Welcome to My New Site
Welcome to my blog. While many women my age are choosing to play bridge, I have chosen to blog. I’m eager and energized about sharing my “Grand Brain Color Adventure” with you!
I started thinking about building a blog just before my birthday, which is the second day of the second month of the New Year… the day a rodent is yanked from his den to see how long winter will linger and well-wishers are reminded to offer their congratulations to me.
In fact, I’ve been wrapped up in words since the day I was born.* Some of my favorite words are Copious, Delicious, Inquisitive, Potpourri, Remarkable, Resonate, Synchronicity, Thrive,
and Undulating.
I am a “Blue Brainer.” I love my family and friends more than tongue can tell. My creativity resembles a whirly top popcorn maker, exploding and overflowing with kernels of ideas. I am as tenacious as a terrier. People tell me my enthusiasm is contagious. I’ve been blessed with an imagination, which allows me to view life as if I were gazing through a kaleidoscope. I relish my red hair (redheads are only 4% of the world population). Road trips with my husband on our HD Bagger are exhilarating. I practice yoga every morning, write notes in the books I’m reading, and treasure the gift of gardening my parents gave me.
Contemplating a blog is similar to designing a garden and filling the space with color, variety, pleasure and awareness. It is privilege to offer you a vibrant bouquet composed of my Brain Color personality profile and approach, my books and workshops, tips for creating harmonious relationships in the workplace and at home, authorship, diabetes research and education, self-esteem, creativity, my favorite poems
and personal muses.
Enjoy your “Happy Brainday,”
Sheila Glazov
Author. Speaker. Educator.
What Color Is Your Brain?
*One birth story my mother enjoyed retelling was my delivery. No, it’s not what you’re thinking. It was her surprise the first time a nurse carried me into Mother’s hospital room. I was delivered to her wrapped up in pages of the Chicago Tribune newspaper. During WWII rationing created a shortage of blankets, even in hospitals. However, newspaper ink and paper were thought to be sterile and there was no shortage of newspapers in the maternity ward
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Blue Brain Teenagers
Teenage Blue Brainers
The Teenage Brain Color Clue for this week will focus on the Blue Brainers.
A Blue Brainer thinks, “You can’t possibly understand my feelings and what I’m going through!”
Their emotions often are as cluttered as their bedrooms. However, they find their rooms to be a cozy place to relax and spend time talking andsharing with their friends.
They also are Right Brain Creative Thinkers. Others often view a Blue Brainer's behavior and thinking as scattered, like the clothes on the floor of their bedrooms.
As a review, below are the statistics from the Brain Color statistics from study I facilitated at the Fremd High School student psychology fair in Palatine, Illinois. The following percentages represent the 194 students who participated in the research project.
43% Orange Brainers: Is highly impulsive and action-oriented (% opposite adults).
31% Blue Brainers: Has a high level of desire to please others and gain peer approval (% similar to adults).
15% Yellow Brainers: Sense of responsibility and accountability for the choices they make is unusually low (% opposite of adults).
11% Green Brainers: Level of logical reasoning about the consequences for their actions is extremely low (% similar to adults).
Blue Brainers are good listener and appreciate others listening to them when they honestly talk about their feelings. They thrive on affection…
Hugs and kisses every day,
Will keep a Blue Brainer happy,
In every way!
You might feel that living with a Blue Brain Teenager is an emotional trek through the Himalayan Mountains. However, I am confident that the What Color Is Your Brain? approach will help you survive!
Be patient, you will eventually reach a tranquil meadow with a lucid stream of consciousness!
Happy Teenage Blue Brainday!
Sheila Glazov ~ Author ~ Speaker ~ Educator
Please, visit my website to learn more about your Brain Colors, my books and workshops.
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The Gifts My Mother Gave Me
It's Saturday, May 10th. I awakened with a bittersweet reminder that today would have been my mother’s 91st birthday, and tomorrow is Mother’s Day.
Today, I am celebrating Sylvia Feldman Newman’s birthday, Mother’s Day and the “Gifts My Mother Gave Me.” I am blessed that I do not have to search; I only have to sort my memories, to write about my mother!
My dearest friend's mother always said, “God does not take away, God gives. I was given a lifetime of love. However, I always told my mother she was a “gift of love." She offered her devotion with such overwhelming generosity "from the bottom of my heart!"
