A six-step guide to lift you up while you’re paring down Life is cumulative! When my childhood home was sold, it had been lived in by my family for over fifty years. This was not a large house. It was …
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Janice Robinson
Journal your way to mental and physical well-being
Have you ever kept a diary? Maybe not since your teenage years, but there’s plenty of evidence to suggest that journaling is an important element of self-care, equalling meditation in its benefits! Scientific research has found that there are mental …
Let art banish your stress
For Peace’s Sake — Make Art! Writers Write. Creators Create. The artistic soul finds calm and healing in making more art. When creative people get stressed, they are most likely to pick up their pencils or brushes to relieve that …
4C’s that go together: Creative, Crochet, Concentration and Calm
In a recent Australian study, 90% of the nearly 8000 crochet-hook-wielding creatives surveyed said that crocheting makes them feel calmer. Of that same group, 82% said that crocheting made them feel happier, and 70% said that it improves their memory …
How to creatively conquer clutter!
Clutter leads to stress! It’s true. Clutter-filled environments make for a clutter-filled life. When your surroundings are out of control, you often feel the same way. Clutter also has a knack for compounding itself, creeping into other areas of our …
The Other Pandemic
Though a previously unknown and highly communicable disease is a clear and present threat, the other side of a pandemic situation can result in an equally destructive and potentially longer lasting health issue: Mental illness. We’re not talking all-out crazy …
You Be You — THE CREATIVE YOU!!
Have you met you lately? You’ve heard the saying that the only thing that’s constant is CHANGE. We can’t control change, but as I always used to say: “The only thing you can reasonably expect to be able to change …
Learn to Juggle in One Hour or Less
As far as the mind goes, it’s generally the left side of the brain that figures out how to juggle, registering it as a logical process, as it does for most learning processes. Eventually the right side of the brain …
Hello, Housekeeping?
Tips for getting organized and staying that way! Getting organized is a task. Staying organized is a habit! If you’re someone who forms habits easily, keeping your home organized can be ‘hard-wired’ into your life without too much trouble. For …
