feelings in the

world is knowing

that your presence

and absence both

mean something

to someone.

Good Morning

#bestfeeling #presence #absence #meansomething #someone

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Sunday May 22, 2022 Your invitation to New York’s “The Inevitable Release Party” featuring the Katelyn Richards Band at ‘Heaven Can Wait’ formally East Berlin -169 Avenue A New York, NY -Doors 6:30pm -VIP Admission $15.00 Advanced tickets on sale here: https://www.ticketweb.com/event/katelyn-richards-kelley-swindall-lucy-heaven-can-wait-tickets/11962295?pl=CIB

Katelyn’s Promotional Video:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JYRfzlG_pIFn5ZXVlced7nyRqGK-jPF8/view

Celebrate with us the record release of Katelyn Richards latest 9 song album to be available on all major streaming platforms. Produced by Matt Chiaravalle. Also performances by Kelley Swindall, Lucy and the Goosettes , Chromoplast, Growing up in Boston and inspired by Alanis Morrissette and Jenny Lewis, Katelyn Richards embraces life experiences and personal struggles to write songs with meaning and easily relatable feelings.

#katelynrichards #earthday #everyday #timessquare #inevitable #heavencanwait #169avenuea #kelleyswindall #lucyandthegoosettes #boston #ny #newyork #alanismorrisette #jennylewis #embraceslife #personalstruggles #feelings

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I can’t find the words to express how I feel about women.
Their strength and power, their ability to keep their heads up no matter what.
I admire it on every possible level.
Girls run the world, that’s the only thing I know for sure. 

Happy Women’s Day!

#happy #womens #day #girls #strength #power #feelings

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Happiness seems to have faded from our vocabulary amid the global pandemic, economic turmoil and, well, collective sense of doom and depression that is 2020. Which is why the opening of a new Happiness Museum in, where else, Denmark feels like the most optimistic story of the year.

The world’s first museum dedicated explicitly to the concept of happiness had a quiet debut on July 14 in a cozy 240-square-meter (2,585 square foot) space in Copenhagen’s pastel-perfect historic center.

The new attraction is the brainchild of the Happiness Research Institute, an independent think tank that explores the science behind why some societies are happier than others with the end goal of encouraging global policymakers to include wellbeing as an integral part of the public policy debate.

Meik Wiking, CEO of the Happiness Research Institute, says the idea to open a museum came after years of fielding requests from the public about visits to their drab office space.

“I think people imagine that the Institute is like a magical place — a room full of puppies or ice cream — but we are just eight people sitting in front of computers looking at data,” he explains.

“So we thought, why don’t we create a place where people can experience happiness from different perspectives and give them an exhibition where they can become a little bit wiser around some of the questions we try to solve?”

An unusual time to open
The seed was planted and, by early 2020, the museum was nearly ready.Then, of course, the pandemic closed international borders, and Wiking had to decide whether or not to go ahead with the opening.

“We thought, there might not be a lot of guests these days, but the world does need a little bit more happiness,” he recalls.

So, they set in place strict Covid-19 protocols — including a one-way traffic system and a cap of 50 guests — and opened their doors to the public.

Ever since, the museum has given visitors a tour of global happiness, showing how perceptions of it have changed throughout history, what it looks like in different regions, and why some countries report more of it than others.

Along the way, there are also questionnaires and interactive experiences that aim to give guests “aha” moments, as well as enhance the Institute’s ongoing research.

For example, Wiking says trust toward fellow citizens and political institutions is a major factor in global happiness, which is why some visitors may come across a wallet filled with cash. Museum staff have periodically placed this wallet on the floor for more than a month now, and it’s been returned to reception (with all items inside) every time.

People from around the world have also sent in artifacts of happiness — things that represent joy to them — which form a large part of the display. These items are meant to help visitors contextualize what happiness looks like for others in different parts of the globe.

“We might be Danish or Mexican or American or Chinese, but we are first and foremost people,” Wiking says. “It’s the same things that drive happiness no matter where we’re from, and I hope that people will see that in the exhibition.”
One guest told him that he had always known he was a happy guy, but he had never before understood the reasons why.
“That, for us, was the best review we could get,” he says.

What makes nations happy?
One of the other main focal points of the museum is why Nordic countries tend to report some of the highest levels of happiness on earth.

Denmark, for example, frequently lands near the top of surveys ranking the world’s happiest nations, including the United Nations’ annual World Happiness Report. In its 2020 list, Denmark comes in at No. 2 just behind neighboring Finland, while Copenhagen ranks as the fifth happiest city in the world, behind Helsinki, Aarhus (also in Denmark), Wellington and Zurich.

