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08/17/2020

Anyone else having a wildly-busy summer? We sure are, but this bright, bold, colorful new site for client Deborah Siegel / Girl Meets Voice is giving us sunshine on cloudy days. "I believe in the power of women's voices," says Siegel, and we couldn't agree more!

I Write. write back to me “I believe in the power of women’s voices to change the world.”  I wrote this line in my first high school term paper. I’ve since found that the lives our words change include our own. My work as a writer is to connect research with reality, mesh mind and heart, ...

05/11/2020

This is a challenging time for all of us, and for many therapists, counselors, psychologists, and others who support their clients' mental health, it requires a whole new set of tools. My client, The Center for Grief Recovery, is offering some guided imagery scripts and technical discussions of each in audio format. These are intended to be guides for professionals to use in order to incorporate guided imagery into their practice. If you are looking to expand your therapeutic toolbox, perhaps these will be useful for you. They're available for purchase individually and as a block of four scripts and discussion.

*** Thank you for your interest in our guided imagery audio training project. We are confident you will benefit from our unique approach to the subject of using relaxed brain wave states to facilitate positive therapeutic results in pain management, stress reduction, progressive relaxation, creativi...

04/27/2020

In these time of paradigm-shift and behavior rewiring, we're all being called upon to be more creative. For our client Open Studio Project, this is second nature. If you feel like now is the time to approach creativity as a process and to use it as a break from the challenges we face, maybe it's time to take a virtual class from Open Studio. There are classes for adults and children -- check it out!

Art therapy workshops and classes at Open Studio Project utilize the creative process and a "no comment" policy as part of the Open Studio Process.

04/16/2020

Are you stuck at home, thinking that this might be the time to learn something new or to engage your creativity?* Improvisation is a skill that transcends the stage and can help you with presentations, face-to-face (or face-to-Zoom) conversations, and all aspects of communication. My wonderful client Piven Theatre Workshop is offering online classes for adults. You'll have a great time and you'll stretch your mind in a new way. Just try it!

*If you can't imagine finding time for this because you're trying to parent while you work, check the comments for the link to Piven's online classes for kids! Everyone wins!

Options for classes at Piven Theatre Workshop for adults include basic and intermediate technique, or a more specific theatre workshop for adults this fall.

04/07/2020

We've been quiet for a long time now (and socially distant from all of you for almost a month!), but we're coming out of digital hiding to share some news from some of our favorite clients. Literature for All of Us works to support youth and adults in trauma all over the Chicago area. Their work is needed more than ever. Please donate to their fund to help keep their programming running.

Fund Help us raise $150,000 The world has shifted for us all. COVID-19 crisis has hit our cash flow and rainy-day reserves hard. In response, we’ve established the Fund to keep our programming afloat and our doors open. We know that our mission and services are needed more ...

12/11/2019

If you've worked with us, you know about our love for Unsplash, the free stock image repository. What you may not have known is how nervous we've always been about why all this amazing photography was FREE. How could they make money? Would they disappear one day?

Thankfully, this is their new model for business. It's smart and creative and passes along no cost to end users like us and our clients. Feel free to share this with any businesses you know with packaged good products they'd like to feature in stock photography - it's pretty amazing to see what that Chromebook image did in 2019!

A new model for imagery and brand building

07/02/2019

Adoptive families or those looking to grow their families through adoption, you may be interested in the first ever Adoption Family Retreat from our clients, RG Adoption Consulting! Check out the information on this page to learn more.

We are so excited to have you join us for the first-ever RG Adoption Consulting Adoption Family Retreat! We hope you’ll join us for an educational, fun, and inspiring weekend filled with meaningful connection.

06/11/2019

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06/03/2019

Congratulations to Juliet C Bond and our client Carrie M. Goldman on the launch of their third book. We've been grateful for the chance to learn so much about adoption from these clients and our other client, RG Adoption Consulting. This new chapter book for children delves into the complex relationship among separated siblings in reunion at Camp to Belong, as well as the unique challenges that adoptees face as they navigate the world. We're proud to know these writers and educators - and this book would make a great gift for the young person in your life!

Juliet C Bond and I are so thrilled that the third book in our fictional adoption series for kids, Jazzy's Quest, is here! Jazzy Armstrong is a ten-year-old transracial adoptee in an open adoption who navigates the complexities of being adopted by a white family, along with all the typical challenges of being a tween. The first book in the series -- Jazzy's Quest: Adopted and Amazing -- is a chapter book designed to introduce Jazzy, her family, and her friends to our readers. The second book -- Jazzy's Quest: What Matters Most -- is twice the length of the first book and explores Jazzy’s social relationships at school and the struggle to fit in with peers. This new third book is a full middle-grade book and it delves into the complex relationship among separated siblings in reunion.

In JAZZY’S QUEST: CAMP TO BELONG, Jazzy and her birth brother, Carlos, attend a special weeklong camp specifically created for birth siblings separated by foster care and adoption. Based on a real camp called Camp To Belong that has sites across the United States, Jazzy, Carlos and their fellow campers find that spending a week with their siblings can be amazing and unexpectedly challenging. Jazzy learns new restorative ways to manage peer social conflict, discovers more about how living in foster care affects her new friends, and deepens her bond with Carlos.

Due to a private grant, copies of Jazzy's Quest: Camp To Belong have been shipped to eleven different locations for 700 actual campers at this summer attending Camp To Belong. It's wonderful for kids to see their unique experiences represented in a book that they can take home and treasure. We hope you bring Jazzy into your library! - Carrie and Juliet

05/29/2019

It happens to the best of us, and this doesn't even show the worst of all ignored alerts: the WordPress updates. If you have more than two and are too afraid to click, get in touch. We're as excited about your WordPress updates as our own Facebook likes!

05/21/2019

We are incredibly proud to announce the launch of Carrie Goldman's new web site! Schools, universities, libraries and parent groups across the US hire Carrie to speak with them about bullying, risky teen behavior on social media, adoption, and other parenting topics. Her books on bullying and adoption have won awards and acclaim. It was such an honor -- and so much fun! -- to work with Carrie on her new site.

Carrie Goldman Author & Speaker Read Carrie's Bio Speaking Carrie travels to schools, universities, libraries and corporations to speak about bullying, restorative justice, and social media risks for teens. Learn more about the workshops and trainings she offers. Hire Carrie Writing Carrie is the au...