Månadsarkiv: mars 2015

Ord på sår

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Jag vill att de ska förstå att det inte bara finns ett rätt svar som så ofta i skolans värld. Att det ska vara tillåtande att leka med språket via dikten. Tillåtande att låta det abstrakta samarbeta med det konkreta.

Ord på sår. En artikel i Sydsvenskans kulturdel som berör. En så ofantligt vacker och insiktsfull text om poesi, ord, lek & lärande, allvar och läkande, liv och död.

Jag har läst en text en tjej skrivit. Det kanske är det svartaste jag läst. Men jag ser det som ett friskhetstecken. Hon har upptäckt nyanserna i sitt språk och fäst sitt tankekaos på ett vitt papper. Jag uppmuntrar henne till att skriva. Skriv mot det svarta, för att komma till det ljusa!

Att sätta ord på sår. Artikeln jag lyfter fram bitar av, men den förtjänas att läsas i sin helhet. Så läs. Och låt dig beröras.

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Preparing for life

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Alan Seale wrote about Preparing for life, a 17 minute long film about a Waldorf school in California, The Waldorf School of the Peninsula, in his newsletter. He wrote about it in a way that spiked my interest and curiosity, so while having lunch I watched the film:

Now. There’s a lot going on in my mind as I watch this, as I take in what I see and hear. Some of those things are questions like:

  • Is it just this school or is this film representative (in spirit, if nothing else) of all Waldorf-schools? *how I wish for the latter*
  • Why haven’t I found a school like this for my children to attend? *feel sad, that I haven’t*
  • Is there even any schools like this in Sweden? I know there are Waldorf schools, but are they truly like this one? Same same but different, perhaps? *hoping I will find out from friends who work in and with Waldorf schools in Sweden and Norway*
  • Why don’t all kids get a chance to go to a school that truly give’s them access to this:
    To know the world is to know the self, and to know the self is to know the world.

But also thoughts such as:

  • Within the existing school system paradigm, this is probably as good as it gets.
  • But still, how strange it is that we toss kids together with other kids the same age, and sprinkle in a handful of adults, and keep them all in a classroom, or two, within the confines of a building called a school house. This is not natural for humans, it’s not what we are wired for, physically or psychologically.
  • Not surprised that the TV-reporters use dramatic words of ”totally unplugged school” when that is not what the teachers and students are saying at all. But headlines require the use of drama to get attention right?
  • Amazing eye sparkles going on here, as well as relationships, learning, and creations – I mean, witness some of those paintings and sculptures – they look like they were made by a professional!

All in all, Preparing for life leaves me with a feeling of hope. It show’s me it is possible to make something really great out of the concept of school, as it stands today, and looking forward, there’s every opportunity to create a school system where all children truly will be able to thrive and explore their human potential.

What are you left with after watching the film?

Human Potential

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Human Potential – big words. Fluffy words even?

Or is it just a two-word description of that which is unique to each and every one of us; my human potential being the onlyness within me. Your human potential being the onlyness within you. And we each have our very own personal onlyness.

If you are anything like me, when I think about Human Potential my mind goes in two directions:

1) What IS my human potential? What is my HIGHEST human potential? And is it static? Or constantly evolving?

2) How do I access it? How can I live up to my highest human potential?

HPcertification1I’ve had insights into both these queries these past few months. And guess what, I’ve just become a certified Human Potential assessment coach, so if you are as curious as I was, I can help you find out for yourself.

Whoaaaaa, that sounds even fluffier, doesn’t it? Finding out what my highest potential is and how I can live up to it, no way, you might think. Well. Perhaps that’s what you think. But then again, you might go, like I did: Whoa, that’s so cool, I want to try it!

This is something very special, and I am very eager to start to use this tool with a few clients. The name the Human Potential Assessment Tool is a long and kind of boring name for something that for me worked as portal (i.e a gateway to other dimensions), instantly taking me, in the company of my mentor (who was already a certified HP Assessment coach), very deep within myself. That is the invitation this tool holds.

