14 Ways to Loosen Up
Creative surrender isn't always easy. We have ideas about how we want things to turn out, and the image we have in our mind rarely...
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Does Discipline Have to Suck?
Creative? Chances are pretty good that you're rebellious too. You might not rebel in all the stereotypical ways, but you very likely buck...
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Client Spotlight: Jordana M.
Meet my client Jordana, who's a teacher and visual artist. She's currently writing and illustrating a children's book, and loves to talk...
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Four Ways to Find Flow
What do you do when you just can't find flow? When you're in a place of confusion, or don't know where to get started, or just feel like...
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When nothing you're trying works
Ever find that you want quick, easy answers for what's stopping us from creating? You start to think if you could just clean that one...
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Stuck? Try This.
Sometimes stuck-ness starts with not knowing where to begin. It feels like too much--like you've been away from your project too long, or...
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Pressing Pause
How do you know when it's time to pause? Is it that sense of droopiness? A lack of motivation? The sheer inability to do what it is you...
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Feeling blocked? Soften up.
When you imagine a creative dream, does some concrete goal come to mind? Very often, creative dreams mean we want to complete a certain...
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The Anatomy of Creative Courage
We often think of courage as a force. It seems like something that overtakes us, and we ride along with it. But what if courage is...
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12 Ways to Stoke Creative Curiosity
Ever feel creatively stagnant? Or even just bored with what you're doing or where you're going? If you're looking to stoke creative...
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Four Ways to Overcome Overwhelm
You know that feeling when just thinking about your creative project stresses you out? Where there's just so much to do, and you don't...
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How Intuition Feeds Creativity
You know that feeling when you're in your creative groove, and everything seems to be going right? You're just on the right path, and no...
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Client Spotlight: Corey D
Meet my client Corey, who's a designer, a father, a DJ, and a student of permaculture, all of which feed his creativity. Q: What are some...
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Want to Reignite Your Creative Spark? Try This.
On a summer afternoon in 1988, my best friend and I dragged our Red Flyer wagon up a steep hill, its wheels clacking and occasionally...
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Move Past Creative Blocks with Visual Journaling
How often have you heard war metaphors when it comes to creative blocks? To hear some people tell it, we're supposed to blast past them,...
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Three Ways Rest Nourishes Your Creativity
If there's one thing we do well in contemporary society, it's work hard. We put in long hours, meet deadlines, and burn the midnight oil...
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Client Spotlight: Meghan R.
Q: What does creativity mean to you? A: What a powerful question. My mind is quick to answer but when I center in my body an unexpected...
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On Hippos, Blackberry Pie, and Creative Resistance
If you've created anything ever, you've dealt with resistance. What form did it take for you? Procrastination, perhaps? Maybe never...
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Four Reasons There's No Such Thing As a Guilty Pleasure
What's your guilty pleasure? Do you like mindless TV? Reading less-than-intellectual magazines? Scrolling through meme after meme on your...
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Quit Beating Yourself Up
Do you have the tendency to beat yourself up? Maybe you say mean things in an attempt to yourself to spur yourself on, or when you...
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