Category: Inspiration

Belly Dance Class North Shore Boston

Announcing (By popular demand) Spring Belly Dance taught by Me! For 3 weeks only a Belly Dance Intensive at Precision Pilates on Route 1 in Danvers. Wednesday Nights, May 14, 21, 28. 7:30-8:30pm. $60 for all 3! Space is limited so Pre-registration required. Email Marci

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It’s about process, not results!

And remember… don’t worry about what your “arts and crafts” look like! (And in my case, my cooking too!) When I taught preschool, the parents asked why their children rarely brought home pictures/crafts/ etc. when we were working on arts and crafts every day. It’s

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Play, Playfulness, Creativity and Innovation

This is an excellent review of a book called Play, Playfulness, Creativity and Innovation by Patrick Bateson and Paul Martin. The authors are behavioral biologists at the University of Cambridge. They write that not only is “playful play” critical to finding innovative solutions to problem-solving,

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The Best Parts of Aging…

I’ve tried to age gracefully and elegantly, but it turns out I’m aging wildly and eccentrically. My entire life I have been attracted to evocative clothing and I named my own personal fashion eras things like: wildly romantic (Betsey Johnson or “old west” style dresses

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Separation Anxiety

Separation Anxiety is common in children of all ages–from young children left in childcare to 10-year-olds to grown-up “children”. (Even I, at 44 years old, will occasionally really miss my Mom–especially when there are dirty socks on the floor and I wonder why my mom

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Nighty Night Baby!

Today I read this article today, talking about research findings that state children with irregular bedtimes had more behavior issues than children with the same bedtime every night. When Annabelle was a baby, we would take two long naps a day so she could be

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