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May 4
5 min

50 Fun Things to Reconnect Your Workplace

In this interactive online session, participants came up with 50 ways to reconnect with colleagues now and when they return to work.

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Teresa Thomas

Apr 16
7 min

50 Fun Things® to Lift Each Other Up

While we are connecting online and addressing challenges due to the pandemic, it's a good time to think about ways we can help each other...

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Teresa Thomas

Apr 14
5 min

50 Fun Ways to Support 50 Fun Things®

Thank you to everyone who has encouraged me to ask for support in this mission of fostering connection to joy and fulfillment. I've been ...

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50 Fun Things to Invite Play Into Our Lives

Teresa Thomas

Apr 9
7 min

50 Fun Things to Invite Play Into Our Lives

While we are sheltering in place, it's a good time to try out new things and fresh ways of being. Routines may be getting old. A childlik...

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Teresa Thomas

Apr 1
7 min

50 Fun Things to Make Our Homes a Haven

Your home is your personal sanctuary; the place where you live and probably spend a good deal of time; especially now.

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50 Fun Things® to Keep Our Bodies Happy While Social Distancing

Teresa Thomas

Mar 20
6 min

50 Fun Things® to Keep Our Bodies Happy While Social Distancing

This is a compilation of ideas to keep your body happy during sheltering in place. It was generated from a 50 Fun Things Facebook Live.

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50 Fun Things for When You are Cooped Up at Home

Teresa Thomas

Mar 19
12 min

50 Fun Things for When You are Cooped Up at Home

In our current state of physical distancing, I've been trying out ways to foster social connection, idea-sharing, joy and hope online. Th...

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Teresa Thomas

Mar 12
4 min

50 Fun Things® to Nurture Your Network

Ideas to nurture your network online and in-person compiled from participants at a special-themed 50 Fun Things session for OffiCenters.

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Big Change - Small Acts of Inclusion (50 Fun Things® session with The Diversity Institute)

Teresa Thomas

Feb 4
4 min

Big Change - Small Acts of Inclusion (50 Fun Things® session with The Diversity Institute)

This list of ideas for inclusion was generated by participants at workshops conducted by 50 Fun Things with The Diversity Institute.

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Add Years to Your Life - By Having Fun with the Ones You Love

Teresa Thomas

Jan 28
3 min

Add Years to Your Life - By Having Fun with the Ones You Love

By Dr Cassie Wilder, Minneapolis Integrative Medicine Center February is known as the month of Love because of Valentine’s Day. And it’s ...

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Intentionally Incorporating Joy into Day-to-Day Life

Teresa Thomas

Jan 4
2 min

Intentionally Incorporating Joy into Day-to-Day Life

Bask in the state of imagining and see which of the things on the list you can incorporate into your life right now.

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50 Magical Things Experienced on Retreat

Teresa Thomas

Dec 26, 2019
2 min

50 Magical Things Experienced on Retreat

Be inspired by seeing 50 of the fun things we experienced at the Maui retreat! See what ideas this triggers for you.

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Teresa Thomas

Dec 3, 2019
2 min

Connecting Across Generations

In order to develop into our fullest, wisest selves and avoid despair in old age, we have to keep growing, keep creating, and leave a legacy

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Finding Moments of Joy Along the Journey

Teresa Thomas

Nov 26, 2019
2 min

Finding Moments of Joy Along the Journey

The road to Hana is stressful, it is dangerous, it requires attention, and it is AMAZING. The road to Hana is meant to be enjoyed at a pace

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Connecting with Your Inner Guidance through Joy

Teresa Thomas

Nov 14, 2019
2 min

Connecting with Your Inner Guidance through Joy

The hardest part about writing this particular blog post is narrowing down my flow of positive thoughts. It's a wonderful "problem" to ha...

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Teresa Thomas

Nov 1, 2019
3 min

Stretching Beyond Comfort Zones

What is something you've been wanting to try that is outside of your comfort zone? Try out these tips!

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Teresa Thomas

Oct 25, 2019
4 min

How I Found the FUN in My Funk

If something is feeling like it isn't going right, where could you use an attitude adjustment? Use these ideas for a renewed perspective.

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Finally Saying "No way!" to "All Work and No Play"

Teresa Thomas

Oct 7, 2019
3 min

Finally Saying "No way!" to "All Work and No Play"

You would think it would be an easy choice between working or having fun, right? Not for me! 50 Fun Things changed how I think about what I

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Teresa Thomas

Oct 3, 2019
3 min

Changing the Language of Your Fears

50 Fun Things is about opening up our lives for fulfillment. But when we think about making a shift, fears may arise. Here's a twist...

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Exponential Thinking through 50 Fun Things

Teresa Thomas

Aug 30, 2019
2 min

Exponential Thinking through 50 Fun Things

After a one-to-one 50 Fun Things consultation, I have shifted my fun gears into overdrive and the value of the joy has become exponential.

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