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  • "We are all creative. Creativity is a natural life force that all can experience in one form or another. Just as blood is part of our physical body and is nothing we must invent, creativity is part of us and we each can tap into the greater creative energies of the universe and pull from that vast, powerful spiritual wellspring to amplify our own individual creativity. As a culture, we tend to define creativity too narrowly and to think of it in elitist terms, as something belonging to a small chosen tribe of “real artists.” But in reality, everything we do requires making creative choices, although we seldom recognize that fact."


    https://juliacameronlive.com/the-artists-way/


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  • The overwhelm is real, and until I return to a more regular sense of whelm, I am going to go easy on myself if I don't have time for an explicit "date" with myself.


    Today's resources:


    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Artist%27s_Way


    https://juliacameronlive.com/basic-tools/artists-dates/


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  • counterwill is an important developmental function, but it can be a hindrance to healthy relationship develeopment. it's important to recognize it is an instinct, albeit a frustrating one. so remember when dealing with counterwill, it's important not to ignore the rebellion but also important not to force control. instead, we should pay attention + focus on our attachment in the relationship, instead.


    “We may not be responsible for the way the world creates our mind, but we can learn to take responsibility for the mind with which we create our world.” - Gabor Maté

    If you didn't know, Gabor Maté is truly a great educator and I aspire to communicate ideas as meaningfully and effectively as he can. Until then, I'll just encourage everyone to check out the other amazing work he does:


    GABOR MATÉ'S WEBSITE: https://drgabormate.com/

    GABOR MATÉ'S BOOK: https://drgabormate.com/book/scattered-minds/


    OTHER RESOURCES: https://thenaturalparentmagazine.com/understanding-counterwill/2/

    AND: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counterwill


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  • “We may not be responsible for the way the world creates our mind, but we can learn to take responsibility for the mind with which we create our world.” - Gabor Maté

    If you didn't know, Gabor Maté is truly a great educator and I aspire to communicate ideas as meaningfully and effectively as he can. Until then, I'll just encourage everyone to check out the other amazing work he does:


    GABOR MATÉ'S WEBSITE: https://drgabormate.com/

    GABOR MATÉ'S BOOK: https://drgabormate.com/book/scattered-minds/


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  • “We may not be responsible for the way the world creates our mind, but we can learn to take responsibility for the mind with which we create our world.” - Gabor Maté

    If you didn't know, Gabor Maté is truly a great educator and I aspire to communicate ideas as meaningfully and effectively as he can. Until then, I'll just encourage everyone to check out the other amazing work he does:


    GABOR MATÉ'S WEBSITE: https://drgabormate.com/

    GABOR MATÉ'S BOOK: https://drgabormate.com/book/scattered-minds/


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  • Today I'm sharing some thoughts on and from Gabor Maté's book, Scattered Minds.


    While many of us don't have ADD/ADHD, I think learning about psychology at any specificity can be helpful to anyone with a brain - especially if you choose to communicate with anyone who also has a brain. Basically, we're all lil weirdos who's brains crave and need attention + it gets a little tricky if we're not aware of the way we're asking for it.


    I especially enjoyed the point the author made about the "deficit" in attention deficit disorder referring to the attention we're receiving, not the attention we're giving.

    “We may not be responsible for the way the world creates our mind, but we can learn to take responsibility for the mind with which we create our world.” - Gabor Maté

    If you didn't know, Gabor Maté is truly a great educator and I aspire to communicate ideas as meaningfully and effectively as he can. Until then, I'll just encourage everyone to check out the other amazing work he does:


    GABOR MATÉ'S WEBSITE: https://drgabormate.com/

    GABOR MATÉ'S BOOK: https://drgabormate.com/book/scattered-minds/


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  • let's get out there and make some beautiful trouble, shall we?


    LINK: https://ia600504.us.archive.org/4/items/BoydAndrewEdBeautifulTroubleAToolboxForRevolution/Boyd_Andrew_ed_Beautiful_Trouble_A_Toolbox_for_Revolution.pdf

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  • Believe it or not, there's some great news coming in + I will do everything in my power to share it with you. From methane trackers, to AI medical advancements, there are plenty of brilliant people fighting the good fight with and for us.


    RESOURCE: https://www.positive.news/society/good-news-stories-from-week-10-of-2024/

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  • Key quotes:  "...the way to keep the hungry hordes from storming the gates is by getting them food security now."


    "I made pro-social arguments for partnership and solidarity as the best approaches to our collective, long-term challenges. The way to get your guards to exhibit loyalty in the future was to treat them like friends right now, I explained. Don’t just invest in ammo and electric fences, invest in people and relationships."


    "What I came to realise was that these men are actually the losers. The billionaires who called me out to the desert to evaluate their bunker strategies are not the victors of the economic game so much as the victims of its perversely limited rules. More than anything, they have succumbed to a mindset where “winning” means earning enough money to insulate themselves from the damage they are creating by earning money in that way. It’s as if they want to build a car that goes fast enough to escape from its own exhaust."


    RESOURCE: https://www.theguardian.com/news/2022/sep/04/super-rich-prepper-bunkers-apocalypse-survival-richest-rushkoff


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  • Solving any type of problem can be likened to digging a hole. It is laborious work. And as you continue to dig, the uprooting becomes tougher because the problems you deal with are more compacted and nuanced. That said - it's CRUCIAL we remember that it's a great sign that the work is getting harder. It means you're making progress. Don't get discouraged. Take breaks, be proud you have come this far, and don't get too frustrated. You're doing a great job!


