tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-112149822024-03-13T06:18:29.568-07:00LifePuzzleAnnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08637984183707932971noreply@blogger.comBlogger100125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11214982.post-16886780228217139032012-04-27T10:47:00.002-07:002012-04-27T10:47:49.850-07:00Spending our 30's and 40's undoing our 10's and 20's.This phrase...spending our 30's and 40's undoing our 10's and 20's is one I repeat often in my private practice with clients. At one level, its a funny phrase that makes clients laugh. But on another level, its a truth. Many people had childhood experiences that didn't provide an environment that gave them the opportunity to learn what it is to be a whole human being. Whether traumas, Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08637984183707932971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11214982.post-56896259129003939502012-01-27T13:48:00.000-08:002012-01-27T13:52:49.041-08:00Wholeness or Wellness<!--[if gte mso 9]> 0 0 1 585 3341 Good 4U Inc. 27 7 3919 14.0 <![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08637984183707932971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11214982.post-18873866446936771132011-03-24T09:28:00.000-07:002011-03-24T10:00:50.644-07:00Wealthy or Well-being?As we sit in the aftermath of the 2008 financial meltdown, the reality of $1.3 trillion dollars no longer circulating in our economy has become to hit home everywhere. Practically every state in the country is faced with deficits and budget shortfalls requiring cutbacks in state services, education, health care, police and fire. Ironically however, Wall St. investment firms continue to hand out Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08637984183707932971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11214982.post-9378439082752723892011-03-01T10:38:00.000-08:002011-03-01T11:04:25.449-08:00Dear Bill GatesYour Feb 27th Washington Post article, How Teacher development could revolutionize our schools holds a lot of very good points. Clearly we have a great need for good teachers and good schools and our current system has gotten bogged down in producing both of these. I think one of the key reasons is as you say, "we do very little to measure, develop and reward excellent teaching". And the way Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08637984183707932971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11214982.post-52302949275308058312011-01-20T11:02:00.000-08:002011-01-31T11:49:44.660-08:00Tying shoelacesOne of the core reasons I created the Life Puzzle model was to address this fact: Human beings have to be taught how to be human. I came to realize that most adults--even those having children, truly do not understand that simple, basic fact. I've had adults tell me again and again that they assumed children, after a certain age, would just figure it out. That as parents, they needed to Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08637984183707932971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11214982.post-73329241776203175892010-09-15T15:24:00.000-07:002010-09-16T13:50:08.123-07:00Whole Adult/Whole ChildI will be speaking November 19th at Search-Institutes "Big Tent" conference in Houston, TX.The focus of this talk will be on challenging parents to look at their own wholeness in context to the reality that we can only raise a child to full human capacity if we ourselves have tuned into build our own whole SELF. What is a parent? A parent is a "Human Capacity Development" expert. Only of Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08637984183707932971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11214982.post-19304991833656732312010-06-16T09:15:00.000-07:002010-06-16T11:29:44.263-07:00Economists are so 0-5! Don't look to them for solutions!Here in Oregon, the recession continues. Unemployment is at 10.6% as compared to the oh, so much better national rate of 9.7%. Yesterday a friend shared two newspaper articles showing the grim job prospects for this year's graduates--especially those in the teaching fields. Due to budget deficits in many states, schools are not only not hiring new graduates, they're firing teachers.Since the Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08637984183707932971noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11214982.post-40117020354542654952010-02-09T10:59:00.000-08:002010-02-09T11:52:06.662-08:00A Reality check on Reality shows....how about we all get real ourselves?The Feb 7th, CBS Sunday Morning show did a segment called The Real Deal on Reality TV. The gist of the segment was that millions of people are thrilled to be watching others lives and all the drama they can create. In many cases, these Reality shows highlight the worst of our behaviors, yet they also normalize these behaviors as if 'this is as real as it gets'. In truth, these Reality shows Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08637984183707932971noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11214982.post-1177457183544543462010-01-06T14:38:00.000-08:002010-01-06T14:39:19.915-08:00We’ll have a great economy if we would all just get sick…Health care is the number one growing industry in our country. So, if you’re looking for a career change or dealing with