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Turning toward home to find belonging

Belonging is a basic human need, just after food and shelter, and safety and security. We can understand how our sense of safety and...

Jun 26, 2023

Take the wheel from perfection

Do you chastise yourself when you make a mistake? Do you blame circumstances or other people for your missteps, faulty calculations,...

Jun 14, 2023

Tangled

“Oh what a tangled web we weave/ When first we practice to deceive” Sir Walter Scott I love me some 19th century English poetry! The...

May 30, 2023

Softening Control

It does feel good to relinquish control, doesn't it? When you loosen the reins after a long, hard effort, you actually feel a softening....

May 24, 2023

Everything, Everywhere, All at Once

This time of year it seems as if Everything is Happening Everywhere All at Once. This morning I found myself wanting to keep to my agenda...

May 17, 2023

Stay Open

Do you find yourself shutting down creative ideas outright? Responding reflexively with, “No that won’t work.” Is it difficult for you...

May 5, 2023

Failure is Part of the Deal

I am approaching the end of a ten-month book writing process for Braving Creativity and my fears are right by my side. My fear of...

Apr 25, 2023

OOPS!

I know I am not alone when I say I often experience overwhelm. It is the NUMBER ONE obstacle we encounter when we start to stretch and...

Apr 18, 2023

Staying Ready

Readiness is defined as “the state of being fully prepared for something.” A choreographer I interviewed for the book describes her...

Apr 17, 2023

RENEWAL

You’ve felt it. 🌱 If you live in the north east, the warm breeze of early spring awakened something in you this past week, didn’t it?...

Apr 4, 2023

Being Resourced

I'll admit it, travel hockey is not something I participate in with bells on . . . at least not always. For four days last week, my son...

Mar 28, 2023

Liberate Your Gold

I want you to find the gold. Not money (not yet anyway), but the gold inside of you. You know - that bright solid gold goodness that is...

Mar 21, 2023

What Do You Stand For?

The philosopher and Roman emperor, Marcus Aurelius said, “The impediment to action advances the action. What stands in the way becomes...

Mar 21, 2023

Blame into Grief

I had a strange few days last week. I felt grief very strongly, which is not so typical anymore. I wanted to attribute a cause to it. I...

Mar 8, 2023

Body Resonant Language

Language is one our most powerful personal growth tools. But it isn't just with our words that we communicate. Artists and creatives...

Mar 5, 2023

Guest on Literacy LandscapePodcast

https://open.spotify.com/episode/2m2s9i5zHEDwQnGhwvqr86?si=85701d233fce4fdc Johanna Tramantano 0:01 I'm so happy to have you on today....

Feb 26, 2023

Use a Different Language

What is your favorite children’s book or song? This week, Johanna David-Tramantano, Ph.D. in linguistics and host of Leveraging Literacy...

Feb 26, 2023

RIDING A SHAME WAVE

If you’ve ever put yourself out there, you've felt it: Shame. Shame is more painful than your run-of the-mill guilt. You might feel...

Feb 13, 2023

Testing your Beliefs

"Sometimes, I'm sitting through a process, just feeling completely anxious. But when I don't interfere with myself, the work almost...

Feb 8, 2023

Assumptions (Ass-U-Me)

"When you Assume you make an ass out of you and me" Mr. Black, Naomi's seventh grade science teacher There are three things that...