Welcome to a new moon and a new season! The creeks are full and the yards are sloppy with freeze/thaw/freeze. I spent about an hour getting my car unstuck from a soft spot in my driveway this weekend.

Some call…

Resting is essential for optimal learning to occur.

Yes, you can just push through and keep chugging along... but if these classes have taught you anything, then you know about the nature of diminishing returns. That's why I schedule…

I started reading a book called Hospicing Modernity by Vanessa Machado de Oliveira, which is fundamentally affecting how I think about things... in a fascinating and positive way. It is making me question how our culture educates and teaches us…

We all are on a journey, and the journey takes us places we never imagined... And when we think we want to step into the world to serve, and serve in a role of leading, we may find that the…

Who said, “It is better to try & fail, than not try at all.”
And did anyone say, “It's best to not try and still succeed!”

So what do you do when things don't go according to plan?

I couldn't get the help I was counting on for installing 300 sq. ft. of Saltillo tile on my new floor, and my experience installing this uniquely Mexican…

The world is changing around us at an alarmingly fast rate. 20 years ago, I was drawn to landscape architecture because I believed through this discipline, I could help protect nature and connect people to the environment and each other. 

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The mind and body are an integrated mobius strip which influence one another. How we move changes how we think, and recent neuroscience explains this interconnection in ever increasing clarity. As designers, we can integrate this information into our professional…

Sometimes internal work goes external, and vice versa. I tend to focus on individual development and self-care, but lately it's systemic change that has been occupying my thoughts, because the internal and the external are not so different. [More on…

Neuroscience has come a long way in the last decade. We know so much more than we ever did about the mechanisms of how our brain thinks, perceives, calculates and comes up with new ideas. It's time to apply some…

Let’s debunk the myth of the struggling artist and talk about applying the latest findings in neurobiology to get the most from our design process!

I am delighted to present a lecture on the intersection of neuroscience, perception & creativity…

I don't know about you but I've got a number of balls in the air. I can juggle a bit, but I'm not great at it, and I also have a limited amount of energy so I need to be…

Check out this quick test that measures divergent thinking, a key component of creativity. 

After you get your score, you can learn more about the test HERE. 

And if your divergent thinking can use a boost, never fear... 

There's…

Check out artist/ inventor Theo Jansen's walking contraptions that transcend what anyone thought was possible with zip ties and PVC tubing.

Here's an excellent podcast by a Stanford neuroscience professor that is (so chock full of info it is almost too much) about how to optimize your brain's ability to learn. It basically hits every strategy that we find in a…