Brummet's Conscious Blog

-- Sunday Gardening -- Today's episode of Sunday Gardening will offer tips for gardeners, discuss common chores this time of year and more! Have questions? Garden problems you need help with? Want to share garden tips or resources?  - Drop in the live chat room or  you can also email them to us ahead of time and we'll cover them in this episode if time allows. Can't make the live show? - no problem, you can access the archive at your convenience later on. http://www.blogtalkradio.com/consciousdiscussions/2012/05/27/sunday-gardening-44 -- Making a Difference at Home --   Since we moved to the new community – Creston BC – we were busy with settling in and doing various projects to the house which we’ve talked about before on the radio show, such as finishing the basement (putting in new flooring, building a bathroom and laundry room, insulating and dry-walling the walls, painting and some plumbing / ducting upgrades), new windows, doo...

-- Workplace Environment -- Today we will be featuring an article by Gabriela Casineanu - an Organization and Relationship Systems coach, facilitator, catalyst and thoughts designer. She assists her clients (professionals, companies and organizations) to find success from within, by becoming more resourceful. Check out her website http://thoughtsdesigner.com , and subscribe to her monthly newsletter for more useful information. Is The Workplace Environment Affecting How Employees Work With Each Other? By Gabriela Casineanu  Yes, the workplace environment could shape the way employees work with each other! While most people become easily aware of the physical aspect of an unhealthy workplace environment, not too many pay attention to the human behaviors that could poison the workplace environment... or don't know what to do in such situations. And those behaviors could damage the workplace relationships and affect how employees work with each other. ...

-- Quote of the Day -- “… When I started out with interviews in 98 I would write out a dozen questions or more, specific meticulous questions – then it evolved into more of a conversation… These days I still write out the questions, but often we don’t even use them because I allow for spontaneity, as sense of dialogue. I want my readers to know what the person is really like, the person behind the image. I still do the research – and then I give access to the core of the person. …When we published the magazine people would come to us asking for an interview, but I am also a voracious reader and if I like the book I might reach out and contact the author or publisher for an interview. …I see writing as a way of getting thoughts out of our minds and onto paper. When I write it is usually done on a computer, because it flows more easily and I don’t have to edit. …But when you write the words out we can see what we are feeling, we realize that we thought that way, and some ...

-- Conscious Discussions Talk  Radio Show -- Conscious Discussions airs LIVE at 10 AM (Pacific) Tuesday May 22nd Today we’ll be covering a very serious topic – World Poverty… we’ll learn how we can pool our efforts together and work toward understanding poverty, why it happens, and what we can do about it. Award-winning film-maker Dan Parris is our guest of the day; he is the owner of Speak Up Productions LLC , and considers himself an activist whose lingering questions after returning from Africa serve as the fuel for his passions today. We’ll learn about his experiences, and we’ll discover numerous ways to work with non-profits to end poverty issues from education and shelter to basics like water.    Join us live and drop in the chat room ...or access the archive of today's discussion at your convenience via the link below: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/consciousdiscussions/2012/05/24/world-poverty Sign up via itunes for the...

-- Quote of the Day  -- “… Our society on a whole is in a huge transition. …What we’ve been working on in our school is helping young people realize why they want to have values in their life. When you do help other people, you do feel a joy inside – helping them find the meaning and value for their life. …It is a chaotic world to grow up in – but we can show kids that there are a lot of inspiring people out there, and that those values are inside themselves. …When children are given this, their natural learning tendencies come out. …[Teaching] isn’t just having kids memorize, or coercing them or threatening them – you really feel like you are communication with the person. Would you rather spend your time learning about things that have no meaning, or would you rather learn about generosity and other life skills? …Education is just upside down, people are blind to the fact that if you try to push kids in this direction you get alienation, you get sad...

-- Conscious Discussions Talk Radio --  Conscious Discussions airs LIVE at 10 AM (Pacific) Tuesday May 22nd Author Francine L. Trevens was a published poet in her teens. She directed plays from teenage to the present, was a columnist and theater/dance critic for various newspapers, worked as a free lance writer for national magazines, wrote the dinner theater segments, and has authored 8 published books. Francine and her children are all involved in the world of writing – and she has a huge passion for childhood literacy. Developing a love for reading starts very early – and this is why Francine is here to teach us more about bedtime storytelling. Join us live and drop in the chat room ...or access the archive of today's discussion at your convenience via the link below: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/consciousdiscussions/2012/05/22/childhood-literacy Sign up via itunes for the Conscious Discussions Radio show: http://itunes.apple.c...

-- World of Writing -- Yes! It it time for another World of Writing Interview, one of our most popular themes with our readers :) Shout out to Sarah Miniaci ( www.sarahminiacipr.com ) PR agent for our guest today: Ryan Frawley - a Vancouver-based writer whose short stories have appeared in subTerrain, WordWorks and The Fiddlehead magazines. Born and raised in Coventry, England, he has lived in Vancouver since 2003. Ryan won first prize through the Vancouver International Writers and Literary Writes short story competitions. His book, Scar is a full-length literary review. www.ryanfrawley.com Q: Do you find that you are inspired to write in certain genres? A: I don’t know that I do. I mistrust genre in the same way I mistrust large organizations, and for largely the same reason. It’s a way of making up your mind about something before all the facts are in. For instance, I don’t generally read science fiction, but one of my all time favorite bo...