I'm a Little Bit Green, I'm a Little Bit Chemical

I have a confession to make. I'm not a totally green cleaner.  If you look under my kitchen sink, you'll see that I have Ecover Automatic Dishwasher Tablets next to Comet, Seventh Generation Toilet Bowl Cleaner next to Windex, Planet Dish Soap next to Soft Scrub.

I've been OK with this duality until two things happened:

• I did some work this month with Upwell, a nonprofit social media PR agency that is working to amplify ocean stories online.

• I saw a documentary called Watershed about the threats to the Colorado River (find a screening near you).

Water is so darn important.

I can't justify putting chemicals down the drain anymore.

Sooooo . . . . I'm asking those of you who are green cleaning machines:

What do you use to clean your home in an environmentally friendly way?

Flickr photo credit: My Green Cleaning Kit by go_greener_oz

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Create and Connect: Guest Curating at CRESCENDoh

I'm a guest curator over at Jenny Doh's CRESCENDoh this week!

Each day I'll share links to two blog posts about creative projects that inspire me.  Jenny also asks guest curators to share a story about how art has been a positive force in their life. You can read mine by clicking here.

You can learn more about Jenny, CRESCENDoh, and her book, Art Saves: Stories, Inspiration and Prompts Sharing the Power of Art, in my interview with her on the Arts and Healing Podcast.

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Full disclosure: The link to Art Saves is connected to my Amazon Associates account.  If you buy something after you click on it, I will receive a small percentage of the sale, which I'll probably use to buy more books!

Your (Free) Big Vision May/June 2012 Worksheet

Hello Have Fun, Do Gooders!

Here's your Big Vision worksheet (created by the hubs!) for the next lunar cycle (May 20-June 19). You can download a PDF of it from Dropbox by clicking on this link: http://bit.ly/KuIBWb.

Tip: I email mine to the local copy shop, and ask them to print it on their super duper color printer.  I write out my goals for the year, season, and lunar month with a Sharpie, and tack it to my home office bulletin board, so I can look at it often.

If you're having trouble filling it out, and need a "thinking partner," lemme know.

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Meg Worden, Feed Me Darling : How I Have Fun, Do Good

The fourth blogger in this run of the Have Fun, Do Good guest post series is the delicious Meg Worden (I say delicious because I love her e-cookbook, Salad Alchemy). Meg is a writer, speaker, storyteller and a certified Holistic Health Coach. She is the founder of Feed Me Darling, a business that helps professional women eradicate food cravings and gain lasting control over emotional eating. Meg works with clients to heal and balance their bodies so that they can do their best work in the world. She writes for Elephant Journal, The Nervous Breakdown, Jack Move Magazine and has been published in a variety of other places both online and in print. She is also a registered yoga teacher and plans to have a finished memoir project by the end of this year. You can connect with her at feedmedarling.com and on Twitter @megworden.

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During a nutrition summit last year in New York, I was listening to Deepak Chopra speak (which was awesome), and he was talking about different kinds of happiness. Some choices give you pleasure in the short term and some choices give you long term fulfillment. And the fastest way to long term fulfillment is to seek the happiness of others, he said.

The idea that pleasure is more deeply inherent in service than selfishness thrills me. Doing good is fun. And it’s a sweet life to have been able to turn service into a supportive business model. My work as a Health Coach is deeply rewarding. And incredibly fun. I get to talk to brilliant women all day long. There is always a lot of laughing. And witnessing of miracles.

Also, I am a writer, storyteller, and part time editor of other people’s novels. Story is incredibly important to me. It is both integrated into my coaching practice, and spilling over the edges in its own lovely world. Learning how to tell a personal story is a powerful tool for healing. Or more accurately, learning that we can tell our own story. That we don’t have to be chained to the singular story of suffering looping around in our mind. We can rewrite it as a beautiful adventure anytime we like. And then when we take it to the world, sharing a story is a direct pathway to human connection, open heart to open heart.

