http://www.create-the-good-life.com/create-the-good-life-blog.html Updates of new essays, events, workshops, and news from the Create The Good Life blog. en-us create the good life Tue, 01 May 2012 16:37:15 GMT Tue, 01 May 2012 16:37:15 GMT create-the-good-life.com http://www.create-the-good-life.com/open_space.html http://www.create-the-good-life.com/open_space.html This month's essay is about the unique potential of open space, where passion and responsibility meet. Tue, 01 May 2012 16:37:15 GMT http://www.create-the-good-life.com/slow_living_blog.html http://www.create-the-good-life.com/slow_living_blog.html A slow living blog with monthly slow living ideas to help you create the good life for yourself and others. Sun, 01 Apr 2012 20:47:58 GMT http://www.create-the-good-life.com/index.html http://www.create-the-good-life.com/index.html We help people lead slower, more fulfilling lives. Restore life balance and have the time and energy for what is most meaningful and provides well being, for you and the planet. Visit Create The Good Life. Sun, 01 Apr 2012 20:47:05 GMT http://www.create-the-good-life.com/enough.html http://www.create-the-good-life.com/enough.html This month's essay is about finding the joy in enough. Sun, 01 Apr 2012 20:45:08 GMT http://www.create-the-good-life.com/sonoma_marin_life_coach.html http://www.create-the-good-life.com/sonoma_marin_life_coach.html Holistic and deep personal and organizational advising and coaching. We help you solve the right problem. Our approach is tailored to each individual. Wed, 28 Mar 2012 02:08:09 GMT http://www.create-the-good-life.com/relationship_economy.html http://www.create-the-good-life.com/relationship_economy.html This month's essay describes the relationship economy of trading, sharing, gifting, and money. Thu, 01 Mar 2012 17:23:55 GMT http://www.create-the-good-life.com/pattern_detective.html http://www.create-the-good-life.com/pattern_detective.html This month's essay considers how patterns influence what we see and how we design our lives. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:55:30 GMT http://www.create-the-good-life.com/create-the-good-life-blog.html#Live-Well-and-Save-the-World http://www.create-the-good-life.com/create-the-good-life-blog.html#Live-Well-and-Save-the-World The Swedish EPA has a new report out saying that living the good life, the slow life, can help reduce global warming trends AND imporve our quality of life. That's what we're all about here at Create The Good Life - live well, do good, use less! Here's a <a href="http://blogs.sweden.se/sustainability/2011/12/28/climate-change-and-the-good-life/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=climate-change-and-the-good-life" target="_blank">blog post about the report</a>. Mon, 09 Jan 2012 17:50:32 GMT http://www.create-the-good-life.com/busy_being_happy.html http://www.create-the-good-life.com/busy_being_happy.html This month's essay asks if you are busy being busy or busy being happy. Focus your energy where it counts. Sun, 01 Jan 2012 19:21:00 GMT http://www.create-the-good-life.com/create-the-good-life-blog.html#Vote-for-Our-Essay-...-Please-:-) http://www.create-the-good-life.com/create-the-good-life-blog.html#Vote-for-Our-Essay-...-Please-:-) We entered last month's essay on Giving and Receiving in an essay contest. We'd love to have you to there and comment or "like" it. Each one is a vote for our essay in the contest, so ask you friends to help out too. <br /><br /> Here's the link: <a href="http://www.noomii.com/blog/3504-the-giving-and-receiving-spiral" target="_blank">http://www.noomii.com/blog/3504-the-giving-and-receiving-spiral</a> <br /><br /> Thanks for the vote of confidence! <br /><br /> Eric & Beth <br /><br /> Thu, 29 Dec 2011 20:22:44 GMT http://www.create-the-good-life.com/create-the-good-life-blog.html#The-Five-Best-Toys-of-All-Time http://www.create-the-good-life.com/create-the-good-life-blog.html#The-Five-Best-Toys-of-All-Time I enjoyed this review. It's a great reminder to us in this season of giving. Our children grow more from exercising their creativity then from being spoon-fed someone else's. <br /><br /> <a href="http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2011/01/the-5-best-toys-of-all-time/all/1">Read this list of the Five Best Toys of All Time.