The Creative Mind

“So for me I think it’s not a question of sitting around wondering what I’m going to write; it’s a question of sitting around wondering which of the far-fetched and absurd ideas I’m actually going to try to tackle.” - Margaret Atwood, author of The Handmaid’s Tale.

The Creative Mind Daily 7.05 - Information and inspiration to enhance your creativity and personal growth.

The Inner Actor Daily - Personal growth, emotional health and career topics for actors and performers.

The Creative Mind Daily 6.27 - Information and inspiration to enhance your creativity and personal growth.

A number of highly talented actors and other artists feel insecure about their talents at times. Emily Mortimer once said “I’m probably far too self-conscious to be an actress.” 

Psychologist Mihaela Ivan Holtz notes as a creative person you can "feel confused, unsure, and may even doubt your talents and skills." One issue: "Your unconscious mind can sabotage your dreams."

See much more in article "Are you unconsciously holding back your creative career?"

Information and inspiration for exploring your creative life by Douglas Eby

The Creative Mind daily, Jun. 19, 2018 - Information and inspiration to enhance your creativity and personal growth.

The Creative Mind Daily 6.11.18 - Posts include: *Suicide prevention resource guide *SARK on Being an Artist and Dealing With Our Inner Critic *The Healing Trauma Summit *Gifted Women |etc

What causes anxiety and other negative emotions can result from the meaning we unconsciously attribute to events in life. And meaning can be changed.
Morty Lefkoe, an expert on changing limiting beliefs, explains how classical conditioning can work against our emotional stability:

Psychologist Sharon Barnes works with creative, sensitive, intense, gifted children and adults. She writes: "I had heard that mistakes can be our finest learning experiences, but I’d not relished that idea until I reclaimed one of my discarded pieces, and unexpectedly discovered how to reclaim my life, too."

SARK says, “Remember to delight yourself first, then others can be truly delighted. This was my mantra when I published my first book in 1990, and still holds true. When we focus on the song of our soul and heart, then others will be touched similarly.”

Although traditionally classified as a learning disability, dyslexia can also lead to advantages in thinking and behaving that enhance creativity.
One example in this article: Whoopi Goldberg is one of only ten people to win an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony Award - but once struggled in school, hearing words such as ‘dumb’ and ‘stupid’ directed at her on account of her dyslexia.

The Creative Mind for May 24 - Posts include: *Counseling for More Emotional Health and Creativity *Getting past overwhelm and distraction as a highly sensitive person *Highly Sensitive People and Depression

"What would be truly surprising would be to find that sound could not suggest colour, that colours could not evoke the idea of a melody, and that sound and colour were unsuitable for the translation of ideas.” Charles Baudelaire

The Inner Actor Daily for Jul. 05, 2018 - Personal growth, emotional health and career topics for actors and performers.

"The vastness of the unconscious capacity to process, associate and make meaning of ideas and experience is the life force of the creative process." Cheryl Arutt, Psy.D.

The Inner Actor Daily  - Personal growth, emotional health and career topics for actors and performers.

Psychology, emotional health and career development topics for actors and performers.

Articles from The Creative Mind network - Information and inspiration for exploring your creativity and personal growth.

The Creative Mind Daily 6.12.18 - Posts include: *Valedictorian speech on sexual misconduct cut off *Creative People with Depression and Deeper Wounds *Getting Over Stage Fright |etc

The Creative Mind Daily for June 10 - Posts include:  *Getting Rid of Public Speaking Fear *Stress Mastery Webinar *Healing Trauma Summit *To Master Your Art, Master Your Mind |etc

The Creative Mind Daily for June 7 - Posts include: *Getting out of the comparison trap *How can psychotherapy benefit actors and other artists? *The Transformational Author Experience |etc

The Creative Mind Daily for May 31 - Posts include: *Introversion, Extroversion and the HSP *Fears & Being More Creative *Thriving as Highly Sensitive Entrepreneur *J.K. Rowling on writing |etc

"Yet creativity is not simply something that we do. When viewed from an awakened perspective, it’s clear that creativity lies at the very core of who we truly are.”

The Creative Mind Daily for May 25 - Posts include: *Interviews with Creatives *Gifted, Sensitive, In Need Of Meaning *Joseph Gordon-Levitt on feeding the soul & the poison of fame *Paradoxes of Creative People | and more