No matter how much we push, intend and effort, it’s clear that we don’t often have all the answers that we seek. But Something else does. We humans are brilliant when we’re aligned with Something greater than ourselves. We don’t get breakthroughs by thinking harder or better. We get breakthroughs when we open spaces we…
In an article in Newsweek “The Creativity Crisis,” Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman describe a study of people who received MacArthur genius awards. In the study, researchers discovered that MacArthur recipients spent time in their childhoods creating “paracosms,” or alternative fantasy worlds. These kids visited their fantasy worlds repeatedly, often creating their own unique languages…
Back in the early 2000s, before social media was an industry, I knew a woman named Carol who maintained a huge social network. And much like today’s social media, it involved constantly relaying her sexy vacations and all the fun she was having in her life. I was in a group with Carol and one…
Metaphor connects our human brain with spiritual dimensions. When we shift from perceiving and knowing with our linear, analytical mind to a spatial, artistic way of knowing based in metaphor, we’re able to access a field of divine intelligence. This was documented in neuroanatomist Jill Bolte Taylor’s book, My Stroke of Insight. But because our…
Need a little “check-in” to see what you’re really feeling right now? Taking five minutes to write a fairy tale is quick, easy, and fun! Best of all, its wisdom comes from a place that’s deeper than your thinking mind. Writing a fairy tale will give you answers that you can’t get any other way….
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