The Power of the Doodle

As a graduate of the Creative Journal Expressive Arts and Visioning® programs, I am part of the online community. From time to time Dr. Capacchione sends out links to amazing videos and articles that relate to these methods...and she sent out a GREAT one today. It is a TED talk about the value of DOODLING, which is a completely process oriented form of expressing creativity. Sunni Brown (who teaches the value of doodling in corporate settings) said "DOODLING IS AN INCREDIBLY POWERFUL TOOL and it is a tool that we need to rememer and re-learn".

Stress Busting

My husband has been involved in a rather intense course of study lately. A couple of times a week, right after work, he meets with someone to help him study. When he'd come home he would tell me how it went, which would usually involve him telling me that it took a while to shrug off the work day and focus on the material. I don't know why I didn't think of it earlier, but after a few weeks of this, I suggested a simple stress-buster activity (from Dr. Capacchione's "Power of your Other Hand") that I've been teaching to students and teachers as well as participants who come to my workshops. It helps to get both sides of the brain working together, which helps to see things in a more balanced way and develop innovative solutions. Now, my husband does this activity before every study session and his tutor has noticed a significant improvement in how well he retains the information he's learning. I think this activity is so helpful that I made a video, so anyone can learn this simple tool.

If you try it and have a positive result with it, feel free to let me know!

(Iiris Bjornberg, Dr. Lucia Capacchione, Amanda Joy Wells, Raimoda Pironti, Dr. Marsha Nelson)

Last week, I returned from Cambria, California as a certified Visioning ® facilitator! I began this training process six months ago, which prepared me to offer this AMAZING authentic vision- setting method. During the final training at Dr. Capacchione's home (creator of the Visioning® method) I developed three workshops that I will be offering throughout the fall. Click here to learn more about them!