by Gretchen | Nov 16, 2009 | MuseCubes
“I want me some of THAT!” was my reaction when Jennifer Lee showed me her business plan — a hand-made, collage-covered 3″x5″ accordion book all about Jenn’s business Artizen Coaching. That was a year ago. This weekend I finally GOT...
by Gretchen | Oct 23, 2009 | Creativity & Edges
I finally found an apartment. I’ll be moving on Sunday. Living alone for the first time since I moved to the Bay Area. Wow. Talk about being smack dab in the midst of a rite of passage! Each night for the past week, I’ve collapsed on my couch exhausted....
by Gretchen | Oct 15, 2009 | MuseCubes
The holiday season is right around the corner, and I have a goal to sell 500 sets of MuseCubes — 5 times the amount sold last year! Problem is, I don’t have enough time, hands, or patience to make that many sets myself. I need help, and I need it soon!...
by Gretchen | Oct 9, 2009 | Creativity & Edges
Normally I’m a pretty good directions-follower. Scratch that. Really good! On this week of The Joy Diet blogging group, however, I barely read the directions. I just glanced at the title — Desire — skimmed the text, and dove right in. Hence: the...
by Gretchen | Oct 3, 2009 | Creativity & Edges
Sorry about the gross picture. But it can’t be helped. This week I’ve been telling the truth. And the truth is not pretty. In fact, she can be pretty darn grotesque sometimes. All this truth telling is related to the book The Joy Diet, which I’m...
by Gretchen | Sep 28, 2009 | InterPlay
This post is part of a project to share reflections about all 28 of the Core Elements of InterPlay. For background information about InterPlay or this project, read What the Heck is InterPlay?!. For the longest time, Walk Stop Run was the most challenging activity I...
by Gretchen | Sep 25, 2009 | Creativity & Edges
Doing Nothing sure does take a lot of work. For the last week, I’ve been attempting to do Nothing for 15 minutes a day. I’m doing this along with at least 75 other wiley women who are reading and blogging about Martha Beck’s The Joy Diet. This is...
by Gretchen | Sep 24, 2009 | Academic Coaching, For Parents, Random Stuff
Lately, I’ve been asking the same old series of questions to the teenagers with whom I work. Do you have any late assignments that haven’t been turned in yet? (Shrug. Pause. English and Math.) Let’s tackle English first. What got in the way of doing...
by Gretchen | Sep 18, 2009 | Creativity & Edges
Yay! It’s here. Day one of The Joy Diet Discussion Group hosted by the luscious Jamie Ridler. We’re supposed to introduce ourselves today, so here’s my list of things I could talk about (if I had time, but I don’t, so I’ll just list...
by Gretchen | Sep 14, 2009 | InterPlay
This post is part of a project to share reflections about all 28 of the Core Elements of InterPlay. For background information about InterPlay or this project, read What the Heck is InterPlay?!. The Best Icebreaker Ever Recently, my mom forwarded me the following...
by Gretchen | Sep 4, 2009 | Academic Coaching
From Academic Coaching There’s an area of my professional life about which I’ve been strangely silent on this blog: my life as an academic coach for teens. I’m not sure why I’ve been so tightlipped about this amazing work; maybe I’m...
by Gretchen | Aug 31, 2009 | InterPlay
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBIaOEsabZk&hl=en&fs=1&] How often do you giggle these days? I’m guaranteed a good giggle whenever I stand palm-to-palm with another person in an InterPlay context. There’s something about a partnered...
by Gretchen | Aug 28, 2009 | MuseCubes
MuseCubes are popping up everywhere! I’m especially grateful to a group of creative women bloggers who have spread the word this month. As Jenn, Jamie, Leah and Cynthia share their impressions of the MuseCubes, I’m learning oodles about the power of...
by Gretchen | Aug 16, 2009 | InterPlay
Listening to my body isn’t hard at all. But acting on what I’ve heard is. For example, most mornings my body hurts. Especially my neck and back. When I’m getting more exercise, they hurt less. When I’m not exercising, they hurt a lot more....
by Gretchen | Aug 10, 2009 | MuseCubes
Nature MuseCubes MuseCubes Non-Natural Environments I’ll cut to the chase — MuseCubes need help! Of the photographic variety. I’ve done a fairly good job with my point-and-shoot Canon, taking pictures of the MuseCubes in outdoor settings (click on...
by Gretchen | Jul 31, 2009 | InterPlay
This blog post is a quickkie. I’m technically on retreat, but I couldn’t resist the wireless access in one corner of the dining hall. You see, I’m infinitely grateful the Wreck This Journal women. And today is the final day of our summer experience....
by Gretchen | Jul 27, 2009 | Creativity & Edges
My nephew is 16 months old — a delightful talking, giggling, impish kiddo. Recently he instructed me to put him in the “take-a-walk” backpack, and insisted on bringing his big ol’ fire truck with us. Worried the truck would just get thrown on...
by Gretchen | Jul 26, 2009 | Creativity & Edges
So, it’s official. I’m done with Wreck This Journal. For now, at least. And I won’t be around next Friday for the FINAL POST (I’ll be cavorting with 40 InterPlayers at a retreat on the beaches of North Carolina, poor me). So, in honor of our...
by Gretchen | Jul 20, 2009 | InterPlay
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKnSFdNUIxA] This post is part of a project to share reflections about all 28 of the Core Elements of InterPlay. For background information about InterPlay or this project, read What the Heck is InterPlay?!. What’s a...
by Gretchen | Jul 17, 2009 | Creativity & Edges
Dear Fellow Wreckers, I think I’m done wrecking. My journal has been sitting on top of my bedside table, and I haven’t cracked it open once this week. So — am I being lazy and blocked? Or intuitive and complete? Or just resting? Time will tell. In...
