Living a creative life means having a philosophical sense of humor. This thought struck me a couple of weeks ago as I was racing to finish an article on relaxation for children. During the same week I was made aware that the car I had bought from a friend last year had...
Let's face it. We live in a stressful world. Traffic, money (or lack thereof), our relationships with family and friends, our jobs, and/or the threat of losing them all contribute to a feeling of insecurity. Our innate biological responses, which exist to motivate us i...
At Performance Night, a night at which acting students at Gary Spatz’s The Playground have an opportunity to perform in front of talent representatives in the entertainment industry, I recently witnessed a doting father kneel in front of his little girl, Anabelle, 8 y...
For any creative process to be successful, it is important that the critical voice of perfection takes a back seat. Nothing will squelch creativity like the fear of being judged or of "not doing it right." And for those of us in t...
By the term “creative life” I don’t mean a life of taking on Martha Stewart craft projects, but rather, a life that may not have a predictable daily structure. It can be a life that offers little in the way of financial or emotional stability, but at the same time hold...
Parents and children alike may have an idea of yoga as holding a series of arduous poses in a steamy room or people sitting cross legged for stretches of time, while meditating, neither of which may seem particularly child friendly. To dispel the myth of the first scen...
