In Soara’s Challenge

A series of challenges that inspires others to talk, take action, plan and soar onward to deeper connections, bigger dreams, joy and a brighter tomorrow!!

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Fridge Art Challenge

January 31 = Inspire Your Heart with Art Day

Step 1: Share past projects, crafts, drawings.

• What kind of art have you done?

• What kind of art do you like?

• How can art reimagine your future?

Step 2: Create art. Make or take pictures for the fridge.

Step 3: Display proudly

Step 4: Connect! Share! Reward!

Step 5: Repeat. Create New Memories.

  Part 1

ART IN HEART

CHALLENGE

Talk-Act-Plan

Peace, love, happiness … tomorrow being more than just okay … talk about the change you want to see in the world. How would you guide someone to love, rebuild, care, celebrate and enrich the world?

• Let’s love the world by….

• Let’s rebuild the world by…

• Let’s care for the world by…

• Let’s celebrate the world by…

• Let’s enrich the world by…

Step 1: Pick an art in heart frame.

Step 2: Draw the change you want to see in the world.

Step 3: Share it with individuals, schools & restaurants.

Step 4: Celebrate!

Warming Hearts Challenge

Talk-Act-Plan

What warms your heart?

Pitter patter of little feet with brainrot weaved in, a community coming together, walking through waves on a beach, hot chocolate with marshmallows, cooler weather, chestnuts roasting by an open fire or in some cases smores, listening to your daughter talk about her first driving experience.

Step 1: Talk about the past: Chat about conquering love, fears and bravery.

Step 2: Act in the present: Revisit a happy place, lake, park, restaurant, school, coffee shop, campfire

Step 3: Capture moments, taking pictures.

Step 4: Plan for tomorrow: Make a comfy spot, a joyous place.

Step 5; Breathe! Acknowledge accomplishments!

Options are Endless

Light: Fluff, Dandelion, Lightening, Moon, Milk, Snow, Lab Coat, Wedding Dress

Brown: Dirt, Coffee, Acorns, Sand, Chocolate, Croissant, Potatoes, Clay

Pink: Cotton Candy, Rose Quartz, Tulip

Orange: Rust, Rodeo, Cheese, Tigers, Goldfish, Sunsets, Oranges

Green: Trees, Jade, Christmas Trees, Celery, Grass, Guacamole, Stinkbugs

Blue: Water, Sky, Tears, Dragonflies, Turquoise, Jeans, Sapphire, Pottery

Orange: Fruit, Rainbow, Flowers, Easter Eggs, Potions, Slime

Red: Rubies, Tomatoes, Cherries, Red Coral, Autumn Leaves, Barns, Roses

Purple: Lavender, Amethyst, Laughter, Violet, Orchids, Grapes, Peacocks, Kale, Magic

Grey: Storms, Hair, Tin, Mice, Nails & Screws

Yellow: Sun, French Fries, Sunflowers, Buses, Wheat, Corn

Dark: Night Sky, Velvet, Blackboards, Bugs, Spiders, Sketch Art, Charcoal

After completing this challenge, reward yourself with something of your favorite color

Step 3: Share the many colors of the world with social media

Step 1: Find or create a symbol to represent hard work, fragility, goodness, wonderment, lightness…

Step 2: Strategically place it near a random object

Step 3: Have Fun

Midsummer’s

Wishful Ways

Challenge

MidSummer’s Eve on June 23

Step 1: Think about what it would be like to have, to give, to meet, to be, or to go

Step 2: Now choose a wishing adventure

• Make a wish on a cake with candles

• Make a wish on a shooting star

• Make a fountain wish

• Make a wish while bird watching

• Make a wish when placing a seed on your forehead

• Make a wish by breaking wishbone

• Make a wish and eat a green M&M

• Make a wish, blow dandelion fluff

• Make a wish in a new pair of shoes

Step 3: Write down your wishes and later reflect on how each wish manifested - some may soar

A New Day Challenge

Talk-Act-Plan

Tell About Your Best Day

Talk-Act-Plan

Know that every day is a new day, breathe in amazement, find inspiration, plan for tomorrows not sorrows

Step 1: Talk about the past: Discuss a moment in time.

• What was the most beautiful thing you’ve seen?

• Where were you?

Step 2: Act in the present: Experience a moment in time, a spring break moment, capture the sky, and take a picture.

Step 3: Plan for the future: Watch the Sunset.

Step 4: Plan something extra-special to do this month

Not Alone in Loneliness Challenge

Talk Act Plan

Talk about loneliness

Jellyfish are generally solitary creatures and do not form social bonds, though grouped together by ocean currents they appear less alone. Did you know that there is an immortal jellyfish? Apparently, it’s a tiny, biologically immortal species capable of reversing its life cycle to avoid death. The symbolism is strong here, you’re not alone in loneliness, there’s strength in numbers. In Soara’s challenge - find a way to restore yourself.

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Talk about the past: Who is in your support network? Who do you trust? Share pictures.

Act in the present: Begin a project. Choose a book. Join a class. Visit an aquarium.

Plan for the future: Set new goals.

The CATION Challenge

September is “Happy Cat Month”

Talk-Act-Plan

What’s catchy?

Is a cat’s life cooked, uncomplicated, a piece of cake? Is sunbathing in the windowsill, being trapped in the basement, dealing with dogs of the world, as uncomplicated as it seems. Where do you find catchy? How do you communicate?

Step 1: Find a Cat.

Step 2: Take a Picture.

Step 3: Think of a Cation.

Step 4: Share in our Pet Parade.

all the while remembering yesterday’s past, breathe in today, and plan for tomorrow.

Talk Act Plan

Demask feelings by expressing emotions

Step 1: Talk about the past: What mask do you wear? Share meaning behind tattoos. Talk about the pandemic mask. Talk about your favorite face painting?

Step 2: Act in the present: Make gingerbread cookies and frost them in many different masks.

Step 3: Plan for the future: make a coping plan

STEP 4: Acknowledge hardships and the difficulty it takes to change behavior

 Blurred Lines Challenge

Talk-Act-Plan

Sticky Situations

Life isn’t always what it seems, that perfect captured moment may have taken time to perfect. That professional encounter turned personal. For this challenge, take perfected pictures and convert some to line drawings realizing that lines blur, situations become sticky.

Step 1: Talk about images and social media and how easily the lines blur between fiction and reality. Talk about how people blur lines with distance, sharing only the positives, rarely the hardships.

Step 2: Take a Picture.

Step 3: Convert to Line Drawing.

• Often free just search “convert photos to line drawings”

Step 4: Share. Plan a Meet-up. Make a Call.

Step 5: Find a good balance!

Wrapped in Love Challenge

Life can feel heavy at times, being pushed and pulled in all directions, struggling to find a fair work-life balance, taking right and left turns, making mistakes. For this challenge show yourself you care by wrapping yourself in love.

Step 1: Do Something for Yourself.

• Think outside the box.

• Reclaim first loves

• Present yourself with some self-care

Step 3: Plan Ways to Stay Present.

Step 4: Share!