creativity

Blogtalk: Beginner’s Mind

July 8, 2010
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WHAT would it be like to forget all that we think we know and approach each task, each day, with the mindset of a beginner? The question comes to me after reading Susan Ideus’s blog post titled “The Time Has Come.” For Susan, it’s all about how to approach a new lifestyle — that of [...]

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Writing Tips: 5 Ways to Overrule Your Inner Editor

July 6, 2010
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HAVE YOU EVER had a great story idea and started writing, only to get stuck editing the first page over and over? Maybe you were even writing in your private journal and found yourself editing your writing, though no one but you would ever read it. If you have an active inner editor and critic, [...]

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Blogtalk: Finding Your Rhythm

June 24, 2010
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EVERYTHING has its own rhythm: the ocean, earth, moon, and planets all have ebbs and flows of direction, contraction, and growth. And, just like these larger things around us, we have natural rhythms — some corresponding to the physical rhythms of the earth and sky, and some that are unique to each of us as [...]

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Author Interview — Jordan Rosenfeld

May 4, 2010
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JORDAN E. ROSENFELD is a freelance journalist, editor, and fiction writer. She is a contributing editor & columnist to Writer’s Digest (WD) magazine. Her journalism has appeared in such publications as AlterNet.org, the Marin magazine, the North Bay Bohemian, The Pacific Sun, Seattle Conscious Choice, The San Francisco Chronicle, The St. Petersburg Times, Times, The [...]

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Practices for Restoring a Tired Mind

December 17, 2009

I SPEND MY DAYS engaged in creative activities: writing, photography, editing, course development, and marketing. I start early and end late, usually rising to my alarm at 6:30 am and going to bed between 10:30 and midnight. (I allow myself to sleep in at least one weekend morning each weekend to catch up on lost [...]

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Why Limitations Boost Creativity

March 13, 2009

LIMITATIONS. None of us like them, yet limitation is the fertile ground in which the seeds of creativity sprout and grow. Without the challenge of limitation, there is no need for creativity. We would never be pushed into seeing things in new ways, because there would be no incentive. When we are limited by circumstance, [...]

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Grow Your Intuition – 3 Ways to Access Your Inner Sage

February 4, 2009

Intuition: it’s a kind of knowing or sensing of information. People who are intuitive are generally more creative, flexible, independent, and confident. Many believe that intuition is a spiritual connection to our inner, higher self and/or to God. We all have it. Yet, some people seem to be better at tapping into their intuition than [...]

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