Claire’s home for Christmas. We are together in our unfinished Great Room discussing life while Claire is sewing an Edwardian Cape and I am insulating . We are comparing notes about what’s important to us and we discover that we both currently have a passion to help others thrive. I’ve got the tools that I…
Category: Soul Sculpting Projects
Epiphany to Easter Sculpting Project 1: Three Things I Love
Swoosh, Swoosh. My Christmas snow shoes move with ease on the snow. Their cleats grip the snow so I can walk sure-footed straight up the hill. I love my new snow shoes. That’s #1 for today. I look down and see #2. The sun is reflecting on individual flakes of snow showing intricate details….
Pursuing Growth: Project 2: Chocolate Factory: Week 2
Pursuing Growth: Sculpting Project 2: Chocolate Factory: Week 2 I walk by my kitchen sink and see the reminder note: SMILE. I now automatically smile for a moment. I note that I feel a bit happier. This is completely consistent with lots of psychological studies. Here are a few findings: Subjects are given a pencil…
Pursuing Growth: Project 2 : Chocolate Factory Week 1
Pursuing Growth: Project 2 : Chocolate Factory Week 1 Smile facts: One smile creates the same amount of brain stimulation as 2000 bars of chocolate. Smiling changes our hormone composition from hormones associated with unpleasant stress to hormones associated with confident happiness. Two muscle groups are used to smile. The mouth smile uses the Zygomatic…
Back to the Future Progress Report: Pursuing Growth: Phase 2 Sculpting Project 1
Pursuing Growth: Phase 2 Sculpting Project 1: Back to the Future Progress Report The aspen leaves are quaking brilliant yellow, the too blue sky has begun to cloud up. I’m straddling a log with my computer propped up, recalling my summer of Back to the Future Sculpting. It began by admitting that I was a…
Back to the Future: Pursuing Growth Project 1
Pursuing Growth (PG) Sculpting Project 1: Back to the Future I tend to be a workaholic. I love accomplishment. Every day I have more things I really want to do than can be done in a day. These tendencies have real benefit and real detriment in my life. I am well aware of the benefits,…
