New Strategies for Seniors & Creatives

Hi - it's Tatjana. 

Empowering our Seniors. Strategies for Creatives.

These are the focus for today's post. But before I get going, my hubby and I just got back from a quick trip to Switzerland and Austria, where we briefly visited my mom, my relatives and friends. It has been 3 years since I last saw everyone. Considering that life tends to be busy and that there is never a good time to go, we spontaneously decided to fly to my native country and say "gruezi". We had a great time, and now I'm back in full swing with all of my varies involvements and initiatives to "better the world". So, this month I wanted to bring your attention to a few events that are taking place this upcoming week:


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• Wednesday, June 25th, 6 - 8pm at Mar Vista Public Library:

• Are you a senior concerned about independent living?
• Are you worried about health and safety and living alone?
• Are you living of a fixed or restricted income and feel anxious about your financial future?
• Are you physically restricted and overwhelmed maintaining your home?
• Are you adult children worried about your aging parents?

Join Sherri Akers and I and tell us your story, thoughts, fears, desires, and needs, and help us generate the data for our city leaders and community councils to redefine independent living and empower our seniors to age in place!

FREE event!

• Venue courtesy of the Mar Vista Public Library
• For details and to RSVP for this FREE event visit here: http://seniorproject2.eventbrite.com

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• Fri & Sat, June 27th & 28th in Santa Monica:

• Are you a graphic designer?
• Are you a product designer?
• Are you a creative director?
• Are you a design agency principal / owner?
• Or are you a creative that wants to start your own business?

Learn strategic planning specifically designed for the creative at the CORE Strategy Bootcamp For Creatives, presented and lead by Jose Caballer from The Skool andChris Do from Blind!

Special Discount for you!

• I'm able to offer you a $250 discount off the Regular Price
• Use this discount code: Tatjana1
• To redeem this offer use my affiliation link here

There are only a few tickets left!

You will learn the same strategic foundation Jose has been teaching me over the last 2 years to turn visions & ideas into objective roadmaps which I chose to manifest into events, services and products such as the MERGE! MOVE! and FORGE! Women's conference series, the SkoolMeetUp for Women, the KNOW YOURSELF 7-week workshop series for Women (and Teenage Girls), the Senior Roommate Housing Project, and UX & Design workshops I facilitate for clients who want to merge and translate purpose, vision, culture and customer engagement into their brand and website designs.


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So, lot's going on this week. I hope to see you at one or the other event, or perhaps all 3 off them!

- Tatjana

P.S. Photo from our trip in Austria! The Upside Down House. We were all tremendously noxious after we got out. So much for alignment and Feng Shui.

P.P.S. Interesting & inspirational reads:

• Rising Rent Leads Some Senior Back to Living with Roommates - L.A. Times
• 9 Keys to Abundant Inspiration, written by my mentor & role model Runa Bouius, Runa Bouius Consulting - People Development Magazine

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Conflict - a necessity for change and progress?

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"Conflict is normal, it's human", Dorit says. "In fact, conflict is necessary to create change and progress. Most people, however, have not developed the capacity on how to engage with and transcend conflict towards generative relations". 

Wow, I never looked at it this way. However, Dorit Cypis, award-winning artist and professional conflict mediator was the catalyst for that new insight and perspective I gained.

I was deeply impacted by those words.

As I was listening to Dorit, my mind travelled back to when I was a child - revisiting my experiences with conflict and its consequential associations I developed. Conflict was something negative. It was detrimental. It was black and white. It shattered my world. It hurt. When in conflict, love and relatedness disappear ... that's the belief (or meaning) I developed in childhood and repetitively re-enacted throughout adulthood.

"Adulthood is about finishing unfinished business from Childhood"

- Dr Robin Smith

As I'm traveling through my time line from childhood into adulthood, I recognize my pattern. I can see how I move into a defensive mode and withhold affection, love, connection or relatedness from the other. It's my way of instinctual self-preservation, and a form of punishment towards the other for the hurt and pain he / she caused. In that world, it's very black and white. It's either conflict, or love, but you can't mix the two of them. It's an "either or" scenario I learned from those around me. Deep down I prefer it calm, peaceful, and harmonious. However, conflict is part of life, it can't be avoided. As I continue my contemplative review it's evident that this mindset doesn't serve me nor does it empower the other. It's time to evolve and transform that pattern. It's my responsibility to do so. It's time to explore a new, more wholesome and generative approach.

