heartFul Kids™

There are times when our brains are the muscle that we need to strengthen and there are times when we need to trust our hearts to lead...

As Americans glide toward the Thanksgiving holiday, this is the perfect time of year to revisit the power of gratitude as something much...

I used to think that the only way to reach success was through struggle, pain, and sacrifice. I thought challenge was the only path to...

The other day I was driving across the Bay Bridge into San Francisco to visit one of our heARTful Kid's sites and I was deep in thought...

What is self-awareness? Pinpointing what self-awareness looks and feels like can be nebulous because the target is always moving with us....

When I first set out to add 'teaching art' to my list of freelance business activities, I had no idea that I would go on to design an...

Creativity— and specifically a commitment to the practice of developing it— is the most powerful tool for human development. Uncovering...

Children play like it’s their job because it is. Once in school, there are so many foundational skills they must acquire just to be ready...

Literacy takes many forms. In a world ruled by an increasing amount of media and visual information, visual literacy is an essential...

Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) is the process through which people (of all ages) develop the fundamental skills for effective...

Every person is an artist at heart. When we broaden our definition of art to encompass creating an expression of beauty or a moment of...

My mission here at the Center for Conscious Creative Change is to inspire and empower you to connect to your creativity and to understand...

Our dreams are a calling on our spirits to fulfill a unique purpose. Sometimes they whisper, sometimes they scream, sometimes they do...

As humans, our reference point for our desires and for what to focus on is always changing. It's in our nature. We know craving and...

Regardless of your beliefs and traditions at the end of the year, I think we can all agree that an important reason for them is to make...

Feeling the need to start planning for the year ahead? Successful planning starts with reflection. You've probably learned a lot this...

It's easy to fixate on the problems around us, big and small. In fact, the human brain is wired for it. So, it does take some brain...

There comes a point in every woman’s life where she must choose: between faith and fear, between hope and disbelief, between love and...

Admittedly, I've never been a morning person so part of me questions how I-- a recovering night owl and recurring snooze button presser--...

Have you ever felt like you're drowning in tasks? Of course you have. We're living in a culture where overachievement and round the clock...