Mar07
Posted on Mar 7 by Ruth Davis
Spring is in the air. You can see the buds peeking out on the trees. You can feel the air getting a little warmer. And the days are staying lighter longer. Spring is a time of action, rebirth and re-commitment. It’s a time to come alive again. Today’s article offers you a fun way to greet the coming season. In yoga, students are encouraged to find their soft edge–to stretch deep enough where you feel the stretch but do not feel pain. It is at this edge where the muscles release and then you can breathe in and stretch just a little bit further. This week I invite you to go on an ADVENTURE DAY. Choose something that challenges you, that takes you to your own soft edge. It could be something that you’ve always wanted to do but were a little too scared, or something you never considered doing by yourself. Maybe you’ll go a movie by yourself, or take yourself out for a lovely meal. Maybe you’ll sign up for a class you’ve always dreamed of taking...
Feb21
Posted on Feb 21 by Ruth Davis
A few weeks ago, I hosted a free online webinar, teaching people some great Mac tips and shortcuts. I had sent out a series of emails beforehand, reminding the people who had signed up when to attend. One email went out too soon, making it seem like the webinar had already happened. Because, instead of scheduling it to be sent at 4 pm, after the webinar, it went out at 4 am. It was a simple mistake. With minimal consequences. Sure, a few people were confused, but they emailed me and I explained everything. You see, when you’re in business, and you’re dealing with automated emails and programs and technology, mistakes are bound to happen. The question is, what do you do about it? Do you react, finding blame, spiraling into panic and anxiety and failure? Or do you take a breath and respond by finding a solution, a way to remedy the situation, maybe even with some humor? I could have gotten all flustered and bent out of shape about the error. But instead, I saw it as...
Feb07
Posted on Feb 7 by Ruth Davis
Vacations are fun. Adventure-filled. They help us relax and release. Being in a different place, away from the day in-day out activities of our lives often gives us new perspectives and a renewed sense of ourselves. Vacations breathe new life into us. So many people I talk to complain that they haven’t been on a vacation in forever. They say they don’t have the time, or money, or someone to go with. But what if you could go on an Instant Vacation, without ever leaving home? Here’s how: 1. Make a list of all of the things you like to do when you are on vacation. It could include: sleeping late reading a whole book in one day exploring off-the-beaten-track places hiking kayaking tasting the best local foods visiting museums finding a Farmer’s Market geo-caching checking out the local art scene 2. Using your home town as the destination, choose something from your list and do it, right where you live. People often don’t take the time to explore their own backyard. But planning a special day or even...
Jan24
Posted on Jan 24 by Ruth Davis
There’s a famous quote by L. Ron Hubbard: “If you can dream it, you can do it.” I will add that, “if you express it, it becomes possible.” Whether it’s through writing or drawing, singing or dancing, cooking or gardening, expressing and embodying our dreams make them visible. And if they are visible they are tangible. And if they are tangible, then they are possible. Creating a Personal Manifestation Manifesto can help you make your dreams possible: A manifesto is a mission statement, a proclamation, an announcement. For me, it is also a declaration of what I want to manifest, or bring into reality. A manifesto is written in present tense, as if you are already being, doing having what you are proclaiming. A Manifestation Manifesto can include things that are already truth for you. And it can include the vision you hold of your truest, most authentic self. Here’s how to create your own Manifestation Manifesto: Begin with a blank paper or a page in your journal. Take a few deep and centering breaths to come into the...
Jan17
Posted on Jan 17 by Ruth Davis
So many of us live a life of routine. We drive the same way to work everyday, sit in the same chair with our morning coffee, listen to our favorite, familiar music. If creativity is how you express what you see, what you feel, how you interpret the world around you, then, if you see something new, you might think about it in a new way and often, that will inspire you to think about other things in new ways, too. I invite you to shake up your routine and change something about your visual environment so that you can begin to see with new eyes and experience your world in new ways. Here are just a few suggestions: Rearrange your furniture Drive a different way to work Switch out the art on your walls, or hang some new work Eat at a new restaurant Change the picture on your computer screen Walk to someplace that you might normally drive to Take all the pictures off of your refrigerator Sit in a different chair at dinner time Hang new...
Jan05
Posted on Jan 5 by Ruth Davis
I remember last week, reading some damn good blogs and thinking, I want to write like that again. I whispered it. It was supposed to be a secret. Not a proclamation. But the universe is always listening. And so it was no surprise to me that all this week, big spaces of time have opened up for me. At first, I filled the space with panic—where were all of my clients? Wasn’t January historically my biggest $$ month of the year? Then I filled it with jamoca almond fudge ice cream. Today, it finally dawned on me that this is an opportunity to write. To meet myself in that sacred quiet space where my fingers just follow a bigger energy. Where I don’t think, I just write. Where I don’t edit, I just write. Where, when I’m done, I feel as if I have just savored a most delicious...
