In January 2018, our family was looking to adopt a dog. Our previous family dog (a Shetland Sheepdog named Molly) left the world the...

Today’s guest has a very interesting life story. Here’s the abridged version: Drew Marshall was adopted, grew up in a funeral home,...

The ways we show we’re actively listening can differ from person-to-person, group-to-group, culture-to-culture. A few months ago I came...

Can listening to music make us more creative? Some sources point to ‘yes’, others to point to ‘no’. In a fascinating 2019 article by TIME...

Saturday Night Live might have been a total flop. After all, in looking back at the writers in the very first year of SNL, the big...

Growing up, improv scared the pants off me. I dreaded the moments where I had to think ‘off the cuff’ or make up a scene in front of the...

Why is it important to dive into this world of listening as it relates to creativity? I believe there are lots of reasons! Listening...

I’m going to come right out and ask it: Do you consider yourself a good listener? Or perhaps a better place to start is by asking: Do you...

Stories connect us, they inspire us, they communicate our values to the world. Stories allow us to empathize with thoughts and actions...

In the previous episode, we met Sarah Dennis who shared how she creates her paper cut masterpieces by focusing on negative space, the...

Welcome to Episode 68, which is the second in a special 2-part series all about mindfulness and creativity. Before you listen to this...

Deep breath in and deep breath out. It was a warm and humid summer evening. Twenty or so individuals gathered on the grass, wedged neatly...

Last year I read How to Break Up With Your Phone by award-winning writer and science journalist, Catherine Price and it was eye...

In this final episode of this 3-part mini-series, Diana uses scissors to cut through different types of paper and plastic. This...

In this episode, Diana turns 248 pages of a textbook, from front to back cover. The gentle, rhythmic sound of hands running over 80# silk...

In this episode, Diana softly reads Chapter 2: The History of Print from the Introduction to Graphic Communication textbook by Harvey...

I have a little New Year’s Day tradition. Every New Year’s Day for the last four or five years I’ve done some goal setting and I don’t...

In all of the reading that I’ve done and positive psychology and the science of happiness, as well as the anecdotal memoirs of those who...

You’ve got a laundry list of things to do (including the laundry!) and you have no idea where to start. Might I suggest trying a simple,...

I recently read a story with my daughters called Claymates. It was awesome. It was about two blobs of clay: one grey and one brown who...