And before you say anything, let me just stop you, right there. This is not a personality test tool. It’s not categorizing you and casting you and your results in comparison with the results of hundreds of thousands of other people…. nope. And it’s not something that will make you happy or make you live up to your full potential once you’ve done the assessment. Nothing like that. This is a self assessment tool, opening a door for transformation.

If you would like to know more about it, just let me know, and we’ll schedule a time for a conversation. A gateway to other dimensions, I mean, who wouldn’t be curious about that?

This blog post, number 10 of 100, is a part of the #blogg100 challenge currently running in Sweden. 

MacBook Pro 15″ cover?

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I need your help. I got a MacBook Pro 15″ laptop around New Years, and have yet to buy a cover/bag for it. My old MacBook I travelled quite a bit with and hence I had a thicker padded cover for it, but so far, this computer has only left home once, today, to go to Apple Store for a one-to-one-session. If I am traveling, I’ll likely only bring my Ipad. So I don’t think I need a bolstered cover for it, but it would be nice with something which will both be a bit protective while at the same time being nice-looking.

Help me get a cover that's both stylish and functional, please!

Help me get a cover that’s both stylish and functional, please!

So. What’s your best tip for me? Please share a link or the name of a store or a cover brand that you think I should look into.

What’s worked for you? What hasn’t worked for you, that you recommend I stay away from? What would you buy? Or would you make a cover yourself even (I really like those of wool felt)? If so, how? (But perhaps those felt ones are more for traveling than daily use? I mean, I just want to snap my computer open when I need to work on it…)

As you can see, I am in some serious need for input here – so please, hit me with your best suggestions!

Podcast 10/52 – a pledge and a challenge

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“I have no intake at all of any feedback or criticism from anyone who’s not in the arena.”

That’s one of the quotes from this episode of Good Life Project with Brené Brown that really hit home for me: Brené Brown – On Gratitude, Vulnerability and and Courage.

She talks about what type of feedback she’s getting, and how she’s gotten very self knowledgeable as to what type of feedback she’ll even begin to consider to take in. The ones filled with love, with ”you’ve changed my life”, or the even grander ”you’ve saved my life”, she doesn’t want to read. It’s too much for her, and it’s not constructive, in the sense it doesn’t give her anything to work further with. The ones filled with hatred, she’s not looking at, at all, there’s no sense in that, whatsoever. What she does like are the constructive ones, suggesting she look into someone else research, a book or a study she should have included in her own research, and so on.

All of that makes perfect sense to me, but what really hit home was that quote that I shared at the top:

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What she’s saying there is this: if you are not vulnerable, putting yourself out there, in any way, shape or form, I’m not going to listen to what you have to say about me being vulnerable and putting myself out there.

I remember when I first listened to this episode. I heard what she said. All of a sudden, it made such perfect sense to me! Anyone not daring to be vulnerable, sharing themselves in that honest, open and authentic way (in any kind of arena, in any form, but putting themselves out there!) that Brené herself does so well, is not a good judge/critic of my vulnerability, of me putting myself out there. But if you do put yourself out there, if you are amongst those daring to be vulnerable, I am very interested in taking in what you have to share.

Today, on the International Women’s Day of 2015, that’s the message I want to help spread – if you dare to be vulnerable, then please also dare to reject the criticism and hatred of those who dare not, those who share not. Hatred doesn’t come from those who dare, it doesn’t come from those who share. No, from those on the arena, you will receive love, respect, compassion and empathy.

BoldomaticPost_I-will-dare-to-be-vulnerableSo this is my pledge:
I will dare to be vulnerable.
I will put myself out on the arena.
I will share and be love.

And here’s my challenge to you:
Dare to be vulnerable.
Put yourself out on the arena of your choice.
Share and be love. 

I’m hoping more people will dare to be vulnerable, because I think that’s the way forward to that loving society that I envision. So. Is this a challenge you’re willing to take on?

 

 

#pmjtour rocks!

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I promised you a review of the concert with Scott Bradlee & Postmodern Jukebox that I attended last night in Copenhagen, and I am, actually, at a loss for words. It was so good. The skill of the musicians, the voices of the singers, the arrangements of the songs (which I’ve loved since I first heard it!), but also the humor, the tempo, the generosity of the people on stage last night, was something out of the ordinary.

