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Sara’s Not Feeling Well
Monday, March 29th, 2010
Our Sara is not feeling well lately. If you read this, know that she helps to create beauty in the world and we need her to have a full, quick recovery so she can come back to film the TV pilot she helped us get. Hall and Oats Smile Sara made me think of her and I hope it inspires you to send your love her way.
Tags: Hall and Oats Smile Sara, Sara Plaisted
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Cultivating Compassion
Friday, March 12th, 2010
Compassion is part of our biology, doing good is the key to feeling good. Neuroscientists are actually discovering that feeling compassion is associated with the release of oxytocin, a hormone that helps calm stress and boosts immune function. Acts of loving, kindness, meditation and dwelling on positive thoughts for other people are free, easy to do and ultimately help improve your mood and health. One of my favorite charities is the Smile Train. What I love so much about this organization is that for the price of a cute shirt or a nice dinner $250, I can show compassion and literally change a child’s life. They are one of the best run organizations I’ve come across, traveling the world and teaming up with local doctors to repair cleft palates around the planet. In poor, underdeveloped regions of the world having a cleft palate is considered as a bad omen for a family or a village. So in addition to not being able to eat or speak properly, these children are shunned by society and sometimes even their own families. Countless children are ridiculed and beaten by other children, preventing them from going to school. Unknown numbers of infants with cleft palates are simply abandoned. It doesn’t have to be this way because the Smile Train has never turned away one person who arrives for a surgery- which takes just under an hour to completely repair a cleft palate. Some people walk for days with only the hope that this blessing really exists. I invite you to watch the video below. If you’re feeling compassionate after, the organization takes donations as little as $25 and think about how you will smile knowing you helped a child being able to do the same. Click here to see video Smile Train Visits Somalia
Tags: cleft palate, Smile Train
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Happy New Year
Friday, January 1st, 2010
2009 was a sweet challenge…had a baby, traveled around the globe, filmed three tv shows, wrote a book, finished two huge projects, won an award, got no sleep, joined DAR, participated in a show case house, visited with friends and family, attended all “the events” -baby in tow and survived a recession. Looking back at the year reminds me that you can do anything. Here’s to 2010 and our new ventures, GreenDesign.org, retailing, book tours, MORE design and awards, a new home, Ford Motor Company and maybe, just maybe… another baby in the making. Success, health and happiness to all of you!
Tags: DAR, Ford, greendesign.org
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