Danish psychologist Marie Helweg-Larsen, a professor at Dickinson College in Pennsylvania, says that “it boggles peoples’ minds how you can, just by thinking thoughtfully and strategically about the role of government in life, create happy people.”

Plus, the countries that report the highest levels of happiness tend to contain many elements that, at least on the surface, would seem to hinder it.

“I think foreigners find the Nordic countries to be kind of a conundrum,” Helweg-Larsen explains. “They seem to do things that others have decided couldn’t possibly be associated with happiness, like pay high taxes, live with cold weather and experience long periods of darkness.”
So, what might the rest of the world learn from the Danes in these trying times?

“Trust is a factor in happiness,” Helweg-Larsen says. “We could all do more to talk to people who are not like us and see how we can establish more trust in our own communities.”

She also thinks the Danish concepts of pyt (an “oh well” attitude for accepting a problem and resetting) and hygge (the pursuit of intentional intimacy within interactions and environments) are great for relieving stress.

Wiking says that, if his studies at the Happiness Research Institute have shown him anything, it’s that humans are incredibly resilient.

“When we follow people over time, we can see that they are remarkable at overcoming the challenges that happen to them,” he says. “Of course, it’s necessary to be optimistic in my profession, but I think we can overcome these times as well.”

As the Happiness Museum tries to share with its guests, happiness is a feeling that evolves and takes some nurturing both from society and from within. Work at it enough, and you’ll be better equipped to find the silver linings in these stormy days. (by Mark Johanson, CNN • Published 27th August 2020)

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The next project… “David Ippolito: DREAMERS LIKE ME”

Be a part of this much-requested, completely solo, acoustic night of music and laughs, stories, thoughts and feelings… with the man who has been known for over a quarter century as “That Guitar Man from Central Park”.

SATURDAY NIGHT, April 7 — THE LEONARD NIMOY THALIA (Broadway at 95th Street.)

If you can be a “producer”… GREAT! Thank you. If you just feel like helping, feel free to throw any amount, no matter how large or small at the campaign. THANKS!

“David Ippolito: That Guitar Man from Central Park” is a sponsored project of Fractured Atlas, a non-profit arts service organization. Contributions for the charitable purposes of “David Ippolito: That Guitar Man from Central Park” must be made payable to “Fractured Atlas” only and are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.

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Influencing Our Day – Todays Behavior and the Way We Interact with Others.
As Autumn is a Time of Transformation we’re here with Rachel Herz, PH.D. And World Renowned Expert on the Psychology of Smell and Emotion. She is here to discuss the Importance of Fragrance and Emotion and Learn More about How Fragrance can Help Encourage Us to Step Out of Our Comfort Zone this Season.

Rachel Herz, PhD & Author Bio
Rachel Herz, Ph.D. is a neuroscientist and leading world expert on the psychological science of smell. She has been conducting research on the sense of smell, emotion, perception, motivated behavior and cognition since 1990. Dr. Herz has published over 75 original research papers, received numerous awards and grants, co-authored several college textbooks, and is an adjunct professor at Brown University and Boston College. She is also a professional consultant to various industries regarding smell, taste, food and flavor, and is frequently called upon as an expert witness in legal cases involving olfaction. Dr. Herz is the author of two popular science books, The Scent of Desire: Discovering Our Enigmatic Sense of Smell, which was selected as a finalist for the “2009 AAAS Prize for Excellence in Science Books,” and That’s Disgusting: Unraveling the Mysteries of Repulsion, which analyzes the emotion of disgust from culture to neuroscience, and has received numerous accolades from both popular and scholarly presses. Currently in the process of publication, Rachel Herz has a new book that explores how our senses and psychology govern our perception of food, and the experience and consequences of eating.
For more information see: www.rachelherz.com

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BIO:

Inventor of the interactive card deck Warrior Spirit / Mission Homefront and Warrior Spirit / Mission Homefront for Couples,

Leslie is a psychotherapist with a private practice in New York City, and she has been a Consultant for the foster care system for seventeen years. Leslie has been a Program Director for programs for at-risk youth in the South Bronx, for six years created and implemented long-term intensive arts and after-school programs in inner city schools for at-risk and hard to reach youth, developed and led staff development trainings in creativity, and for two years pioneered a poetry project at Rikers Island Correctional Facilities for Men and Women. She has also supervised residences for homeless young adults, worked in homeless shelters, worked in an emergency shelter for runaway youth, and has been an adjunct literature and writing Professor at the College of New Rochelle. Leslie graduated Summa Cum Laude with a Masters Degree in Creative Writing. Recently, she has been creating and facilitating highly lauded Diversity and Leadership Development workshops at college campuses which include City College of New York, Bronx Community College, and Kingsborough College.

