Monthly Archives: August 2010

You Are My Favourite – Sophie Madeleine

Sophie Madeleine tries to record a song but is interrupted . . . A video featuring ukulele players from all over the globe!

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Elizabeth Gilbert Talks About Eat, Pray Love

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Vonnegut Advice: Short Stories

rt Vonnegut wrote some wonderful short stories. This was how he went about it.

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Tony Robbins Breakthrough – 4 Questions

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Elizabeth Gilbert Shares Helpful Creative Processes

While physical discipline in writing is important, meditation and yoga fall by the wayside during periods of intense creativity.

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How to be alone

The Lyrics By Tanya Davis If you are at first lonely, be patient. If you’ve not been alone much, or if when you were you weren’t okay with it, then just wait. You’ll find its fine to be alone once … Continue reading

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Five Ways to Become Happier Today

There are very specific things people can do each day that are proven to increase happiness. Tal Ben Shahar gives several practical happiness tips, including changing your calendar, buying a notebook, and changing your approach to car parking. Question: What can … Continue reading

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Douglas Adams: Parrots, the Universe, and Everything

Douglas Adams was the best-selling British author and satirist who created The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. In this talk at UCSB recorded shortly before his death, Adams shares hilarious accounts of some of the apparently absurd lifestyles of the … Continue reading

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Rich Without Money

Dr. Bob Paeglow is a big-hearted doctor who makes no salary. He treats his patience for little or nothing. He tells Steve Hartman that he wanted to make a difference and is not doing it for the money.

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Chaos and the Orienting Response: A neuropsychologcially predicated model of why you might be Christ

Chaos and the Orienting Response: A neuropsychologcially predicated model of why you might be Christ by Jordan Peterson University of Toronto psychologist Jordan Peterson gives a fascinating talk on the metaphysics which underlie both religious narrative and human cognition.

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