Discover why the holidays deplete your energy and cause you stress!

Did you know that between November 1st and January 15th approximately 29 holidays are observed by 7 of the world’s major religions? All those holidays can deplete your energy and create stressful holiday preparations and celebrations. Not delegating responsibilities and not asking for help are two behaviors that increase your stress and decrease your energy, especially…

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Exciting What Color Is Your Brain? Workshops in Brazil!

In November of 2011, I received a delightful email from Ayrton Silva, PMP who is project manager in Brazil. Ayrton had purchased the Brazilian Portuguese edition of What Color Is Your Brain?® and was using my book to teach project management students, real estate sales people, and other professionals in various cities in Brazil. Since…

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Brain Color Tips to Handle Your Money and Build Relationships!

The month of May was filled with planning, preparing, and presenting What Color Is Your Brain?® Programs. The first program was for the patrons of the Wauconda Area Library, in Wauconda, Illinois. It was a pleasure working librarian Amy Saccca. 88 people were registered and we had a full room of people eager to discover…

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Students Love Learning and Sharing their Personality Discoveries!

Last Friday, I enjoyed a color-filled Princess Shayna Author Visit with a group of 3rd graders, who read my Brain Color fairy tale this past semester for their enrichment program. My friend Laura Newcomer, who is an  Instructional Coach, and her colleague Kim Miller, who is the Information Literacy & Enrichment Teacher, arranged a grand…

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Writing A Family Business Memoir!

My Orange Brain is excited to give you a clue to the title of my new family business memoir, which fits into the “Profiles in Business” bookstore category. The clue is: No Bunk. In other words, No Nonsense. This writing project is incorporating and utilizing all my Brain Colors: My Yellow Brain Organizational skills to place…

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Want to learn how to motivate yourself when you have a Brain Freeze?

Do you want to learn how to motivate yourself when you have a Brain Freeze? I am not referring to the physical Brain Freeze when you have a cold-stimulus, ice-cream, or trigeminal headache, which scientifically is referred to as sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia. I am referring to a Brain Freeze when you feel stuck, uninspired, lazy, foggy, etc.  As…

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Tips to Keep Your Energy Up and Your Stress Down During the Holiday Season!

Did you know that between November 1st and January 15th approximately 29 holidays are observed by 7 of the world’s major religions? All those holidays can deplete your energy and create stressful holiday preparations and celebrations. Not delegating responsibilities and not asking for help are two behaviors that increase your stress and decrease your energy, especially…

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Tips to Decrease Conflict & Increase Harmony During Holiday Celebrations! 

Thanksgiving begins the holiday season in the United States. This time of year also increases holiday stress in individual’s professional and personal lives, in countries around the world. You can enjoy all your holiday celebrations with less anxiety and more compatibility if you understand the Brain Colors of your family members, co-workers, friends, clients, and…

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Do You Have A Timely and Timeless Mission Statement?

A Mission Statement according to The The Business Dictionary is as follows: A written declaration of an organization’s core purpose and focus that normally remains unchanged over time. When people develop a business plan, one of their Yellow Brain Tasks in the planning process is to create their Mission Statement, which is a Green Brain Logical statement that…

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Discover How Your Brain Will React to Changes in 2017!

Change is one of the most challenging decisions and experiences for many adults and children! You may not know how your brain will react to change in 2017? However, I do! My Orange Brain is excited about the FREE Chapter, #7 Your Romantic Relationship, from my original What Color Is Your Brain?® book, you will receive when you sign up for…

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April BrainBuzz Newsletter Will Shower You With Brain Color Money Clue, Love & Marriage Advice, and Book Reviews!

This month’s April Showers BrainBuzz Newsletter will shower you with “Brainbow” ideas. *ORANGE BRAIN ALERT: New BrainBuzz Sign up Form: *I had to change my contact list for my newsletter. *To be sure you receive my monthly newsletters, please complete the sign up form in #2 in the right hand side bar of this post.→→→→→→→→→→→→→→→→→→→…

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Keep looking… “If you’re aware, the gifts are there!”

The political campaigns, candidates, and their behavior are inundating the United States media, which led to a Brain Color discussion after my Silver Lotus Kundalini yoga (the yoga of awareness) practice, this morning. Chenoa, our yoga teacher, was talking about the lyrics: “Once in a while you get shown the light, In the strangest of…

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