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Ever wonder why some people struggle with things like bright lights, loud noises, or even the feeling of certain fabrics? Our senses are the key to how we experience the world, but when they get out of sync, everyday tasks can become overwhelming. Sensory integration is the process that helps our brains organize and make sense of all the information our senses gather. This process doesn't happen as smoothly for those facing sensory challenges. With the right intervention, sensory input can be better understood and managed, allowing for greater comfort in learning, playing, and socializing. Understanding sensory integration opens the door to a more balanced and confident interaction with our environment! . . . #motion360therapy #primitivereflexes #therapeuticlistening #occupationaltherapy #sensoryprocessing

🌟 Where is the Sound Device now? At the Sphere in Las Vegas! 🌟 When I visited the incredible Sphere in Las Vegas, I was blown away by the experience. The movies are beyond 3-D—massive, immersive, and so realistic that you feel like you’re truly flying. The seats vibrate, the visuals move with intensity, and it pulls you completely into the moment. But for individuals with learning differences, this type of experience can quickly turn into a nightmare. Many clients I work with describe getting severely disoriented, experiencing motion sickness, or even feeling embarrassed by their reactions. While their friends are enjoying the show, they’re left feeling stressed, overwhelmed, or sick to their stomach. Simple tasks—like finding the bathroom afterward to pull themselves together—can feel like an impossible challenge. This is where the Sound Device can help. By emitting a gentle sound every 8 seconds, it keeps you grounded and helps your brain stay focused, reducing physical and emotional overreactions to overwhelming environments. Instead of feeling totally thrown off, you can stay calm and enjoy sensory-rich experiences without the stress. ✨ If settings like this leave you feeling overwhelmed, the Sound Device might be the support you need. Call me at 812-614-7614, send me a DM, or visit: www.SimpleLearningEdu.com to learn how it can make these experiences easier and more enjoyable. Let’s make amazing moments—like the Sphere—accessible and fun for everyone. #WhereIsTheSoundDeviceNow | #LasVegasSphere | #FocusHelp | #ADHDStrategies | #SimpleLearning | #BetterFocus | #SensoryOverloadSupport

Developing a powerful mind does not require outside enhancements. It requires you to think. Specifically, it requires you to achieve a higher order of thinking. Enroll on The Village Idiot Studios' “The Joy of Thinking” course today: https://lnkd.in/gY-FBwnv #CriticalThinking #creativethinking #Empowerment #openmind #openmindedness #educationalcontent #howtothink #developingmind #thevillageidiot

Are we all creative? Creativity is not just for artists, musicians, or people in creative fields.  It's a fundamental ability ingrained in every living being, from an ant to a human. - Nest-building techniques of birds! - Web artistry of spiders! - Adaptation and survival strategies of plants! It's all around us, how is it possible that it's not within each one of us? Unfortunately, we frequently, yet erroneously, confine creativity solely to the arts. In reality, it's an indispensable catalyst for effective problem-solving and decision-making across all domains. Each one of us is using our creativity every day. It could be in routine tasks to make it more exciting, or applying it to real-time problems at work to find solutions. Understanding humans and managing teams is also a creative skill. If you want to stand out, your curiosity and creativity will do it for you. Spend some time to understand yourself, and enhance your creativity. And yes, you can actually learn how to be more creative. Practice of any skill enhances it further, just like curiosity, intuition, or resilience. If you use this skill to the best of your ability, you will thrive wherever you are. Because creativity stimulates our brains to find joy and meaning in everyday tasks. This mental engagement releases feel-good hormones that motivate us to keep growing. Ultimately, a brain that continues expanding is a happy and healthy one. #creativity #thinking #cognition #learning

Creating time and space to innovate and seek growth. How? Time seems so limited. And space always feels like it needs to expand. The only way I've been able to manage is by building it into the fabric of my life. Innovation, creativity, growth, etc. They're not "work" or "career" concepts. They're personal. Do I want to... 🧠 Learn something new? I involve my kids. 💥 Feel inspired? Meet with remarkable people in my life. 🛠️ Build something impactful? Support my community's leaders. What this looks like in my life? Next week, I get to support a collaborative event involving hip-hop, psychology research, education and creativity. If you know me, you know these are topics that can get me rambling. It's no coincidence that the project features my wife's research, JoDee Goracke, and one of my favorite local hip-hop artist, Marcey Yates (founder of CULXR House). The event will be educational. But it was planned to not feel like you're being lectured at. Expect visually stunning images. Creative insights on novel topics. Opportunities to engage. And a remarkably produced short documentary. Vibes are on purpose. Unwind from your workweek next Friday with us and an uber-creative, innovative and curious audience. For me, it's being at events like this that feed my soul. Maybe it's for you too!? Link to the event in the comments. Get 🎟️FREE TICKETS 🎟️ with the code: "CreateCulxr" #creativity #innovation #education #research #hiphop #community #bensoncreativedistrict #omaha #culture #psychology

