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[Make sure to take a look at my new book Redesign Your Mind. It’s the perfect companion to your creative life!] A person who is not curious about life is unlikely to create. Since we are trained in school to learn facts, rather than to stay curious, it is easy for us...

[Begin your year of coaching right now! There’s no better time than right now to start the coaching process.]   Creativity is a whole-person activity. Of course, brain involvement is primary; but so is the involvement of our senses. Picture Cezanne staring at his...

[Come take a look at Redesign Your Mind. It will help your creative life!] If we are parents, must we forego our creative life? Does parenting preclude creating? In today’s post called “Creativity as a Transformational Tool in Motherhood,” creativity coach Desiree...

Scientific obsessions lead to vaccines, artistic obsessions lead to symphonies, humanitarian obsessions lead to freedom and justice. Productive obsessions are our lifeblood, both for the individual and for all of humanity. We should not fear them simply because they...

[Please take a look at my latest book, Redesign Your Mind. It will serve your creative life beautifully!] We are a hard species to like. At the same time, some among us do beautiful work, smart work, compassionate work, life-affirming work, even breathtaking work....

I’ve been presenting a lot of webinars in support of my new book Redesign Your Mind. Folks are responding to many of the ideas in the book, but one has been standing out a little: how little grandeur there is in our lives and how much we need some. We tend to...

[Get your hands on my latest book Redesign Your Mind, a book that will really help you with your creative life.] Where we pay attention matters. This includes how we envision the future. If we envision a litany of future difficulties, that’s where our mind will be...

Please join me for a free REDESIGN YOUR MIND FOR CREATIVES webinar on Tuesday, October 19. Here is the place to register: https://iajw.org/redesign-your-mind-webinar-sign-up/  ** Three Tips for Parenting Your Children and Your Creativity By Erin Hallagan Clare I was...

[Please make sure to get your hands on my latest book, Redesign Your Mind, a book of real help to creatives. Take a look here!] The most usual presenting problem a client brings to a creativity coach is that he or she is not creating. The client is blocked, resistant,...

[Make sure to take a look at my latest book, Redesign Your Mind. It's of great value to visual artists!] Creative and performing artists are intimately involved in the process of analyzing culture, deconstructing cultural myths, and shining a bright light on cultural...