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Cocooning in the Cloud

June 25, 2009

When Faith Popcorn started talking about cocooning, the Internet tools we’re using today were a gleam in someone’s eye. Today I realized I need to set aside a day or two in the coming weeks to coordinate all of my online presences, to make a welcoming cocoon of my virtual world. Right now, my spaces [...]

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Paying Forward Some Great Advice

June 16, 2009

The June 2009 edition of the Mensa Bulletin included a feature called “Trust Me”, a collection of advice. Bernard Kitt, PhD, a psychotherapist wrote: There are three only three things to remember: 1. I will be happy. 2. I will make some money. 3. I will make other people happy. One hundred percent of the [...]

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Social Networking on the Job – Goofing Off or Something Else?

June 8, 2009

Author Howard Rheingold shared an intriguing definition of “social capital” in a video he posted recently. (I don’t know if it’s new or original, but I had not heard it previously.) the ease with which people can get things done without going through institutions Among the things that increasingly fall into that category – substantial [...]

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Nonprofits and Professionals – Why Can’t We Just Get Along?

June 3, 2009

I am a member of a lively mailing list populated by people who work in the nonprofit sector in the San Francisco Bay Area. The online community is a project of the regional chapter of the national Young Non Profit Professionals association. The organization aims to improve the sector inside and out, to help it [...]

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Barbara Ruth Saunders

May 17, 2009

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A Musclehead’s Take on “Mind-Body” Fitness

August 10, 2006

Don’t get me wrong — I am all for yoga, Pilates, and dancing, and I believe that facilitating a better relationship between mind and body is of significance for almost every client I encounter (and for me!) However, I’m a bit uncomfortable with the way the use of the term “mind-body” is shaping up. It [...]

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Envisioning the Ideal Work Day

July 27, 2006

So, if a structured lifestyle is out, what is the configuration of my ideal day? I would characterize it as orderly but in an organic way, not driven by anything as arbitrary as a clock. 1. Synchronization with the sun: When I have the freedom to control my schedule, I wake up when the sun [...]

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On Structure

May 13, 2006

I am one of those “creative” people who are drained by conventional, structured work environments. A stock character. We are often told, and can come to believe ourselves, that our need for novelty is purely psychological. Perhaps, though, we have learned that our best energy management strategy is to allow for strong ebbs and flows [...]

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