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A new technology allows us deep inside the brain of a meditator!

Hello, world! I just got out of a seven-day silent meditation retreat. I thought I’d share!

Mar 2, 2021

A new technology allows us deep inside the brain of a meditator!

Mar 2, 2021

Why you’re dragging without your commute — lessons on keeping energy high while working from home

In the waning days of March, mere moments (though perhaps it was days, who can really say anymore) after the shelter-in-place mandate…

Dec 30, 2020

Why you’re dragging *without* your commute — lessons on keeping energy high while working from home

Dec 30, 2020

Why I’m betting on kind companies.

In San Francisco, March 8, 2020 was the kind of early spring day that made people want to flock to the parks, linger with friends, consume…

Dec 10, 2020

Why I’m betting on kind companies.

Dec 10, 2020

Why giving yourself a whole new kind of to-do list will help you through post-election day angst

Given the election results are still pending and it can be easy to be overwhelmed / distracted / distraught by that, I thought I’d share a…

Nov 4, 2020

Why giving yourself a whole new kind of to-do list will help you through post-election day angst

Nov 4, 2020

Published in
Creative Collisions : 2020

Creative Reuse Pattern One: Finding new uses for things we have access to

Artist Elysa Fenenbock is on number 44 of a 100-day make-meditation. She’s foraging for wildflowers or dropped petals in and around her…

May 28, 2020

Creative Reuse Pattern One: Finding new uses for things we have access to

May 28, 2020

Published in
Creative Collisions : 2020

Why we’re on the midst of a million undeniable breakthroughs and why that’s the most beautiful…

“Sometimes it takes an overwhelming breakdown to have an undeniable breakthrough.”

May 12, 2020

Why we’re on the midst of a million undeniable breakthroughs and why that’s the most beautiful…

May 12, 2020

Published in
Creative Collisions : 2020

Redefining local: how our values are surfacing in the decisions we’re making during the pandemic

What do you get for a one-year old who has all she needs, in the middle of a pandemic? As my niece’s first birthday approached, I found…

May 12, 2020

Redefining local: how our values are surfacing in the decisions we’re making during the pandemic

May 12, 2020

Politics plus humanity (no, not an oxymoron, or any type of moron, really)

If you’re like me, seeing this form arrive in the mail and noting it’s yet again a leap year (and therefore a presidential election year)…

Mar 3, 2020

Politics plus humanity (no, not an oxymoron, or any type of moron, really)

Mar 3, 2020

Haven’t made New Year’s resolutions? Do this instead…

“Gather round, everyone. Can you all see?!”

Jan 1, 2020

Haven’t made New Year’s resolutions? Do this instead…

Jan 1, 2020

Don’t buy a thing this Christmas…

This past summer, I spent way too many days combing through my home, evaluating each thing I owned. Sometimes, I would hold an item in my…

Dec 23, 2019

Don’t buy a thing this Christmas…

Dec 23, 2019

Amy Bonsall

Amy Bonsall

I help companies weave in kindness, creativity and humanity using human-centered design. Founder of Nau (www.inthenau.com) and Creative Collisions, IDEO alumna.

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