I have copious descriptions for my mother. The most significant are: generous, fair, disciplined, trustworthy, beautiful, bright, loving and an "Elegant Lady." Not only did she resemble Claudette Colbert, the 1940's movie star, she radiated beauty from within. She lived her life with style and grace. From dressing to perfection, with a unique flair that complimented her beautiful red hair and her gorgeous complexion; to artfully arranging a bouquet of flowers from her garden and "working the booth" at a sales/business meeting with my father. She was a wise and patient listener. In fact, my friends would come to our house to talk with Mother, because their mothers “just doesn't understand me, but yours mother does.”
Mother also was tenacious and family togetherness was paramount to her. Soon after my parents were married, a doctor to her she would never have children. Nevertheless, she was determined to prove the doctor wrong, and she did. As the “Queen of Propriety,” she would recount my conception and tell me, “You were a gift, not just a biological urge!” ;-D
Mother's outward appearance was that of a delicate porcelain doll. However, inwardly she was mighty... a strong willed warrior for what she believed in. She was a courageous and admirable woman, a “Woman of Valor” and a woman of her word!
Anyone who was acquainted with Mother, knew they could depend on her for absolute trust and support, logical advise, and knowing the correct way to do whatever needed to be done, especially using proper table manners. Just ask her grandchildren!
The Lilly of the Valley was Mother’s favorite flower. It symbolizes the return of happiness and friendship. Mother was a friend to everyone she met. We couldn't walk, dine or shop anywhere, without Mother knowing someone, or her knowing who they were related to. She was a walking “Who’s Who of Chicagoland!”
I smile thinking about the surprise “Love Gifts” I received. Something Mother saw, that she thought I would like, not because it was a special occasion, just because she thought I was special. The little gift enclosure cards that were signed with a “?” or “Guess Who?” never failed to make me laugh.
Knowing my mother adored me gave me a life long sense of security and confidence. I was never too big or old for a hug and a kiss. She was never too busy to tell me or show me how much she loved me. Our phone conversation or good-bye’s never were without an “I love you” or a “Be careful!” I chuckle, thinking how Mother and I jokingly argued about, who loved the other one more.
As a businesswoman, my mother was intelligent, creative and perceptive! She helped my father build Lab-Line Instruments into a successful international business. She also was my business partner. We brainstormed workshop ideas together, she efficiently proofread my hand-outs, documents and manuscripts and enthusiastically promoted my book and me. In 1999, when she was 82 years old, she decided to become "a woman of the 21st century." She bought a laptop computer, took “techy” lessons and enjoyed sending and receiving emails.
Today, I gave myself a “Love Gift!” I’m celebrating my mother and the gifts she gave, with Lily of the Valley and tulip bouquets from my garden on my desk, writing this post and sharing my mother’s favorite Birthday Gift story… I was five years old, too young to go shopping by myself. Instead, I used my “little girl” gardening
sheers to cut all the newly blossomed tulips off just below their heads. I left several dozen headless soldiers standing at attention in the mulch. I placed my treasures in a basket and brought them to my mother.
At first, she was horrified. However, her irritation melted when I offered her the basket and exclaimed,
“Happy Birthday, Mommy. I love you!"
The “Gifts My Mother Gave Me" are bountiful blessings
that live in my heart and resonate in my memory!
What are the gifts your mother gave you?
Happy Mother’s Day!!!
Sheila Glazov ~ Author ~ Speaker ~ Educator
Please, visit my website to learn more about your Brain Colors, my books and workshops.
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Appreciating Our Teachers
This week is Teacher Appreciation Week and yesterday was National Teacher’s Day. I am celebrating our teachers with my post about Principal, Nathan E. Carter and his faculty at the Lake Zurich Middle School North in Lake Zurich, Illinois.
On April 17th and May 1st, I had the pleasure and privilege of facilitating What Color Is Your Brain?™ Workshops for their Teacher Institute Days. Nate offered Donna Coninx’s Art Room for the workshop. The colorful and comfortable environment offered an ideal condition in which the faculty’s Brain Colors would thrive!
During the first ½-day workshop the teachers completed their “No Right or Wrong Answer” What Color Is Your Brain?™ Quiz in their workbooks. Then they divided into their Brain Color Groups to discuss, describe and record “How The 4 Brain Colors See Other Faculty Members.”
