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Day 22 On 3 Steps to a Smarter You

August 5, 2015 By Helena Kaufman

Did you catch the whiff of new school supplies? Still summer days to go but evidence of return to formal schooling is everywhere. Society's structure for the kids. Us workaday folks need to get our brain boosts also, to keep up with the high tech, high demand lives we lead. Here an easy piece I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Dan Hurley, smarter brains

Day 21 Where do you get stalled & what do you do about it?

August 4, 2015 By Helena Kaufman

I've got a program that spots typos and the occasional MIA comma in my public posts installed. And apparently it also calculates my effectiveness in all my document drafts. It sent me a personalized email today stating this week's yield: 8818 words written You were more active than 94% of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: creative barriers, procrastination, stalled writing

Day 18 Reimagining the To Do List as Dance Card

July 15, 2015 By Helena Kaufman

"I'm dancing as fast as I can," is a well-worn phrase. It's easily claimed by people overloaded at work and scampering madly to keep up with all the tasks heaped onto the 'dance' card of their desks. It's a bold statement, too. It reflects a person's emotional state too, as they high step it … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: dance card of daily duties, Dancing in the Rain

Day 14 The devil made me do it: my day, diet & marketing

June 21, 2015 By Helena Kaufman

I've wished a lot of worthy men Happy Father's Day today. I did so with sincerity for their valued contribution to someone's life in their world whether they are actual biological dads, or married, or straight or not. Men who care, share life lessons, mentor, nurture, guide, love and serve … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Father's Day, Flip Wilson, Geraldine, Hardbite chips, Tofino BC

Going the distance – with your map Day 10

May 10, 2015 By Helena Kaufman

Giant highway sign saying THE FUTURE and an exit arrow

I have not been writing nightly, as planned or hoped for. The 1st week went very well. Then, life rolled in more insistently. We get busy.We get preoccupied. The ideas, however, kept flowing. No shortage of those. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Kanye West, Michael Peggs, Rudyard Kipling, why bloggers stop writing

Day 6 of the Fab 45 & “We are not alone”

April 29, 2015 By Helena Kaufman

The small packet of purpose that is my newly declared daily writing project is layering on its benefits. Like a little pearl coat covering the irritant of responsibility there's a kind of luster now around the hours I  commit to writing at day's end. The need to rest my brain from the day just … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog

Road ahead: Fab 45-Day 5 finds the Intersections

April 28, 2015 By Helena Kaufman

Giant highway sign saying THE FUTURE and an exit arrow

Writing to you with something useful and interesting and perhaps even entertaining is on my mind a lot these days. What have the past hundreds upon hundreds of blogs I've birthed into the world had in common? No matter the topic or the source of the publishing impetus, they were written with a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, Helena Kaufman Tagged With: Be yourself, Caroline McHugh, Fab 45 daily writing challenge, intersections of life

Can we write ourselves healthy? Social? Successful? Fab 45-Day 4

April 27, 2015 By Helena Kaufman

two blue artistic heads in profile with cogs in their brains to illustrate Helena's exploration of using her imagination to recreate herself

Do you, as a writer or other creative get your inspiration from the outside world? Swaths of colour in your path. Sound vibrations familiar and foreign. Aromas. Snippets of conversation overheard repurposed first in your mind and then your studio? Me too. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, Helena Kaufman Tagged With: JJ Virgin, John Assaraf, writers imagination, writing to change ourselves

Unravel first, then (re)knit our writer’s knowledge to serve

April 26, 2015 By Helena Kaufman

a bright art mural on the wall outside of Joe Fortes Library in the West End of Vancouver

After 34 years of writing professionally in many platforms, you’d think I’d know to expect and to manage the process and consequences of being (a) creative. This week, I’m delightfully heartened by the sublime interview scenes and quotes in Art & Copy. This powerful film about advertising and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Mural by Steve T. Hornung

Fab 45’s Challenge day 2 recycles ideas, trims word waste

April 25, 2015 By Helena Kaufman

It's clear from the 1st post in this Fab 45 daily blog writing challenge, that I've got a lot to share. But then, so do you. It's the nature of the human condition to want to express ourselves. I do hope you'll share your comments, too. Go ahead, do that in the space below. As for me,  I’m … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Tempus Fugit. Learning to edit my writing to easier nuggets from my composting ritual

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Vancouver-based storyteller Helena Kaufman helps professionals, entrepreneurs and companies discover the narratives that make them memorable. An award-winning communicator with over 25 years experience, Helena uses her writing and marketing skills to plan, produce and promote her clients’ projects.
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