Life By Design Blog Posts

• Sea World to Host Forum to Answer Critics
  on May 18, 2014 in Events and Premieres Fun The Power of Questioning
  SeaWorld is finally putting its mouth where its money is. On June 5 at La Jolla’s Museum of Contemporary Art, a representative from SeaWorld will take on two prominent critics of the park to “talk through the issue” of keeping killer whales in...
• Whale Watching in Hawaii with a Drone Camera
  on Apr 14, 2014 in Inspirational
  It is amazing what people are doing with drone cameras! Watch this beautiful short clip of whales in Hawaii…..   WATCH  HERE Using my Dronefly and Gopro Hero 3+, I was able to catch these beautiful whales enjoying the ocean over 3 separate d...
• Diva Living with AIDS Rae Lewis Thornton
  on Apr 12, 2014 in Inspirational N - Never Stop Designing Life Recommended Blogs
  Educated, attractive, assertive and ambitious are just a few of the words used to describe Rae Lewis-Thornton. In 1986, during a routine blood drive visit at a Washington D.C. Red Cross, Rae received news of another word that would soon be used to de...
• Ambulance Wish Foundation made the Farewells Possible
  on Mar 22, 2014 in Inspirational Quote of The Day or Mind Food for Thought Wellness
  The man above , Mario (patient last name withheld), is a 54-year-old volunteer who worked with the Rotterdam Zoo in the Netherlands for years. He has been diagnosed with a terminal brain tumor and had one wish: To say goodbye to the animals he had ca...
• Target is Worried about Unions and Paying Employees Decent Wages
  on Mar 21, 2014 in Inspirational Quote of The Day or Mind Food for Thought
  EMPLOYEES  deserve a fair wage! Like Walmart, many of Target’s employees are underpaid, forced to work part-time schedules and are forced to resort to safety nets like SNAP, housing assistance, Medicaid, and EITC while shareholders reap the benefi...
• Resale Store Refuses to Give Homeless Man a Coat, Woman Opens Free Shop in Response
  on Mar 19, 2014 in Inspirational Quote of The Day or Mind Food for Thought
  A little store in a Hollister, Missouri shopping center is offering the basic needs — clothing, hygiene items and baby supplies — at incredible prices. They’re all free. The shop, called Selfless Blessings, was started by Andrea Ber...
• How to Live Passionately when Life Punches You
  on Mar 14, 2014 in Guest Author Inspirational N - Never Stop Designing Life Recommended Reads
  Motivational author and speaker, Shawn Anderson, has interviewed hundreds of people who have experienced tragedy, failure and setback. He’s also been witness to many who have walked through their toughest moment only to make it to the other sid...
• Please Watch BLACKFISH and Boycott Sea World
  on Jan 15, 2014 in Quote of The Day or Mind Food for Thought
   Everyone needs to see the new  documentary BLACKFISH. And if you have kids, have them watch it also.  Gabriela Cowperthwaite’s documentary Blackfish follows Tilikum, the orca responsible for three deaths while in capti...
• Please Watch BLACKFISH and Boycott Sea World
  on Jan 15, 2014 in Quote of The Day or Mind Food for Thought
   Everyone needs to see the new  documentary BLACKFISH. And if you have kids, have them watch it also.  Gabriela Cowperthwaite’s documentary Blackfish follows Tilikum, the orca responsible for three deaths while in capti...
• Please Watch BLACKFISH and Boycott Sea World
  on Jan 15, 2014 in Quote of The Day or Mind Food for Thought
   Everyone needs to see the new  documentary BLACKFISH. And if you have kids, have them watch it also.  Gabriela Cowperthwaite’s documentary Blackfish follows Tilikum, the orca responsible for three deaths while in capti...
• Please Watch BLACKFISH and Boycott Sea World
  on Jan 15, 2014 in Quote of The Day or Mind Food for Thought
   Everyone needs to see the new  documentary BLACKFISH. And if you have kids, have them watch it also.  Gabriela Cowperthwaite's documentary Blackfish follows Tilikum, the orca responsible for three deaths while in captivity...
• TRANShumanism…Discovering Humanity’s Potential
  on Nov 13, 2013 in G - Go Beyond Goals Inspirational The Power of Questioning Wellness
  At its core, transhumanism is about discovering humanity’s potential, an idea that’s been around for centuries. Yet at times we’ve also done the opposite by selling our species short and throwing in the towel early. Towards the end...
• TRANShumanism…Discovering Humanity’s Potential
  on Nov 13, 2013 in G - Go Beyond Goals Inspirational The Power of Questioning Wellness
  At its core, transhumanism is about discovering humanity’s potential, an idea that’s been around for centuries. Yet at times we’ve also done the opposite by selling our species short and throwing in the towel early. Towards the end...
• TRANShumanism…Discovering Humanity’s Potential
  on Nov 13, 2013 in G - Go Beyond Goals Inspirational The Power of Questioning Wellness
  At its core, transhumanism is about discovering humanity’s potential, an idea that’s been around for centuries. Yet at times we’ve also done the opposite by selling our species short and throwing in the towel early. Towards the end...
• TRANShumanism...Discovering Humanity's Potential
  on Nov 13, 2013 in Wellness Inspirational The Power of Questioning G - Go Beyond Goals
  At its core, transhumanism is about discovering humanity's potential, an idea that's been around for centuries. Yet at times we've also done the opposite by selling our species short and throwing in the towel early. Towards the end of the 1800s, f...
• Only Make Believe Continues to Bring Laughter to Children in Hospitals
  on Jul 16, 2013 in Fun Inspirational Wellness
   Only Make Believe is the New York City and newly, Washington D.C., based non-profit organization that brings laughter and imagination to children suffering from chronic illnesses and disabilities. Since 1999, this organization has brought...
• Only Make Believe Continues to Bring Laughter to Children in Hospitals
  on Jul 16, 2013 in Fun Inspirational Wellness
   Only Make Believe is the New York City and newly, Washington D.C., based non-profit organization that brings laughter and imagination to children suffering from chronic illnesses and disabilities. Since 1999, this organization has brought...
• Only Make Believe Continues to Bring Laughter to Children in Hospitals
  on Jul 16, 2013 in Wellness Inspirational Fun
   Only Make Believe is the New York City and newly, Washington D.C., based non-profit organization that brings laughter and imagination to children suffering from chronic illnesses and disabilities. Since 1999, this organization has brought...
• Only Make Believe Continues to Bring Laughter to Children in Hospitals
  on Jul 16, 2013 in Fun Inspirational Wellness
   Only Make Believe is the New York City and newly, Washington D.C., based non-profit organization that brings laughter and imagination to children suffering from chronic illnesses and disabilities. Since 1999, this organization has brought...
• Blackfish – the Movie Sea World DOES NOT want you to See
  on Jun 4, 2013 in Inspirational Recommended Movies
  We have talked about THE COVE – where A group of activists and filmmakers traveled to the small village of Taiji, Japan, to secretly obtain footage of a heavily guarded operation that captures  dolphins for SEA WORLD  and then &#...