It’s always fascinating to observe how each Brain Color Group collaborates. The Yellow Brainers quickly organized themselves and finished their chart ahead of time. I had to persuade the Blue Brainers to stop chatting and complete their assignment. I found the Green Brainers in a corner of the Art Room, where I encouraged them to analyze the other Brain Color, since they were spending so much time on themselves. The Orange Brainers were having so much fun; I had to remind them to finish their chart. The energy in the Art Room was effervescent as each group presented their Brain Color Charts and faculty members began to recognize and understanding one another’s behavior and feelings.
On May 1st, the second ½-day workshop was afternoon program, which followed a Community Unit School District 95 celebration, where staff members were recognized for their excellence, given retiree's awards and years of service recognition.
The Middle School North faculty members were honored with the following: Donna Coninx’s Retirement Award, Sherry Fischer's Teachers Make a Difference Award and 20 Year of Service Award, Cathy Drake's 10 Years of Service Award, Pat Ledvina's 15 Years of Service Award, Sue Key's 15 Years of Service Award, and Beth Schwartz's 15 Years of Service Award.
Today, Dan Morvaji learned that he had won the prestigious Golden Apple Award!
Congratulations to all!
Even though the May 1st workshop was only 90 minutes long, the faculty produced remarkable results from their Brain Color Collaborative activities. Because Nate, Mark Richter, the assistant principal, and I felt it was crucial for the faculty members to appreciate how their student feel and behave in the classroom who collaborated on two group activities.
The first activity was entitled:“My Brain Color learns and works best in a classroom where….” The Yellow Brainers’ suggestion that the activity was about how the student “Feel and “Function” in the classroom was a excellent contribution.
The second activity was entitled: “The following are issues that interfere with my Brain Color and prevent me from learning and working at my best...” The faculty found it easier to process ideas for this activity, because of their previous Brain Color experiences and knowledge.
After the 1st workshop, the teachers had a greater appreciation for each other. After the 2nd workshop, they had a deeper understand of their student behavior and feelings in their classrooms.
Blue Brainer's working on the "How The 4 Brain Colors See Other Faculty Members” group activity
The following are the Brain Color Goals Nate, Mark and I developed during my Pre-Workshop Need Analysis Interview:
1. Recognize and value your attributes and abilities.
2. Discover and understand the strengths and idiosyncrasies of your personality, while adapting to
other individuals’ character traits and talents.
3. Appreciation and acknowledgment of your values and needs by others who
understand and respect your Brain Colors.
4. Realize and respect the unique differences of your colleagues, students, family members and friends
who are different from you.
5. Establish a new “color-filled” sense of community by enhancing each
individual’s self-esteem.
6. Understand how to transfer the Brain Color concepts learned in the workshop to the classroom.
From the following comments and email I think we accomplished our goals.
• Realizing how this knowledge changes what we do as teachers
• Accommodating opposite “Brain Colors”
• Understanding those that are different and where they come from
• Knowing how to use this information with our colleagues and kids
• Classroom function based on students’ Brain Colors
• Talk in Brain Colors
I was thrilled when I received the following email from science teacher, Jerry Clemens; Experiential Brain Surgeon:
“I was so very impressed and thrilled with being present, at least, for your 2nd session at MSN. The idea bulbs are lighting up! We have been reviewing options for a "Team Building" activity as an introduction to 7th grade for Fall 2008. This would be an event where the 7th graders can get to know one another as well as their teachers. Would you "enlighten" me with any ideas you have for implementing a Brain Color Program for our incoming 7th graders? I'm ready to dive into this project!" Blue Regards for Green Plans. Jerry"
My response to Jerry was: "Divers are encouraged to have a buddy and I'd love to be your on this
colorfilled dive! Bluely yours with Yellow Details and Orange Enthusiasm! Sheila"
Jerry and I will keep you posted on our "enlightening" ideas for next year.
"Bravissimo
" and "Thank you" to the MSN Faculty and Support Staff!
Two points to ponder:
1. What are the ideal conditions in which your Brain Color learns and works best?
2. What issues interfere with your Brain Color and prevent you from learning
and working at your best?
Sheila Glazov ~ Author ~ Speaker ~ Educator (a Blue Neon Blue Brainer)
Please, visit my website to learn more about your Brain Colors, my books and workshops.