Really, this is only the tip of a very long fun/good list that would include spending time with my tough and tender little boy, taking him to museums, restaurants, parks, the climbing gym, letting him ride his bike to his friend's house. I love how he comes home smelling like fire and mud. Music, walking, running, happy hour with girlfriends, yoga, living by the ocean, and the way the internet bends time and space so I can meet people anywhere at anytime. Supporting art and artists, writers and books. Reading. Feeding people. Breathing…

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If you liked this post, you might like past Have Fun, Do Good guest posts:

• How to Find Your Have Fun, Do Good
• Zen Peacekeeper, Marianne Elliott, Shares How She Has Fun, Does Good
• Leonie Allan of Goddess Guidebook Shares How She Has Fun, Does Good 
• Amy Potthast, Idealist.org: How I Have Fun, Do Good 
• Amy Sample Ward, Community Builder and NPtechie: How I Have Fun and Do Good
• Jennifer Moore, Monaluna Designs: How I Have Fun, Do Good 
• Elisa Camahort Page, BlogHer: How I Have Fun, Do Good 
• Allison Jones, Millennial Leader: How I Have Fun, Do Good
• Beth Terry, Fake Plastic Fish: How I Have Fun, Do Good
• Katya Andresen, Network for Good: How I Have Fun, Do Good
• Kimberly Wilson, Tranquility du Jour: How I Have Fun, Do Good 
• Lisa Sonora Beam, The Creative Entrepreneur: How I Have Fun, Do Good 
• Heather Meyer, Work it Out!: How I Have Fun, Do Good
•  7 Ways to Have Fun and Do Good
• Jennifer Lee, Right-Brain Business Plan: How I Have Fun, Do Good 
• Wendy Harman, Social Media Maven: How I Have Fun, Do Good 
• Tara Sophia Mohr, Wise Living: How I Have Fun, Do Good 
• Jen Louden, Savor and Serve: How I Have Fun, Do Good 
• Emily Goligoski, The SanFranista: How I Have Fun, Do Good 
• Desiree Adaway, Global Service and Leadership: How I Have Fun, Do Good
• Jamie Ridler, Creative Living: How I Have Fun, Do Good 
• Mary Mulliken, Intentional Motherhood: How I have Fun, Do Good 
• Amy Kessel, Unfurling: How I Have Fun, Do Good 
• Jocelyn Harmon: People, Words, Technology & Truth: How I Have Fun, Do Good
• Christine Egger, In Conversation: How I Have Fun, Do Good

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Blogging for Nonprofits + Juicy Blogging Circle and E-Course

Hello Have Fun * Do Gooders!

I wanted to let you know about 4 blogging workshops coming up, in case you're interested.

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Juicy Blogging Circle: Grow Your Blogging Habit

May 16-June 6, 2012
Virtual
A fun group blog coaching experience!
Each week you'll:

• Check in with the Circle on a weekly conference call, and/or on the private class blog.
• Share your blogging goals for the week.
• Celebrate your successes.
• Ask for suggestions for how to move through challenges.
• Support other Circle members with their successes and challenges.
• Receive ideas, tips, resources, and cheerleading from the Juicy Blogging Circle’s facilitator (me!).

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Blogging for Nonprofits E-Clinic 

June 4-14, 2012
Virtual
I'll be teaching with the fabulous Kivi Leroux Miller, author of The Nonprofit Marketing Guide.  The e-clinic includes five hours of training and personal coaching via webinars where you'll learn how to create a relevant blog that keeps supporters tuned in to your nonprofit. Every session will be recorded in case you can't make a session live, or want to go back over certain sections.

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Juicy Blogging E-Course: The Art and Play of Blogging

June 20-July 11, 2012
Virtual

While working at your own pace, this course will help you:

• Discover what you love to write about
• Create a big ‘ole list of juicy blog post topics
• Learn tricks and tips for building community and traffic
• Design a blogging schedule that works for you
• Connect with other juicy bloggers

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2013 San Francisco Writers Conference
Blogging for Writers
February 14-17, 2013
Intercontinental Mark Hopkins Hotel
999 California Street
San Francisco, CA

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Questions? Shoot me an email.


Full disclosure: The link to The Nonprofit Marketing Guide is linked to my Amazon Associates  Account. If you make a purchase after clicking on the link, I get a small percentage of the sale, which I will most likely use to buy more books!

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