Top Ten Ways To Jump-Start Your Creativity

1 - Take A Tour of the Great Outdoors Consider a hike in the mountains, a stroll beside the river, a run along the beach, a jog through the park or a walk around the city.2 - Soak Up Your Surroundings like a New Sponge Open your mind to the... Read More

Art, Artists and Money

Practical money tips for people in the arts.1. Sock it AwayIf you are in the arts there is no such thing as a steady paycheck. Money usually comes in spurts with no money, often for months, many months, in between. Don't make the mistake of thinking that spurts of income... Read More

Creative Memory Tricks

What's the biggest problem with memory tricks? Remembering to use them, of course. There are many memory techniques that work well, but you'll forget them when you need them most - unless you make using them a habit. So when you take the time to learn a technique, use it... Read More

We Tend To Make Up Our Own Truths: What Stories Are You Making Up?

Someone once said that man keeps looking for truth that fits his reality. Oddly, more often than looking for truth, we tend to make up our own truths. Meet Roger & Elaine. Roger is attracted to Elaine and asks her out. She accepts; they have a good time. Later, he... Read More

The Sylvia Plath Pattern Of Creative Flow

* Sylvia Plath teaches a valuable lesson about the Even Flow - opening the channels for creativity, regardless of this is for poetry or not.Sylvia Plath was a poet and that was her job and her life.She would every day no matter what, as soon as breakfast was over and... Read More

Its Time to Get Out of the Box

"It is never too late to be what you might have been. "(George Eliot)I have found that truly successful people surround themselves with the support that makes them excel. Over years of working with clients I have found that people struggle when they put their businesses and their lives in... Read More

Improvisation in Life and the Arts: What I learned from Free Play by Stephen Nachmanovitch

Can you be an artist while you're washing the dishes?In this article I share some of my learning and impressions from a chapter of the exceptional book, "Free Play", by Stephen Nachmanovitch.This subtitle of this book, "The Power of Improvisation in Life and the Arts", speaks of bringing the improvising... Read More

Mindfulness and Poetry: Delicious Word Awareness

Everyone's a poet.Of course, everyone's a critic, too! This means that there are plenty of opportunities to heighten our awareness of words and how we use them.Words create pictures, and just as a painter uses a combination of colors and strokes to express a concept, we offer an artistic rendering... Read More

The Source of Growth and Creativity

Bare attention (to objects, people and circumstances) is what brings order in this world and in your personal world. If you know how to move your attention without the involvement of mind, positive creation happens as a result. Attention is literally a life response whereas mind is reaction out of... Read More

Top Five Journal Exercises

Keeping a journal is a form of creative expression that enhances the creativity coaching process. Keeping a journal develops emotional awareness, reinforces self-esteem and aids in problem-solving. Keeping a journal also provides a written record of artistic growth, struggle and change. Here are some basic exercises that I use throughout... Read More

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Gift of a Letter

"What cannot letters inspire? They have souls; they can speak;... Read More

Who Wants To Be A Creative Genius?

Can You Learn Creativity?Have you ever watched Robin Williams do... Read More

Tips on Breaking the Creative Block

There's no question that creating anything is hard to do.... Read More

Breathing Out Stage Fright

You're stepping onto the stage, amidst opening night flurry and... Read More

The Optimal Mind State

Let's begin by defining the optimal mind state and the... Read More

How A Creation Box Can Work For You

Bring to mind a time when you decided that you... Read More

Why Do We Need Creativity?

Creativity is central to the management of our individual lives,... Read More

Becoming Radiant: Boost Your Teams Creativity with Mind Mapping

I don't take notes anymore. Instead, I create one wildly... Read More

Think & Grow Rich

All wealth is a product of mind. Some economists will... Read More

How To Entertain A Thought

After studying scores of great thinkers like Leonardo Da Vinci,... Read More

Fear & Creativity

My fears are most powerful when they're simmering just under... Read More

Tap the Creative Inside You

Imagination is the source of creativity. It's a place where... Read More

Self-Care for Creative Artists: 5 Ways to Start Today

Self-care is the path to creative expression. By paying closer... Read More

Learn A Life Skill TODAY!

Did you ever watch your grandma knitting?Wasn't it boring? Didn't... Read More

Connect With Your Creative Dream

We get so busy in our day-to-day life, with all... Read More

3 Clever Creative Strategies!

I've got a confession to make... there are many ways... Read More

Three Ways Journaling Can Boost Your Creativity and Your Business

I have a friend who has struggled with her creativity... Read More

Are You Creative?

Have you ever heard the saying, "The harder I work,... Read More

How to Generate Ideas for Info-products?

Dear friends the current study shows that there are more... Read More

Innovation: Wake Up Your People?s Creative Genius

Successful companies have innovation in their blood. The single most... Read More

How To Get In The Zone And Blast Your Marketing To A Higher Level

This may come as a surprise... but many marketers are... Read More

Sleep and Creativity

In my life, sleep is the number one way that... Read More

Being Creative is Essential for Online Success

Do you have a strategy that ensures your online business... Read More

How To Let The Subconscious Mind Do The Creative Work

From time immemorial mankind has wished for an Aladin's lamp,... Read More

Self-Care for Creative Artists: 10 Reasons To Care About It

1. To be more comfortable in performance situations ? performance... Read More

Overcoming Artists Block (part 2)

Once you are ready to start working again you will... Read More

Creative Thinking The Secret Key To Lasting Success

What is creativity anyway? Well, let us look at the... Read More

Creative Thinking versus Critical Thinking

The process of creative thinking is often, mistakenly, intertwined with... Read More

Dare to Dream

Have you ever thought of this? When you were young... Read More

Creative Drought

For the past several hours, I've struggled with this week's... Read More

Why Creative Visualization Works

Experience has shown that creative visualization works. It is quite... Read More

In between Luck & Effort

I have one magical thought, lets see it more closely.... Read More

Revenge of the Sith ? Creativity and Structure

The common belief is that lack of structure and randomness... Read More