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The Yellow Teenage Brain
May is National Teen Self-Esteem Month,
a month to celebrate our teenagers and help them healthfully enhance their self-esteem. Parents, teachers, friends and family members are encouraged to increase their aware of teenagers’ challenges and achievements, provide positive role models, promote an appreciation of differences, and foster a positive body image and sense of self-confidence.
I am a member of the National Association of Self-Esteem. The purpose of the organization is “to fully integrate self-esteem into the fabric of American society so that every individual, no matter what their age or background, experiences personal worth and happiness.”
According to Rita Carter, author of Mapping the Mind, “A nucleus called the reticular formation, for example, which plays a major role in maintaining attention, usually only, becomes fully myelinated at or after puberty, which is why prepubescent children have a short attention span. (Myelin is a sheath of white substance that acts as insulation, allowing electricity to flow swiftly and directly to sections of the brain.) The frontal lobe does not become fully myelinated until full adulthood. This is one reason, perhaps, why younger adults are more emotional and impulsive than those who are older.”
In 1998, I facilitated a Brain Color study at the Fremd High School student psychology fair in Palatine, Illinois. The following percentages represent the 194 students who participated in the research project.
43% Orange Brainers: Is highly impulsive and action-oriented (% opposite adults).
31% Blue Brainers: Has a high level of desire to please others and gain peer approval (% similar to adults).
15% Yellow Brainers: Sense of responsibility and accountability for the choices they make is unusually low (% opposite of adults).
11% Green Brainers: Level of logical reasoning about the consequences for their actions is extremely low (% similar to adults).
A Yellow Brainer wants to have more control over his or her life than you do. You might hear your teenager tell you, “Times have changed and your rules are old fashioned.”
I encourage you to use the What Color Is Your Brain? approach to help you survive the teenage years or until your child becomes a young adult and realizes you are no longer the enemy and that you have a brain!
Happy Teenage Yellow Brainday!
Sheila Glazov ~ Author ~ Speaker ~ Educator
Please, visit my website to learn more about your Brain Colors, my books and workshops.
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The "Newman Porch"
The variegated green vista invited me to enjoy catching up on emails and workshop projects on our 3-season porch. I made myself comfortable on the couch and glided the sliding glass window open to rejoice in the lushness and activities in our yard.
I'm fortunate, I don’t have to wait for “John the fireman” to come on his day off and put up the screens on the porch and help my father put our furniture, as my mother in my childhood home.
We lovingly call our porch, the “Newman Porch," because my maiden name is Newman. Our porch soothes my senses and makes my heart sing. It unlocks treasured memories of playing with my dolls as a little girl, enjoying family members and friend when my parents entertained, and doing my homework or reading as lightening bugs flashed their Morse code across our garden.
The snowstorms and rain-showers offered our yard the abundance of moisture they requires to explode with fragrant blossoms and newborn greens. Our gardens are pregnant with new life amongst the bushes, tucked inside tree branches and sprouting from the soggy earth.
A variety birds entertained me with their whistles, chirps and songs. Surprising shouts of small children in my neighbor’s yard suddenly interrupted my thoughts. The children's captivating intrusion coaxed me out on my deck to investigate the rambunctious rollicking. The little visitors' laughter and scampering amused me, as I watched them traverse the Jungle-Jim set my neighbors' daughters have long out-grown. 
A partial view from the "Newman Porch."
Sitting on the "Newman Porch" is my place of contentment!
Do you have a place that offers you contentment?
Sheila Glazov ~ Author ~ Speaker ~ Educator
Please, visit my website to learn more about your Brain Colors, my books and workshops.
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"Surprising and Remarkable Words in Print!"
"Surprising & Remarkable Words in Print!"
Yesterday, I sent my publisher an email that read, “I found an error in the book that I hope you can edit. I don't know the status of the second printing.”
My publisher replied, “2nd printing long since done. Debra, the editor, will put in the file for potential 3rd.”
What Color Is Your Brain? is in its second printing already!
What a remarkable surprise!
Last January, I had another remarkable "Words in Print" surprise. I received a Google Alert with a link to J. Kaye’s Book Blog, Book Reviews, Interviews and My Views. When I read the rave review and exciting comments about What Color Is Your Brain? I thought that Steve, J. Kaye and their blog readers were a long lost friend of mine.
Be sure to visit their site. It's well organized, colorful, informative and fun! To read their review click the January Reviews on the right sidebar and scroll down to What Color Is Your Brain?.