What becomes possible when we really listen to the other's point of view? What happens when we can become open and deeply curious about the other's approach? What emerges when we begin to accept creative diversity (different ways of thinking and different ways of doing)? And what practices can we explore so as to integrate new, conscious and empowering interactions into our daily life when faced with challenging dynamics and conflict?

Please join me in a conversation with guest speakers:

• Runa Bouius, Conscious Leadership Catalyst
• Dorit Cypis, Award-winning Artist and Professional Conflict Mediator 

as we collectively engage in deep conversations and integrative practices at the upcoming workshop KNOW YOURSELF:

A 7-week workshop for creative women who want to learn proven tools and strategies to fully express and empower themselves in any situation! 

• Every Wednesday evening for 7 weeks
• Starts March 12th - April 23rd in West Los Angeles
• Telecourse participation available if you live remote
• For details and to reserve your ticket visit here
• 2 for 1 ticket at Early Bird expires Monday, Feb 24th at 11.30pm

About the speakers:

Runa Bouius
Conscious Leadership Catalyst

Runa is the founder of Runa Bouius Consulting. Born in Iceland, Runa built one of the largest importing business in the country in the field of cosmetics and perfume, representing a large portfolio of internationally known brands. She is also the founder of Runora LLC, a conscious leadership consulting firm, speaking and working as a personal guide to business and thought leaders as well as designing, producing, and facilitating transformational programs and retreats for teams, companies, and professional groups such as YPO (Yound Presidents' Organization) and WPO (World Presidents'Organization). Runa is also the co-founder of the Conscious Leader Network with focus on promoting Conscious Leadership in business and life. Runa sits on the advisory boards of the Red Wind Councils, and has spoken at conferences such as The International Conference on Business and Consciousness, Women's International Networking, and the Conscious Capitalism Institute Conference.

During our KNOW YOURSELF workshop, Runa will be joining us for one evening to share with us her experience, insights and her top 5 tips on how to identify and commit to a practice that will allow you to integrate your authentic self with your vision regardless the situation and circumstances.

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Dorit Cypis

Award-winning Artist and Innovative Professional Mediator

Dorit's work exploring identity and social relations through psychological and political screens has been presented at major museums in the North America and Europe. Through her art practice Dorit came to the study of Conflict Resolution, and in 2007 founded Foreign Exchanges to offer conflict transformation services, offering mediation, training and coaching to build bridges across personal and cultural differences.

Dorit is a founding member of Mediators Beyond Borders, has served as Chair of the Middle East Initiative and Leader of the MBB Los Angeles Chapter. Dorit founded Kulture Klub Collaborative, connecting professional artists with homeless teens to bridge survival and inspiration. Dorit has taught on the complexity of cultural and personal difference throughout the USA, Canada, Israel, Holland and France, creating innovative cross cultural tools. She earned a Masters of Fine Art, California Institute for the Arts, and Masters of Dispute Resolution, Pepperdine University.

During our KNOW YOURSELF workshop, Dorit will join us for an evening to discuss with us her perspective that conflict is “human” and necessary for change and progress. Dorit will share with us the top 3 tools to build your capacity to engage and transcend challenging dynamics and conflict towards generative relations. 

So long for now!

- Tatjana


P.S. Are you a Cultural Creative? Check out my last blog and listen to this FREE interview by Paul Ray, social research scientist, talking about a new emerging subculture: How 50 million people are changing the World!

P.P.S. Join us for our FREE community meeting regarding the Senior Roommate Housing Project: Re-defining independent living for our seniors in our immediate community! 

P.P.P.S. Words of Wisdom:
"Through inner work, our consciousness becomes a fertile condition for our conscious participation in our evolution, rather than a natural selection process driven by external conditions." - Michael Bernard Beckwith

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