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#pmjtour at the very end of the concert. Me and my Happy Hat coming home, late last night!

 

If the #pmjtour comes anywhere near you – get yourself a ticket and go! At least if you dig the sound of this, which is one of my recent favorite songs, and let me tell you it was explosive in energy last night:

Or rather, just go, ok? You won’t regret it! I promise!

Goal completed!

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I use Runkeeper since many years by now, and the past two (or three?) years I’ve set year long goals for walking, biking and swimming. Last year was the first time I actually managed to reach all my goals, but this year, I teamed up with my daughter on setting shorter goals, for three months in a row. If nothing else to stop me from coming to the last month of the year and having 90% of the swimming goal left to meet.

So on January 1st I set goals to swim 4 km, bike 300 km and walk 250 km by March 31st.  My daughter also set goals for the same type of activities, and the same time period, but personalized goals suiting her.

TGoal runkeeperoday I reached the first goal, as I’ve been crawling one kilometer each day for the past three days, while staying at a hotel with a wonderful 20 m pool in the basement. I’ve been in Germany for work, and as luck has it, the hotel we live in is a fancy one, so…. I’ve made the most of it, and today clocked in at 4,5 km total (as I had already a 1,5 km swim logged since earlier this year).

So now I have to set a new swimming goal for myself. Am thinking of upping the ante a bit, not because I must, or feel I need to, but because I really really enjoy swimming, and having this goal makes me get out of the house and go to a pool to swim. So it does work as a sort of a trigger. But be not mistaken, I am doing this for me, because I enjoy swimming.

What do you enjoy doing, that you sometimes don’t take the time, or effort, to ensure that you actually do?

This blog post, number 5 of 100, is a part of the #blogg100 challenge currently running in Sweden. 

fritz-kola vs ginger shot

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Would you rather have the fritz-kola or the ginger shot from Joe & The Juice?



fritz-kola out of Hamburg, boasting extra high coffein content





ginger shot from Joe & The Juice

For me that’s an easy choice, the ginger shot would win all days of the week, and the nights to. I’ve basically not drunk coke of any sort since I was around 12-13 or so, when we figured out that’s what made me sick to my stomach every weekend… Nowadays I barely drink any soft drinks as all though, so I’m probably not the norm nowadays.

Anyway, one of my German colleagues had a fritz-kola tonight over dinner, and I have to say, I found the design of the label quite fun. So fun that I took a picture of it, and not of the Almdudler herb lemonade that I had with my food (yup, a soft drink, but a traditionally Austrian one. And as we were eating at Tschebull, which is a fancy Austrian restaurant, I felt like giving that a go).

What would you chose, fritz-kola or the ginger shot?

Aqua Sphere – I love you already!

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Over Christmas I got fed up with having to get myself out of the pool, swimming laps, not because my body was tired, but because my face was hurting from the swim goggles. I’d always come out of the pool looking like a badger. And that facial mark around my eyes would last for hours on end. I tried to find a photo on my phone, but you’ll just have to imagine what I look like with badger markings around my eyes. 

Anyway, I posted my frustration on Facebook, and asked for advice on what kind of goggles to get, and decided to take Rasmus up on his suggestion for Aqua Spheres from Wiggle. So. I did. Ordered a pair of Aqua Sphere Women’s Vista Clear Lens Goggles in White/Lavender.

Today I got to try them out for the first time, and I love them! From the beginning when I put them on, it was as if I couldn’t really feel them, and one kilometer and half an hour later, I still didn’t feel them. And look, there’s a fine line on my forehead, but 20 minutes later, that line is almost totally gone! 



Thank you Rasmus for the suggestion, and thank you Aqua Sphere for my new favorite swim goggles! As I am currently on the road, I have the joy of staying at a hotel with a pool, so I’ll be trying them out tomorrow again. Have you ever had problems with badger-eyes after swimming with goggles? If so, I strongly recommend you to try out a pair of these.