I posted a comment and thanked J. Kaye and Steve for their review. I also wanted them know I was going to post their Blog on my Blog. Steve responded and promised to post his comments on other sites. It was refreshing to read Steve's review on Amazon and on other sites… as promised!!
I was curious to know how J. Kaye and Steve discovered my book. J. Kaye said they received a review copy from Kate Bandos of KSB Promotions. It made sense, the publisher had hired Kate to handle the national PR for What Color Is Your Brain?.
Yesterday, I received an email from Patti Masek, who I have enjoyed working with on Congresswoman Melissa Bean’s Women’s Task Force. Patti had purchase my book several months ago and said she would write a review for me on the Barnes and Noble website. Patti's email read, “Well, it seems like "forever" since I told you I'd write the review for you at the Barnes & Noble website -- but it's finally done! I titled it "She makes it easy!"
I appreciated Patti’s support, kind words, persistence and time. Her grand review was thoughtful, concise and would encourage me to purchase the book if I was a book buyer.
I love remarkable surprises,
especial when they are "Words in Print" about my book!
Sheila Glazov ~ Author ~ Speaker ~ Educator
Please, visit my website to learn more about your Brain Colors, my books and workshops.
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Orange Fire Works
Orange Fireworks!
“It’s relationships that spark me.” An Orange Brainer’s fun-loving, dynamic, generous and spontaneous personality offers the same energizing attributes to their Romantic Relationships. The following Brain Color Clues explain what qualities Orange Brainers are attracted to: 1. Orange Brainers who will join in their fun. 2. Blue Brainers who encourage their enthusiasm. 3. Green Brainers who help them calculate risk. 4. Yellow Brainers who plan their activities. Orange Brainers, as fireworks, often are bursts of celebratory noise. ***********************************************************
The first time I read the relationship quote from composer and lyricist, Stephen Sondheim, I visualized as an explosion of fireworks... an Orange Brain Romantic Relationship!
Fireworks originated in China over 2,000 years ago. This historic fact compliments a Chinese traditional thought that orange represents a powerful energy source and stimulator. Orange is a mixture red and yellow that symbolizes excitement, energy and the glowing flame of a fire.
Enjoy their energy and...
Keep the Fireworks Bursting and Celebrate Your
Orange Brain Romantic Relationship!
Sheila Glazov ~ Author ~ Speaker ~ Educator
Please, visit my website to learn more about your Brain Colors, my books and workshops.
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Our Spring Star
Our "Spring Star"
Each year, I feel that spring has arrived when the magnolia trees bloom.
One of the unusual highlights of my childhood home, that my parents and I loved, was the placement of our living room. It was in the back of our home with a view was our beautiful and bountiful formal garden. On the North side of the garden stood five magnificent saucer magnolia trees. When in their Spring bloom, the contrast of the red brick ivy-covered wall that surrounded our home highlighted their pink blossoms.
Six years ago, on our 35th anniversary, my husband and I gave ourselves a garden gift from
my home away from home... Hawthorn Garden Center.
We didn’t have space for a large saucer magnolia in front of our home, instead we planted
a small white star magnolia tree.
Three years ago, we almost lost her to a terribly disgusting slimy scale that was smothering her limbs.
I could not image watching her suffocate.
I administered the remedy… while wearing gloves and a long leave shirt I gently washed off
each of her limbs with warm soapy water and with a sponge. The finale of the process...
my shirt, gloves, sponge and water were coated with dark gray gunk.
I dispensed the remedy three times during the summer and a Care of Trees arborist injected the
ground around her roots with an anti-scale treatment.
For the last two years, she has been recuperation. To our delight, this year the result of my
"gardener's labor of love" was rewarded!
The magnolia is our "Spring Star!" We are enjoying and rejoicing in her recovery and good health!
Happy Spring!
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My Brain in Brazil!
My Brain in Brazil!!!
I just learned that my publisher, SLACK, Inc. signed a contract with Tecmedd Editora to translate
What Color Is Your Brain? into Portuguese for the Brazilian market!
What Color Is Your Brain? A Fun and Fascinating Approach to Understanding Yourself and Others
will soon read…
Qual a cor do seu cérebro? Uma abordagem fascinante e divertida para entender os outros
The first foreign rights in Portugues in Brazil... that's “Inacreditável” which is Portuguese for Incredible!
