A World Transformed: Living Boldly
By Rachel Claret, MSM, 50 Fun Things Alum I recently spent a week in the jungles and beaches of Costa Rica with a group of brilliant people who are committed to living boldly and without limits. We came together through the 50 Fun Things®: Experience Pura Vida retreat. While we marveled at sloths and monkeys […]
Making Joy a Goal
By Trish Perry, PCC, 50 Fun Things Alum “Trish, what brings you joy?” My therapist and I thought this was a pretty innocent question. I rattled off things like, entertaining, cooking for others, helping friends decorate and organize, family dinners, volunteering, coaching and concerts. He stopped and thought of a kind way to say, “No, […]
Joyful Conversation Starters
Small talk about the weather and traffic gets old and certainly doesn’t set us up to talk about what most matters to us. (Unless we are a meteorologist or work in transportation!) By asking intentional open ended questions that we care about, we set a framework that creates more meaningful connection and conversation. The people […]
Picking Up the Pieces After Change
We can become mosaic artists of our lives. In 2020 a multitude of changes shook up the picture of everyday life. This year is promising to be equally transformational. We are tending to change in our own lives while guiding our clients through the changes in their lives. Almost everyone I talk to feels some […]
50 Fun Things that 50 Fun Things Can Do for Individuals and Teams
I had fun digging in to the reasons people share about what they gain from 50 Fun Things®. I broke the responses down into a list of 50 — of course! Which reasons resonate for you? Book a 50 Fun Things experience for your team, conference or retreat! Click here to submit a presenter request […]
The Power of 50 Fun Things interview
In this interview, Jeannie Kong-Evarts talks with 50 Fun Things® creator, Teresa Thomas about how 50 Fun Things got started and the power of setting intention for fun, fulfillment and connection through the guidance of 50 Fun Things®! Jeannie Kong-Evarts lives — and helps other people to live — on the gorgeous island of Maui […]
Fun and Free (or Nearly Free) Ways to Spread Kindness
We can all use extra kindness these days. This past year has taught us just how much we need kindness. As we gear up to reconnect in person, we’ll be experiencing new stresses as we readjust to continually evolving circumstances. I was delighted to be interviewed by Belinda Jensen from NBC affiliate, KARE 11 about […]
50 Clarifying Questions to Connect with Your Joy
Are you missing some of your joy? Do you know how to create joy for others but forgot what it feels like for yourself? Has it taken a backburner and you are ready to bring it forward? Use the following questions as clues to find where joy may be hiding and waiting to be rediscovered. […]
50 Fun Things to Reconnect Your Workplace
Reclaim a fulfilling worklife and integrate connection with these ideas. On May 1, people joined us from all over including San Francisco to St Cloud, Trinidad to to the Twin Cities, Washington to Wilmar. They came together for a tailored session of 50 Fun Thing to Reconnect Your Workplaces hosted by Jeannette Grace, Expressive! Communication […]
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 out. I started offering special themed online 50 Fun Things sessions as a way to foster social connection, idea-sharing, joy and hope online. On April 14, I facilitated a special […]