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Cheryl Marks Young
Flexibility Creates Balance

Flexibility Creates Balance

This month we’ve been talking about bringing renewed energy to your life by spending time viewing life through the eyes of a child.  I’ve invited you to reconnect with your creativity and with your own personal happiness.  This week, I want to talk with you about the value of flexibility.  Here are some ways to view the world through the eyes of a child this week: 1) If you don’t like it the way it is, don’t worry - my attention will shift in 5 minutes - life is so full of things to do and experience; if you don’t...

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Cheryl Marks Young
Be Happy; Be Yourself

Be Happy; Be Yourself

Last week I encouraged you to reconnect with yourself and your inner source of creativity by living life through the eyes of a child.  I asked you to identify times when you allowed yourself to be creative and playful.  How are you doing in this process?  Has your ability to re-energize your life improved a bit?  Have you felt a sense of childlike wonder returning to you?  I hope so. This week, I want to invite you to once again to reach inside yourself and reconnect with who you are.  Here are some ways to view the world through the...

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Cheryl Marks Young
Reconnect With Your Creativity

Reconnect With Your Creativity

My son recently turned two and I have been reflecting on how much he has grown and how much has changed since he was born.    It is an amazing experience of looking back and thinking about all of the things I have learned from my son along the way.  The most important lesson my son taught me was to live life with wide-eyed curiosity and enthusiasm.  This month, I’m going to invite you to recharge your playfulness and personal energy levels.  Your assignment is to live life to the fullest by living life through the eyes of a child. Have...

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Cheryl Marks Young
From Crawling to Standing to Walking in 60 Seconds

From Crawling to Standing to Walking in 60 Seconds

Oh no!!!!!!  I thought I had more time!  Okay so I am being a bit silly here but you will soon understand why.  About four months ago, my son started crawling forward.  He had up until then, been crawling backwards so we knew it was any day before he would figure out the forward motion.  What I hadn’t anticipated was that he would figure out how to stand up on his own so quickly.  Several days after he started crawling forward I heard a strange sound from his room.  I had momentarily left him in his crib and when I...

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