</a> Tue, 13 Dec 2011 02:35:08 GMT http://www.create-the-good-life.com/create-the-good-life-blog.html#How-to-Live-Happily-on-Less http://www.create-the-good-life.com/create-the-good-life-blog.html#How-to-Live-Happily-on-Less Here's an article that talks about how people are adjusting to the current economic situation by slowing down and being more selective about what they do with their time. They end up spending less but enjoyng things more. <br /><br /> <a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/tribu/ct-tribu-live-well-on-less-story,0,1891851.story">Read the article from the Chicago Tribune.</a> Fri, 09 Dec 2011 19:24:11 GMT http://www.create-the-good-life.com/giving_and_receiving.html http://www.create-the-good-life.com/giving_and_receiving.html This month's essay explores the transformational power of giving and receiving. Thu, 01 Dec 2011 17:51:43 GMT http://www.create-the-good-life.com/in_praise_of_maintenance.html http://www.create-the-good-life.com/in_praise_of_maintenance.html This month's essay appreciates the value that maintenance brings to our lives. In praise of maintenance. Tue, 01 Nov 2011 17:05:34 GMT http://www.create-the-good-life.com/workplace_advising.html http://www.create-the-good-life.com/workplace_advising.html We offer personal advising in the workplace to reduce stress and increase well being. Mon, 24 Oct 2011 21:42:00 GMT http://www.create-the-good-life.com/create-the-good-life-blog.html#Personal-and-Organizational-Advising http://www.create-the-good-life.com/create-the-good-life-blog.html#Personal-and-Organizational-Advising We help busy professionals find balance on the cutting edge. We offer personal and organizational advising as well as workshops and trainings that empower people to move forward with greater clarity and awareness. If you are feeling stuck, lost, overwhemlmed, or caught up in a large tranistion, let us help you find the path forward. We can help you get to the heart of the matter quickly and identify practical strategies for next steps. After just one session, most of our clients report significant shifts in their awareness and increased confidence about what they are doing. In fact, most of them find a single session provides all the hoped for. Read more about <a href="http://www.create-the-good-life.com/slow_design_services.html">our services</a>. Wed, 12 Oct 2011 16:38:42 GMT http://www.create-the-good-life.com/life_on_the_edge.html http://www.create-the-good-life.com/life_on_the_edge.html This month's essay shows how the concept of Edge can help us simplify our lives. Fri, 30 Sep 2011 16:28:14 GMT http://www.create-the-good-life.com/learning.html http://www.create-the-good-life.com/learning.html This month's essay helps bring back the thrill of learning by identifying how we learn best and what we might enjoy learning next. Tue, 30 Aug 2011 01:29:55 GMT http://www.create-the-good-life.com/create-the-good-life-blog.html#Tell-a-Friend http://www.create-the-good-life.com/create-the-good-life-blog.html#Tell-a-Friend If you like Create The Good Life, give us a boost by telling people about us. We were recently found by StumbleUpon, so you can <a href="http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?url=http://www.create-the-good-life.com/index.html&title=Create the Good Life - Simple and Slow Living by Design” target="_blank">click here</a> and tell StumbleUpon that you like us too. Which of your friends would benefit from a slower life? Sat, 20 Aug 2011 16:49:54 GMT http://www.create-the-good-life.com/create-the-good-life-blog.html#A-Great-Way-to-Build-an-e-Business http://www.create-the-good-life.com/create-the-good-life-blog.html#A-Great-Way-to-Build-an-e-Business We want to thank Site Build It! for providing a top notch system for building our web site and business. <a href="http://share.sitesell.com/CreateTheGoodLife.html?http://www.create-the-good-life.com/site_build_it.html" target="_blank">We highly recommend it</a> to anyone who is serious about creating an online business. It's not a get rich quick scheme - you have to really build a business that you are passionate about and can bring real value to. But if you are serious, they deliver. Here's <a href="http://proof.sitesell.com/CreateTheGoodLife.html" target="_blank">proof</a>. Sat, 20 Aug 2011 16:30:05 GMT http://www.create-the-good-life.com/tracking_happiness.html http://www.create-the-good-life.com/tracking_happiness.html This month's essay explores delveloping a set of personal metrics for tracking your personal happiness. Mon, 01 Aug 2011 02:15:56 