Love, Joy and Imagination Reduce Stress in Problem Solving

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Nov 082011
 
Love, Joy and Imagination Reduce Stress in Problem Solving

Reading Time: 6 minutes Learn how love, joy and imagination reduce the stress in problem solving. When you get scared, your logical mind wants to take over in order to make sense of chaos. You stress yourself in an attempt to control life. There is an easier path. Love, joy and imagination allow you to respond to difficult challenges with the tools to thrive and the alchemy to transmute limitations into mastery. So life has dealt you an unexpected bad hand of cards. You are diagnosed with a serious disease. Your elder parent shows signs of dementia. Your daughter is pregnant out of wedlock. Your son drops out of high school. This is not what you had planned. Your mind immediately labels these unexpected events as bad. Now you are scared. Bad things are scary. The unknown is scary. When we are scared, our logical mind wants to take over in order to make sense of chaos. We have been trained to use logic in order to solve problems. Having diagnosed the event as a problem, you summon your logical mind to solve this [Read more.]

Are you an Active Dreamer or a Daydreamer: A Self-assessment Tool

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Apr 102009
 
Are you an Active Dreamer or a Daydreamer: A Self-assessment Tool

Reading Time: 8 minutes Are you an Active Dreamer or a Daydreamer? Self-assessment Tool By Maria Mar©   The first thing that happens when you begin to dream; I mean Dream, with capital D ~to manifest a vision, desire or goal in your life~ is doubt. The doubt comes from the fact that you are walking into the unknown. It can also come from well-intentions (or not so well-intentioned) people who are “practical” and do not believe in dreams. But the doubt can also be a flag showing you the wounds you need to heal, the skills you need to develop and the places where you need support. How do you know if your dream is “Real”, doable and authentic? Or are you really a daydreamer that dwells in fantasy, as some people are quick to point out? This self-assessment tool will help you ascertain if you are an Active Dreamer ~what I call a DreamCrafter; or a daydreamer. In each outcome, it will give you a 3-step action plan to improve your chances of becoming your dream and offer you resources in my [Read more.]