unemployment due to being kicked out of the auto industry, airline industry, manufacturing industries etc., you should become a nurse. The Bureau of Labor statistics shows it to be the number one job for the future economy. And it is a great career field that is both Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08637984183707932971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11214982.post-27537233615789693422009-10-29T12:26:00.000-07:002009-10-29T13:25:45.550-07:00Food Inc., meets Health Care reformThe movie, Food Inc., offers a big view of the American food system. Like our banking/financial system, over the last 30 years, the American food system has resulted in a few big players controlling the grand majority of the food system.Most of us take the food system for granted. We have year-round access to every type of food imaginable at amazingly low prices. What an incredible system we are Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08637984183707932971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11214982.post-37268028028220671502009-07-28T16:41:00.000-07:002009-07-29T17:35:21.359-07:00The Age of the Unthinkable....Last week I did a presentation to Community College women (staff) who were at their summer conference. The focus was on wellness and managing stress in these chaotic times. I was sharing the Life Puzzle model as an example of living in the present moment while accepting that things are constantly changing. I shared that the Life Puzzle is a framework that enables you to be 'resilient'. As you Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08637984183707932971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11214982.post-44843507128502048352009-07-01T17:05:00.000-07:002009-07-06T13:54:14.594-07:00The 10K rule results in a lot more happiness!"So, step out of yourself and look down on this event from 10,000 feet", I said to my client, Gina*. She had called expressing hurt and anger about an experience she'd had with a co-worker and wanted to know what to do about it. *name changedShe responded---"I know you want me to be the 'bigger person here', but then she gets away with what she did to me and that just makes me more angry!""No, I Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08637984183707932971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11214982.post-62606533201454189162009-04-27T12:35:00.000-07:002009-04-27T13:41:45.910-07:00Building on Assets.....that's what Life Puzzle is all about!I recently had the pleasure of sitting in on a training focused on teen development--but from a unique perspective--Asset building. Asset building means recognizing the positive things that research has shown results in teens building great lives---and then working to strengthen these assets because we can pretty much ensure positive outcomes for teens, families, schools and society when these Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08637984183707932971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11214982.post-55152112276637872009-01-06T16:08:00.000-08:002009-01-06T16:30:18.409-08:00Why can't Oprah love herself?I was so saddened to see Oprah announce to the world that she'd once again let her 'food addiction' fill the void in her SELF. Confronted with health problems and other issues--she went 'reactive' (0-5 on the Life Puzzle Choosing Continuum) and let her thyroid issues become her "I'm a victim/addictive voice" excuse. As a result, she gave her self permission to eat anything and reduce her Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08637984183707932971noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11214982.post-89531068623537165852008-10-23T11:15:00.000-07:002008-10-23T11:29:32.810-07:00The Banking system is not the economy..painting a new pictureHere’s a reality—if every piece of paper called money disappeared tomorrow, the economy would still be here. That’s because the economy represents the activities necessary to live life—and these activities are going to happen whether there’s money or not. Yes, money is a tool that can help us facilitate the activities of life…but it isn’t a situation of money first, economy/activities of life Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08637984183707932971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11214982.post-28047132156820091702008-10-01T14:25:00.000-07:002008-10-01T14:53:08.785-07:00Be proactive during these changing timesThe old Chinese saying "May you live in interesting times" is certainly a blessing we can all say we've received this year! The elections have sparked lots of dialogue about racism, sexism and a future of change beyond the 'white-male dominated' politics; global warming and the "WE" campaign's call for the US to become oil independent in the next 10 years forces us to recognize that oil has an Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08637984183707932971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11214982.post-3287020015248035222008-07-30T12:06:00.000-07:002008-08-06T13:12:51.035-07:00Life Puzzle is about authentic happinessIn January 2005, I was introduced before a training I was about to do with the following quote by Martin Seligman, former president of the American Psychological Association.