GMT http://www.create-the-good-life.com/create-the-good-life-blog.html#Great-Testimonials http://www.create-the-good-life.com/create-the-good-life-blog.html#Great-Testimonials Thanks to the folks who have written to say how they enjoy working with us. We love working with you too! See our <a href="http://www.create-the-good-life.com/testimonials.html">testimonials page</a> to read them. Mon, 18 Jul 2011 22:36:08 GMT http://www.create-the-good-life.com/create-the-good-life-blog.html#Psychological-Tools http://www.create-the-good-life.com/create-the-good-life-blog.html#Psychological-Tools On our <a href="http://www.create-the-good-life.com/slow_living_tools.html">Slow Living Tools page</a>, we list some of our favorite and most used psychological tools to give people a sense of the variety of tools we use and to share them. Take a look and see if any of these tools would make your life easier or give you insights into yourself or the people around you. Mon, 11 Jul 2011 20:38:12 GMT http://www.create-the-good-life.com/create-the-good-life-blog.html#Saturday-Workshops-Postponed http://www.create-the-good-life.com/create-the-good-life-blog.html#Saturday-Workshops-Postponed The July 9th workshops on Slow Home & Slow Time have been postponed. We are sorry for any inconvenience. If you are interested in one or both of these workshops and would like to be notified of future dates, please <a href="http://www.create-the-good-life.com/contact.html">contact Create The Good Life</a>. Thu, 07 Jul 2011 01:31:34 GMT http://www.create-the-good-life.com/finding_balance.html http://www.create-the-good-life.com/finding_balance.html This month's essay explores ways to bring your life back into balance. Wed, 29 Jun 2011 18:26:17 GMT http://www.create-the-good-life.com/create-the-good-life-blog.html#Improve-Your-Website-or-Online-Business http://www.create-the-good-life.com/create-the-good-life-blog.html#Improve-Your-Website-or-Online-Business I wanted to share the web business building system we use with anyone who is contemplating having an online business. They're offering a deal through July 4th, 2011 (to promote becoming independent) - buy one site and get one more at 66% off. They are a full service provider that really delivers.<br /> You can read <a href="http://bit.ly/lIvtxF">our description</a> of them.<br /> Or read their <a href="http://bit.ly/k3yXZp">proof of results</a> or <a href="http://bit.ly/jEcctN">main page</a>. Sun, 26 Jun 2011 20:56:36 GMT http://www.create-the-good-life.com/create-the-good-life-blog.html#The-Growing-Slow-City-(Cittaslow)-Movement http://www.create-the-good-life.com/create-the-good-life-blog.html#The-Growing-Slow-City-(Cittaslow)-Movement Following Slow Food's lead, <a href="http://www.create-the-good-life.com/slow_cities.html">Slow Cities</a> are popping up all over the world, often referred to by their Italian moniker, Cittaslow. Cittaslow USA is just getting off the ground now that there are three cities in the US designated as Cittaslow. There are many towns and small cities throughout the United States, so there could be one near you soon. Do you know likely candidates? Fri, 17 Jun 2011 18:23:17 GMT http://www.create-the-good-life.com/create-the-good-life-blog.html#Find-Create-The-Good-Life-on-Facebook http://www.create-the-good-life.com/create-the-good-life-blog.html#Find-Create-The-Good-Life-on-Facebook You can find <a href="https://www.facebook.com/CreateTheGoodLifecom">Create The Good Life on Facebook</a> and stay current with our upcoming events and workshops and our recent thoughts and essays. Topics include Slow Living and Slow Design, Creativity and Happiness, and other aspects of Creating the Good Life. Tue, 14 Jun 2011 17:11:36 GMT http://www.create-the-good-life.com/create-the-good-life-blog.html#Slow-Life-Design http://www.create-the-good-life.com/create-the-good-life-blog.html#Slow-Life-Design Everyone is a designer. We put together and arrange the bits and pieces of our lives all the time. Who else plans your route to work, or what's on the menu for dinner. We can intentionally become better designers of our lives, designing for well being. <a href="http://www.create-the-good-life.com/slow_life_design.html">Becoming your own slow life designer</a> means designing for the well being of yourself, those around you, society,a dn the whole planet. What a great design challenge! Tue, 07 Jun 2011 01:09:09 GMT http://www.create-the-good-life.com/make_a_gift.html