Reflections on Unschooling When Claire was 5 and Terese was 3 I (Cheri) made a radical choice to home-school It had just become legal in Washington State and I knew of only one other family who had taken the dive. Ironically my big concern was that my children might not turn out normal. Just like…
Category: Soul Sculpting Projects
Sculpting Project 25: Risks are the Road: Week 1
Sculpting Project 25: Risks are the Road: Week 1 Marti’s eyes open wide as she watches my browning marshmallow seriously sag towards the fire. “You’re such a risk taker,” she exclaims! Evan and I laugh. Marti had just told us scary stories of her hot air balloon adventures and my sagging marshmallow just didn’t feel…
Sculpting Project 24: 7 Essential Brain Nutrients: Week 2
Sculpting Project 24: 7 Essential Brain Nutrients: Week 2 This week I established that I am a one nutrient woman. My brain gets a full serving of Focus time as often as I can manage. I do get a fair amount of Physical time but only because much of my focused time is physical. I…
Sculpting Project 24: 7 Essential Brain Nutrients: Week 1
Sculpting Project 24: 7 Essential Brain Nutrients Week 1 I spend a good part of my day in a focused attention finishing a writing project. I am in ‘flow’, lost in time. It is largely satisfying, but I emerge in a fog. What does mind need to do to reach equilibrium? This focused time is…
Sculpting Project 23: Connected For Change: Week 2
Sculpting Project 23: Connected for Change: Week 2 I walk into the room and notice my friend. A small part of my brain dedicated to reading facial expressions detects a slightly sad expression. My brain then signals the muscles in my face to imitate the expression I am observing. My facial muscles now form this…
Sculpting Project 23: Connected for Change: Week 1
Sculpting Project 23: Connected for Change Week 1 Are your friends making you fat or thin? Do you have anything to do with how much your friends weigh? Yes, to both questions. Friends have more influence over each other than I ever imagined. If my close friend is over weight there is a 45% greater…
