Developing creative thinking

Use your non-dominant hand

    Your dominant hand is linked to the opposite side of the brain, so if we spend time using our non-dominant hand it can stimulate the other side of the brain.
    Our right brain is generally deemed to be associated with creativity, intuition, thoughtfulness, perception, and emotions, while our left brain is associated with logic, language, numbers, intellect, and reasoning.
    As it’s not so common to undertake activities where we use both hands, our dominant hand does most of the work. Some studies show that we activate one hemisphere when we use our dominant hand but activate both when we use our non-dominant hand.
    How can we use our non-dominant hand? How about: writing the alphabet; drawing a simple picture of a house; tracing over a drawing; brushing your teeth; doing household chores such as pegging
out the washing or dusting; making something with toy bricks or play dough; dealing playing cards; combing your hair; turning the pages of a book . . .
    When developing any new skill, note that there will be aspects you find challenging and frustrating, and you will think you are going backward, but perseverance is everything!