Brummet's Conscious Blog

-- Quote of the Day -- "… I was able to apply my back ground in music and theater as a therapy …to help people where they are shut down to find out how they want to open up and connect with the community. …There are so many benefit that music has to our entire being. …We are educated through logic and reason – the left brain is dominant and we marginalize the importance of the right side of the brain, which is the side of the brain recognizes patterns, metaphors, connections between things. …When we hear (or play) music our brain is responding with both sides of the brain. …It makes their memories sharper, math scores go up… music helps us deal with change, helps us learn faster… respond quickly with an agile mind that can grasp many things on multiple levels. …All the arts are beneficial in this way, but music has this unique feature …of lighting up the brain in many, many ways. ” Nov 5, ’09 – Judy Treder-Wolff Today's quote comes from an interview with Judy...

-- Quote of the Day -- " Never be bullied into silence;  never allow yourself to be made a victim; accept no one's definition of your life;  define yourself. "  ~ Harvey Fierstein  -- Conscious Discussions Radio -- Today's Positive News segment of the Conscious Discussions Talk Radio show focuses on a discussion on violence, rights, conscious living, poetry & writing & solar hot water alternatives: http://tobtr.com/s/1059338     -- Writer Interview #15 -- In honor of Poetry and Library Month celebrations in April, we started doing interviews with writers, getting their impressions about the career of writing, the importance of literacy and more. This quickly became popular with our readers (thank you!) and as such we'll be continuing to do interviews and guest posts at least once a week on this blog - as long as the readers want us to. :) Today we have Tasha Nicole Wright - author of two fiction books - who tells us that she fo...

-- Quote of the Day -- “Beginning to ask the question of who am I really – but the thing is we still have to do the real work to get there …this really is about hard work. …If you are busy, busy, busy all the time – how can you hear the voice that leads you on this journey? This is a slow-moving, incremental journey… that doesn’t mean you won’t have times of confusion – confusion can be your friend! …Continue to explore possibilities until you feel like you’ve found something that is really for you.  …We really need to change the way we use words – like Nervous Breakdown - if you call it Nervous Breakthrough it suddenly has a whole new meaning.”   ~  Jeff Brown Today's quote originates from a Conscious Discussions interview that aired on March 9, 2010 - Inner Growth (click on title to find interview)  -- Brummet's Muse -- The Brummet's Muse e-newsletter went out this morning, announcing upcoming events, interviews and more. This newsletter g...

 -- Quote of the Day --  " No specialized skills are needed  to contribute genuine,  long-term dev elopment assistance" ~ GlobalVolunteers.org -- Authors Read Radio --  Authors Read Radio presents Rhonda Hayter reading an excerpt from the middle-grade comic fantasy, The Witchy Worries of Abbie Adams . -- Announcement -- Apologies to everyone who was expecting an Eco-Fashion interview yesterday on Conscious Discussions Radio - we have been having unpredictable Internet issues as of late and without the Internet I don't have access to the switchboard, which is essential for a host to have access to! :) We are working with the server now to fix the problem and as soon as that is done we will be rescheduling with our special guest, Tala Rezai. Thank you for your patience in this matter. -- Recommended Conscious Living Resources -- Global Volunteers – Live and work with local people on life-affirming service programs for one to three weeks....

-- Writer Interview # 14 --  Lily Oak: the creator of www.hedge-witchery.com and run Hedge Witchery Books. Her current projects include a first full length fiction as well as shorter creative peices and pagan articles for various sites and e-zines. I also contributed to and published 'Hope Moon' a charity book for Haiti. Q. What is your idea of happiness? Lot's of things... usually depending on my mood at the time. There are however a few things that I find bliss incarnate! The first sip of tea in the morning. Absolute silence... but not for too long. The smell of rain. Fat, green, stone-left-in olives.  Q. Are you doing what you really want to do in life? Not entirley, but I'm heading in that direction. A lot of people say the real joy is in the journey, and I think they are probably right. Q. In your career as a writer - what do you consider to be your greatest strengths and weaknesses? I think my strength is setting a scene, creating a mood, p...

-- A Brummet in the Media -- Join me on May 11 when I am "Guest Blogging" at BK's Live Journal: http://bk-walker.livejournal.com My contribution to this blog is an article titled: Realizing Obstacles and Strengths , which explains the value of a personal evaluation as part of a marketing plan.  -- Announcement -- In fulfillment of a promise to the family that I will take several days in a row off from the office every month... I will be on a 2 1/2 day hiatus from the office as of this afternoon. My gardens, dogs and family need my attention now, and my eyes and brain need a rest from the office. - lol - I'll be back to create a new blog post on the 14th... and will have some great information and a new guest joining us, so please check back with us then. In the meantime, feel free to leave comments, sign up for our bi-weekly newsletter, check out our sites and links or send us a comment or message anytime :) -- Spring Cleaning -- Spring is here...

-- Quote of the Day -- "You can tell more about a person  by what he says about others  than you can by what  others say about him." ~ Leo Aikman -- BlogJog Day ! -- Thank you for stopping by my Blog! Today is BlogJog Day – an event sparked by Carol Denbow the author of six books and editor of eleven blogs and websites. BlogJog Day is a special event that encourages people to explore blog sites they may not have been aware of before. As part of the obligation for participating in this we are to offer a couple of links for you to consider: Please do enjoy and explore all that my blog has to offer, then jog on over to http://www.jeffreyballen.com - and - http://www.learningtoeatallergyfree.com If you would like to find other blogs or find out more about this event, go to http://blogjogday.blogspot.com -- Internet Service Issues -- Apologies to all who missed yesterday's Authors Read radio episode - we have been having Internet service iss...