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Category: Creativity

Creativity

Branding is dead.

Never underestimate the power of a message said many different ways. You can more effectively move people if you decentralize the messaging and tap human passions instead of…

June 8, 2023June 10, 2023 · 5 min read

Creativity

passive income / passive outcomes

If you are like me and have many interests, maybe sometimes you go “all in” one on project, then drift off a bit toward the next thing, rinse…

June 3, 2023July 11, 2024 · 2 min read

Creativity

See something, say something

My mom has always been an awesome writer. She went back to school when I was 10.  Her professors fawned over her writing which raised money, started programs…

June 2, 2023October 26, 2023 · 3 min read

Best of Mommess

Doing it ‘nice and rough’ – Tina Turner is my kind of Buddha

I have fifteen minutes to write this. I know Buddhsim works for me, and I want to practice every day. I’ve tried apps, books, meditation retreats and everything…

May 31, 2023February 5, 2025 · 2 min read

Best of Mommess

Being a creative – how does art come through?

I wrote something the other day, and it was pretty honest and it was good. So I read it over and over again. I remember when I was…

May 16, 2023August 10, 2023 · 5 min read

Best of Mommess

Mothers make matter

Becoming a mother has been a ride. I’ve learned to live with less sleep, half-baked plans that fall apart the other half of the time, and constant pings…

May 16, 2023June 2, 2023 · 2 min read

Creativity

Vision 2022

Ever notice how every time a horrible or seemingly unexpected thing occurs, someone finds some sci-fi book* or episode of The Simpsons** that “predicted” it? This morning I…

July 17, 2020June 3, 2022 · 3 min read

Body & Health

Dart Dart Dart

Dart. Dart. Dart. Rest. Dart. Dart. Dart. Finger, thumb moving. Eyes darting. Soul wondering. Entertainment! A Life! Exciting! Surprising!. Odd. Outrageous. Horrible. Sad. Scroll. Share. Share. Share. Smirk.…

January 6, 2020November 15, 2022 · 1 min read

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Creativity

The best questions to ask

Years ago, I learned a really good life hack. It was a simple way to immediately change the way your brain is thinking for the better. Anthony Robbins…

May 5, 2018May 29, 2023 · 2 min read

Best of Mommess

Sinking Gifts. Rising Queen

I have been prone to depression, as have many of the women in my family. As are, no doubt, many others who are reading this. I have also…

April 24, 2018June 2, 2023 · 3 min read

Best of Mommess

Four Styles of Defining A Life

I wrote a chunk of a self-help book over a decade ago. It described the four styles people use to find — and define — meaning in their lives.…

April 19, 2018June 3, 2023 · 2 min read

Creativity

Marketing on the Web, for White Hat Operators

I’ve been using the web to promote projects and to help clients and causes since 1997. One of my first experiences work experiences was helping a client re-sell…

March 15, 2018June 2, 2023 · 4 min read

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