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By ProNagger on August 01, 2009  |  Comments 4

Worry Is NOT Preparation

My client S said that her favorite quote of mine is, “worry is not preparation.”
I don’t know if I can claim this as an original or not, all I know is it is helpful to remember if you sense you’re entering into the worry cycle.
If you can  stop for a second and remind yourself that [...]

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By ProNagger on July 30, 2009  |  Comments 0

Mental Music

Recent research suggest that slow Baroque music calms the mind and helps    the brain focus and concentrate.  I know it works for me!
When Pandora came along (thank you to Andrew T. For introducing me to Pandora), I thought it would be cool to make a brain station.  So for a while now I’ve been building [...]

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By ProNagger on July 29, 2009  |  Comments 2

How Social Media can Change Lives

I first wrote this as a guest poster on Jeff Pulver’s Blog
It’s a good perspective check as more and more people are worrying about their futures. Those who can best learning to adapt and grow are our trail blazers right now. The life mantra for successful people who have a disability has really always been “adapt [...]

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Winston Churchill said: “If you are going through hell, keep going.”

Winston Churchill said: “If you are going through hell, keep going.”

The night before my apartment burned down, I was lying in my bed weeping and praying for a less chaotic life. My life was adrift and I was collecting bad habits as I moved aimlessly through it. I was smoking and drinking to excess and was in a bad, on-again, off-again, relationship with a boyfriend. [...]

“Just an Inch Past Splat”

“Just an Inch Past Splat”

We are not very good at predicting how we’ll feel about a given situation until we’re in it. This is true about any dramatic change in our lives – A job loss, love loss or a disability.
I remember an article in the New Yorker that talked about the near immediate regret Golden Gate Bridge [...]

Great Tool for Visual Thinkers

Great Tool for Visual Thinkers

If you’re a visual thinker, someone who needs to see the whole picture, you probably would benefit from doing a mind map before you start a new project. A mind map will help you see where you’re going and give you a birds eye view of the steps you will want to take. Picturing a project is [...]

March Into Action

March Into Action

Do you want to start March off on the right foot?
I have something to help you, get on the right foot and stay on it. Okay, I’m going to stop with the March and foot thing.
I am bringing you something that my clients use all the time. It’s called bookending. Clients have direct, weekday [...]

What’s Going On? What Does it Mean?

What’s Going On? What Does it Mean?

Before I explain this cryptic little video, I would love for you to take a stab at what you suppose it’s all about.
Description below video for people who are VI or blind.

I’m standing in front of 3 empty clear glasses on a wooden table. There’s a large pitcher in my hand. I pour liquid [...]

Welcome Veggie Club:

Hi, hi Veggie Club Members! If you’re here for the One Roast Vegetable’s Veggie Club contest, go fill out my contact page form with the contest code in the subject line.
Thanks for stopping by ProNagger,
- Rachel Z. Cornell

What Artist/Creatives Have to Say About Being Done:

What Artist/Creatives Have to Say About Being Done:

I recently posed the simple question “How do you know when a work of art or a project is done” to a group of artists/creatives on facebook. Here’s the answers and conversation that came out of asking this seemingly simple question.
Want to know more about an artist or “friend” them on facebook? Click their image [...]

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Artists Talk About Their Process

Artists Talk About Their Process

There was great conversation that took place among a group or creatives on facebook in the last week and a half.
I’ll transfer and post that conversation onto the blog on Monday. If you can’t wait, come on over and “friend” me on facebook and read and/or join in the conversation. CLICK HERE to connect with [...]

Let’s Start Talking About Stopping

Let’s Start Talking About Stopping

It’s time to “start” talking about how you know when you’re done with something? This will be the topic of the next few post. When are you done? Why might you not want to get done? When might it better not to finish?
Tonight, though, I want to share a note from my friend [...]