Your Elusive Creative Genius

 “Maybe [artistry] doesn’t have to be quite so full of anguish if you never happened to believe, in the first place, that the most extraordinary aspects of your being came from you. But maybe if you just believed that they were on loan to you from some unimaginable source for some exquisite portion of your life to be passed along when you’re finished … it starts to change everything.” ~ Elizabeth Gilbert

Author Elizabeth Gilbert (“Eat, Pray, Love”) shares about the creative process in this TED talk. Gilbert discusses her own creative process and the stigma many creatives get for being mentally unstable. She challenges that notion and offers up some ideas on how to be creative without being attached to the process (or the outcome). Watch – and Enjoy!

10 Songs to Celebrate Labor Day

Whether or not you have the day off this Labor Day, take some time out to enjoy my top picks for songs about work. Got any favorites of your own not on the list? Leave a comment below.

9 to 5 by Dolly Parton

A Hard Day’s Night by The Beatles

Bang the Drum All Day by Todd Rundgren

Heigh-Ho by The Seven Dwarfs

Manic Monday by the Bangles

She Works Hard for the Money by Donna Summer

Slave To The Wage by Placebo

Workin’ For a Living by Huey Lewis and the News

Working For The Weekend by Loverboy

Working in a Coal Mine by Devo

What Thoughts Start Your Day?

What do you think about when you first wake up in the morning? Words and thoughts are so powerful and can help shape our reality. Choose them wisely. And enjoy this little movie of some positive thoughts to get you started.

The Ultimate Group Sing

If you’ve been paying attention to my blog, you know that I am a die-hard Bobby McFerrin fan. I’ve been a fan since I first heard his amazing, unique vocal styles in the 1980’s and was fortunate enough to train with him in 2011 to learn his CircleSong process of community improvisational singing. He is a master at improvisation and leading others through a creative journey of sound. I ran across this gem of a video of him leading a stadium of singers in improvisational singing. WOW. Amazing. Enjoy!

Tips on Changing Your Thoughts and Your Life

I’ve been following Dr. Wayne Dyer since the early 1990’s. He has a way of getting to the heart and truth of things and helping me shift my perspective as I navigate this journey called life. Here’s a video of one of the most powerful talks I’ve heard him give, talking about not only his book Change Your Thoughts – Change Your Life: Living the Wisdom of the Tao, but in what he did as he was writing this book. He leads by example, which I find admirable. Enjoy!

Top 10 Songs About Breaking Down

Life is a roller coaster of emotions as I deal with my mom’s death and all that comes with it – settling her estate, selling her home, going through her things, and OH YEA…grieving. Since music is so important in my life, I thought I’d list my top 10 songs about breaking down. While you may not be going through the same type of breakdown, we all have our moments from time to time. Enjoy my top 10 favs. And feel free to add a comment below with any other suggestions for songs to cry by.

1. Start of the Breakdown by Tears for Fears

2. Small Blue Thing by Suzanne Vega

3. Breathe Me by Sia

4. Black by Sarah McLachlan

5. Coming Undone by Korn

6. Come Undone by Duran Duran

7. This Woman’s Work by Kate Bush

8. Gravity by John Mayer

9. Let go by Frou Frou

10. Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon & Garfunkel