Does Your Mind Come With a Calmness Switch?

In this post, we continue our exploration of the cognitive technique of “redesigning your mind” as I describe in Redesign Your Mind. In my work as, first, a family therapist, and then as a creativity coach, I’ve paid a lot of attention to the cognitive behaviors and...

Remove That Bed of Nails for Higher Creativity

My new book Redesign Your Mind employs the metaphor of “the room that is your mind” or, more simply, your mindroom. That is such an interesting place, in part because it is the place where our human nature plays itself out. This “playing out” includes the amazing...

Artists, Competition, and Envy

Come check out The Great Creativity Toolkit! Even if an artist is successful, it can be rather hard for him or her to deal with the successes of other. Envy is a powerful problem for creatives; as is our built-in instinct for competition, an instinct that can be...