tour takes us from the “liquid networks” of London’s coffee houses to Charles Darwin’s long, slow hunch to today’s high-velocity web.   No related posts.
Source: Dr Shock MD PhD - April 10, 2011 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Dr Shock Tags: Media creativity TED video Source Type: blogs

Video: Keep a Milestone Journal (Or Book)Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
2011 Happiness Challenge: For those of you following the 2011 Happiness Project Challenge, to make 2011 a happier year — and even if you haven’t officially signed up for the challenge — welcome! This month’s theme is Memories. Last week’s resolution was to Keep a one-sentence journal. Did you try that resolution? Did it boost your happiness? This week’s resolution is to Keep a milestone journal. You’ll notice that I accidentally switch back and forth in terminology — calling it a “milestone journal” and a “milestone book.” Which phrase has a better ring? Or can you th...
Source: World of Psychology - April 8, 2011 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Gretchen Rubin Tags: General Happiness Motivation and Inspiration Self-Help creativity Happy Memories Having Fun Itunes Mementos Milestone Mp3 Audio Perfect Score Phrase Podcasting Podcasts Project Challenge Resolution Check Resolutions Sat Source Type: blogs

Tips To Start JournalingEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Journaling — the act of writing things down somewhere (where doesn’t really matter) — has many benefits. Here’s an important one: “It’s not in the rereading that one finds solace but in the writing itself. It’s like crying—you don’t know why, but you feel so much better afterward. Everything pours, streams, flows, out of you aimlessly,” writes Samara O’Shea in her beautifully written book Note to Self: On Keeping A Journal And Other Dangerous Pursuits. Here’s another: Journaling is a profound — and simple — way to get to know yourself better. To figure out wha...
Source: World of Psychology - April 4, 2011 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Margarita Tartakovsky, M.S. Tags: creativity General Mental Health and Wellness Motivation and Inspiration Psychology Self-Help Anne Frank Answering Questions Aspec Beautiful Book Emotions Evolution Excerpts Faith Introspection Journal Entries Journaling Source Type: blogs

Zen Harmonica: Learning Mindfulness in the Key of LifeEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
“I play the harmonica.  The only way I can play is if I get my car going really fast and stick it out the window.” ~Stephen Wright “Live as if you were to die tomorrow.  Learn as if you were to live forever.” ~Mahatma Gandhi David Harp is the Rosetta Stone of the harmonica.  He has taught over a million people how to play, and holds the world’s record for teaching the most people to play at one time (2,569).  How does he do it? Mindfulness.  Because that’s what he’s really interested in… If you’re like me you probably have at least one, if not two cheap harmonicas lying in the bot...
Source: World of Psychology - March 31, 2011 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Daniel Tomasulo, Ph.D. Tags: creativity General Mental Health and Wellness Motivation and Inspiration Proof Positive Spirituality Astrology Chart Champagne Glass David Harp Experiences God Grad School Harmonica Harmonicas Key Of Life Learning To Play The Source Type: blogs

Best of Our Blogs: March 25, 2011Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
It happened to me the other day. I was admiring a fellow writer’s accomplishment while someone else was admiring my own. The funny thing is that we were both shocked by the compliment. I guess I could dish it, but was surprised that I couldn’t take it. Why is it that we have such an easy time seeing the beauty, hard work and achievement in another, but neglect to see those same things in ourselves? The impact over time of finding the silver lining in our partner’s, friend’s, co-worker’s lives, but focusing on only the shadows of our own lives can make us jealous, bitter, resentful and depresse...
Source: World of Psychology - March 25, 2011 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Brandi-Ann Uyemura Tags: Best of Our Blogs Accomplishment Amp Co Worker Compliment Creative Energy Creative Mind creativity Dreams Eating Disorder Fellow Writer Funny Thing High Energy Judgement March 25 Negative Thoughts Neglect Overcoming Fear Source Type: blogs

Best of Our Blogs: March 15, 2011Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
There are just two things on my mind right now: Japan and the time change. One is weighing heavy on my heart and the other has turned me into a zombie. Both have affected the way I view my life. How can two things so different in severity–a natural disaster and a loss of an hour–have anything to do with each another? For me, it crowns time as King and places everything else as a lesser priority. What we choose to spend time in our lives suddenly becomes clearer. Like the grains of sand falling in an hourglass, time slips away putting a spotlight on the impact hardship and an hour loss have on what’s reall...
Source: World of Psychology - March 15, 2011 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Brandi-Ann Uyemura Tags: Best of Our Blogs Advocate Health Bad News bloggers Creative Mind creativity Crowns Defensiveness Emotional Health Facebook Grains Of Sand Health Humor Heavy On My Heart Japan Japan Earthquake Meltdown Mental Health Advocat Source Type: blogs

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