by Lynn Sumida | Aug 28, 2015 | Uncategorised
Welcome to week three on using your right-brain! This is the brain you want to develop for future success and overall more joy and fun. We are focusing on the six aptitudes that Daniel Pink believes will be essential in the future. The first two are design and story....
by Lynn Sumida | Aug 21, 2015 | Uncategorised
Our stories are the fabric of life… they give it texture, colour, comfort and ‘wearability.’ In this episode Lynn Sumida continues to talk about insights that she’s uncovering in Daniel Pink’s book, A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers...
by Lynn Sumida | Aug 14, 2015 | Uncategorised
This month I am very jazzed to be focussing on developing our right brain abilities. You might wonder why this excites me so much, and why in the world you would be interested. Well, let me leap into that question and share what I am excited about. Most people know...
by Lynn Sumida | Aug 7, 2015 | Uncategorised
If you’ve been following the blog, you’ll know that a couple of weeks ago I was in Nelson with my friend and colleague, Bill Chalmers, participating in a painting workshop. What an wonderful experience! We both came back home to Vancouver with some very...
by Lynn Sumida | Jul 26, 2015 | Uncategorised
As we were brainstorming this series, I was talking with a friend of mine, Julie Prescott (Julz & Co). She was offering a perspective on creativity that I hadn’t really considered before. Julie told a story about one of the many art courses she’s taken...
by Lynn Sumida | Jul 17, 2015 | Uncategorised
As I prepare to head off to paint in Nelson later this week, I’ve been thinking about my own creativity. I’d really like to share a couple of thoughts with you… check out the video and let me know what you think by leaving a comment below. Books...
by Lynn Sumida | Jul 3, 2015 | Uncategorised
Moving into the month of July, we wanted to look more closely at the subject of Creativity. We often think of creativity in really narrow terms. We think of artists and musicians, designers, performers and such. But, have you ever thought about your life as art? Well...
by Lynn Sumida | Jun 26, 2015 | Uncategorised
Last week I wrote about transitions and what can assist us in making transitions more easily. As I have mentioned moving is my current transition and it raises all sorts of issues—how much stuff I have, how I look at my space, (I share a house with 3 other adults) how...
by Lynn Sumida | Jun 19, 2015 | Uncategorised
Right now I am immersed in a sea of change, so what better time to really focus on “transition.” The key seems to be “letting go” and being open to the new, which is not a new idea at all. What can be new perhaps, is how we view letting go. I...
by Lynn Sumida | May 29, 2015 | Uncategorised
This last blog for May is our final note on the topic of Intentions – their power, the mechanics of doing them, and what stops us. I recently heard Steven Pressfield speak about “Resistance,” with a capital R…and I thought this would be a perfect...