“For most of its history, psychology has concerned itself with all that ails the human mind: anxiety, depression, neurosis, obsessions, paranoia, delusions. The goal of practitioners was to bring patients from a negative, Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08637984183707932971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11214982.post-3366314737690916282008-05-20T10:29:00.000-07:002008-05-20T11:18:48.186-07:00Acceptance and the cricket....Life...it is constantly filled with those challenges--being it events, people, or some irritation--that give rise to frustrations, anger and the emotional dramas that fill most human lives. It only takes a moment of reading the daily newspaper to see humans acting out this drama in all sorts of nasty ways.Yet, if we are to arise to our higher level of consciousness--the real task before all of Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08637984183707932971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11214982.post-44176352736296760632008-05-07T11:56:00.000-07:002008-05-07T12:00:16.535-07:00Raising our standard of living....The "economy" is being lauded as the major campaign issue that the candidates need to address. One of the prompts for this is the oft mentioned line that "this generation will be the first generation to not exceed the standards of their parent's generation." When I hear this, I think--that's not necessarily a bad thing.Because our "standard of living" has come at a huge cost--our lives. We runAnnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08637984183707932971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11214982.post-21589295488339167242008-04-21T11:03:00.000-07:002008-04-21T11:26:31.440-07:00The Art of the Mundane....cure for addictions...I was reading the Sunday, April 20th Parade magazine's cover story about Robert Downey Jr.If you've followed his career at all, you'll know that his journey has been, despite his obvious genius as a talented actor, marred with bouts of alcohol and drug abuse. Serious bouts that have landed him in court, rolled him through three marriages and left him on the brink of self-destruct. But with this Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08637984183707932971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11214982.post-46585192460343234292008-04-16T10:55:00.000-07:002008-04-16T11:39:55.695-07:00Awakening and the Addictive voice...I was watching Eckhart Tolle and Oprah discussing his book, The New Earth via Oprah's book club and the online program she is running. For me, much of what Eckhart is talking about in this book is a parallel to what I'm sharing through the Life Puzzle model. We use slightly different words, but the results that we both are encouraging our listeners/clients to achieve is high level Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08637984183707932971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11214982.post-41371096775206644692008-04-09T10:04:00.000-07:002008-04-09T12:09:25.624-07:00How do I do it?Because humans are such notorious copy-cats, one of the dilemmas that many people have once they decide to head towards the 6-10/proactive/conscious, Life Puzzle-making side of life is how do I do it? If I'm not going to keep copying--something I've been doing since I was a young child--how do I know how to do the new way?In reflecting back on my own journey as I walked away from the fast-food, Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08637984183707932971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11214982.post-48662331653777624892008-03-27T13:13:00.000-07:002008-03-27T13:58:23.956-07:00Waiting to be good enough..."You'll never get there." My client's eyes shot up from her downturned gaze, as I responded to her saying "I'm waiting to be good enough."Actually, this is a phrase "I'm not good enough"...that I hear a lot. It is a very common thought by millions of 0-5ers who operate in the reactive, unconscious, victim role. From this standpoint, one believes that "others" will validate me and finally tell me Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08637984183707932971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11214982.post-4199588421847802212008-01-18T11:00:00.000-08:002008-01-18T11:09:18.771-08:00Working with Riane EislerI haven't posted lately to this blog because I'm working with Riane Eisler, author of Chalice and the Blade and her newest book, Real Wealth of Nations....creating a caring economics.Thus, I've been writing at the blog www.realwealtheconomy.com and so if you've clicked on here at Life Puzzle to see my blog, I encourage you to click on this link and head over there to read instead.Life Puzzle is Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08637984183707932971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11214982.post-15429930113627728142007-11-21T11:47:00.000-08:002007-11-23T10:00:06.645-08:00Cooking up a storyI recently met Rebecca Gerendasy--producer of Cooking up a story. This site offers lots of short, professionally produced video clips on all sorts of food topics. I found it fun and fascinating and want to share it with you.Food is such a cornerstone of Life Puzzle-making! As many of you know, I was a junk food junkie with the resulting health problems on physical, emotional and spiritual levels.Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08637984183707932971noreply@blogger.com0