Leslie recently launched the Warrior Spirit / Mission Homefront and Warrior Spirit / Mission Homefront for Couples interactive card decks, which have already been garnering great praise amongst Veterans, the National Guard, Behavioral and Psychological Health Therapists, family members of Veterans, V.A.’s, Vet Centers, Wounded Warrior programs, Family programs, Commanders, Generals and Chaplains, among others. Please visit www.missionhomefront.com, for testimonials, videos, sample questions, and for further information on this product.

Contact: Leslie Robinson at Leslie@missionhomefront.com or at 917.302.5086

ABOUT THE KEEP IT REAL Rx GAME

In a world where technology exceeds our wildest expectations, we are still without tools with which to unlock and discover the most precious and fundamental parts of ourselves.  Leslie Robinson, the creator of the Keep It Real game, invented this game to provide a space where people can come together to explore, discover and share their innermost thoughts, feelings and desires, to create connection which has meaning, to help people to communicate deeply, and to celebrate the extraordinary diversity of the human psyche.

As we go through our routines, where along the way do we get feedback about our lives and the complexity of how experiences have affected us?  Where are we taught about the power of emotions and how they influence us?  How do we find our way? The Keep It Real game is all about US, and is all about LIFE. While we play, we discover one another in all of our different dimensions, are surprised and exhilarated by one another, have a fabulous time, and we are given the opportunity to reflect on our lives in a unique and transformative way.

Keep It Real Rx is a place where strangers become friends, friends become comrades, and families open up to one another and see one another with new eyes. The Keep It Real game beckons us to look at the underside of life and fling our flags away. It pleads with us to put our old, little snarly judges down for naps, try on another’s shoes for a while, listen to one another, and indulge fully in the splendor of our human experience.

The Keep It Real game asks real questions you have always wanted to ask but never dared to, and real questions you have always secretly wanted to talk about such as: Do you believe in “an eye for an eye” or turning the other cheek, and why?; What do you think keeps love alive?; What does freedom mean to you?; What is something you would like a second chance at? Think of a race different from your own – how would your life be different if you had been born into that race?; Would you rather be a famous rock star or a great politician, and why?; Have you ever had a spiritual experience? Explain.

The rules of the game are simple: you move around the circular track responding to questions in five categories (determined by the roll of the dice): Personal, The World, Fantasy/Imagination, Reflection and Action/Description. In the Interaction category you engage in unusual and enjoyable interactions, and in the Challenge category you are prompted to move out of your comfort zone, and to be glad you did.  You have opportunities to win gold coins in the challenge category, and from your fellow players. The first player to reach the Giant Keep It Real space in the center of the board with the most gold coins wins the game.

Keep It Real is great for ages 14 and up, with 2 to 12 players.  You can purchase the Keep It Real game online at Keepitrealgame.com, or at Amazon.com. To view videos, see more thought provoking questions, and to find out more, please visit us at our website at www.keepitrealgame.com, and at our blog at www.keepitrealgame.tumblr.com.

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“There has never been a board game like this … EVER!!! We have seen and played the games that challenge our memory, our intellect, our management skills, even our physical dexterity. But KEEP IT REAL challenges us in ways that would do far more than entertain or help to pass the time. It will stay with us in potentially life altering ways in rebuilding our perceptions of others and ourselves, while having us run a fun filled spectrum of emotions in the process.  No one has ever enjoyed themselves or explored themselves this much with a board game before!”

Gerard Brown  – – Screenwriter of “Juice” starring Tupac Shakur

ABOUT THE COMPANY

Trance4mation Games Mission

Trance4mation Games views its mission as providing the public with bold and transformational games which are in essence restorative powerhouses; games to revitalize and rejuvenate the human spirit through the creation of a safe “space” for authentic, life-enhancing communication and interpersonal connection. Social isolation as well as breakdowns in communication in families have become significant issues. Trance4mation Games creates powerful, cutting edge interactive games designed to address and to change this trend.

Trance4mation Games is deeply committed to assisting those who are working to help our disenfranchised youth become more connected to their schools, and their communities. 90% of the students who have played this game feel the use of the Keep it Real game in their classrooms would promote a better learning environment, reduce violence, and create more harmony in their schools.

We are seeking to distribute the Keep It Real game to schools and organizations who work with youth, and are in need of a tool which will help them to connect, bond, and establish positive and productive relationships with teens, as well as to assist the teens in understanding themselves and others, and life more deeply.

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