Is Theater the Ultimate Brain Fitness Product?
In an earlier posting, Overwhelmed With Troubles?, I commented on the value of creative expression as an attitude stabilizer and resilience builder. And now my gut feel about the drawing lessons has been validated. A recent post on the blog Cognitive Daily cites a study that confirmed the efficacy of visual arts programs AND the even more impressive gains that the research subjects experienced when participating in a theatre arts program. Continue reading » Theatre Arts, Prepaid Phones and All That Jazz!
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Could we create more resilient families with something so simple? What family meal traditions do you remember, or better still, continue?
I come from a large family. And once upon a time we all sat down and ate dinner together. Family style, and, as they say in Basque restaurants “please pass the peas.” Dinner time was sacrosanct – even if you were going out on a date, you first sat down to dinner with the family!
Now a-days that happens maybe on Thanksgiving or Christmas. But the rest of the year, it’s catch as catch can. Every man and child for themselves. And often we have what my sis’ calls “CORN” for dinner – as in Clean Out Refrigerator Night! I think we miss out the best parts of living with this short-order, take it and run lifestyle.
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Are you happy?
Think about it – ARE YOU HAPPY?
If not, why not? Puhlease, don’t tell me about your bad hair day, or your flat tire, or the dog didn’t cooperate on your walk, or that your allergies are bad today. Why aren’t you happy?
This month our Book Club book is reading The Last Lecture
by Randy Pausch with Jeffrey Zaslow. (Get used to it. I belong to a book club, and if what we are reading has any nugget to be passed on, I will find it and deliver it to you.) I had dreaded reading this book because one of our friends had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and another with esophageal cancer within weeks of each other in 2007.
Continue reading » Ending The Happiness Deficit
How have you creatively solved changing priorities in your life?
Being able to adapt to change is an important aspect of resiliency. So, what happens when you have to change priorities? Well first of all, we often need a whack on the side of the head to notice that some important aspect in our lives has changed. Once we get that message, then what?
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