(Kathy Klein)
For the better or worse, we are deeply affected by our environment and the people in it. This is a scientific fact.
So, if you are surrounded by chronically unhappy people, what do you do? That is a big question I have been presented by life over and again, and while there are no hard and fast answers, it is clear that choosing to hang out with misery is not a good idea! Once I got clear on the actual mechanics behind how moods spread in certain ways, it was motivation to create my own limits and boundaries. Here is a bit of feng shui and science for the day on emotion and the way it spreads!
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This pretty much sums up my hopes for ever single being in the world! xoxo Dana
As it turns out, it really can be more simple to solve problem than we think, provided, that is, we stop thinking! While some issues require logic and “left brain” computation, most of life’s challenges benefit from the contributions of the creative mind.
And, as it seems, there are ways- some anecdotal, some scientific, but all reported to be valuable- to access that creative problem-solving mind- in your sleep! Continue Reading…
(Elle Decor España)
Travel is forever prized in my life as a cornerstone of life transformation. If you can’t travel at the moment, reaching in the world to explore the homes, the art and the culture of other countries is a way of broadening that cultural well while staying stationary. One of my favorite foreign publications is Elle Decor España, and for obvious reasons: sumptuous architecture, gorgeous spaces and super rich color. Ready to get a decor tour of more of the world? So many great ideas to fold into your own spaces spring from these images! Continue Reading…
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Science continually astonishes me, especially when it confirms hunches that I have had (and you might as well) concerning human behavior. The awesome thing about our human behavior and even our genetics is that there is enormous room for change. When I read about the way in which we may genetically inherit fear and trauma from our ancestry, it set off many light bulbs inside of me.
I am a product of massively traumatized parents… and maybe you are, too? And I’ve had a sense that some fears I’ve carted around have been irrational. Have you? Turns out these odd fears may be genetically switched on. And… can be switched off! There is one way that has worked, and continues to work for me… and I am betting it will help you, too! Continue Reading…
You know, I often mistook ambition for self-torture. Or… much better said, I got so hung up on competing with other people that I forgot about being the best me I could be. After a whole lot of self-torture in the name of being better, I can tell you that’s not the way! It is exciting to be a better person, if you are doing it well! Brighter. More alive. On point, so to speak! Its amazing to wake up and see what you’ve been missing. To do more. To help more. No one is “done” evolving. Unless they’ve decided to spiral down. And you haven’t made that decision, so it’s all up from here! xoxo Dana
(Ben & Sherman)
Organic art need not be images of grass or vast oceans. It doesn’t have to be green and brown, nor does it have to be pictures of leaves and flowers. When art flows in a way that mimics the nature you respond to intuitively, it is evocative of the organic. And today’s 6 artists/collaborators have a way of making me feel nature, even in shades of pastel, fluorescence and metal. Continue Reading…
December 4, 2013 • 0 comments