As many of you know our entrepreneurial “Orange Brain” son, Noah, our incredibly beautiful and
talented Brazilian daughter-in-law, Kelly, and our "delicious" 17 month old granddaughter, Yasmin,
live in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
I'm curious...
When I look at the picture
of my granddaughter devouring
What Color Is Your Brain?
upon its arrival last June…
Did Yasmin know something
her “Mimi” didn’t??
I will be ecstatic if the
Brazilian Market consumes
Qual a cor do seu cérebro?
as voraciously as Yasmin did!
Tchau, Boa Leitura...
Bye, Happy Reading!
Translation credit and Thanks "Obrigada" to our dear family friend, Suzanne Apsan.
Suzanne translated Noah's and Kelly's wedding ceremony from English to Portuguese
and was the translator at their Brazilian wedding celebration in Sao, Paulo on
November 10, 2002!
Sheila Glazov ~ Author ~ Speaker ~ Educator
Brain Color Collaboration
Brain Color Collaboration
In February, Karen Hanrahan invited me to speak at the West Suburban Women Entrepreneurs WSWE monthly meeting. After the meeting Anne Chestney Mudd, an attorney from Western Springs, asked me if I would present a What Color Is Your Brain? program for the Collaborative Law Institute of Illinois- West Suburban Practice Group on April 17th.
Anne explained that the organization’s members are lawyers, financial planners, mental health practitioners, coaches, child specialists, and others involved at various stages of the divorce process. Their Collaborative Practice is new way of managing divorce through a team approach. Anne felt the members would appreciate my Brain Color approach.
Last Thursday, I had a pleasure of presenting a What Color Is Your Brain? Lunch and Learn Workshop to 28 CLII team members. I think the following members’ comments proved Anne correct. Jim Glavin’s brief Green description was “Terrific” and Maureen Sullivan Taylor’s enthusiastic Orange comments were “Excellent and Fun!”
I appreciated Sandra Crawford’s Blue helpfulness with my dyslexia and the members’ warm welcome, eager participation, and generous purchases of my book and donations to JDRF.
After the meeting, Patricia Cunningham, Margaret Zuleger, Isabel Millard, Jim Galvin and I spoke about future Brain Color collaborations.
"Many Thanks" to Anne Chestney Mudd, the
Practice Group Leader of the Collaborative Law
Institute of Illinois - West Suburban Practice Group,
Jim Galvin, Co-President of the Collaborative Law
Institute of Illinois, and all the professional team
members of the Collaborative Law Institute of Illinois -
West Suburban Practice Group.
I admire your compassion and competency. Your
goal to offer adults and children comfort and positive
solutions during difficult transitions is remarkable!
My
Sheila Glazov ~ Author ~ Speaker ~ Educator
Your Romantic Green Brain
This morning, I had to be Green and contemplate what to write for this post. I was pleased when I remembered a remarkably romantic Brain Color conversation. It happened after I presented a What Color Is Your Brain Workshop to an Adult Learning Theory class at Roosevelt University, taught by friend, Holly Lampier. A delightful gentleman with a sparkle of recognition in his eyes shook my hand with both of his and said, “Thank you. I’ve been married for 30 years and now I finally understand my wife. I’m green and she is blue!”
To build "layers of love" with a Green Brainer, it's important to understand what Brain Color attributes are attractive to them.
A Blue Brainer once confided in me that she was attracted to a Green Brainer. However, she could not figure out the attraction until I said, “You’re attracted to him because he is a fire fighter.”
“No he’s not, he’s a systems analyst.”
“Exactly! He’s always putting out fires,” I replied.
“I got it! But, if he’s not available or interested in me, I’ll really be blue,” she laughed.
Remember, it's not easy for a Green Brainer to share or demonstrate their emotions. To enhance your Romantic Relationship with a Green Brainer think about what they find "love"ly about the other Brain Colors.
1. Green Brainers who also value solitude.
2. Blue Brainers who are thoughtful.
3. Yellow Brainers who keep precise records.
4. Orange Brainers who seize opportunities.
Look for the Layers of Love in your Romantic Relationships and
you'll find the Pearl!
Sheila Glazov ~ Author ~ Speaker ~ Educator
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Mom's Message
MOM’S MESSAGE©
Because it is Diabetes Research and Management Month, I wanted to share my Mom’s Message from,
Purr-fect Pals: A Kid, A Cat and Diabetes©, my picture book for children with diabetes with you.
