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Language of Gifts: The essential guide to meaningful gift-giving
Drawing from world-wide cultures, find the symbolism of the gift you want to give. Then include in your card a thought, a wish, a blessing.
Disneyland Wisdom: 45 life-lessons from the happiest rides on earth
A description of the ride, attraction or snack, along with a deeper look of the symbolism of the ride and how it applies to our lives.
How to Organize Your Creative Overwhelm: Your guide to choosing which project(s) to work on…next
Do you have multiple projects that beg to be done? Instead of letting that immobilize you, this guide helps you choose with peace of mind.
Dream a Little Dream with Me: A weekly guided journal
Assembled originally as a holiday gift for my clients, I’m now offering this illustrated journal with fun writing prompts.
How to Shrink and Grow Time: Checkerboard time tool to help you get a grasp of your insanely busy life
Many of us simply don’t have linear—or simple—lives. This book offers a way to peace of mind among a very long to-do list.
MESSAGE EXAMPLE:
It’s a Small World
Message from this ride:
Perhaps the symbolism of this ride feels simplistic and obvious: unity. But anyone who has experienced a natural disaster in their hometown knows the incredible meaning of true unity in a community. Everyone talks to everyone. Everyone helps everyone. If only we lived that way every day without a disaster prompting us to remember our common thread.
Today, take a moment to ask yourself, are you at odds with someone? Have you been harboring anger because of your differences? Can you see where you are actually similar, and ask whether, ten years from now, will this petty quarrel matter? The dolls in the ride are independent of the dolls in other rooms, but it is the whole of them that make the ride complete, good and interesting. Can you see where you can let go and just be nice, just as you would tell your kids to do if they were quarreling?
How to Organize your Creative Overwhelm: Your Guide to Choosing which Project(s) to work on…Next.
Self-published on amazon.com in 2018; kindle version also available
Find it here.
STOP THE STRUGGLE.
Not the struggle of creating, but the struggle of choosing which project to work on … next. In 11 simple steps, you are guided through a process to:
• Write down every creative desire into your juicy list.
• Hear from both your left and right brain and deal with the nagging “shoulds.”
• Choose in a way that eases your mind.
Embrace the freedom to create!
HOW TO SHRINK AND GROW TIME
Checkerboard: A time tool and system
Self-published in 2018
Finally.
A time management tool for women. This book explores seven ways to use one time-blocking technique to make life happen in the nooks and crannies of your life.
These seven techniques show you how to, literally, find the time to:
- Wash the pile of dishes in 15 minutes flat
- Clear out the storage room
- Paint the house
- Learn to play the guitar
- Chomp through the 19-item task list
- Satisfyingly split your family/work life
- Increase job efficiency
Available in a 72-page 8×10 workbook or in a interactive pdf.
To purchase on amazon, click here.
Dream a little dream with me…
A guided weekly dreamer journal
Self-published in 2018
Whether you can never get your head out of the clouds or the years have chipped away at your dreaming, use this illustrated, free-association journal to tap into your dreams, both mighty and tiny. Available here.
The Language of Gifts: The Ultimate Guide to Meaningful Gift-giving
Published in 2000 by Conari Press, was picked up by a division of Random House where they produced a hard-copy version. Out of print but still available on amazon.com
From the back of the book:
The Language of Gifts is the definitive resource guide to the symbology of gifts; it will inspire you to eloquently express your feelings and give a gift that will be treasured—whether it costs $1 to $1,000.
Author Deanna Washington has included symbology from cultures and religions from around the world and throughout history. She illuminates the meanings behind everything from trees, numbers, and flowers to astrological signs, scents, and animals. Choose a deeply meaningful gift for any occasion: anniversaries, graduations, birthdays, weddings, Valentine’s Day, Christmas, Easter, Hanukkah, and countless other occasions. This wonderful gift giving companion will help you choose the ideal present or compose the perfect sentiments for a gift already chosen. Available on amazon here.