Sunday, December 28, 2014

Permission Granted the book - who do you want to reach with your book ?

Q&A
Q: Where did the idea of the Permission Granted book come from ?
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A: I was having a discussion one day with a dear friend and associate who does a specific workshop with me and we were bouncing around ideas for a book. The conversation turned to the energy in the workshop and how some participants approach a workshop, questioning whether I felt they were a good fit for the program - not trusting their instinct. I remarked, 'almost like they were asking for permission' - Permission Granted

Q: Who do you hope to reach with your book ?
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A: In the beginning, people will find it who are looking to enhance their creativity, find more ways to access it more easily, finding personal satisfaction expressing themselves in more unique ways. Ultimately, finding the reader who doesn't know right now that accessing their creativity has life benefits, that it can be a coping strategy to deal with stress, a source of positive energy physically and emotionally.

Q: What started your research on the subject ?
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A: We're all students of life. Spirituality, philosophy and art with emphasis on accessing the subconscious have always been a focus in mine, finding the zone of all possibilities
Through the years painting and instructing, creativity sessions and workshops has shown me fascinating examples of the vulnerabilities we all have in common, the confidence levels we face as adults, and the limitations we accept, that have no basis in reality.
www.permissiongranted.org

Saturday, December 20, 2014

Candy canes and life lessons - www.permissiongranted.org

Candy canes can teach you a lot about life...

I have a beautiful 4 year old granddaughter and can tell you a 4 year old perspective is, to the point, totally focused on the moment and terribly dramatic. I've also seen this in the 4 year olds we have in the studio involving candy canes from their perspective.

Comparing candy canes to candy canes ...and life
A 4 year old is pretty sure what they want – they want the candy cane,
But only if ...
you don't want them to have it
you don't want them to have it at that particular moment
it's the right color, even though it looked fine a second ago
there's not a lot of choices – what if they pick the wrong one ?
they think the kid next to them has a better flavor and
they're pretty sure the kid's next to them is larger and ...

So, remember that 4 year old you once were ? We haven't changed that much...

Wednesday, December 17, 2014

Tips on writing - Make time for writing every day

Motivation comes from connection. That connection can be the inner need to share your story with the world, or it can be your caring heart wanting to help - or please - your audience.
Either way, see yourself as a conduit - an empty channel - between the creativity within you and your audience you love. Here are some tips that will help.
  • Record your ideas - either use the voice recorder on your phone, or jot them down - the minute you get them.
  • Make time for writing every day. Read over your ideas and write them out.
  • Re-read great stuff you've read.
  • Find some supportive people and share positive comments on each other's writing.
If none of these work, then you are facing writer's block. You have some inner fear that is keeping you from being yourself and writing your truth and your story. In that case, face it directly.
You can find books and tools to help. Or you can set aside four healthy hours and just write every thought in your head, without censorship, no matter what comes up. I've done it. It works - it's painful, but it works.                             Sid Kemp

Tuesday, December 9, 2014

If ' we are what we eat' , are 'we not what we think ' ?

Ellen Langer, Called the Mother of 'positive thinking'
To Langer, this was evidence that the biomedical model of the day — that the mind and the body are on separate tracks — was wrongheaded...
and I believe her work is worth a look because, If ' we are what we eat' , are 'we not what we think ' ?


http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/26/magazine/what-if-age-is-nothing-but-a-mind-set.html?WT.mc_id=AD-D-E-KEYWEE-SOC-FP-DEC-AUD-DEV-INTL-1201-1231&WT.mc_ev=click&ad-keywords=IntlAudDev&kwp_0=5862&kwp_1=114030&kwp_4=44532&_r=1


Monday, December 1, 2014

Is it fear of the unknown that keeps you stuck ? Permission Granted the book

snippet from a chapter in my book...
They say that the left brain is like a computer...
everything you've ever seen, heard, experienced is filed away like a software program.

It comes up again and again, as that little nagging voice in your head that often prevents you from acting, because it reminds you of a similar outcome that didn't work for you. If the previous similar situation didn't have a positive outcome, the emotion stored with that experience is likely fear.
The truth is, that little voice is not what you want to be listening to, for a lot of reasons.
It's just stuff. A hoarder brain condition that holds on to stuff, way past its expiration date.
Stuff that no longer serves you, and probably never did. Fear is the number one reason that you don't take chances most of the time. You think it's fear of the unknown, your left brain tells you it's fear of the 'known'.      J. R. Baldini