Mom's Message
“Someday, you will never want to change what has happened to Joshua,” my friend Joyce told me as she and I stood outside my son’s hospital room. It was Thanksgiving 1985, and I had just driven 150 miles to admit Joshua to a diabetes clinic after a routine exam showed he had a blood sugar level of 500 mg.
Joyce’s words shocked me. Even though she had prefaced them with, “I hope you will trust that what I am telling you is because I love you,” I still felt confused and angry. “What a thing to be telling me now,” I thought, holding back tears while she hugged me.
As it turned out, Joyce was the only person I knew who could relate to what I was going through. Two years earlier, her youngest son, Barclay, had been diagnosed with Type I diabetes, just like Joshua. In the twenty years since that Thanksgiving weekend, Joyce’s insight has given me strength, reassurance, knowledge, and support. I have shared her advice with others, who, like me, were first stunned and later appreciative of her candor and wisdom. Now, when people ask how I feel about Joshua having diabetes, I tell them, “Absolutely, I want a cure for diabetes. But I would never change what has happened to our family. I would never change what has happened to Joshua because of the man he has become. I am thankful for the bond we have in our family, the relationship Joshua has with his brother, Noah, and the marriage Joshua shares with his wife, Sheryl, who is the answer to my prayer for a perfect partner for my son.”
Our family’s journey began with Joshua’s diagnosis and the urgent need to find a diabetes clinic. At the time, my husband, Jordan, and I were living with our sons in Mammoth Lakes, California, a ski resort village in the Sierra Nevada. The nearest diabetes clinic was in Sparks, Nevada—a three- to six-hour drive, depending on the winter weather and mountain roads. It was sheer determination that fueled my nerve-wracking trip along the mountain road to the clinic with Joshua. Our family soon learned that all of us would need the same determination to navigate the curves and detours of diabetes itself.
Decades later, the road remains demanding and disappointing because there still is no cure for diabetes. Happily, however, Joshua has become the driver—a healthy and accomplished husband, father, sky diver/jumpmaster, and attorney. I am the passenger—a wife, mother, grandmother, and author of books that educate children and families living with diabetes.
I have written Purr-fect Pals: A Kid, A Cat and Diabetes©, my picture book for children with diabetes is a tribute of my love and admiration for Joshua. But I have also written Purr-fect Pals for you. I want to offer you and your loved ones comfort and perspective while living with the “highs” and “lows” of diabetes. Think of me as your Joyce, a Purr-fect Pal.
The foundation for Purr-fect Pals is the true-life experience of Joshua and his cat, Luke Skywalker, who also was diagnosed with Type I diabetes. Within the story, “Josh” and “Sky” share many of the same challenges with “purr-fect” understanding for one another, which assures children diagnosed with diabetes that they are not alone. Every child has a “purr-fect pal” who knows exactly how he or she feels.
Purr-fect Pals is designed to make it easy and enjoyable for readers and listeners to learn and understand more about diabetes
I know how difficult it is to be courageous when you are frightened, strong when you are exhausted, prepared when you are overwhelmed, composed when you are angry, supportive when you are disappointed, encouraged when you are frustrated, communicative when you want to cry, self-caring when there aren’t enough hours in the day, and patient when you are confused.
I want to encourage you to keep your eyes on the road and believe in yourself. Eventually, you will recognize the value and contentment of seeing your child take good care of him/herself, feel loved and esteemed, and make healthy decisions about his/her life.
Meanwhile, I will continue to keep extra orange juice and diabetes supplies in the kitchen. I will wake each morning and go to sleep each night, thinking about how grateful and blessed I am for Joshua, our family and friends like Joyce. I will write books to help other families on their journey. And I will wish the same birthday wish when I blow out the candles on my cake each year― that soon there will be a cure for diabetes, for your child and mine!
Sheila
Alarmingly, each year an increasing number of children are diagnosed with diabetes.
My goal is to ensure that every child diagnosed with diabetes is to provided with a Purr-fect Pals book, companion "Cat" (plush toy) and diabetes medical ID bracelet, to help them understand and manage the many challenges of diabetes.
My commitment is to help the children and their families understand and manage diabetes by offering them education, encouragement and comfort!