http://www.create-the-good-life.com/make_a_gift.html Make a Gift via PayPal to Create The Good Life. Tue, 31 May 2011 20:32:07 GMT http://www.create-the-good-life.com/improv.html http://www.create-the-good-life.com/improv.html This month's essay suggests that honing our improv skills can help give us healthy, flexible responses to what life throws at us. Tue, 31 May 2011 01:37:40 GMT http://www.create-the-good-life.com/create-the-good-life-blog.html#Design-Will-Be-the-Way-of-the-Future,-and-It-Will-Be-Slow-Design http://www.create-the-good-life.com/create-the-good-life-blog.html#Design-Will-Be-the-Way-of-the-Future,-and-It-Will-Be-Slow-Design As the world grows more complex with faster and more densely interwoven connections, the old tried and true methods won't cut it. We will use a design approach to create more flexible and resilient responses and systems. <a href="http://www.create-the-good-life.com/slow_design.html">Slow Design</a> is a design approach focused on well being for people, society, and the planet. This kind of innovative and holistic win-win-win thinking will guide us to a positive future. It's the cutting edge of design. Thu, 26 May 2011 16:28:01 GMT http://www.create-the-good-life.com/create-the-good-life-blog.html#Mother-Earth-News-on-Slow-Living http://www.create-the-good-life.com/create-the-good-life-blog.html#Mother-Earth-News-on-Slow-Living The article <a href="http://www.motherearthnews.com/nature-community/slow-is-beautiful-why-learning-how-to-slow-down-is-the-key-to-simple-living.aspx">"Slow is Beautiful"</a> has excerpts from the book "Less is More", edited by Cecile Andrews and Wanda Urbanska. It outlines a new vision of less: less stuff, less work, less stress, less debt. A life with less becomes a life with more: more time, more satisfaction, more balance, more security, more community. Mon, 23 May 2011 18:25:28 GMT http://www.create-the-good-life.com/be_resourceful.html http://www.create-the-good-life.com/be_resourceful.html This month's essay celebrates the many ways we can be resourceful in our daily lives and live better by borrowing, fixing, sharing, giving, and experiencing. Fri, 20 May 2011 22:38:43 GMT http://www.create-the-good-life.com/create-the-good-life-blog.html#Tools-for-Raising-Your-Organization's-Psychological-IQ http://www.create-the-good-life.com/create-the-good-life-blog.html#Tools-for-Raising-Your-Organization's-Psychological-IQ We are doing a workshop at Go Local Sonoma County on Thursday, May 26. We will be introducing our three most-used psychological tools. We love these. See our <a href="http://www.create-the-good-life.com/slow_living_workshops.html">Workshops and Events page</a> for full details. Mon, 16 May 2011 16:37:02 GMT http://www.create-the-good-life.com/create-the-good-life-blog.html#The-Slow-Living-Movement-is-in-the-News! http://www.create-the-good-life.com/create-the-good-life-blog.html#The-Slow-Living-Movement-is-in-the-News! There is a lot on the web about Slow Living these days. Including a lot of good buzz for the <a href="http://www.slowlivingsummit.org/">Slow Living Summit</a> in Brattleboro, Vermont this June. We are quoted on the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slow_living">Slow Living Wikipedia page</a>. And you can read the whole thing directly on our <a href="http://www.create-the-good-life.com/slow_living.html">Slow Living page</a>. Thu, 12 May 2011 00:52:52 GMT http://www.create-the-good-life.com/create-the-good-life-blog.html#Sustainable-Enterprise-Conference---May-13 http://www.create-the-good-life.com/create-the-good-life-blog.html#Sustainable-Enterprise-Conference---May-13 We will be in the Consulting Corner this Friday at the Sustainable Enterprise Conference in Sonoma County. See our <a href="http://www.create-the-good-life.com/slow_living_workshops.html">Workshops and Events page</a> for full details. Sun, 08 May 2011 20:03:38 GMT http://www.create-the-good-life.com/slow_tech.html http://www.create-the-good-life.com/slow_tech.html This month's essay on Slow Tech looks at how to balance our communcation technology with our need for face to face connections. Tue, 03 May 2011 01:49:13 GMT http://www.create-the-good-life.com/happier_new_year.html http://www.create-the-good-life.com/happier_new_year.html This month's essay offers twelve ways to be happier in the New Year - from a research scientist no less. Tue, 03 May 2011 01:48:17 GMT