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What is a Creativity Coaching Session Like?
Have you ever wondered what a creativity coaching session is like? Of course, the best way to find out is to book a session, which you can do here. But there's another exciting way to learn, and that's by taking the new Mastering the Coaching Session training that...
The Art of Productive Obsessions
[If you're a coach, therapist, or other helper, or simply interested in the art of coaching, please join my new Mastering the Coaching Session training starting July 11. Learn more here.] Unproductive obsessions are fueled by anxiety and distorted thinking. Nobody...
Artists on Anxiety, Depression and Life
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...
Effortless Mindfulness
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....
Effortless Cognitive Work
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...
Want to Add Creativity Coaching?
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
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 Completing Your Creative Work Really Hard?
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...
The Great Creativity Toolkit Super Discount
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...
A Day in the Place des Vosges
[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...