As a mother who has raised a child with diabetes, I understand a caregiver's anger, fear, confusion, and frustration when their child is diagnosed with diabetes. I also know the urgency of medical, emotional, and spiritual assistance from family, friends, and health care professionals. Therefore, I have also included "Comfort Companion" stories as a source of strength and support, to accompany caregivers, on their tenuous journey with diabetes.
Whether you have a personal stake in diabetes management or are a member of an organization committed to helping children with diabetes, the Purr-fect Pals Project offers a unique, one-of-a-kind patient and family support program and "good-will" marketing opportunity within the diabetes community.
I am still searching for a “Partner” to “Sponsor” my Purr-fect Pals Project. If there is anyone reading this post who knows of a diabetes pharmaceutical or device company, who would be interested in the sponsoring the Purr-fect Pals Project and making it available in doctor’s office, please send me a comment. I will be thrilled to explain the all details and benefits of the projects to you.
Thank you,
Sheila
Photo credit: Joshua wearing his skydiving suit on the cover of the Spring 2001 JDRF Countdown magazine.
Sheila Glazov ~ Author ~ Speaker ~ Educator
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Your Blue Romantic Brain
Your Blue Romantic Brain
This morning, my husband, Jordan, and I enjoyed observing a pair of robins scurrying around one of our perennial gardens collecting materials for the nest. They were surveying the soil and scrutinizing plant remnants before spearing dried grasses and pecking soggy leaves. It was fascinating to watch as each precise component was swiftly transported into our Fat Albert Blue Spruce Tree to become their fledglings’ incubator.
Their collaboration was captivating. The robins’ ritual reminded me of the qualities Blue Brainers appreciate in their romantic relationships .
The following Brain Color Clues explain what qualities Blue Brainers are attracted to:
1. Blue Brainers reciprocate their show of affection.
2. Yellow Brainers respect their feelings.
3. Green Brainers give them a logical perspective.
4. Orange Brainers encourage their creativity.
As “Blue Brain” gardener, I appreciate the generous gifts Mother Nature offers.
Enjoy a “love”ly spring day and/or date and remember… if you’re aware, the gifts are there!
Sheila Glazov ~ Author ~ Speaker ~ Educator
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Brain Color Library News
Brain Color Library News
I love libraries… their filled with words! It makes sense... I am an author, a voracious reader and “I've been wrapped up in words since the day I was born.” Read my introduction if you are curious about the last statement.
I have fond memories of the library in my childhood home, our River Forest Public Library, the alcove window desks in the Oak Park River Forest High School Library and the libraries our Glazov family has enjoyed in our homes.
On Tuesday, March 18th, I facilitated a What color Is Your Brain? workshop at the Indian Trail Public Library in Wheeling, Illinois. It was a privilege and a pleasure to collaborate with Michelle Shapiro, who I worked with when I published my first book, Princess Shayna’s Invisible Visible Gift.
Michelle and I also worked together when I facilitated a What Color Is Your Brain? staff development workshop and a program for patrons who wanted to learned about their Brain Colors to improve their communication skills, while they canvassing the community to get support for a library addition referendum. I was thrilled when I learned that the referendum passed. I like to think it passed with “Flying Brain Colors.”
Michelle is a Blue Brainer... a is kind and helpful woman. She submitted my name to the Library Administrators Conference of Northern Illinois (LACONI) and “Because of my outstanding performance at an area library,” I was selected to be included in the Best of the Best 6th edition guide to library programs for adults.
My local library is like a second home to me. On Sunday, April 13th, it will be a privilege to present a What Color Is Your Brain? workshop at my Barrington Area Public Library in Barrington, Illinois at 2:00pm in the Zimmerman Room. I have enjoyed working on this program and reconnecting with Terry Mills and Rose Faber, who are quintessential librarians.
I am looking forward to an delightful afternoon with people in my Barrington Community. I have prepared a new handout to help attendees enjoy learning about their Brain Colors. I would also be thrilled if the attendees like the program so much that they would purchase copies of What Color Is Your Brain? to share at home and in their workplace.
I'm excited about another library program in May. On Wednesday, May 21st, my fellow Women In Networking (WIN) member, Terri Meyer, has scheduled me to present a What Color Is Your Brain? workshop at the Ela Area Public Library in Lake Zurich, Illinois.
Support your local library and I will keep you posted on the latest Brain Color Library News!
Sheila Glazov ~ Author ~ Speaker ~ Educator