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First, let me invite you to take a look at my latest book, Redesign Your Mind. I think it might serve you beautifully! Now, on to this week’s post. The majority of people who have suffered adverse childhood experiences, like bullying, physical violence, neglect,...

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...

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...

In my latest book Redesign Your Mind I explain how you can not only change what you think but how you think. You can do this simply and elegantly by visualizing the room that is your mind and by engaging in some redesigning and redecorating. You’ll find that this is...

First, please remember to get your Great Creativity Toolkit! Come check it out here. Now, on to this week’s post: Creative and performing artists are obliged to understand that they are essentially running a small, one-person business in addition to creating or...

[Remember, the Great Creativity Toolkit is now available. Come take a look!] If you’re a creative person, you’ve often had the following experience. Something “large” inhabits you: a theme for a clothing line, a whole novel, a complete sense of what a song cycle...

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...

[Get your GREAT CREATIVITY TOOLKIT today!] This is a strange time for everyone and an especially strange time for creatives, who may suddenly have more time on their hands but who may also be finding themselves too distracted and off-balance to create. On top of that,...

Great artists wax lyrical about nature and find nature valuable as muse and as emotional healer. Picasso wrote of going to the forests of Fontainebleau Palace and “gorging on green,” then rushing home to disgorge all that color. Van Gogh remarked that the genius of...

Guided visualizations are useful tools and a staple of both the self-help literature and the arsenal of tools that coaches and therapists employ. In today’s post called “Tapping into Your Higher Consciousness,” creativity coach Marj Penley leads us through an...