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Face Your Self-Doubts with Confidence

June 17, 2020 By Martha Alderson

I'm working with a writer now who has fallen into a pit of despair. She's lost her way with her story. She's convinced she'll never get down on paper what’s in her imagination. She believes this isn't the right time for her to undertake the challenge of going to distance. She wants to give up. I wish I could tell her it's going to get easier, but ... based on her feelings and the self-doubts she's wrapped in, I'd say she's deep into the Universal Story. And, the reality is that things are going …

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Positive and Negative Perfectionism

June 7, 2020 By Martha Alderson

As with all things, perfectionism has two sides: positive perfectionism and negative perfectionism. Positive perfectionism supports productivity and creativity. On the other hand, negative perfectionism, as you'd expect, interferes with productivity and creativity. Not everyone has the perfectionism trait -- positive or negative. Do you? Not sure? Read on to identify which, if either one, you embody. Negative Perfectionism As the Plot Whisperer, I often encounter writers and artists who …

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Who Thrives and Who Falters During Sequester?

May 14, 2020 By Martha Alderson

As the pandemic continues to wreak havoc and cause heartbreak, the emotional climate for creative people, meaning everyone, has changed radically. Why then do some people find this time easier to adjust to than others do? How you fare in the face of such enormous change depends, in part, on your temperament.   Your Fundamental Temperment Each of us is born with a fundamental temperament. Our inborn nature is instrumental in the development of our personality, which, in contrast, is …

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Boundless Creativity Challenge

April 30, 2020 By Martha Alderson

Boundless Creativity: A Spiritual Workbook for Overcoming Self-Doubt, Emotional Traps and Other Creative Blocks invites you on a month-long voyage into your imagination and inner self. You're asked to create an external creativity goal of your choosing -- whether it be to write a story, paint a portrait, plant a vegetable garden -- and then commit to a specific deadline (meaning to specify an actual end date) by which to complete your goal. You’re asked to choose a realistic and, at the same …

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Boundless Creativity workbook giveaway

Boundless Creativity Workbook Giveaway

April 21, 2020 By Martha Alderson

10 days to the release of my latest workbook Boundless Creativity: A Spiritual Workbook for Overcoming Self-Doubt, Emotional Traps, and Other Creative Blocks! As I countdown the days, saying I am excited to share the workbook with you doesn't come close to what I'm feeling! To celebrate the upcoming event, I'm determined to give away all 20 workbooks I received from New Harbinger Publications. To accomplish that goal, I'm running a workbook giveaway on social media -- and not just one giveaway …

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Martha lives at the beach along the central coast of California and draws inspiration from the surrounding nature. When not at the beach, she writes women’s fiction and is exploring what it means to leave a lasting legacy. [Read More] about About Martha

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