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Entries from May 27th, 2010

Why Does Facebook Make It So Difficult?

May 27th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Social Media for Business, Tools & Technology

I’m delighted to get back some con­trol over my pri­vacy set­tings in Face­book. Unlike Facebook’s founder, I believe I own my rela­tion­ships, and I should be in com­plete con­trol over who gets to see what. Hav­ing said that, I’m upset that Face­book forces me to waste so much time mon­i­tor­ing my pri­vacy set­tings and pro­file options. […]

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Working Toward a Balanced Life

May 25th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Back to Basics, Tools & Technology

Lately I find myself engaged in con­ver­sa­tions about people’s desire for a more bal­anced, nour­ish­ing, or pur­pose­ful life. With friends, fam­ily or even pro­fes­sional col­leagues, cer­tain top­ics keep crop­ping up: exer­cise and well­ness, yoga (or my friends’ pas­sion for Nia), life/work bal­ance, rela­tion­ships that nour­ish, mean­ing­ful work. On the flip side: frus­tra­tions with dispir­it­ing, soul-sucking jobs, […]

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Color Your World

May 24th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Creativity, Yoga

Col­orists, inte­rior design­ers and other experts know how to influ­ence moods and atti­tu­di­nal state by the col­ors that sur­round peo­ple at work, at home or at play. I was reminded of the power of color at yesterday’s Anusara yoga class. Before class, we were all buzzing about the energy we feel in Seat­tle Yoga Arts’ new […]

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