by Gretchen | Jun 5, 2009 | Academic Coaching
I just asked my student, “What support do you need from me while you finish writing this paper right now?” He said, “Nothing. I just need to type.” But then he added, “How about every five minutes you spin your chair around and tell me...
by Gretchen | Jun 5, 2009 | Creativity & Edges
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqV_SURZVXg] Welcome to Week One of The Next Chapter: Wreck This Journal. I’m completely and utterly thrilled to be participating in a creative book brigade with Jamie Ridler and a whole crew of amazing bloggers. This...
by Gretchen | Jun 4, 2009 | InterPlay
So, I do this thing called InterPlay. And it’s kinda hard to explain exactly what it is. People still scratch their heads and say “huh?” when I try to describe it. Officially speaking, it’s an active, creative approach to unlocking the wisdom...
by gretchenwegner | May 29, 2009 | Creativity & Edges
I, too, am a digger of metaphors! Thanks, Cairene, for this fabulous phrase via twitter. Not only do I dig (as in, get a kick out of) metaphors, but I also dig (as in, actively seek out) metaphors that have special meaning. So I totally ate up this blog post about the...
by Gretchen | May 27, 2009 | Academic Coaching, Writing
Do you know a teen in the East Bay who’s ripe and ready to explore their creativity? In a summer writing intensive? For high school credit? I’m thrilled to announce the creative writing course I’m teaching this summer. To learn more, check out this...
by gretchenwegner | May 21, 2009 | Creativity & Edges
Do you want more self-control? Or less of it? I can’t decide. I got thinking about delayed gratification thanks to a recent New Yorker article titled Don’t! The Secret of Self Control. It’s all about the marshmallow experiment that was done back in...
by gretchenwegner | May 19, 2009 | Creativity & Edges
Social media is eating away at my attention and my self-control. I’m sure of it. As I bounce between facebook, twitter, and blog stats, I’m clear that my attention is increasingly fractured. It darts about, trolling for cool people and interesting data....
by Gretchen | May 14, 2009 | MuseCubes
Anyone who knows me is aware that I’m crazy about the links between movement and cognition (“embodied cognition” is the fancy term for it, I’ve recently learned). So imagine my thrill when the following headline came across my email today: Body...
by gretchenwegner | May 12, 2009 | Creativity & Edges
Have you ever noticed that looking at trees feels like a brain massage? That’s the only way I know how to articulate the immediate release I feel when I’m out in nature. It’s a total body release. First, I feel the muscles around my eyes relax. ...
by Gretchen | May 7, 2009 | InterPlay
I do this thing called InterPlay. It’s changed my life. Recently I was chatting with co-founder Cynthia Winton Henry, and she rocked my world. Here’s what she shared with me. To maximize our health and happiness, there are five things we need to do on a...
