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 This quote was excerpted from the Conscious Discussions interview with ...

-- This Week - Leaving a Legacy as a Final Act -- Tuesday - Feb 2nd: Did you know that over one million people in the world die by suicide every year leaving millions more bereft? The partners, children, parents, siblings, friends, colleagues and caregivers left behind are often plagued by a corrosive sense of guilt and shame. And the stigma associated with suicide commonly causes survivors to hide the truth and suppress their anguish. Harvard psychiatrist Nancy Rappaport, author of the memoir In Her Wake: A Child Psychiatrist Explores the Mystery of Her Mother’s Suicide helps us understand suicide and the way it affects others. We will learn how to identify depression, and how to talk as a family about the tragedy. Discover language you can use to help your children deal with tragedies like this. Our featured guest on Tuesday's Conscious Discussions episode was Nancy Rappaport who shared information on Surviving Suicide . Thursday - Feb 4th: A recent AARP poll asked: Which ty...

-- Quote of the Day -- " It's about where we are in this time of life... It's about looking back without remorse about the things that escaped your grasp. And out of that comes this great acceptance about being happy about where you're now at ." ~ Jim Cuddy (of Blue Rodeo) -- Announcements -- Our three books are now listed in the Coalition of Independent Authors website, check out the links (below) to find numerous interesting authors, besides us! http://www.coalition-independent-authors.com/poetry-books.html http://www.coalition-independent-authors.com/non-fiction-books.html -- Dave & I were awarded the Backyard Habitat Certificate from Canadian Wildlife Federation in recognition for " outstanding effort in helping wildlife through the creation of habitat ". This is an exciting and rewarding experience for us, being recognized for the work we have done over the years on this property. When we moved here, the property was pretty sparse - even the ...

-- Quote of the Day -- “… When you are passionate and really love what you do you can really transform your life and radiate this energy to others. …Now, is a great time to try to go after your dreams. …We do a lot of give-aways and really neat things for a variety of groups, but one of the tricks to our success (is doing things like) renting a little sedan to take a customer to an event that was a chance of a lifetime for her. …Think of how that made me feel – there is just no better feeling. …you don’t think that the word trickles down to your employees when you do something like this? And then they start to do this with their clients. …Those little things make the biggest difference in the world in growing your business from nothing to amazing. …I joined Entrepreneur’s Organization; we would literally get around a table and each month a person would be in charge of talking about their company and we would be able to make suggestions and learn from them. That was very helpful in bein...

-- Quote of the Day -- "Everything you are against weakens you. - - Everything you are for empowers you." ~ Wayne Dyer, psychologist -- Did You Know? -- stats from: globalstewards.org: 50% of all U.S. mail is discarded unopened 23 million acres of forest area was lost worldwide between 1990 and 2000 Habitat loss is one of the main causes of animal and plant extinction *Source: Conservation International: An estimated 25% of the 5 million species on our planet are faced with extinction by 2050. Roughly 1 species every 20 minutes becomes extinct at the current rate -- Authors Read Radio -- Today’s featured guest on the Authors Read radio program: Dylan Morgan resides in Norway although he was born in New Zealand and raised in the United Kingdom. He tells us that he “ writes during those rare quiet moments amid a hectic family life: after dark, with limited sustenance, and when his creative essence is plagued the most by tormented visions. ” His debut novel, Hosts , has garnere...

-- Quote of the Day -- “…I f you are unemployed you need to treat each 8 hour day as a work day – your job is to look for work. Join a job club and volunteer – business people volunteer in these organizations and you might work beside someone who works for a company that is hiring, you just never know. Learn something new every single day – no one wants to hire someone who is stagnant and reconnect with your contacts .” ~ Nov 10, ’09 – Thom Singer Today's quote originated from a Conscious Discussions Talk Radio show that aired on Nov 10, 2009 with our featured guest of the day, Thom Singer. During the Job Hunting Tips & Marketing Savvy interview we learned many interesting job hunting skills and marketing tips that will help our listeners throughout their lives. Click on the hyper-linked show title here, or look to the right side of this screen for links to recently aired Conscious Discussions episodes. -- Positive Eco-News -- U-Haul, the leader in self-storage, announced th...

-- Quote of the Day -- " A culture is only as great as its dreams, and its dreams are dreamed by artists ." ~ L. Ron Hubbard -- Positive Eco-News -- *Source: Japanfs.org : A Japanese manufacturer of small wind power systems released a general-purpose small wind turbine "Airdolphin GTO" on November 1, 2009 on a global scale. This model can be connected to the utility grid through commercially available solar inverters without any modification. The manufacturer's suggested price of the turbine is 450,000 yen (about US$5,000) including tax. -- Did You Know? -- *stats from: globalstewards.org : The world's temperate forests absorb 2 billion tons of carbon annually to help keep the planet cool and healthy. Junk mail produces more greenhouse gas emissions than 2.8 million cars. 55% of all paper fibers come from trees (17% of this is from old-growth forests). -- Conscious Living Event -- Event : 29th Annual Guelph Organic Conference Date : Jan. 30 - 31, 2010 L...