Good | Bad | Rad #40 – A rad of few words

A look back at some of the best, hardest and most surprising parts of my week.

The Good

Perspective. There’s this professional photograph I’ve seen of my favorite bridge with one of my favorite mountains in the background. Mt. Hood always looks so huge behind the St. Johns Bridge, I’ve long suspected there was a . . . → keep reading

Giving Up The Funk (an Explore & Play Class)

(apologies to Parliament)

You made suggestions. You voted. You loved them all* but this one came out just a bit ahead. Thanks to you all for joining me in celebrating the second anniversary of Explore & Play. Here’s to beginning a third fantastic year!

And now, for this month’s topic:

Giving up the Funk

Or, . . . → keep reading

“Move Your Eyeballs Away From Your Brain”

“What? Did he say what I think he said?

“What does that even mean?

“How am I supposed to even do that?

“It’s not possible… well, crap…

“Okay, I ask people to imagine weird stuff all the time. I’ll just imagine I could do it.

“Oh wow…ohh….”

“…”

“…”

Three weeks ago, during a new-to-me . . . → keep reading

Good | Bad | Rad #39 – Ideas, Ease and Mystery

Bright beautiful gifts for May Day.

A look back at some of the best, hardest and most surprising parts of my week.

The Good

Overwhelmed by Suggestions. I had this idea that I would celebrate the two year anniversary of Explore & Play by letting you suggest, and then choose the topic for the anniversary call. I somehow forgot how creative . . . → keep reading

Time to Vote!

I don’t know what I was thinking. Oh, I’ll just ask people for ideas, and then I’ll pick three and announce it. Easy peasy.

Ha.

Somehow, I forgot how creative and wise and curious my readers are. The suggestions I received are phenomenal. Really. Which, of course, has made it quite difficult to choose.

But, . . . → keep reading

Submit Your Idea by Midnight Tuesday

The two year anniversary of the Explore & Play Class and Coaching Hours is coming up very soon.

But before that, though, is the deadline for you to submit your ideas. Yes, to celebrate this occasion, you get to suggest, and then pick the topic for the next call!

Where do you get stuck? . . . → keep reading

Good | Bad | Rad #38 – Seeing Far & Total Darkness

Mt. Hood and the Burlington Rail Bridge are perfectly framed from the St. Johns Bridge, Portland, Oregon

A look back at some of the best, hardest and most surprising parts of my week.

The Good

Open Windows. And furnace off! Right now I have the windows open and I’m listening to the birds singing. There’s a little breeze, and it just smells so fresh! Plus, love, love, love that I haven’t had . . . → keep reading

Change Artist: Maryann Devine

It’s time to introduce you to the next fabulous Change Artist in this series, Maryann Devine.

Maryann spent the last chunk of her life being a pretty amazing writer and creativity teacher, and a marketing & publicity strategist. And an artist. Except that at some point, she found it difficult to even call herself an . . . → keep reading

Hey Shannon #4 – What do I do with these feelings?

I get questions. I give answers. I used to keep it just between me and the asker, but I get a lot of similar questions, which of course have similar answers. Plus it seems that there are plenty of people with a similar question who haven’t been brave enough to ask. So, now you get . . . → keep reading

Good | Bad | Rad #37

Cathedral Park, St. Johns Bridge, Portland, Oregon by Shannon Wilkinson

A look back at some of the best, hardest and most surprising parts of my week.

The Good

Yoga. I joined a gym this week, and boy was it perfect timing. Turns out yoga was the perfect antidote to the events of Monday — I went three times during the week. It felt a little . . . → keep reading