🎨 New Round of Oblique Strategies: Not Just for Artists! Creativity isn’t exclusive to the arts—it’s a valuable tool in any job. Originally designed to help musicians overcome creative blocks, Oblique Strategies cards can offer fresh perspectives in diverse professional settings too. Today, I’ve drawn a card at random. From tackling a complex problem in tech to brainstorming a new marketing strategy or navigating team dynamics, these prompts can lead us to unexpected insights. What challenges might this prompt help you rethink at work? I’d love to hear different ways you might use this, regardless of your industry. Let’s get creative with problem-solving across the board! #Creativity #Innovation #ObliqueStrategies #EverydayCreativity #ProfessionalGrowth 👇 Here’s today’s card:

'Visualising for motivation is useless.' I see random creators talking about visualising.... ...your dream car like Royce ...your dream house in posh area ...your dream trip onto Paris Wake up to reality. 🥱 Dude, you don't even know what manifestation or law of attraction is. Manifestation is more about believing & not about visualising. Law of attraction is simply living like what you desire to become in future. It has all to relate with confidence you get after it & vibrations you attract. I didn't had 6 figure case studies 3 years back. But I used to pretend like I have it. And today, I have it. And visualising is same as seeing dreams while awaking lol All this has nothing to relate with visualisation. Well, that's my personal opinion. I don't get driven by desires. I get driven by my needs like: - the salaries I need to pay - the responsibilities I have towards my family - the bills I have to pay. Whenever I think about them, I get motivation to work harder. Your opinion on this? 👇🏻

𝗜 𝘄𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝗮 𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐥 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴  🚆 2024 has been a year of tremendous growth, both professionally and personally. As a born creative, I’ve always sought out new challenges – whether in my role as a Product Manager at L'Oréal or through side projects. But writing a novel? That was never part of the plan… until it happened. It all started in mid 2023, during a particularly long train delay in the evening. With extra time and no internet connection, I started writing down a few words. What began as a simple idea quickly grew into something much bigger. The train ride home, unexpectedly, became my creative space. With a rough plot outline in hand, I realized I could write about 1,000 words a day. I thought I’d finish in six months. 𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐭: I definitely underestimated the process! It took more than another six months of editing, restructuring, and test reading before I was ready to share now the first draft of my 𝐮𝐧𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐭 with family & friends. 𝑵𝑰𝑴𝑴𝑬𝑹𝑩𝑳𝑰𝑪𝑲 📖 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘛𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘴, 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘬. 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘛𝘰𝘮 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦, 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘥, 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘛𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘢 𝘫𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘵. Here’s what I’ve learned about the benefits of creative side projects: 1⃣️ 𝐈𝐭 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐲 & 𝐈𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: Fostering lateral thinking and sparking new ideas. 2⃣️ 𝐈𝐭 𝐄𝐧𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐦-𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠: Sharpening your ability to approach challenges with fresh perspectives. 3⃣️ 𝐈𝐭 𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞: It deepens your overall creative approach and out of the box thinking. Commuting: Bug or Feature? 🤔 Artwork & Typesetting by my dear Lisa Reutelsterz 🎨 #WritingJourney #CreativeThinking #Innovation #PersonalDevelopment #CareerGrowth #Storytelling

I'm excited to share that recently I joined a new reading group . The group focuses on the intersection of Arts, Health, and Social Change, which I find incredibly interesting. I'm looking forward to diving into some thought-provoking books and learning from the discussions with the other members. This Friday we were looking at IF Flow Is Always Fun? Rethinking Engagement in a Digital Age ... Have you ever gotten so lost in a video game that you lose track of time? That's flow! Psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi described flow as a state of optimal experience, where we're fully immersed in a challenging but achievable activity. In game design, flow is a powerful tool for engagement. But a recent book I read raises an interesting question: is flow always a positive thing? The book argues that flow can be used for manipulative purposes, like keeping us glued to our screens or mindlessly consuming content. This raises concerns about a "flow culture" where experiences are designed to be addictive, not necessarily meaningful. Here are some questions to consider: How can we design games (and other digital experiences) that promote flow while fostering critical thinking? Are there downsides to the constant pursuit of flow states? I'd love to hear your thoughts! #FlowTheory #GameDesign #DigitalWellbeing Image: Rolff, B. (n.d.). Flow of Time. Retrieved from Pictorem

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