by Karen Creamer | Nov 18, 2015 | Spiritual Practice, Volunteering
I chose the word Brave this year as my one word.
Here is a list of things I accomplished (just off the top of my head) in 2015 so far that I would not have if I not chosen this word:
- Got on an airplane for the first time since 1989
- Let two (non family members) read the draft of my first novel
- Created a Pecha Kucha slideshow which I presented to a group of about 200 people at show in Kennebunkport (did I mention that I am terrified of public speaking?)
- Volunteered at The Dempsey Challenge in the Reiki Tent
- Created my website and Facebook page to get my business started
- Made some videos and posted them to a work-in-progress YouTube channel and then gave a small group of people access to (gasp!) view them
This is not a complete list. I am sure the moment that I post this I will think of dozens other Brave Things I have done this year, but so what? The point is that my life is different less than one year later because I chose this word.
Learn more about this practice here: myoneword.org
Choose a word that is out of your comfort zone! See where it takes you! If you are not benefiting from your choice, you can always revise your word. Need help choosing? Look here. Maybe a synonym will feel more correct for you, or even an antonym! Remember: YOU make the rules. Keep reading
by Karen Creamer | Oct 17, 2015 | Volunteering
I am very proud to be volunteering at The Dempsey Challenge 
this weekend.
I was first drawn to Patrick Dempsey as a fan when I discovered that he has dyslexia. This caught my attention because dyslexia runs in my family. I often point to him as a role model for children with dyslexia: “Look what he is doing! You can do anything!”
I love a quote about dyslexia from Patrick Dempsey on The Power of Dyslexia’s website: “It’s made me who I am today.” Hmmm…hopefully, he really did say that. (If it’s on the internet, it must be true, right?) Keep reading
by Karen Creamer | Oct 9, 2015 | Angel and Oracle Cards
I have a lot of Angel Card and Oracle Decks. Full disclosure: I am a collector of the things that I love.
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Up until now, I haven’t been drawn to the fairy cards, at least not to the point of actually purchasing a deck.
Then my friend Stacey gave me this deck, Magical Times Empowerment Cards by Jody Bergsma. I appreciated the gift, but no thrill of anticipation went through me as I held them.
I brought them home. I put them down. I went on with my life for a few days.
And then.
And then, I heard them calling me. I retrieved them from the shelf. I opened them up. I started working with them and surprise! I really love them! I have been drawn to them again and again to pull a card for the day, to supplement a reading from another deck, or just to hold them.
I pulled a card for you, my readers, tonight: Keep reading
by Karen Creamer | Aug 28, 2015 | Pecha Kucha
I heard about Pecha Kucha last spring when I attended The Enlightenment Expo. Kristi Borst shared her Pecha Kucha presentation that she created with her amazing art.
Next I saw a small ad for a Pecha Kucha show that was being held in Kennebunkport last May. Pecha Kucha? Japanese for ‘chit chat’. You present 20 sides in 20 seconds, for a total of 6 minutes and 40 seconds. My daughter and I went.
We loved it.
Next, I got an email from The Pecha Kucha Committee; they were looking for presenters for the August show. I had this crazy idea. What if I submitted a bid to be the show? A title even came to me: My Road to Reiki. Keep reading
by Karen Creamer | Aug 14, 2015 | Angels
I saw an ad for an open house at a local business and felt an inexplicable urge to go. Since this year I made the commitment to not argue with my intuition, I went. 
On the way, I was talking to my husband about my paternal grandmother who died in 2004. After we got there, I poked around and found a pair of kissing angels in one of the boxes marked “Attic Sale”. Immediately, I got that huge welling up of emotion (complete with inappropriate public tears) that I know is my intuition telling me that something big is happening and I need to pay attention. Keep reading
Karen Creamer
