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Rituals provide a simple way to shift energies as you move between creating or performing and daily life or from one type of task to another. Ritual is not a word we use often in the 21st century. We’re too busy juggling our different commitments, multi-tasking,...

Our creative process is an ever-evolving, living being. It requires just as much attention, care and love as we do. Most of us create because we have an unquenchable inner desire. When that desire is muted it can cause stress, anxiety, low mood, fractiousness and...

The following is another exercise in the Creativity Exercises That Work! series. This one is offered by Litza Bixler: THRESHOLDS is an exercise meant to help creative people acknowledge, embrace and utilize liminality. WHAT is liminality? The concept of liminality was...

Forge Ahead Create Every Day (F.A.C.E) By Natalie Dadamio Forge Ahead Create Every Day, or F.A.C.E. for short, is a method that helps you turn towards the self instead of running, hiding, or suppressing emotions. F.A.C.E. focuses on checking in with ourselves and...

Vanquish Your No’s, Overcome Procrastination, Own Your Process By Jude Walsh Many creatives struggle with procrastination, sometimes to the point where we never actually start our work, much less finish it. When we procrastinate, what we are really doing is telling...

Mind-Movie Muse By Stephanie Bianchi I call this exercise Mind-Movie Muse. It is adapted from a method I use in my Music Therapy practice called The Bonny Method of GIM (Guided Imagery with Music). If you’re feeling blocked, uninspired, or just need to bust out of the...

In this Creativity Exercises That Work series, which will run right through to the end of the year, creativity coaches share creativity exercises that they have used with clients to help clients effectively handle their creative process issues, creative personality...

In this Creativity Exercises That Work series, which will run right through to the end of the year, creativity coaches share creativity exercises that they have used with clients to help clients effectively handle their creative process issues, creative personality...

Any Given Tuesday: Reconnecting with creative joy By Danielle Raine For artists, the creative life is more of a calling than a decision. We're inexplicably drawn to a life of expression, the delight of making art, or a love of the process of creating. However, the...

Creative Focus Through Mental Rehearsal By Nick Lazaris, Psy.D. Creating a consistent and positive mindset, as you begin your creative work, is critical to your success as a visual artist. Your ability to stay focused, while quieting creative anxiety and fear of...