I am excited to announce that as of today we have received enough money from our I Create What I Believe! (ICWIB) crowd funding campaign to offer the ICWIB training for FREE to 75 teachers! (Please note: our crowd-funding page doesn’t reflect all we have received because some people have chosen to mail us checks.)…
This short excerpt from the I Create What I Believe!(ICWIB) Instructional Guide DVD explains how the ICWIB Activity Four-Labyrinth-Activity Four can be used to relax the body and quiet the mind. This more harmonious mind state can help an individual connect more deeply to their authentic nature, create more peace in their life, and increase…
When I was growing up I must have heard the phrase “Pay attention” at least a trillion times. “Pay attention to what you are doing,” “Pay attention to what you are saying.” “Pay attention to what you are thinking.” It wasn’t until a more recent re-reading of Ageless Body, Timeless Mind by Deepak Chopra that…
By Dorothy Law Nolte, Ph.D. If children live with criticism, they learn to condemn. If children live with hostility, they learn to fight. If children live with fear, they learn to be apprehensive. If children live with pity, they learn to feel sorry for themselves. If children live with ridicule, they learn to feel shy.…
I was in my twenties when I was first introduced to Contact Improv–an improvisational dance technique. The unrehearsed nature of this art form did not give me the luxury of knowing what I was supposed to do and getting good at it. It also didn’t give me any preliminary clues on what everyone else was…
I first met Bruce Lipton in 1990. It was a magical meeting of two minds that shared a burning desire to facilitate educational change. At the time, he was a fellow in Pathology at Stanford Medical School. He had just proved in a lab that it is our beliefs and perceptions, not our genes, which…
You may have noticed that I haven’t sent out a newsletter or done any posting on my blog for quite some time—a year to be exact! My excuse is I have been really, really busy—not in a bad way because a lot of amazing things have been happening. So what has been filling up my…
How could something as simple as drawing facilitate change? Art is more than a subject. It is a language–a nonverbal language–that can help us uncover the subtle nuances of our feelings and emotions. Since it is also a form of biofeedback–meaning the real paintbrush is your body/mind state–it can help us identify and pinpoint beliefs,…
According to Daniel Pink, author of The Whole New Mind, when there is a simple set of rules and a clear desired outcome, then the old rewards and punishment approach to business works. This is because a reward system can help narrow the focus; unfortunately this approach also dulls thinking, limits our possibilities, and blocks…
Sciences have indicated that humor or a state of joy helps the creative problem-solving mind work more effectively. “…In a recent study, researchers at Northwestern University found that people were more likely to solve word puzzles with sudden insight when they were amused, having just seen a short comedy routine…” “…In their humor study, Dr.…