    Just. keep. digging!


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  • "Tech billionaires are buying up luxurious bunkers and hiring military security to survive a societal collapse they helped create..."


    "Their extreme wealth and privilege served only to make them obsessed with insulating themselves from the very real and present danger of climate change, rising sea levels, mass migrations, global pandemics, nativist panic and resource depletion. For them, the future of technology is about only one thing: escape from the rest of us."


    RESOURCE: https://www.theguardian.com/news/2022/sep/04/super-rich-prepper-bunkers-apocalypse-survival-richest-rushkoff


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  • REPOST || you are your other half!


    Back tomorrow with a regular ep.


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  • As soon as we label something that is ambiguous, we begin to "substitute the map for the territory".

    Learning to embrace uncertainty may quite possibly be the most valuable thing you can do for yourself.


    From Oxford Languages · ambiguity: the quality of being open to more than one interpretation; inexactness.


    Wikiversity: https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Embracing_Ambiguity

    NIH:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1560665/#:~:text=Ambiguity%20exists%20when%20a%20term,the%20word%20%E2%80%9Ctall%E2%80%9D5.


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  • I have spent so much time searching for that ONE hack/tip/trick/secret that was gonna change my life. I realized recently, that it's dramatically easier to change your entire life, when you stop focusing on changing your entire life + you simply focus on where you are NOW.


    Let me be clear, that won't stop me from sharing every decent "hack" I find along the way, but it may stop me from putting so much pressure on the hack (and myself) to fix everything at once.


    RESOURCE: https://www.verywellmind.com/therapist-adhd-life-hacks-7570021

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  • Everyone wants to save the world, but nobody wants to help mom with the dishes.


    Resources: https://www.wikihow.com/Be-a-Hero-in-Real-Life

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  • a pal on IG asked for this episode and I couldn't find the original post, so I figured I'd repost it for a Sunday special since i feel like most of us could use a lil pick me up again.


    Sending good vibes and I'll talk to you tomorrow!!!!


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  • Did y'all know about this??? I didn't and I think I'm obsessed.


    "Culture jamming (sometimes also guerrilla communication)[1][2] is a form of protest used by many anti-consumerist social movements[3] to disrupt or subvert media culture and its mainstream cultural institutions, including corporate advertising. It attempts to "expose the methods of domination" of mass society.[4]"


    THE INSPIRATION TEXT: https://beautifultrouble.org/

    AND https://andrewboyd.com/


    PDF OF TEXT: https://ia800504.us.archive.org/4/items/BoydAndrewEdBeautifulTroubleAToolboxForRevolution/Boyd_Andrew_ed_Beautiful_Trouble_A_Toolbox_for_Revolution.pdf


    A GAME I WANT NOW; https://store.tesacollective.com/products/beautiful-trouble-strategy-card-deck

    RESOURCE FROM TODAY: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Yes_Men

    AND:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billionaires_for_Bush#:~:text=During%20the%202000%20U.S.%20presidential,wealthy%20were%20guaranteed%20to%20benefit.


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  • “White supremacy is a toxin. The older history textbooks were like syringes that injected the toxin of white supremacy into the mind of many gene rations of Americans.” - Historian Donald Yacovone.


    here's to ridding ourselves to that toxin, as best we can.


    resources for relearning:

    pbs program: https://www.pbs.org/hueypnewton/actions/actions_platform.html 

    Kenneth Stampp's article: https://www.commentary.org/articles/kenneth-stampp/the-tragic-legend-of-reconstruction/ 

    learning for justice project: https://www.learningforjustice.org/frameworks/teaching-hard-history/american-slavery/classroom-videos 

    zinned project: https://www.zinnedproject.org/ 

    learning for justice: https://www.learningforjustice.org/classroom-resources/texts 

    other resource guides: https://www.blackpast.org/research-guides-websites/ 

    other researchers I love: https://www.kianacox.com/research.html 


    THE 1619 project resources:

    The Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_1619_Project 

    The Original: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/14/magazine/1619-america-slavery.html

    The Curricular Resources: https://1619education.org/curricular-resources

    The Show: https://press.hulu.com/shows/the-1619-project/


    My favorite Tiktok creators for learning:

    https://www.tiktok.com/@kahlilgreene

    https://www.tiktok.com/@dwarfismhistory 

    https://www.tiktok.com/@crutches_and_spice 

    https://www.tiktok.com/@th.readings 

    https://www.tiktok.com/@mikaelaloach 


    AMBER RUFFIN: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCya-XjjBsc 


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  • Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell, and _________.

    Lewis Howard Latimer has been erased from history lessons but the man should absolutely be a household name.


    Here's what I found:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Howard_Latimer 

    https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/04/us/biden-lightbulb-black-man-trnd/index.html 

    https://www.edisonfordwinterestates.org/historical-connection-lewis-latimer/

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnehQD9NCrE 


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  • Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell, and _________.

    Lewis Howard Latimer has been erased from history lessons but the man should absolutely be a household name.


    Here's what I found:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Howard_Latimer 

    https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/04/us/biden-lightbulb-black-man-trnd/index.html 

    https://www.edisonfordwinterestates.org/historical-connection-lewis-latimer/

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnehQD9NCrE 



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