the art and science of finding your thing
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Last week I listened to the loveliest, most delightful interview with Dr. Stuart Brown of The National Institute for Play.
(!! Yes, that is apparently a thing. I know!! And a little note to my current clients: When he realizes how much I support him and his playful endeavors and decides that The Institute can’t go [...]
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For years and years people have been describing me as sweet. Which never fails to surprise me. And has kinda rocked my proverbial boat because I’d gotten all used to wearing my snobby suit. Cramping my stuck up image and all.
In Sarah’s latest series about online rockstar-dom, she wrote:
The point, after all, isn’t to change yourself so that people [...]
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(Part 1 in a series of potentially infinite posts.)
I’ve been thinking more about strengths and how the ones we end up cultivating have so much to do with how we’re socialized and wanting to fit in. And also, I’m getting sick of the term strengths; it sounds all sterile and externally determined. And that, as [...]
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I know, I know, you totally saw it coming.
Last week, I dreamt that a little girl was dangling from a cliff. And that her life was in my hands.
Lately I have been working with this shadowey fear of getting into trouble. Or doing things wrong. Completely blind to the connection, I jotted down this Shiva Nata [...]
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I had a scary, vivid dream the other night and I’m really excited about it. Huh? I know, that sounds weird. But the more I learn about dreams, the more I’m intrigued by their transformative and healing nature. Also, any dreams sparked by my Dance of Shiva practice are unequivocally welcome.
I first learned about this inherent dreamtime [...]
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Confession: this post has an ulterior motive. Except… Well, if I call it out like that right there at the beginning, it seems more utterly obvious than ulterior. Huh.
Well here’s the thing: as I get really amped about creating my coaching practice, all of the entrepreneurial marketing-type experts out there say to focus on only [...]
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I think the best compliments, the ones that stick with you, are those you don’t quite believe, but you really, really, really hope are true. And it helps if they come from someone you trust and adore unequivocally.
I’ve been thinking about a few specific compliments I’ve received over the years, and wondering why they struck me [...]
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I'm Briana, the Chief Blisscoverer (one of the many perks of making up my own word) You're the who?
