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Changing the World, One Ballroom at a Time

It is a good thing to know what you are good at. According to my wise thirteen-year-old son, I am good at lunch, sewing on buttons, and getting better at playing Action Potato on my phone. Oh, and hugs, lots of them. My dear friend Barbara Schaffer Bacon who is the Co-Director of Animating Democracy […]

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Cool Art Therapy Intervention #7: Creating Together

There is a distinctive kind of creative energy generated when people work in a group to create art. Call it synergy or collective flow; whatever you call it, it changes our perceptions of who we are and shows us how to get by with a little creative hel…

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