For lots of us, the pandemic and the reasons for the current civil unrest have sent us into a tailspin of denial, anger, bargaining, and / or depression. Sound familiar? Those emotions are four of the traditional five stages of grief. We’re mourning all that we've lost and are fearful of what’s coming next -- the unknown future. For many, our time is filled scrambling to provide for family, put food on the table, keep a roof over your head, and / or demonstrating for change. However, for those …
Face Your Self-Doubts with Confidence
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 …
Positive and Negative Perfectionism
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 …
Who Thrives and Who Falters During Sequester?
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 …
Boundless Creativity Challenge
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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