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Here are a few provocative quotes to get you thinking. Enjoy! No one but myself knows the anxiety I go through and the trouble I give myself to finish paintings which do not satisfy me and seem to please so very few others. (Claude Monet) I suffered a nervous...

The following is from a book I’m currently writing on coaching. But it’s a valuable lesson for everyone, so please enjoy! If you'd like to learn more about how to conduct coaching sessions, please join me for Mastering the Coaching Session, which begins in early July....

The below is a lesson I provide to the coaches I train. But it applies to everyone. Please enjoy! If you'd like to train as a creativity coach, the next online creativity coaching trainings begin Monday, June 6. You can sign up for the Introduction to Creativity...

Many artists discover that they enjoy coaching their fellow artists and that they can make money while doing something they enjoy. If this idea intrigues you, I invite you to learn more about my creativity coaching trainings. The next round of trainings commence June...

If you have a teenage artist in your life, you might like to aim him or her in the direction of a forthcoming book of mine called Why Smart Teens Hurt. This is a sequel to a popular book I did a few years back called Why Smart People Hurt and addresses the special...

Do you find that starting a painting or some other creative project is relatively easy to do, working on it difficult but doable, but completing it really difficult? Do you have lots of unfinished creative work around, really far too much? I am currently working on a...

I've been training creativity coaches for twenty years and as a result there are now creativity coaches all over the world who work with creative and performing artists, helping them deal with the challenges of the marketplace, issues of resistance and creative...

[Pre-order The Great Book of Journaling now! Filled with contributions from journal experts from around the world. Come enjoy!} As many of us still aren’t traveling, for safety and health reasons, I thought you might enjoy a vicarious trip to Paris today. Please...

Do you like to journal or would you like to learn more about journaling? And would you like to create a stronger daily creativity practice as well? Then do the following . Pre-order my new book THE GREAT BOOK OF JOURNALING and then drop me an email to...

[Learn how to upgrade and redesign your mind in Eric Maisel's latest book, Redesign Your Mind, available now.] One summer morning I go out shopping for fruit at the open-air market on the Boulevard Richard-Lenoir. The prices at the multi-block market are low—whole...